Ask Yourself: Does This Matter?

question1 Ask Yourself: Does This Matter?What are you doing right now?

This is a question you need to ask yourself often.  It should quickly be followed by, “Does this matter?” 

You likely spend a lot of your time doing things that simply don’t matter.  I mean they do not significantly contribute to the quality of your life.

These activities are just fillers.  They fill time, but they distract you from actually doing something that …

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How to Relax and Have More Leisure Time

This is a guest post by Joe Wilner.

relaxinggirl How to Relax and Have More Leisure Time I can’t remember a time recently when I’ve been accused of working too little. If you’re like me you find it hard to let work go, take a break, and enjoy some well deserved leisure time. Though, to have more joy and serenity in life, having “free time” is exactly what needs to be done.

Leisure time offers a chance to regroup …

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12 Tips to Make Your To-do List Actually Work

This is a guest post by Mike Reeves-McMillan.

dowork 12 Tips to Make Your To do List Actually Work To-do lists are a staple of productivity teaching. Whether you follow the Getting Things Done approach or the Put Things Off approach, or one of the dozen other popular or obscure methods, the to-do list is likely to appear in it somewhere.

They act as reminders, prompts, and motivators (it’s satisfying to cross things off, and gives a sense of achievement). However, …

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Three Common Excuses For Less Than Excellent Work

boat thumb Three Common Excuses For Less Than Excellent Work We should fully apply ourselves and our resources to completing every task we take on with excellence.  If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing right!  Other people are always watching us and making judgements about our character.  The majority of what they conclude about us comes from the actions they observe.  If you want to succeed in life, you should take on every task with this in …

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Reader Poll: Is It Better To Be In Your Twenties or Forties?

waiting for age Reader Poll: Is It Better To Be In Your Twenties or Forties? Age is something that none of us can avoid.  No matter how much effort you exert, you cannot stop the aging process.  Time passes and we celebrate more birthdays whether we like it or not.  I’ve always been a firm believer that life has its seasons.  Things come and go.  But now that I’m in my early forties, I think a little more about age and its significance.  Lately, I’ve …

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