Have you considered why it may be hard to achieve goals once set?

I found out one simple step to ensure that goals become possibilities. (Of course, it involves, like all things, follow through.)

Many times I have set goals and not achieved them. I have been pleased to have progressed, but in the back of my mind would liked to have gone further than 60-80% of the way to the goal.

Other times, I totally got sidetracked. Often, now, I have greater success that has come from building determination, it is true, but also because I discovered a missing step.

It landed on me about a year or two ago that something was missing… and that was….how to go beyond setting the goal.

Goal-Setting tips: (My version of how to make realistic and achievable goals)

1. Set a goal with an end-date; (so you know whether you made it or not)
2. Make sure it’s achievable; (it is within your skill set or a set of skills you can develop  during the target time period.)
3. Set the next step that will lead to getting there–ongoing; (once achieved, add the next step.)

It is as simple as that. This last part was missing for over ten years while I was a goal-setting maniac bent on growth. Now I am a goal-achieving developer of skills bent on growth. Hope you’ll join us. There are many in the world…

Please share this information so those who wish to achieve will go beyond hoping things go well.

July 4, 2018: The Fourth of July is called “Independence Day” and is commonly associated with “freedom”.

Have you considered what this means to so many?

I considered and shared below some musings from a meditation today that demonstrates some of what these terms and this day means to me.

I have observed that conditioned patterns, formed from decisions made while quite young, usually pull me to act or react in certain ways. This pulling, associated with thoughts does not equate with freedom or independence.

The freedom to act in life comes from being totally present in the moment, thinking and then moving from that place into a goal or life’s purpose. Certainly, freedom and independence are not equated with seeing things clouded by previously decided or determined views.

So be present and act on your own. That would be true independence and freedom.

Further, falling into thinking of a need to be either “free” or “independent” can be considered a catchy situation, too. Neither is substantially real in and of itself and as such are created concepts put on top of being free to independently act in the moment.

Happy Fourth of July everyone. And for those in Canada who celebrated Canada Day a few days ago, best to you. These two created holidays represent the concept as well.

Calmly going forth,

Dan O’Brien

I see people frustrated as they feel they have to struggle in the business of the modern world.

I, too, while teaching have so many considerations that at times it seems too much.

One thing I found to help recently is the mountain approach.

I envision before I have to teach or write a challenging email to someone or perhaps plan my schedule that this is useful.

Mountain Approach:

I am a mountain. I am solid and strong. I do not have anything to prove.

Rain rolls off of me. Bustling winds causes by the flurries and movements of the world blow over me. I am calm. I pause, think and if need, pause again.

Then, I act with compassion for myself and others.

We are in this together, and at least one of us is stable to meet a flurrying, flustered world.

Joyfully,

Dan

Here is a video addressing the question, “How can I make a difference in the world without being burned out?”

If this is you, please take a look at this 7 minute video.

http://www.clearskycenter.org/video-can-make-difference-world-without-burning/?utm_source=Clear+Sky+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=19eb82356c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_21&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7e81ec75fc-19eb82356c-87177513

I am going to clear my environment tonight, one of the nuts and bolts suggestion from this 7 minute video blog.

Joyfully calm,

Dan