Over the decades, New Year’s goals have changed my life. Late each year I begin to think and pray about them, carefully trying to choose goals that will have a positive impact on the rest of my life. This year I have three main goals and achieving them would be transformative. First of all, I […]
Planning
Skillpower, Willpower, and New Year’s Goals
In Disease Proof, Katz argues that most people do not accomplish their goals because they do not have the skills to do so. It isn’t that they are lazy or unmotivated or bad; it simply is that they have never learned the basic steps to choosing goals, losing weight, exercising, and so forth. This book, […]
Review: Living Forward by Hyatt and Harkavy
Sometimes we just drift through life, responding to daily urgencies without any clear sense of where we are going. Of course, there are seasons when this is necessary. When there is a new baby, when someone is seriously ill, when a loved one temporarily becomes over-busy, during a move, or during other demanding situations, our goal […]