• Leadership & Personal Development

    Can Progress be Made by Doing the Same Things?

    Every morning I try to do a little visualization. I have an album in my photos with pictures and affirmations that remind me of who I’m striving to be. One of them is a picture of me studying with the affirmation “I am better today than yesterday.” I believe in the principle of progress–that doing the little things each day add up over time. But this week I started to question my affirmation and this principle. I wondered if doing the same things every day would still create progress. I do pretty much the same thing every day. I get up every day at the same time and exercise and…

  • Leadership & Personal Development

    Take the Next Step

    It has been a crazy, busy week! And it’s only half way over. 10 boxes of fruit arrived and needed to be canned. I teach a class on Friday that I need to prepare for. I’m in the middle of a 5 day challenge to get more traffic to this blog. I’m participating in 2 book/article discussions are this Friday and I’m only half way through the book and haven’t touched the articles. I’m taking a class and have some assignments to complete to keep my commitment (though I decided to make a very minimal commitment this week). I have some research to do for my responsibilities at church. And…