Archives for December 2015

Adam Smith | December 31, 2015 | Leave a Comment

Rest During This Time of Year Is Possible

I know people who take the entire month of December off of work, because they just don’t want to deal with the madness of the season. They instead plan for the upcoming year and give back to others during this time. This is one way to find rest during this busy season, but what about the rest of us who can’t get away for an entire month? How are we supposed to find rest in the midst of this busy season, and how can we do better with rest in the new year?

The answer is threefold:

Adam Smith | December 30, 2015 | Leave a Comment

Stop Waiting to Be Picked

Remember what it felt like waiting to be picked for dodge ball or basketball in elementary school? I somehow managed to always be picked in the middle of the pack. Not first, not last, but right in the middle. The wait to be picked was always agonizing, because I never wanted to be picked last. My hope was that Jeremy Robinson had forgotten that I missed the last shot in the previous game we played. If he had forgotten, then I had a chance to be picked for his team. (He was big, mean, and the class bully. Nobody wanted to be on his bad side.)

But this scenario looked much different for those who were really athletic. If you were athletic, then people always fought over who would get to pick you first for their team. I’ve always wondered what happened to all those people who were picked first. Did they go off and become successful, because they were picked by other people, even into their careers? And what about the people who were picked last? Are they still being picked last, today?

Adam Smith | December 29, 2015 | Leave a Comment

#089: Why New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work

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When the facts tell you that 92% of New Year’s resolutions fail, you know that there’s a problem. Yet, 45% of Americans look over this fact and spend time thinking up new ones every year. Well, I’m tired of seeing this happen year after year, so that’s why episode eighty-nine is on New Year’s Resolutions. As a life coach I have found that some things work, and other things don’t, and I want to tell you what I’ve found.

So, here are the six top reasons that New Year’s resolutions don’t work: