I’ve had many people resist a lot of my philosophy, saying that there’s no point in putting forward the effort to change one’s life. Indeed, the amount of effort required is enormous. Why work towards getting oneself fit, why work so hard to get out of debt, why bother putting in the work needed to heal a bad marriage? What’s the point? Without the motivation, our attempts…

You can find the time to do something on your goals in all four quadrants, every day. It might be no more than five minutes for some of them, but you can do something in each quadrant, every day. Every day…

We know that everything progresses developmentally. The progression of development can be broken down into identifiable stages, or levels. There are hundreds of developmental systems in the world, of course. Let’s see if we can apply some useful developmental models to our four quadrants…

As we try to improve our lives, our actions will stir up negative emotions and energy and doubts that will try to tell us we’re not good enough, we don’t deserve to succeed, it’s too hard, it’s futile, it’s pointless, there’s no chance, etc. Those negative voices will come up, and it is critically important that we find a way to process them. Those are parts of our shadow, the parts of our psyche that will try…

Find others who will help you in your path. One or more individuals who are as committed to a path of growth and development as you are. Regularly meet with them, online or in person, if possible, to go over your goals, both long- and short-term. The reason for this is to have…