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Why We Feel Alone

The image for today’s blog is my own hand drawn image. You can see my budding artistic ability showing through here. Okay, so I’m probably not going to win any prizes for this one. However, this image shows one reason why we feel alone. In case you can’t see it, the image depicts two icebergs. […]

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What Is Your Life About?

The title says it all. What is your life about? Other ways of asking this question might be, “Where are you going?”, and “How do you measure your life?” To start, we might need to ask if you’re life is about anything at all. Some of you might suggest that there isn’t a grand design, […]

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The Impact Hour: How to Set Great Goals

On this week’s episode of The Impact Hour, learn how to set great goals. Click here to listen. ‘Tis the season for goal setting. But not all goals are created equal. Learn how to set — and achieve — really great goals that support you in moving forward in life. You can listen to the […]

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Fixed vs Growth Mindset

At Simply Great Lives we help people experience and learn about many mindsets during our events. One of the important ones is the growth mindset vs the fixed mindset. Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D. has researched this. She has found that successful people predominantly work with a growth mindset. You can explore more on this topic […]

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Make Your 2017 Great

As we are about to begin 2017, there are two directions we should look to make 2017 great. We should look both backwards and forwards. Looking Back Some folks only look forward. These folks try their hardest to forget or at least ignore the past. They may even claim to have no regrets. I believe these […]

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The Impact Hour: Make It a Great Christmas

On this week’s episode of The Impact Hour, learn what you can do to make it a great Christmas. Click here to listen. Sometimes spending time with family over the holidays can be… challenging. We’ll give you some great tips for enjoying better interactions and relationships. And we’ll look at some ideas to help you […]

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The Impact Hour: How to Get Unstuck

On this week’s episode of The Impact Hour, you will learn how you can get unstuck so you can make the amazing difference you were meant to make. Click here to listen. You are capable of greatness! However, there are some common reasons why you may not yet be making your positive impact. Or you […]

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Maximize Your Quiet Time

When I was a kid, I used to have quiet time. I would be by myself and build with Lego blocks. I would read. And sometimes, I would just be quiet and think. These days, I don’t take so much quiet time. And I am learning how important it is to have quiet time. It’s […]

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