By Brian Kurian — 2019
You have to hold yourself accountable to your own goals.
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One of the biggest challenges in meeting any goal, whether it be related to productivity, waking early, changing a habit, exercising, or just becoming happier, is finding the motivation to stick with it.
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Is the goal you have set actually achievable? Whilst humans are industrious, innovative, beings with massive potential for achievement, the goals we set need to be grounded in reality lest we set ourselves up for disappointment.
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Jay Shetty on his latest book, his experiences living as a monk in India and the necessity of routine in one’s life.
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I have discovered the best ideas come to me at the most random times: in the shower, brushing my teeth, walking in the woods and in the middle of the night.