Category: personal development
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Just for Today, I Will…
Just for today, I will… …be where my feet are. I won’t worry about the things that are out of my control. I won’t live in the future or dwell on the past. I will be exactly where I am – right here, right now. …say no to the things that are not in my…
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Developing Self-Awareness
Honest question: Do you know who you are? Like, really and truly know? Do you know what your values are? Do you know what brings you joy? Do you know what brings you pleasure? Do you know what brings out your strengths? What about what brings out your resiliency? Do you know how to be…
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Consistency Beats Intensity Every Day
Consistency beats intensity, every single day. Being consistent with something and taking small actions repeatedly, rather than going all out in one big swoop, will pay off in the long run. So often, when we go balls to the walls and throw everything we’ve got at something, we fizzle out quickly. Maybe we are trying…
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Forty Things for Forty Years
I turned the big 4-0 recently, and, hear me out, I know I’m not old. Forty is the new thirty, right? But damn, I’m not young anymore either. I guess I feel somewhere in the middle – old enough to know things, young enough to still be figuring things out. I’ve been reflecting and thinking…
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Creating a Vision of Where You Want to Go
One of the most important things about personal growth and development is creating the vision of where you want to go. Yes, the action you take to achieve your vision is of paramount importance. But without a goal or a destination in mind, that action may be misguided, misspent, or even useless. Think about it:…
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Your Future is Calling
Did you hear that? It’s the future calling, asking you to put in the work today to transform what your life looks like later. It’s asking you to… These are just some examples. Your future could be asking you anything. Only you can decide what future you looks like. Feel overwhelmed thinking about the future…
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Talking About the Enneagram at OKC Mom Blog
I have committed to submitting several blog posts over the upcoming months to the web site Oklahoma City Mom. OKC Mom is a blog for moms written by moms in the Oklahoma City Metro. The site is an awesome resource for moms in and around Oklahoma City. I cannot reprint my contributions to that site…
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Learning I was an Introvert Freed Me
People exhaust me. I mean that in the nicest way possible – I really do. I’m not trying to sound like an asshole, although I come across that way sometimes. It’s just, I’m an introvert. Most people think of introverts as being shy, but I am not a shy introvert. Thanks to a career in…
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THE MOST IMPORTANT CONVERSATION YOU’LL EVER HAVE
Guest blog post by Claire Bays. The most important conversation you’ll have – for the rest of your life – is the one happening between your ears. WHAT IT WAS LIKE I grew up in a relatively small town in Oklahoma. We call it Shawnee, America. I didn’t grow up playing sports, wasn’t involved in constructive…
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Controlled Drinking Helped Me Find My Bottom
I wrote about recovering from alcoholism briefly in my first blog post, explaining how giving up drinking had launched me onto a path of personal development. The decision to quit drinking was an extremely difficult one, because alcohol was so much apart of my identity at twenty-five. But after I experimented with controlled drinking, it…
A Growth Mindset 