It is time to set your 2009 goals for. You will probably have goals for your business, goals for your health and goals for your finances. But don’t forget to set a goal for mental growth, learning and improving yourself in 2009.

A great place to start is with a reading goal and, as an added bonus, a reading goal will probably help you achieve the goals in other areas of your life as well.

Here are the step-by-step instructions for setting a reading goal.

1. Decide what books (or what category of books) are most meaningful to you. This is going to be very closely related to you larger goals for your life. If your business goals are high priority, you will definitely Read More...

With 2009 right around the corner, many of you are starting to set resolutions or goals for the New Year. You probably have a long list of things you want to accomplish. Perhaps getting to the gym three times a week, taking a two week vacation, setting and sticking to a weekly budget, learn a new hobby, cooking and eating healthier each night for dinner, but you might be thinking to yourself, “Do I really have the time to make these resolutions a reality?”

We all know people, who seem to do everything, but how do they fit it in with work, family and other commitments? Did this just happen? Are they lucky? No, they are intentional with their long term planning.

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New Year’s is a unique holiday. It’s the only holiday that celebrates the passage of time.  Perhaps that’s why, as the final seconds of the year tick away, we tend to become introspective. Then we wonder: how did time get away from us? And why did all our hopes and dreams never materialized?

Inevitably, that introspection turns to thoughts of self-improvement and the annual ritual of making Resolutions.

We all do it. We swear to ourselves, “This is THE year” for transforming our lives and Read More...