3 02, 2014

Progressive Goal Planningâ„¢ Part One: An Alternative Approach to Setting and Achieving Goals

2019-03-18T21:19:19+00:00

Progressive Goal Planning offers a viable and effective alternative when other approaches fail. Progressive Goal Planning is the process of planning sequential goals.  Each goals builds upon previously attained goals and ultimately toward the achievement of a greater, overarching goal. However, your end goal may not be known at the beginning of the process. In Progressive [...]

Progressive Goal Planningâ„¢ Part One: An Alternative Approach to Setting and Achieving Goals2019-03-18T21:19:19+00:00
29 01, 2014

Problems with Traditional Goal Planning

2019-01-10T18:57:16+00:00

Nearly everyone, at some point, has encountered the idea that goal planning is a key to achieving success. We find this notion everywhere, including in books and magazines, on television, in classrooms and seminars, and in blogs, newsletters, articles, and white papers. However, despite the pervasiveness of this idea and the good intentions of those who [...]

Problems with Traditional Goal Planning2019-01-10T18:57:16+00:00
7 01, 2014

How to Be More Persuasive: The Benefit Exchange Principle

2019-01-10T18:57:17+00:00

The principle of benefit exchange is a key concept that you need to focus on to become more persuasive. This concept revolves around making the the person who you are trying to convince, influence, or persuade understand where you’re coming from and showing them what they will get out of taking your […]

How to Be More Persuasive: The Benefit Exchange Principle2019-01-10T18:57:17+00:00
2 07, 2013

Ben Franklin’s 13 Virtues and Self-Improvement

2019-02-28T16:33:26+00:00

Many people consider Ben Franklin as not only one of the Founding Fathers of the United States but as one of the founding thought leaders on personal development. Ben Franklin's virtues in his own personal quest for moral perfection are shown below: Temperance: Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation Silence: Speak not [...]

Ben Franklin’s 13 Virtues and Self-Improvement2019-02-28T16:33:26+00:00
3 01, 2012

How Resolutions Changed in the Past 10 Years

2014-04-02T18:29:25+00:00

In 2002, FranklinCovey Organizational Products published the results of the first annual New Year’s Resolutions Survey. This year FranklinCovey asked the same questions to a statistically similar, nation-wide representative group. With ten years’ worth of New Year’s resolutions research and results, it’s now time to look back and see how our priorities have changed in [...]

How Resolutions Changed in the Past 10 Years2014-04-02T18:29:25+00:00