Live Your Bliss

Are you tired of setting goals that never seem to stick? Maybe it's time to try setting intentions instead. Unlike goals, which can be rigid and focused on a specific outcome, intentions are more flexible and rooted in the present moment. Here are 10 reasons why intentions may work better than goals:

1. Intentions are more forgiving: When you set a goal and don't achieve it, it can feel like a failure. Intentions, on the other hand, allow for more flexibility and self-compassion. If you don't fully meet your intention, it's okay – you can always reset and try again.

2. Intentions focus on the journey; not just the destination: Goals are often centered around a specific outcome or achievement. Intentions, on the other hand, are more focused on the process and the journey itself. This can help you stay present and enjoy the experience, rather than just focusing on the end result.

3. Intentions are more adaptable: Life is unpredictable, and sometimes goals can become irrelevant...

Are you tired of setting goals and feeling like a failure when you don't achieve them? It's time to shift your mindset from goal-oriented to intention-oriented. Intentions are a powerful tool that can help you achieve your dreams in a more meaningful way. Here are 10 reasons why intentions work better than goals:

1.Intentions (long-term ones) are more sustainable: Goals can be exhausting and often lead to burnout. Intentions, however, are more sustainable because they focus on the journey rather than just the destination. This approach can help you tweak what’s not working while keeping your commitment to your dreams.

2. Intentions keep you focused should present moment stuff go awry. Being present and aware of the moment you are in right now as you remain connected to your dream. This mindfulness approach allows you to be fully engaged in the task at hand, which can lead to better outcomes.

3. Intentions align with your values: Goals may be based on external factors like...

The first question that likely comes to mind with advice that says, follow you gift is: “But how do I know what is my gift?”

Most of us will agree though that following your gift is likely to be the most emotionally and sometimes financially rewarding path.  

However, we sometimes get stuck is the nagging suspicion that there lies around the corner, obstacles, disappointments and barriers 

that might be too unsurmountable.  In the meantime, we settle for what we consider safer, less-risky options, such as taking jobs 

that we know precious little about, or ones we hang on to simply because they pay well or simply pay the bills.  

However, following your gift doesn’t have to mean settling for a life of mere existence.

 And it does not have to mean a singular career choice either. You can even have a blend of the two, a gift that satisfies your passion and a career that provides for your financially. 

What it does mean is...

One of my goals for writing this blog is to better educate ourselves on how to think, whether about our careers, relationships, finances or personal growth. I
believe one of the best ways we can achieve this goal is not to reinvent the wheel, but to improve upon it by learning from the masters.

Leonardo da Vinci believed that to gain fresh insight into a problem one needed to restructure the problem so that it could be viewed in many different ways, from many different angles. He called this thinking, saper vedere, or “knowing how to see.”

Oftentimes when faced with a problem we focus on the first perspective that comes to mind. Naturally the solutions that follow will likely be based on the side of the problem that we’re looking from. Our attempt to make sense of a problem is based on what we’ve so far been accustomed to thinking. With this single way
of looking at the problem we close off other...

The wise investor and billionaire Warren Buffet gave this advice to at a commencement address:

“I get to work in a job that I love, but I have always worked at a job that I loved,” Buffett said of his investing career. 

And don’t think it’s just about the money for him, either:

 “I loved it just as much when I thought it was a big deal to make $1,000.”

“You really should take a job that if you were independently wealthy that would be the job you would take,” Buffett told University of Florida students. 

“You will learn something, you will be excited about, and you will jump out of bed. You can’t miss. … When you get out of here take a job you love, not a job you think will look good on your resume. You ought to find something you like.”

This simply means pick something at which you can throw yourself into for a lifetime, if that’s what it takes.  A passion that will sustain...