It’s no secret that New Year’s resolutions are, for most Americans, a losing battle. Over the next week, millions of Americans will outline how they would like their lives to be different in 2024. And over the following month, most of those millions will remember why their lives always stay the same: change, while worth it, is hard; familiarity, while…
This year, as every year, millions of Americans will start 2024 setting out to change something about themselves. Right now, nearly 90% of them are confident they will achieve their goal. But if tradition holds true, only 20% will actually succeed. As people, we tend to have a love-hate relationship with New Year’s resolutions. None of us believes we’re living…
20% isn’t a stellar average rate of success. A number like that doesn’t exactly inspire confidence. And yet, every year, millions of Americans make a vow to change their lives for the better in a tradition that only 1 in 5 sees to fruition – the New Year’s resolution. The problem New Year’s resolutions run into is that they are…
Everywhere you look today, ambitious teachers and trainers are looking for ways to improve their public speaking skills – and according to experts, storytelling is the best place to start. Journalist and storytelling expert Christopher Booker wrote, We spend a phenomenal amount of our lives following stories; telling them; listening to them; reading them; watching them being acted out on…
One of the most influential people in the golf world for many years was Harvey Penick. His career began at the age of only eight years old when he began caddying for the Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas. Only five years later he became the club’s assistant pro. In 1923, at age 19, he graduated to head professional –…
Decisions, decisions – the building blocks of our lives. It seems obvious to say that good decisions help to create a better tomorrow, yet many people don’t appear to connect their lack of personal development to their poor decision making. Some people make choices, then experience negative consequences, yet wonder why they can’t seem to get ahead in life. They…
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