Do you achieve your goals most of the time? It’s the middle of November, and the new year is scant weeks away now. This means that as soon as the new year dawns, an avalanche of resolutions will be drawn up. Any other time of year, we’d call them goals, but it’s traditional to give [...]
Les Brownisms: “When you argue for your limitations you get to keep them.” “You are more than you have become thus far.” “When I say ‘you can make it,’ I’m talking from a place of knowing.” “Sometimes you have to believe in somebody’s belief in you until your belief in yourself kicks in.” “I’m debt-free, [...]
So here it is past the middle of January already, and NOW I’m getting around to talking about goals? Little slow, aren’t you Burke? Well, maybe not. Stick around… I think you’ll like this. Maybe you still want to set some goals. Fine… that’s easy. Setting goals is the simplest thing in the world. People [...]
There’s a Big Problem in the Personal Development Field: Training programs in self motivation, personal development and Law of Attraction often produce pitifully little (or no) change in the students who sign up for them. Despite paying high prices and investing heavily in time, a very large majority of those students end up with disappointing [...]
Usually when we discuss persistence here, we’re talking about how it impacts our own lives and successes. But for a moment, let’s back away from our personal concerns and examine how this trait of persistence might impact our children’s lives. After all, anything we can contribute to the next generation is arguably more important – [...]
