In The Blink Of An Eye

My brain is churning this morning, can't put my finger on why but something in my morning reading really struck a chord deep inside me. I have been reading similiar things for the past year but for some reason, reading it this morning got the neurons firing.  I am currently reading the book  How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big  by Scott Adams. This mornings chapter was titled,  Happiness.  In the chapter he lists 8 things that he (and others I have read and listened to) say can help with your happiness in life. I can get behind them and would even promote them to those who might listen. Those 8 things include: Eat right Exercise  Get enough sleep  Imagine an incredible future (even if you don't believe it)  Work toward a flexible schedule  Do things you can steadily improve at  Help others (if you've already helped yourself) Reduce daily decisions to routine. I am curious to what others think about these 8. Do you believe them to be t

As I have approached making changes this year, I began with goals. I have shared in previous posts about SMART Goals and DUMB Goals. Either one works, the point is, you are more likely to succeed if you have a clear target and goal. Then I shared selecting the right "tools" to assist in reaching those goals. There are many tools that can assist us in monitoring our progress towards our goals. There are tools that can track our exercise, our eating habits and pretty much anything else we would like to track and monitor. The real eye opener for me along this journey is that the first two are necessary in working towards our goals but a game changer is creating new habits and routines. If we do not make using the tools a habit, they are not as effective as they can be. What I have focused on more recently is creating a routine that will make using the tools almost an automatic. What I have discovered when I have been able to run the routines on a daily basis is that even