Tag: goal
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Home From Conference
My excuse for not getting on top of posting anything on Monday is a general case of zombie-itis. That is, I met and chatted with so many wonderful people at RWA National Conference, that I practically feel like I’ve used up all my words. Trust me, about now, stringing a sentence together is HARD! But,…
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New Year, New Knowledge: What will you learn this year?
“We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.” – Max Depree To me, knowledge is growth. Sometimes what we learn may be painful, sometimes it can shake us to our core and make us reassess everything, but that’s just a part of growing, of improving. So, as you work on…
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Goal Setting for a New Year: 10 Steps to Easy, Achievable Goals
Welcome to 2013! Hooray, cheers, huzzah! Okay, now time to put down the champagne flutes and get to work. It’s a new year, and that means goal-setting. Don’t moan and groan about it – what happened to all that cheering? Trust me. This will be WAY easier than living up to that new gym membership.…
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Check the Sign-posts: How Far Have You Come? 10 Tips for Progress Measurement
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve loved checking the road signs telling you how far you are from wherever you’re going. Especially when it was a really long drive (here in Canada, most places are a “really long drive” … or maybe those are just my vacations), it’s a half-sign of success when the…
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What Are Your Reasons? : Remembering Why You Persevere
Maybe it’s the dull day, maybe it’s a lot of other things, but I’ve been feeling pretty down about my writing lately, which led me to go back to my list. I think most of us – no matter what goal we strive for and continue to fight to achieve – sometimes feel like the…
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Personal Cheerleaders
You’d have to be a fool not to recognize that life is full of ups and downs – it’s so well-known, it’s practically cliché. Writing is the same way. Sometimes you’re hot, following your muse, an idea, whatever it is and writing up a storm. And other times, well, those other times you wonder if…
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Staying Positive and Persevering: Goal-setting for a New Year (Part 1)
It’s the end of the year and what have you achieved? Are you ready to look back positively and move forward, persevering towards harder goals? Check out how to make writing goals here.