Sunday, June 16th, 2024
The Goal of Working the 12 Steps
Perfection is exhausting. Progress is invigorating. We all have goals for recovery, and we all will inevitably fall short of those goals. This is just fine. It’s not only...
Tag Archives: Goals
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Saturday, June 15th, 2024What Have You Missed?
A primary difference between addicts and non-addicts is non-addicts change their behavior to meet their goals, while addicts change their goals to meet their behaviors. As active sex and... -
Saturday, May 11th, 2024The Hawthorne Effect
Accountability breeds success. Have you ever been jogging or riding your bike and you thought you were doing great and then someone passed you? If so, what did you... -
Monday, July 15th, 2019Know Your Goals
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. If you don’t know where you want to go, you’ll... -
Tuesday, June 25th, 2019Where Are You Going in Life?
If you don’t “come alive” several times a day, you are wasting your life. And life is too short to waste. Did Einstein secretly want to open a restaurant?... -
Wednesday, June 12th, 2019Incremental Improvement
A river cuts through a rock not because of its power, but because of its persistence. As Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu says, “The journey of a thousand miles begins... -
Friday, May 31st, 2019The Goal of Working the Steps
Perfection is exhausting. Progress is invigorating. We all have goals for recovery, and we all will inevitably fall short of those goals. This is just fine. In fact, it’s... -
Sunday, May 12th, 2019What Have You Missed?
A primary difference between addicts and non-addicts is non-addicts change their behavior to meet their goals, while addicts change their goals to meet their behaviors. As active sex and... -
Sunday, December 30th, 2018The Goal of Working the Steps
Perfection is exhausting. Progress is invigorating. We all have goals for recovery, and we all will inevitably fall short of those goals. This is just fine. In fact, it’s...