Goals: Trust the Process

Last year I wrote a book on goal setting.  I am now in the process of editing that book.  As I edit, I will post excerpts here on my blog.  This is from chapter one: _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Trust...

Word of the Day #61: Ignite

Ignite: to start a fire, to light up. In a Latin class today, we learned the Latin word for fire, ignis. From ignis, English derives the words ignite (to start a fire), ignition (this is why some grandpa’s ‘fire’ up the truck), igneous (rock formed via intense, fiery...

School did not help

Last year I wrote a book on goal setting.  I am now in the process of editing that book.  As I edit, I will post excerpts here on my blog.  This is from chapter one: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ School...

Word of the Day #60: Inexorable

Inexorable Relentless, stubborn, unyielding, unrelenting When something is inexorable, it cannot be stopped, such as the inexorable passage of time. Inexorable comes from the Latin word inexorabilis, meaning that which cannot be changed, even by prayer.  The Latin...

How I Forgot about Goal Setting

Last year I wrote a book on goal setting.  I am now in the process of editing that book.  As I edit, I will post excerpts here on my blog.  This is from chapter one: _______________________________________________________________________________________________ How I...