How can I make my life better? The Power of Specific Questions

Whether you are moving through a health, happiness or prosperity crisis or just making plans to avoid one it is extremely important that you keep asking yourself “how can my life get better?”

I believe that the power of the questions you ask yourself daily determines the choices you make and the choices you make

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My Favorite Health and Wellness Tips

health and wellness tips

You and I over the years have read or heard a lot of health and wellness tips from the bizarre to the impossible (fill in the blank as you wish) on the internet, on TV or at seminars

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Spending Time or Wasting Time

Note to self: Stop Wasting Time – photo by D. Hennessey

Yesterday I picked up again one of my favourite books by Joe Hyams called Zen in the Martial Arts. Joe’s book contains short concise chapters on ideas that can help both martial artists and

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Going on Vacation and how it helps you Achieve your Work Goals

Hiking Vacation

Vacation Time – photo by D. Hennessey

Did you ever notice how many things you can get accomplished when you are short of time just before you are going on vacation? It seems that our minds become very focused and goals are quickly achieved

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What is the Best Time to Review a To Do List?

Dolomites, Italy

Did you ever wish you had planned ahead for a difficult day? – photo by D. Hennessey

There has been days when I have woke up in the morning and wondered ‘Okay, what do I need to get done today?’ When I have

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Avoid Driving in Circles

This car could go very fast in circles!

Some personal and professional development ideas are so simple they get pushed aside with the assumption everyone will know this idea. This article is to share one of the simple ideas I use that perhaps can

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Focus and Productivity

My Dad told me once that ‘work expands to the time allotted’. I believe this to be a very powerful statement in terms of how it can sum up productivity in either our personal or professional lives.

For example, when I was in university I worked part time (and sometimes full time) as I studied.

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Professional Development: Decide, Delegate, Defer, Delete

As you review your day with Pareto’s Principle in mind you can also apply the Four D’s I suggest below to both your personal and professional development:

When you are about to do something personal or professional review it immediately and:

Decide to do it – since it is important and relates to 80% of

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