Action | Success-Maniacs https://www.success-maniacs.com Where Values Meet Success Wed, 03 Feb 2021 18:36:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Mental Hoarding Will Kill Your Goal Achievement https://www.success-maniacs.com/mental-hoarding-will-kill-your-goal-achievement/ Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:00:18 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1457 You’ve probably seen, or at least heard of, the show, Hoarders. It’s about people who have become so attached to their things that they can’t bear to let them go or throw them away. It gets so bad in many cases on the show that houses are unsafe to live in. Junk clutters the entire […]

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3 Reasons Working Alone Kills Your Success https://www.success-maniacs.com/3-reasons-working-alone-kills-your-success/ Thu, 21 Feb 2019 13:33:04 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1428 One of the biggest problems people have in achieving their Goals is that they get discouraged, distracted or diverted from the end result. Given the level of cultural noise most of us experience today, it can be extremely difficult to focus on what needs to be done. I speak from experience here. I find myself […]

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Progress Depends on Doing the Little Things Daily https://www.success-maniacs.com/progress-depends-on-doing-the-little-things-daily/ Tue, 05 Feb 2019 13:41:05 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1158 As we work towards our Goals, it’s easy to get discouraged, because we don’t always see progress. We want a quick result or at least something we can see every time we look, but that’s not how we should measure progress all the time. Sometimes, our progress has to be measured in the daily actions […]

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Goals vs Resolutions https://www.success-maniacs.com/goals-vs-resolutions/ Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:01:02 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1152 As we near the end of January of the New Year, it’s that magical time for two groups of people. For those who have Resolutions for the New Year, the overwhelming majority either have or shortly will give up and return to their old lives or at least pretending to work on change in their […]

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Values Based Success – Why It’s Important https://www.success-maniacs.com/values-based-success-why-its-important/ Fri, 25 Jan 2019 14:27:45 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1140 Values Based Success is about creating change in your life based on the Values that are important to you. Your Values are the foundation of the results that you get in life, so you need to choose Values that are truly important to you, not others. You need to craft a plan that supports those […]

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Weight Loss Goal Update – 2019-01-25 https://www.success-maniacs.com/weight-loss-goal-update-2019-01-25/ Fri, 25 Jan 2019 13:49:00 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1138 I missed last week’s update, and I really am kicking myself for it. First I want to do this every week and second, I had a really good week last week. Had a good week this week too. So, here we go… On January 18th I weighed in at 247.6 pounds for a loss of […]

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3 Reasons Why People Fail at New Year’s Resolutions https://www.success-maniacs.com/3-reasons-why-people-fail-at-new-years-resolutions/ Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:38:58 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1135 Each year on January 1st, a large segment of the population think they become super-achievers and Goal-Setters. They “set” New Year’s Resolutions, firmly (sort of) intending to change their lives. Some people loudly proclaim their resolutions. By the end of January, almost all of them are done. They aren’t done because they’ve accomplished their resolutions, […]

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Productivity Is a Trap When Pursuing Your Goals https://www.success-maniacs.com/productivity-is-a-trap-when-pursuing-your-goals/ Mon, 21 Jan 2019 17:13:07 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1133 Broadly speaking productivity is the measurement of how much you get done how quickly. We want to see our personal productivity rise, especially as we’re trying to achieve greater and greater Goals. It gives us a great sense of satisfaction and achievement to get more done in less time, as it should. The productivity trap […]

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Celebrating Your Success With Rewards https://www.success-maniacs.com/celebrating-your-success-with-rewards/ Thu, 17 Jan 2019 14:04:30 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1131 One of the ways we motivate ourselves to achieve our Goals is to give ourselves rewards for Success along the way. When we reach a milestone Goal, overcome a particularly difficult obstacle or finish the work of achieving the Goal itself, it’s a great idea to build in a reward for these achievements. Why do […]

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What to Do When Your Goals Progess is Slow https://www.success-maniacs.com/what-to-do-when-your-goals-progess-is-slow/ Wed, 16 Jan 2019 14:22:48 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1129 Good Goals are ones that take a little time and effort, sometimes a lot, to do. If our Goals are too easy, why bother, right? You can just put them on your to-do list and not go through all the fuss of the Goal-Setting process. Big Goals, or at least Goals that take time, effort […]

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Flexibility is Key to Achieving Our Goals https://www.success-maniacs.com/flexibility-is-key-to-achieving-our-goals/ Mon, 14 Jan 2019 14:07:16 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1123 Goal Setting and achieving those Goals is more than just creating the Goal and putting a date on it. The Goal is the easy part. The hard part is in the execution, in how we achieve that Goal. You see, no matter what not all Goals will be achieved without setbacks or something getting in […]

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Achieving Your Goals Through Your Habits https://www.success-maniacs.com/achieving-your-goals-through-your-habits/ Sat, 12 Jan 2019 13:49:02 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1121 Our Goals are about the end result we’re chasing, so we focus on that. That Goal or end result is what we expect to make us happy, feel accomplished and make an impact on our lives or others’. One thing I’ve found over the years is that sometimes the Goals we’re shooting for aren’t entirely […]

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Weight-Loss Goal – Update for Week 11 https://www.success-maniacs.com/weight-loss-goal-update-for-week-11/ Sat, 12 Jan 2019 13:17:09 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1119 This is an interesting week as far as the weight loss Goal goes. First, the weight. My weigh-in yesterday was 249.8 pounds. This was up 1.2 pounds from last week. The last 3 days, my weight has been essentially unchanged each day. 249.9, 249.9 and 249.8. That’s pretty rare for me. However, I do like […]

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Goal-Setting and a Morning Routine https://www.success-maniacs.com/goal-setting-and-a-morning-routine/ Fri, 11 Jan 2019 14:35:33 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1117 There is a definite correlation between achieving our Goals and our morning routine, and it should support our pursuit of our Goals. A morning routing is what you do in the morning from when you get up to when you leave for or start work. The end point is up to you. A typical morning […]

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Don’t Let Schedule Disruptions Destroy Your Momentum https://www.success-maniacs.com/dont-let-schedule-disruptions-destroy-your-momentum/ Wed, 09 Jan 2019 14:10:04 +0000 https://www.success-maniacs.com/?p=1108 One of the things that can derail us from achieving our Goals is a small setback, or something not going exactly as planned. It throws off our thinking, our planning and our momentum. As we pursue our Goals, we’re often either very focused on what we’re doing and getting ready for the next task. That […]

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