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# Change2Change.me

Nothing changes if nothing changes. You have to change to change.

## Posts

- [Things to Practice for Greatness](https://change2change.me/greatness/) - I keep a digital journal (it’s Day One for reference). I’m not the greatest at actually “journaling,” lately it’s more just tracking what I’ve done during the day in terms of food, activity, etc. However, one of the things I love about this journal is the “on this day” feature which shows me past entries from the
- [If It's Worth Doing, It's Worth Doing Poorly](https://change2change.me/perfect/) - The first draft of this article began in February 2022. I’m getting around to posting it in July. What happened? Frankly, perfectionism happened. Perfect is the enemy of good. Perfection is the enemy of done. I want this article to be absolutely perfect. As a consequence of that, it’s sat unfinished, merely an amalgamation of disjointed
- [13 Stoic Lessons That Will Immediately Change Your Life](https://change2change.me/13lessons/) - Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BC. It is a philosophy of personal ethics informed by its system of logic and its views on the natural world. According to its teachings, as social beings, the path to eudaimonia (happiness, or blessedness) is
- [Things to do before I die](https://change2change.me/before-death/) - Alright, so it’s not the most fun thing in the world to think about — dying, that is. And yet, I’ve mentioned before how it’s actually a good practice. You’ve heard of the proverbial “bucket list,” and I guess I thought one up for myself the other day. It’s not very long, nor is it very broad.
- [Put Fear On Notice](https://change2change.me/goodbye-fear/) - This picture is snapped from a page in Ajahn Brahm's book Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung? It's a great book, pick it up and read it. You won't regret it. Think about it for a moment—what do we really have to be afraid of? Most of what we call fear is manufactured in our heads.
- [When The Going Gets Tough, What Keeps You Going?](https://change2change.me/going/) - Remember that phrase “When the going gets tough, the tough get going?” I do. I don’t even remember when the first time I heard it was. But it pops up in my head every now and again. The problem with that is, it’s missing something. Not that I’m saying we need to change the phrase.
- [Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator](https://change2change.me/master-procrastinator/) - Tim Urban knows that procrastination doesn't make sense, but he's never been able to shake his habit of waiting until the last minute to get things done. In this hilarious and insightful talk, Urban takes us on a journey through YouTube binges, Wikipedia rabbit holes and bouts of staring out the window -- and encourages
- [The Lies We Tell Ourselves](https://change2change.me/lies/) - Liar, liar, pants on fire! Who could possibly forget that little gem from childhood? It's probably a good thing your pants don't burst into flames every time you lie, or you might be sitting here reading this article surrounded by flames. What the heck do I mean by that? It's pretty simple really. Of all
- [2017 is 60 days old. Time to refocus?](https://change2change.me/2017-60/) - So here we are, 60 days into 2017. How are you doing? Have you stuck with your new years resolution? Have you remained committed to whatever goal you set for yourself? No? That's OK! Today is the perfect day to refocus on what's important to you. It's time to rethink where you want to go,
- [Beat Procrastination by Taking the Smallest Step Possible](https://change2change.me/beat-procrastination/) - I don't know about you, but I'm a serial procrastinator. My procrastination is so bad, in fact, that when I started writing this article I managed to get the headline set, I uploaded the image I selected for it, and then I went on to doing other things. I completely jumped from the "set-up" to
- [I'm Going To Go Out There And Do It](https://change2change.me/possible/) - I'm going to go out and do it, and show myself that it's possible, because possibility is very contagious.
- [Conduct Your Work in Seasons to Maximize Your Impact](https://change2change.me/seasons/) - Nine days ago marked the start of my favorite season — Autumn. I absolutely love feeling the temperatures cool down, the leaves changing colors, and of course taking the family to the pumpkin patch. With the start of this new season, it's a perfect time to reflect on what we've accomplished through the year, and
- [Change Must Become a Lifestyle](https://change2change.me/change-lifestyle/) - A group of scientists placed 5 monkeys in a cage, and in the middle they placed a ladder with bananas on top. Every time a monkey went up the ladder, the scientists soaked the rest of the monkeys with cold water. After a while, every time a monkey went up the ladder, the other monkeys
- [Five Things my Son's First Birthday Taught me About Life](https://change2change.me/turning-one/) - On Sunday my son turned a year old. Time has flown by incredibly quickly, as I'm sure anyone with kids will attest to. As I got to thinking about this huge milestone in his life, I realized that I have learned a few things from this. I'd like to share them with you here. Keep
- [How To Make Yourself Work](https://change2change.me/do-it/) - One of the biggest problems you need to solve if you work for yourself is how to make yourself do work. The best entrepreneurs have figured it out and just pound out the work they need to do. But many others put off their dream careers, or stay in jobs they like, because they’re afraid
- [Get The Action Habit](https://change2change.me/action/) - Here’s something leaders in every field agree on: There is a shortage of top-flight, expertly qualified persons to fill key positions. There really is, as the saying goes, plenty of room at the top. As one executive explained, there are many almost-qualified people, but there is one success ingredient often missing. That is the ability
- [The Guaranteed Way To Kill Bad Habits](https://change2change.me/bad-habits/) - Bad habits; we all got’em. You know what they are. You know you should stop. But… it’s hard. In fact, sometimes you feel downright powerless. And you’re not crazy… Research from Duke University shows 40% of what you do every day isn’t a decision — it’s a habit. The good news is there's a guaranteed way to kill those
- [It's Your Ship](https://change2change.me/your-ship/) - I recently read D. Michael Abrashoff's It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy, and I found it a very enjoyable read. I'd highly recommend it for anyone, but especially those in leadership positions. Abrashoff walks us through 11 fundamentals of leadership he used to turn the USS Benfold around
- [Fail Better](https://change2change.me/fail-better/) - “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” —Samuel Beckett
- [Two Keys to Making Your New Year's Resolutions Stick](https://change2change.me/resolutions/) - The guidance on whether or not you should set resolutions for yourself at the start of a new year is a mixed bag. Some say it's a good practice, while others say it's a waste of time as most people fail to keep their resolutions through January. Personally, I think it's always a great idea
- [The Happy Secret to Better Work](https://change2change.me/happy-secret/) - We believe we should work hard in order to be happy, but could we be thinking about things backwards?
- [Pursue Perfection by Getting Better With Each Step](https://change2change.me/perfection/) - The greatest sculptor of ancient Greece, Phidias, around 440 BC made the statues that to this day, 2,400 years later, still stand on the roof of the Parthenon in Athens. When Phidias submitted his bill, the city accountant of Athens refused to pay it. "These statues stand on the rook of the temple, and on
- [So You Want to Change the World?](https://change2change.me/world/) - Many people share the goal of wanting to change the world, and yet, so few people accomplish that. Or at least so few people feel as though they have accomplished it. I'm going to let you in on a little secret: Changing the world isn't all that hard. You just have an impossible definition of
- [The 4 Legs in the Chair of Success](https://change2change.me/4-legs/) - I recently started reading James Altucher's Choose Yourself Guide to Wealth, and an interesting theme has emerged that got me thinking about my own success. James talks about four things throughout the book, and even drew the analogy that these four were like the four legs of a chair that you sit on. Take away
- [A Nifty Time Management Hack to Boost Productivity](https://change2change.me/time-hack/) - How many times have you arrived at the end of the day and thought to yourself there just aren't enough hours in a day? There's no question about it, we face a world that has more distractions than ever before. Got a text message? New email? There's notifications going off every few seconds, begging for
- [What Steve Jobs Knew About Chasing Your Dreams](https://change2change.me/dreams/) - Hate him or love him, one thing is for certain; Steve Jobs made his mark on this world. Ten years ago he delivered the commencement address at Stanford University, and this bit of it has captured my attention for a while: When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you
- [Two Simple Steps to Put You on the Path to Success](https://change2change.me/path-to-success/) - Success. Most of us want it, however it is that we define it. If you didn't want it, you're probably not here reading this. You might find yourself sitting here wondering how to go about achieving success. I mean, where do you even start? When you're standing at the base of a mountain and looking
- [Beginning](https://change2change.me/beginning/) - I read something the other day that gave me pause: https://twitter.com/cajunman4life/status/613366677237960704 And then there's this gem: https://twitter.com/freelancersu/status/612398419840233472 This site has been "in the making" for a few months now. I've been waiting for everything to be "perfect" before opening it to the public. But as you know, the timing is never "perfect." So without further
- [What a Funky Bike Tells us About How Our Brains Work](https://change2change.me/backwards-bike/) - How difficult do you think it would be to learn to ride a bike with backwards steering? Watch this video below, and find out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzDaBzBlL0 Now, is it that there is more neuroplasticity in a child? Or is it that the pathways in the child's brain aren't as solidified (being a bike rider for only
- [How Sucking Isn’t as Bad as You Think](https://change2change.me/suck/) - This is probably going to seem to run counter to everything you might hold near and dear. After all, I’m supposed to be all about improvement, right? We constantly hear about improving ourselves, getting better, this and that. But I’m here to tell you that it’s OK to suck. Sometimes. I mean, don’t go out
- [Unleashing the Power of Philosophy](https://change2change.me/philosophy/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pXel_1clHs This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Maybe you should think about philosophy in a new way? In this talk, Dr. Patrick Gentempo discusses one's own personal philosophy and the importance of examining and applying one to your life. Dr. Patrick Gentempo is sometimes referred to

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