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April 24, 2013 by Tim Ragan

You got crabs in your bucket?

A while back, I remember reading a most interesting thing about a key difference between fishing for lobsters and for crabs. Apparently with lobsters you have to keep a watchful eye as once caught and dropped in a bucket, lobsters will keep trying to ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Transforming yourself Tagged With: Crab, Crab mentality, Health, Lobster, Mental health, Self-help

February 17, 2013 by Tim Ragan

10 Steps to Guarantee Failure

I was going through various "thinking pieces" that I have collected over the years in my business consulting files and came across this gem -- 10 Steps You Can Take To Guarantee Failure. I had first stumbled across this some years ago, and just now ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Transforming yourself Tagged With: Failure, Goal, Motivation, Self-help, steps

February 9, 2013 by Tim Ragan

Planning for successful change (part 1 of 5)

In a recent public newsletter, I committed to developing a series that break down the whole "goal setting and achieving" thing into 5 steps. As the first in that series, I want to set the stage with a bit of a preamble. First off, I'm assuming ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Transforming yourself Tagged With: Goal setting, Health, Mental health, Self-help

January 24, 2013 by Tim Ragan

Step Up. Now.

The following extract from a motivational book made it into my email inbox today, and the theme lined up nicely with a newsletter I was busy working on about why many people don't take more proactive steps in their working (and their personal) lives. ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Transforming yourself Tagged With: Motivation, Proactivity, Self-help

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