Feel Like You Should be Further Along in Your Goals than You are? Here's how Celebrating Milestones can Encourage Us, Mark Our Progress, and Move us Forward

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Feel Like You Should be Further Along in Your Goals than You are? Here's how Celebrating Milestones can Encourage Us, Mark Our Progress, and Move us Forward

Today I’m celebrating a milestone: the one year anniversary of launching my website and starting this blog!

One of the beautiful things about milestones is that they’re an opportunity to reflect on where we’ve been and where we’re going. (The term milestone actually comes from ancient Rome, where the Romans used actual stones to mark the miles along highways. A traveler could both see how far they’d come along the road as well as how much farther they had to go to their destination.)…

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A Powerful, Paradoxical Key to Confidence

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A Powerful, Paradoxical Key to Confidence

Recently, in response to some of my thoughts on how I grew to be more confident, a friend commented on her desire to overcome some of her personal insecurities. “I have such a long way to go!” she lamented.

Our exchange got me thinking about how we actually develop confidence, and I noticed a paradox...

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How to Propel Yourself toward Your Goals with the Power of Positive Words

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How to Propel Yourself toward Your Goals with the Power of Positive Words

We’re two weeks into the New Year, and you’ve set your goals, crafted a plan, and maybe even enlisted the help of a coach or signed up for a goal achievement course. These are all great steps, but you’re at risk of falling short of your goals if you don’t have a handle on one simple thing: your words...

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