The Resolute Woman

Category: goals

  • Too many things to do? Take a nap.

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    Pressed by end-of-the-semester papers and finals, my son Jay, who is a junior in college, announced:  “I have too many things to do.” “Work hard. Do one thing at a time,” I told him. “And be sure to get enough sleep.” I remembered my own advice Easter weekend. After a funeral on Friday, a wedding…

  • What do you do when you lose self-control?

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    In our last blog post, I confessed that I recently lost control and ate almost a whole box of Samoas, my favorite kind of Girl Scout cookies. Did I enjoy every bite? Almost every bite. I was beginning to feel guilty before I reached for the last cookie. What do you do when you lose…

  • Mother, daughter and biographer

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    Rebecca Skloot writes about the amazing story of a poor black woman and her cancer cells in her book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. But she also tells the story of Lack’s daughter Deborah and her own story, too. Before Henrietta Lacks died in 1951, researchers at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore began growing…

  • Self-control in an age of excess?

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    We have to admit that we expected to find some new answers that would help us pass up dessert after dinner and avoid checking our e-mail messages when we should be working in this new book. We didn’t. We did find some suggestions, but we didn’t find any brand-new or easy answers. In his book…

  • Are you focused on your goal?

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    It’s important to define your goals. Almost always accomplishing your goal requires hard work. Sometimes achieving your goal requires you to stop everything and focus on one important task. For many years while Fayteen was working as a model, Buick hired her to stand next to a shiny new car at the State Fair of…

  • Are you having trouble achieving your goals?

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    We talked about Goal Setting 101 in a previous blog—“How do you get from here to there?”  If you’re having trouble with basic goal setting, what do you do? First, review the basics. Have you defined your goals? Written down measurable goals? Checked to see if you’re being realistic? Made sure you’re on track? Established…

  • What’s the secret to achieving your goals?

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    We’ve all made goals. To find a new job. To buy a new house. To make a new friend. Sometimes we succeed. Sometimes we try hard, and we still don’t succeed. There is no secret, easy way to achieving most goals. Succeeding at most goals requires hard work and tenacity. You have to be resolute!…

  • How do you get from here to there?

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    Did you make New Year’s Resolutions? If you did, how are you doing? If you’re not doing so well, you’re not alone. Most people make resolutions and break them. Most people make the same resolutions every year and break them every year. Four out of five people, according to one study, don’t keep their resolutions.…

  • Do you feel a sense of satisfaction?

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    It was December 19, and Fayteen and I had made a goal to finish another draft of our book The Resolute Woman by the end of the year. We did it. We finished another draft. But, we both realized that it wasn’t the FINAL draft. Plus, we were right in the middle of a happy,…