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It may not help you tick off more tasks and accomplishments in the short term … but it just might transform your "To Do List" entirely. I did not feel down, instead I become more, and more confident of myself, and believe me she is right whenever I put my mind on something I always accomplish whatever I want.
The times when all I can accomplish is one foot in front of the other, one moment at a time… Posted by Necie on March 9, 2010 at 1:55 pm | permalink | Reply Just because you told your readers to shut up. It's so true – our greatest triumphs are those we accomplish within ourselves. This is me everyday.
If someone does something just to say they did it (like running a marathon or climbing the Great Wall of China), but didn't enjoy the actual experience of having done it or the accomplishment itself, it was probably a waste of time.
-Dave Posted by Dave on July 9, 2010 at 8:40 pm | permalink | Reply Perhaps it seems that he is choosing an interesting life over happiness with friends and family that he has grown up with… but without a sense of continued personal accomplishment he would ultimately be unhappy if he didn't move on.
I still remember what it is, and have acually accomplished it. " I don't know why, but this really worked for me – I have an organized closet, and I have a lot of other works in progress that I've been trying to accomplish for years. This will help me a lot as I attack a few goals I want to accomplish bit-by-bit.
Even if I manage to do that, I will not feel like I have accomplished something important today. And then, when it turns out that it really does mean sleep inducing I didn’t feel accomplished. Once you are drama free, you could actually focus on accomplishing more goals. Who puts a word like that in a picture caption?
If I don't, and don't get those endorphins, then my whole schedule is off, and I get nothing accomplished, not to mention I am a miserable grouch! I consider showering, dressing and going to work BIG accomplishments during heartbreak. Maybe you could learn to be good at that and I will follow you. :) Great great post.
How much greater good would that have accomplished? What if intead those millions in grant money had been given to occupational therapy clinics, private specialized clinics, one-on-one service providers, small autism-focused businesses, etc., or just to the parents themselves to allow them to buy more services and training?
And, look, I’m accomplishing numbers one and three from my list right here. After that the title is irrelevant—you go to a blog because of a good recommendation, not because of a good name. So my blog there is called Free Beer. And I’ll be posting on this blog when there’s a new post on Free Beer.
I certainly am a fan of working from home and believe that you have a set boundaries and expectations so that you are productive and focused on getting things accomplished to be successful. I check emails, figure out what I need to accomplish for the day, but not much more. So I don't work much in the morning. every day.
From a macro perspective, it pays to penetrate this level of social networks to get things accomplished. ." People my age are now getting business development jobs (like myself), are running social media and marketing for startups and organizations, and in other words are now in much more powerful gatekeeper positions.
Posted by JR on December 1, 2009 at 10:20 am | permalink | Reply It is indeed amazing, and all the more admirable that she has been able to accomplish so much in spite of her disadvantages. It's amazing you can even survive, let alone graduate college or run a business.
The fit of your jeans is somehow an accomplishment? I'm in jeans that don't really fit right now. I buy my coffee at the gas station. Each day there are little things." " I don't get this. Or am I misreading this sentence?
I encourage the spending debate for entrepreneurs (internally and externally) to be about why to spend, what it accomplishes, how it simplifies, what's the return, etc. This encourages a debate of "reckless vs. careful" and I think that's what you're really getting at.
I think you need to write a post about things you've done right, things you want, and how you are going to move on and accomplish them. Exaggeration: repeated tales of humanitarian accomplishments grow in the retelling. Some common forms of self-deception: Beneffectance: We all tell our stories as being beneficial and effective.
You're accomplishing herculean tasks few women ever think of attempting. Ask yourself if you're doing the right things to accomplish this, not whether you measure up to June Cleaver. Who feel ABSOLUTELY NO RESPONSIBILITY to add to the finances of their family for whatever reason. Would you like to be one of these women?
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Thanks Penelope :) Eduard Posted by Ideas With A Kick on November 12, 2009 at 4:46 am | permalink | Reply To your first point, if your priority is sightseeing, then having a job with lots of travel is a good way to accomplish the goal.
I'm male, 23 and have yet to work at all, so any and all advice about the subject, especially from someone who has accomplished a great deal while still harboring some of the same anxiety, is more than welcome. So I'd say the mission was accomplished! This gives them background for understanding the kid.
Winning is usually accomplished by placing the ball where your opponent isn't located: either you put the ball there yourself or you pass your team-mate so they can put the ball there. She has had good coaches, and clearly she listens to advice. Writing is definitely a skill that can be learned, but it requires tons of practice.
I am completely unable to accomplish office politics and definite limit my time with other people for the reasons listed above. Posted by Katy on December 7, 2009 at 1:43 pm | permalink | Reply I am completely unable to accomplish office politics and definite limit my time with other people for the reasons listed above.
Penelope, your true and accomplished voice at this time is writing. Things can get complicated when changes happen and we lose all the control of something that we previously enjoyed. I'm thinking specifically writing vs. webinars. One of a few trends for you to master may be webinars but it will require work and focus.
I think too often we are so worried about accomplishing as many tasks as we can that we don't focus enough on the task that is right in front of us. I love the idea of "rewarding yourself with your favorite project at the end" That is such a great way to attack an incredibly overwhelming to do list.
Looking back I realize it was the one thing in my life that I could control, accomplish something, make progress, etc. A year or so ago I got totally addicted to playing games on my Nintendo DS (I am in my 50's so that itself seems strange – not being 50, but playing video games!). I think it saved me from a total downward spiral!
Somehow I need to be reminded of this, and not enough people — especially people of admirable accomplishments and public profiles — openly discuss this stuff, and so I find solace in your blog. It's good to know I'm not the only one with complicated feelings about family workings.
I read it because you're an interesting human being and through your stories, I get a sense of who you are, how you've struggled, and how your struggles and accomplishments are like/unlike my own. The great mentors teach how to work more efficiently so you accomplish more than you peers/competitors. Just like me.
I published a book in 2002 entitiled "Leading People from the Middle." I also don't hear a lot of dissing of early feminists' accomplishments, though there is a pretty strong backlash against feminism's shriller aspects. Posted by Tzipporah on January 13, 2010 at 6:06 pm | permalink | Reply Good threads!
Here's my stance on happiness and choices: For as long as I can remember, everyone in my life has been telling me that I am wonderful and that I can do and accomplish absolutely anything I want in life. Their cups seemed to always overflow and I marveled at their accomplishments. Gen Y, sound familiar?).
First, I don't even see how you accomplish what you set out to do. Posted by Gib on October 3, 2010 at 10:25 pm | permalink | Reply I don't know you Penelope, so for that reason I apologize in advance for being so critical. This post is lazy and misguided at best. Wait, what *were* you setting out to do here?
I went on to read the rest of it and was particularly impressed with the logic that a 27-yr-old (that's me) struggling to establish herself (again, me) should take advantage of involuntary unemployment by accomplishing a goal that would necessitate voluntary unemployment at some point. Thanks again.
You might be sick of hearing about my company here, but, you might also be happy to know that I’ve accomplished that goal, too. And, once I did that, I gauged my success on how well I could leverage my blog to drive traffic to my company, Brazen Careerist. Reality check: I nearly died from the stress of doing this.) Regain my sanity.
That is the only way we get to our goals, the only way the tortoise beats the hare in the race, the only way that we can look back and be so proud of our accomplishments. You've accomplished a lot. Perseverance. Perseverance. So thank you for spelling out what perseverance looks like when someone hits a wall. Don't worry.
But secondly, I've been feeling like my career isn't going anywhere and that my work isn't accomplishing anything. First of all it is winter in New England and that is always a gloomy time. Then I read this line "to think that you can affect your own happiness is a fundamentally positive step." " So true!
This allows them to accomplish a lot while putting things in perspective and maintaining a positive outlook about the grind along the way. Posted by Adrian on February 12, 2010 at 6:49 am | permalink | Reply We live lives of accumulated errors.
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