Defining Your “In Shape”
Being a cold-blooded-northerner-at-heart, I thrive in the cold! So when fall came around I was rather excited for the cooler weather. Perfect evenings out walking as a family, extra trips to the playground, hiking trails through the woods, it’s our favorite time of the year. For me, it means an opportunity to be more physically
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A Weekly Review for Your Goals
You could have a well defined goal, action items with next steps, a beautiful gantt chart, and still forget the goal 3 months later. The secret sauce to any effective goal setting system is regular review.
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How to Accomplish Your Goals
In this video interview between Shawn Blanc and Mo Bunnell, learn about keeping a healthy balance between work and personal life, maintain margin in your schedule, and how to stick with your goals.
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Avoid being a New Years Resolution Statistic
University of Scranton research found that 92% of new years resolutions fail. So if nine out of ten people are failing at their goals, how do you become the one that nails it?
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Using data to achieve your Goals
You can’t accomplish a goal you haven’t defined. While tracking numbers may feel tedious and unrelated to our goal, data is a roadmap to success. It gives us feedback.
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The First Step
Taking the first step can be daunting. What are the things keeping you from getting started on your goals and how can you overcome them?
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The Power of Focus
This guest post by Mo Bunnell is about people with a common characteristic: focus. These people have an incredible ability to pick something to move forward, dedicate incredible energy, to it, and drive it to completion. They create. And they finish. They ship their creations.
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How I Stay Sane When Life Feels Extra Busy
Fall is by far and away my favorite time of year. There is something magical about the crisp weather, a lit candle, a hot drink, and a blank page to write on. And here we are. It’s November! To be honest, most years I’m not yet ready for fall. The cooler weather will hit, and
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All My Notes and Takeaways from Jeff Goins’ Tribe Conference for Writers
Tribe is a creative and business conference for writers. It was a delight to meet with so many folks from all spectrums of the writing world: from self-published authors, to bloggers, and more.
This was my first year to attend the Tribe conference, put on by Jeff Goins in Nashville, and it was a blast. Here are all my notes and takeaways. Enjoy!
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Do Meaningful Work at Work
Over the past year we have been getting regular questions from folks about how we run things here at Blanc Media. From our 8-week work cycles, to our daily schedules and systems, to our project management software, and more. In response to these questions, we are hosting an online workshop in a few weeks.
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