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Don?t Select the Route before You Know the Destination
Goal-setting is a critically important skill that's necessary for success. However, it's not the most important one.
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Think of it: if each time you were engaged in setting a goal for one of your projects, you were to ask yourself, "Why am I doing this?" how many trips to Abilene might you spare yourself?
The Mystique of the New
Knowing where you're going is critical; not only so that you can effectively steer your course but even more so to know when you've arrived.
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After all, you've now lived half your life, and you've learned a thing or two over these four or five decades, haven't you? You've made some mistakes and now, you think, it's time to put all that practical knowledge to work: out with the old, and in with the new!
Distracted by Life
'The Frazzled Entrepreneur' isn't at all a myth: it's the fate of too many men who jump ship from their careers to become an entrepreneur without enough thought. Things may not be as urgent as you think!
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Here's where, especially at midlife, men (and women) make their most serious mistake: their discomfort with the present state of their affairs causes them to see an urgency to their decision-making that may not really be there at all. And this deceived sense of urgency is your ticket to making poor (unfortunate) decisions.
Balancing Your Needs against Your Wants
Should your next career satisfy your basic economic needs, or should it satisfy the desires of your heart? Is there any way to strike a balance between them?
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You know the old saying: 'It's better to be safe than sorry'? As you consider your next career, balancing what you need with what you want, keep in mind that it's very possible to be both safe and sorry.
Get Proactive or Face the Consequences
The key to avoiding a midlife crisis involves looking ahead beyond the immediate crises that sap your energy and attention. Being truly proactive is your only effective way forward.
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I'm discovering that people would generally prefer to take their chances living their lives with blinders on (oblivious to signs of trouble on the distant horizon) than to spend time and energy doing the challenging work involved in taking a close look at themselves, their situations, their goals and purpose and, particularly, feelings of uncertainty or discomfort that they may be experiencing.
Emotional Pain Management
'Pain is necessary; suffering is optional' or so goes the old saying. With midlife, even a lot of the pain is optional if you choose to address it.
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To become truly proactive about managing the pain of your midlife transition, where do you have to start? From what I've just said, you'll know that you have to begin with your awareness.
The Balance Beam: The Energy Blame Game — Deal Me Out!
Who's to blame for the energy crisis? The politicians? The environmentalists? Those who want to stop us from taking what's ours? Or is it the face in the mirror?
The Balance Beam: Weighing the Risks of Green
Once again we tackle the issue of planning and risk-assessment vs. expediency and immediate gratification. Now or later, there's a price to pay.
The Balance Beam: Expediency, a Premeditated Catastrophe
Whenever we complain about things not going our way, we might want to take a look at our approach: how much planning has gone into things, and how much do we depend on plain old expediency?
The Balance Beam: Is Wasting Time a Waste of Time?
Sometimes the margin between a hard-working professional and a workaholic can be measured in minutes, and how those minutes are spent. At least some of them should be pure fun.
The Balance Beam: If You Can't Keep Up, Someone Else Can!
It's amazing how easily successful people can fall into passive inertia — at least until the chips are down. Then, do they have what it takes to catch up with those sprinting toward the finish line?
The Balance Beam: Playing Dominoes with Your Life
'Running out of time' seems a frequent and benign-enough occurrence that we seldom worry too much about it. However, ignoring this problem has serious consequences.
The Balance Beam: Worldwide Risk and Regret
While we focus our attention on problems of economics and immigration, a worldwide social upheaval of massive proportions is building. The policies of the past are creating a crisis in the future that demands a change of heart.
Ask Auntie: When It All Goes Wrong
- Today's reader has had a terrible experience in his or her business: the loss of a key person. Auntie explains how to make better decisions in the future. - hlesbrown on 2008-03-08
Ask Auntie: Taking the Risk out of Risky Business
- Anticipating what can go wrong with a project can greatly increase the probability for its success. Auntie gives some valuable tips on how to manage that. - hlesbrown on 2008-02-23
Ask Auntie: Plan The Project Not The Outcome
- A reader wants to know what's the good of planning when you can never accurately predict the outcome. Auntie suggests that people approach projects without planning at their own risk! - hlesbrown on 2008-02-02
Ask Auntie: Living with Conflicts of Values
- What happens to an entrepreneur, professional or career woman or man when faced with conflicting priorities? Auntie gives today's writer a valuable lesson in figuring it all out. - hlesbrown on 2008-01-26
Ask Auntie: To Appreciate, Appreciate!
- Continuous improvement is a cycle, and, as Auntie points out, it ends where it begins: at 'appreciation.' The step most people skip is a vitally important one: taking stock of how far you've come! - hlesbrown on 2008-01-20
Letters from Auntie Cyclone: How to Plan for a Change in Plans
- No matter how well you plan any project, if you haven't planned for a change in plans, you're asking for trouble. Auntie has some suggestions for you. - hlesbrown on 2007-12-29
Letters from Auntie Cyclone: Making Room for the Unforeseen
- Running out of time, especially at the worst time, is the perfect formula for becoming totally frazzled. Fortunately, there is a way around it. - hlesbrown on 2007-12-23
- Running out of time, especially at the worst time, is the perfect formula for becoming totally frazzled. Fortunately, there is a way around it. - hlesbrown on 2007-12-23
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