Goal Post - February 2011
Hello Everyone!
Your Goal for February 2011 is to:
Take A Chance
Something about this year makes me excited. I don't know what it is, but I feel more pep in my step. Everything looks greener. My dog's barks aren't driving me as crazy. I feel like doing something besides watching tv all the time. So... for this month's Goal, I'm going to suggest that we all find some way to take a chance in our lives. Step out of our comfort zones, even if it's just for a little while. Do something different. Go somewhere you've never been. Talk to someone new. Try something you've always wanted to try.
Some suggestions (please feel free to try one or all of these or something completely different):
- Create something interesting in the kitchen
- Wear that pair of pumps you've always thought were a little "out there"
- Ask for that promotion
- Go camping for the first time - like, in a tent and everything
- Order a new drink instead of the old standby
- Check out the shops downtown that you've always wanted to see
- Sew something for the first time
- Use a hammer
- Write... and send it in
It can be big things or little things. Whatever you decide, try SOMEthing this month. And, tell us about it!
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Some Helpful and Interesting Articles (to get you started):
How To Take Risks (BrianKim.net)
"People mistakenly think that if they take a risk and it doesn’t turn out the way they expect it to, that it’s all over. The sky will fall, their world will come crashing down, and that they’ll never bounce back from it. It’s precisely because of that one shot do or die mentality that prevents people from taking risks."
Smart Ways to Take Fashion Risks (Self magazine)
How to Take Smart Risks in Your Career (U.S. News - Money)
5 Risks to Take That Will Make You More in Love (Cosmopolitan.com):
1. Seriously Cut Back Your Calls to Him
2. Disagree with His Opinions
3. Do Your Own Thing... and Don't Invite Him
4. Confront Him with Relationship Issues
5. Show Your Love
So you'd like to... Try Something New - a few suggested titles for learning new skills (Amazon.com):
"Catch a Fish, Throw a Ball, Fly a Kite: 21 Timeless Skills Every Child Should Know (and Any Parent Can Teach)"
"The Cook's Canon: 101 Classic Recipes Everyone Should Know"
"You Can Do It: The Merit Badge Handbook for Grown-Up Girls"
Wanna' try a new hobby? Check out this monster list: NotSoBoringLife.com
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Some Inspirational Quotes (to get you in the groove):
I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
- Pablo Picasso
When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.
- Cynthia Heimel, "Lower Manhattan Survival Tactics"
Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.
- Frederick B. Wilcox
Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?
- Frank Scully
Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking.
- Tim McMahon
You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
- Wayne Gretzky
A ship in harbor is safe - but that is not what ships are for.
- John A. Shedd, Salt from My Attic
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic.
- Author Unknown
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little course, and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice. Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr
Do one thing every day that scares you.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the dark to our success.
- Henry David Thoreau
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
- Robert F. Kennedy
Leap and the net will appear.
- Zen Saying
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
- Theodore Roosevelt
Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.
- James Bryant Conant
Keep us all posted!
Good Luck!!
Your Goal for February 2011 is to:
Take A Chance
Something about this year makes me excited. I don't know what it is, but I feel more pep in my step. Everything looks greener. My dog's barks aren't driving me as crazy. I feel like doing something besides watching tv all the time. So... for this month's Goal, I'm going to suggest that we all find some way to take a chance in our lives. Step out of our comfort zones, even if it's just for a little while. Do something different. Go somewhere you've never been. Talk to someone new. Try something you've always wanted to try.
Some suggestions (please feel free to try one or all of these or something completely different):
- Create something interesting in the kitchen
- Wear that pair of pumps you've always thought were a little "out there"
- Ask for that promotion
- Go camping for the first time - like, in a tent and everything
- Order a new drink instead of the old standby
- Check out the shops downtown that you've always wanted to see
- Sew something for the first time
- Use a hammer
- Write... and send it in
It can be big things or little things. Whatever you decide, try SOMEthing this month. And, tell us about it!
-------
Some Helpful and Interesting Articles (to get you started):
How To Take Risks (BrianKim.net)
"People mistakenly think that if they take a risk and it doesn’t turn out the way they expect it to, that it’s all over. The sky will fall, their world will come crashing down, and that they’ll never bounce back from it. It’s precisely because of that one shot do or die mentality that prevents people from taking risks."
Smart Ways to Take Fashion Risks (Self magazine)
How to Take Smart Risks in Your Career (U.S. News - Money)
5 Risks to Take That Will Make You More in Love (Cosmopolitan.com):
1. Seriously Cut Back Your Calls to Him
2. Disagree with His Opinions
3. Do Your Own Thing... and Don't Invite Him
4. Confront Him with Relationship Issues
5. Show Your Love
So you'd like to... Try Something New - a few suggested titles for learning new skills (Amazon.com):
"Catch a Fish, Throw a Ball, Fly a Kite: 21 Timeless Skills Every Child Should Know (and Any Parent Can Teach)"
"The Cook's Canon: 101 Classic Recipes Everyone Should Know"
"You Can Do It: The Merit Badge Handbook for Grown-Up Girls"
Wanna' try a new hobby? Check out this monster list: NotSoBoringLife.com
-------
Some Inspirational Quotes (to get you in the groove):
I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
- Pablo Picasso
When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.
- Cynthia Heimel, "Lower Manhattan Survival Tactics"
Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.
- Frederick B. Wilcox
Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?
- Frank Scully
Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking.
- Tim McMahon
You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
- Wayne Gretzky
A ship in harbor is safe - but that is not what ships are for.
- John A. Shedd, Salt from My Attic
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic.
- Author Unknown
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little course, and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice. Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr
Do one thing every day that scares you.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the dark to our success.
- Henry David Thoreau
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
- Robert F. Kennedy
Leap and the net will appear.
- Zen Saying
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
- Theodore Roosevelt
Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.
- James Bryant Conant
Keep us all posted!
Good Luck!!