Everybody says you should have goals. They say, “If you don’t have goals, you’ll never accomplish anything.” They quote slogans like, “Reach for nothing and you’ll hit it every time,” or “If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll probably end up somewhere else.” They’re right. We set goals in different areas of our life: […]
Goal Setting
It’s Almost Time To Give Up Your New Year’s Resolutions
A couple of weeks into the new year, here are two important statistics: It takes 21 days to form a habit. Most people give up their New Year’s resolutions on January 17th. If you’re planning to quit, you only have two more days left. If you can hang in there through next Monday, it might […]
How To Walk Across America (Without Leaving Home)
Several years ago, I walked across America. I started on the pier in Santa Monica, California and ended up at an oceanside bed-and-breakfast in Provincetown, Massachusetts – a distance of 3,108 miles. I took 7.5 million steps and burned 310,800 calories – the equivalent of 89 pounds. And I did it within a few miles […]