by Louise Orders | Jan 28, 2020 | Change, Commitment, General, Goals, Mindset, Motivation, Success
Maybe somewhere around the turn of the calendar year you made a promise to yourself. Maybe you started something new, or got back to doing something you used to do. How are you doing with that? Gone is the time on the calendar notorious for big ideas, grand schemes,...
by Louise Orders | Sep 3, 2019 | Change, Commitment, Dauntless, General, Goals, Success, Thoughts
Half full? Or half empty? Photo by manu schwendener on Unsplash A recent post about Streaks and creating consistency with new habits included the suggestion to focus your inner dialogue (a.k.a self-talk) on how you’re going to do something versus...
by Louise Orders | Aug 28, 2019 | Change, Commitment, General, Goals, Success
A recent blog post from Seth Godin, entitled Streaks, celebrated his 11th year of daily posts. That’s over 4000 days in a row of writing and posting. That’s a helluva streak. A couple more streaks came to mind after reading about Seth’s. The husband...
by Louise Orders | Jun 12, 2017 | Dauntless, Food, General, Goals
This series started with Food, as simple as it gets. Then came Part 2 – What is food? Now, Part 3 – How much? We are expanding on Michael Pollan’s three basic food rules: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” Today: how much? We...
by Louise Orders | May 8, 2017 | Dauntless, General, Goals, Mobility, Strength
A lot of people start an exercise program and subsequently get injured, strain something, or just experience some degree of chronic discomfort that makes them question the endeavor altogether. And that’s too bad, because exercise enhances life on so many levels....
by Louise Orders | Sep 2, 2015 | Change, Commitment, Dauntless, General, Goals, Success
Sometimes the most effective solution is the simplest. And sometimes the simplest is one of the oldest. We tend to undervalue old methods. We tend to overvalue new, and quick solutions. The health and fitness industry is a great example: how many exercise and diet...
