by Pretty Good Planners | Dec 28, 2017 | Do, Planner, Success
In 2018, Americans are aiming to “become a better person” and to “lose weight,” equally, according to a recent Marist poll. But according to research on successful goal-setting and goal-achieving, only one of these resolutions is achievable. The difference? One can...
by Pretty Good Planners | Dec 27, 2017 | Do, Planner, Success
Here we are, at the end of another year. Do you find yourself, as many do, wondering where 2017 went? Did days evaporate into weeks and months leaving you feeling perpetually behind? At the beginning of the year, did you picture yourself closer to your life goals by...
by Pretty Good Planners | Nov 19, 2017 | Eat
Next week – a week from the day of this writing – marks the beginning of the holidays in the United States. In just a short week, many will be gathering with family and/or friends to partake with gratitude a Thanksgiving feast. Then it’s off to the races, as cocktail...
by Pretty Good Planners | Aug 7, 2017 | Drink
It’s common knowledge that water is required for survival. But high achievers like you don’t want to merely survive; you want to thrive! And that requires your body to be functioning in optimal health. How much water, then, is necessary for optimal health? The typical...
by Pretty Good Planners | Aug 2, 2017 | Eat
“I just can’t do it all anymore! My thesis advisor is riding me to get the research done faster, my reading backlog is a mile long, and I might fail medical microbiology.” That was me, talking to my husband on my way home from an especially long, stressful day of...
by Pretty Good Planners | Aug 1, 2017 | Move, strength
If you’re struggling to make real progress in your fitness goals, or if you find yourself falling off the wagon over and over again, you’re missing something. Your fitness routine is missing a foundational element, one that keeps your workouts humming...
by Pretty Good Planners | Jul 31, 2017 | Sleep
Sleep is an important part of the Healthy Habits System™. That may surprise you if you think (like I used to), that sleep seems to be such a time-suck since a major goal of the system is to increase the amount of time available to spend on important things. If you’re...
by Pretty Good Planners | Jul 30, 2017 | Do
This is the second part of a two-part article; read part one here. The secrets of extreme success are hard to nail down. Even those that have interviewed hundreds of business people populating the 1% – our Top Performers – find it hard to condense and...
by Pretty Good Planners | Jul 29, 2017 | Do
The secrets of extreme success are hard to nail down. Even those that have interviewed hundreds of business people populating the 1% – our Top Performers – find it hard to condense and synthesize a formula. Why? There isn’t a set formula. The “secrets” are...
by Pretty Good Planners | Jul 20, 2017 | Do
“Success is a Journey,” they say. But that’s a lie. Well, maybe not a lie. That’s pretty harsh. But “Success is a journey” can be, at the very least, a misleading statement. Because it implies a straight path, a way to get from...