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Interview with Leo Babauta of the Zen Habits Blog

December 11, 2012 by Tanya Smith 2 Comments

I had a great time with this interview! Leo shares quiet and confident wisdom about creating good habits and becoming more productive by honoring yourself. Leo shares his own struggles battling smoking, poor diet, and other dangerous pitfalls and how he overcame these. This is a must-hear interview, just in time for the new year! Also find our complete series on iTunes called Simplify for Success. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Personal Growth & Development, Podcast, Productive Strategies Tagged With: Goal Setting, habits, interview, leo, Positive Thinking, productivity

Are You Being Bullied By Your Fears?

September 28, 2012 by Tanya Smith Leave a Comment

My eldest child plays soccer. She's pretty good at it too. And this year, her team moved up to Division 1 so things are exceptionally competitive. When she was younger, the "Princess" was always ultra polite - one of those kids who all the teachers fawn over because she said, "please" and "thank you". I suppose that's not a commonality much anymore. But that streak of politeness doesn't work very well when you play competitive sports. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Personal Growth & Development Tagged With: critical success factors, Mindset, Positive Thinking, purpose

10 Lessons From Jamaica I Hope I Never Forget

July 27, 2012 by Tanya Smith 16 Comments

This past week, my family and I traveled to beautiful Sandy Bay, Jamaica for a vacation. Leading up to the trip, I was totally in frantic mode - you know, where you are trying to get last minute things done, tripping over yourself to accommodate other people's requests, lamenting overzealous commitments you've made. I actually left thinking there was no way I would relax and enjoy it because I knew I'd missed a few items on my task … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Personal Growth & Development Tagged With: Goal Setting, manage time, Personal Growth & Development, Positive Thinking, productivity, time

Goals Are Not the Answer

April 18, 2011 by Tanya Smith Leave a Comment

At the beginning of the year, I know you were probably in the fray of people who were gung-ho about setting up new goals. You were excited because hey, it’s a new year, a chance to start over, blah blah blah. Oh, and I was in that group too. Not that I’m saying there is anything at all wrong with goal-setting. Setting goals, in fact, is critical to the success of most people. There is only a very small percentage of people … [Read more...]

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Getting Positive Results Using C-FAR

January 25, 2011 by Tanya Smith 2 Comments

Sharing with you a quick audio on my C-FAR formula. This is something I developed for myself several years ago to remind me that I have the ability to impact the type of results I get when I intentionally make the decision to change something in the process. Listen in… Similar Posts: How to Set Up Your Complimentary Call Invitation Brand and the NLP Logical Levels of Change 3 Top Personal Brand Mistakes That Kill Your Chance of a … [Read more...]

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Goal Setting Is Not Dead…Just Boring

January 11, 2011 by Tanya Smith Leave a Comment

Goal setting always gets to be pretty popular this time of year. You hear a lot of techniques about how to do it and one of the most common ways is the SMART technique. I’m not writing about that here, because it’s so overused now, I don’t think you’ll care. No matter what you use, the new year always kicks us off with a great start, right? But then somehow you lose interest. There is this cycle that we seem to get into and it … [Read more...]

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