No More New Years Resolutions: Try Monthly Goals Instead

Did you make New Years Resolutions for 2011? If so, are you on track to achieve them?

Day 2/365 - New Years ResolutionIf you set resolutions and got off track or didn’t set resolutions, setting monthly goals may be for you.

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A Passion for Beach Art – Jim Denevan

For 10 years Jim Denevan has used the beaches in North California as a canvas for his art. His art and the beach is a dance for him, meditative in quality. It also seems to be a place of healing. His passion is for surfing, though anyone who creates such large-scale artwork only to have it washed away by the ocean, must have a passion for creation as well. Watch the video (9:36) – it’s amazing what he can do.

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How to Focus

“The most powerful way to control your focus is through the use of questions.”
- Anthony Robbins

The quality of your questions determine the type of answers you get. To get a better answer, ask a better question.

Take a look at this short (1:16 video) from Tony Robbins to see what I mean:

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What type of questions will you be asking yourself now?

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Motivation vs Habit

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”
- Anonymous

Hmm… there’s something about this quote that doesn’t sit right with me. First of all, let’s start by defining what motivation is. Motive, as per the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is “something (as a need or desire) that causes a person to act.” Therefore, according to this quote, we have a need or desire that causes us to act or start something.
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What Motivates Us

Do you know what motivates you? Watch this amazingly animated video below to find out.

Drive – The surprising truth about what motivates us (Dan Pink)

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I just love watching the fellow draw and illustrate the lecture as Dan talks in the background.

Any new observations about what motivates you?

P.S. If you liked this, check out Dan’s book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us.

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