Understanding Planning You’ve likely heard that “failing to plan is planning to fail.” This well-known saying presents an either/or scenario: either spend tine planning or head toward failure. I think it’s more nuanced than that. Yes, lack of planning is often a root...

Awareness The Power of Awareness lies largely in it starting (or restarting) the process of change toward growth that sticks. After becoming aware of the potential for change in any area (phone use, for example), you can choose to do nothing, use only willpower to try...

Becoming Aware I recently again realized the power of awareness for motivating change in my habits. I don’t remember the source, but I read somewhere that the average American picks up their phone 144 times a day (worldwide numbers are a huge range, from 55 to 205...