Remember that coffee shop loyalty card? The one that gives you a rush of satisfaction with each punch? What if you could apply that same feeling to hitting your personal goals? What is a motivational punch card? A motivation punch card is a small physical card you create to track progress toward specific goals. Each… Leia mais "Make Your Motivational Punch Card
The meeting ran long. My phone buzzed. I checked it under the table. Was this distraction caused by the notification (external) or my boredom (internal)? Was I planning to check messages at this time (traction) or was this an unplanned detour (distraction)? These questions form the backbone of the Indistractable Grid—a deceptively simple tool that… Leia mais "The Indistractable Grid Method
Motivation has a dirty secret. It’s wildly unreliable. It rises and falls like the tide, leaving our best intentions stranded when we need them most. I watched this pattern in myself for years. The fired-up version of me on Monday would set ambitious goals, only for Wednesday-me to wonder where all that energy went. This… Leia mais "Implementation intentions: Make your goals a reality on auto-pilot
My father taught me to finish what I started, and I took this lesson seriously for school projects and personal goals. It worked well through college, my career and into my forties. But somewhere along the way, this rule turned toxic. I found myself finishing books I hated, watching TV shows long after they stopped… Leia mais "When to let go of your goal
What if I told you that the key to creating true transformation in your life was to flip your thinking completely? To focus on who you are rather than what you have? We’ve been conditioned to approach life with a Have-Do-Be mentality, but that conditional approach never works. The Be-Do-Have framework completely flips this traditional… Leia mais "The Be-Do-Have framework for change
I used to attack my to-do list by tackling a bunch of tasks simultaneously. Send a few emails, do part of a project, jump on a call, and then go back to the emails. I thought I was being efficient – after all, I was working on so many things! Turns out, I was just… Leia mais "Focus on one thing only
A chave para alcançar suas metas e sonhos mais ambiciosos é, na verdade, algo que você aprendeu no jardim de infância. Não, não se trata de cochilar ou comer pasta. É muito mais simples e infinitamente mais poderoso: Escrever! Não estou falando de escrever o próximo grande romance americano ou de escrever um ensaio acadêmico. Estou falando do humilde ato de... Leia mais "Escreva suas metas
Você está cansado de estabelecer metas que fracassam antes mesmo de você começar? Você luta para se manter motivado em seu caminho para o sucesso? Conheça a WOOP - a estratégia com base científica que transforma suas metas em resultados tangíveis. Desenvolvida pela psicóloga Gabriele Oettingen, WOOP significa Wish (desejo), Outcome (resultado), Obstacle (obstáculo) e Plan (plano). Esse processo de quatro etapas combina... Leia mais "Alcance suas metas com o método WOOP
I discovered the October Method by accident last year. My calendar showed three months left until New Year’s, and a strange mix of panic and hope washed over me. I’d spent nine months making the same mistakes, following the same dead-end routines, and telling myself, “I’ll start tomorrow.” But that evening, staring at those final… Leia mais "The October Assess Method
The science-backed goal-setting strategy that doubles your success rate We all have goals and dreams, but turning them into reality can be challenging. You might think motivation is the key to success, but research suggests otherwise. A simple yet effective strategy called implementation intentions can help you achieve your objectives. What are Implementation Intentions? Implementation… Leia mais "Achieve your goals with the Implementation intention method
