Aspirational Goal

Lou Holtz's Compelling Quest to Do 107 Things Before He Died

Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Career Advice, Setting Goals, Careers, College Football, Lou Holtz, Goals, Notre Dame, Aspirational Goal, Healthy Living News

If you're a football fan, you probably know Lou Holtz as a college football coach. What you may not know is his compelling quest to do 107 things before he died. It started in 1966, when Lou was 28 years old.

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Running to Your Passion: It Took a Wake-Up Call

Lorraine Roe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tanzania, Passion, Volunteerism, Life Purpose, Aspirational Goal, Africa, Doctors, Giving, Medicine, Video, Impact News

In the course of eight years, resilience and passion have made dreams come true, not only for my friends, but for those seeking medical care in rural Tanzania.

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What We Can Learn From Arnold Schwarzenegger

Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Success, Dreams, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, American Dream, Career Advice, Achievement, Arnold Schwarzenegger, High-Achievers, California Governor's Race, Goal Setting, Aspirational Goal, Healthy Living News

What we can learn from Arnold Schwarzenegger is how important it is to focus on your goals. How many of us have been dissuaded from trying something because of what other people say?

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He Did the Impossible

Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Setting Goals, Miracles, Sports, Accomplishments, Impossible Goals, Running, Persistence, Goal, Roger Bannister, Belief, Overcoming Adversity, Goals, Aspirational Goal, Determination, Business News

56 years ago today, Roger Bannister accomplished the impossible. He was the first person to break the four minute mile barrier. His story is not only...

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Too Many Goals? How to Get Started!

Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Setting Goals, Career, Career Advice, Job Advice, Careers, Goals, Goal Setting, Aspirational Goal, Business News

Prior to working with us, many of our coaching clients had difficulty prioritizing multiple goals. We developed a strategy to address competing priorities.

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New Year's Resolution? This Time, Stay on Track!

Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Career Advice, Setting Goals, New Year's Resolutions, Careers, New Years Resolution, Career, Goals, Aspirational Goal, Business News

How are you going to make sure to stick to the resolutions you make in January? Wouldn't it be great to break the cycle of starting and stopping on your goals?

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Not Happy? Who's Dragging You Down?

Russell Bishop | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Inspiration, The Inner Life, The Secret, Happiness, Women and Happiness, Aspiration, Aspirational Goal, Healthy Living News

I've found that buying into individual tales of difficulty and challenges only serves to add to the burden of overcoming life's obstacles and improving one's experience of well being.

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Why Positive Thinking Just Doesn't Work

Russell Bishop | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Positive Thinking, Inspiration, The-Inspired-Life, Gps-Soul, Russell Bishop, The Inner Life, Quality of Life, Aspirational Goal, Aspiration, Healthy Living News

You can sit there and hope, pray, project, imagine, fantasize, visualize, make up great affirmations and just about any other kind of positive thinking idea you can imagine, and not much will change - at least not without actually getting involved, without taking some form of action towards what you want more of in your life.

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Are You Doomed By Your Circumstances?

Russell Bishop | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Inspired Life, Inspiration, The Inner Life, Choice, Aspirational Goal, Aspiration, Circumstance, Life Advice, Russell Bishop, Healthy Living News

Many people feel trapped by their circumstances. The main problem we need to address when feeling trapped, is the feeling of being trapped - not the circumstances, per se, but what we tell ourselves when we find ourselves in that trapped set of feelings.

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3 Keys To Finding Your Source Of Inspiration

Russell Bishop | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Awareness, Inspirational, Inspiration, Spirit, The Inner Life, Life Purpose, Aspirational Goal, Aspiration, Healthy Living News

Two weeks ago, we started exploring the notion of living an inspired life. The overarching question focused on what you want out of life. Not just w...

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What Do You Want Out Of Life, Really?

Russell Bishop | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Fulfillment, Inspirational, Inspiration, The Inner Life, Living With Meaning, Meaning, Aspirational Goal, Healthy Living News

How fulfilled do you find yourself these days? Do you even think about living life in a way that is fulfilling, or is it enough to just get by? Does...

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Dream a Little Dream...

Leeat Granek, PhD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Achievement, Wishing, Living Your Dream, Dreams, Fantasy, Aspirations, Personal-Success, Success, Dream Job, Dream Interpretation, Fulfillment, Aspirational Goal, Healthy Living News

I always thought that if you worked really hard and put your whole heart into achieving your dreams, they would come true. It turns out, this is not so.

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Who Do You Listen To For Guidance And Inspiration?

Russell Bishop | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Intuition, Awareness, True Self, Inspiration, The Inner Life, Quality of Life, Aspirational Goal, Healthy Living News

People have all kinds of aspirations, some lofty, some more worldly. People sometimes experience their aspirations coming true. And many people have had their aspirations materialize only to wonder why they ever wanted that in the first place.

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Beyond Your To-Do List: How To Aspire To An Inspired Life

Russell Bishop | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Inspiration, To-Do Lists, The Inner Life, Living With Meaning, Meaning, Aspirational Goal, Healthy Living News

Changing gears ever so slightly (that's code in my family for completely and utterly), let's turn our attention to something that matters a bit more t...

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Memo To Right-Wing: Withdrawal Timetable Now Doubleplusgood

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: War on Terror, War Wire, Timetable, Nineteen Eighty Four, Democratic, Failure, Iraq, Withdrawal, Bush, Memory Hole, Doubleplusungood, Iraqi, Sofa, Ministry of Truth, Status of Forces, Orwell, 1984, White Flag, Time Horizon, George Orwell, Democrat, Right Wing, Surrender, Democrats, Chris Weigant, Lose a War, Doubleplus, Hypocrisy, Doubleplusgood, Newspeak, Maliki, Timetable for Withdrawal, Aspirational Goal, On the Ground, Minitrue, Politics News

I'm on a lot of strange press lists, so I get a lot of strange press releases, but this is the first time I've ever gotten one from another dimension, I have to admit.

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Maliki's Leverage Over Bush

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Because the clock is running out on Bush and because his domestic popularity continues to fall, Maliki is using the international media to boost his own popularity with the voters in Iraq.

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War Is Over (If Maliki Wants It)

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: October Surprise, Timetable, United Nations, Sovereignty, Iraq, Campaign, War Is Over if You Want It, Withdrawal, Bush, Iran, 2008, Sofa, Bridge Agreement, War Is Over, 2008 Campaign, Un, Status of Forces Agreement, Prime Minister, John McCain, Time Horizon, Yoko Ono, War, 2008 Elections, Democracy, 08, 2008 Election, Agreement, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, John Lennon, 08 Campaign, Sovereign, Bridge, Sadr, 2008 Presidential Race, Bilateral, Purple Finger, Nouri Al Maliki, Aspirational Goal, Politics News

Without a microscopic examination of the seething cauldron of Iraqi partisan politics, it's safe to say that Maliki knows which way the wind is blowing. The Iraqi people want to know -- "when is the U.S. leaving?"

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