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16 Nov 2022
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New Lessons Learned From Another 3-Day Fast

New Lessons Learned From Another 3-Day Fast

Earlier this year I experienced my first 3-day fast and shared tips on fasting with the Personal Kaizen community. I recently needed to fast to prepare for a medical procedure so decided to turn this into my second 3-day fast. I did a few things differently and experienced different results. Here are some new lessons learned from my second 3-day fast. First, you may want to review our posts describing the concept of fasting and different ways to fast, the scientific benefits of a 3-day fast, tips on how to prepare for a fast, and my experience and video journal…
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14 Nov 2022
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Fasting: How to Find Humility and Clarity

Fasting: How to Find Humility and Clarity

Check out our Personal Kaizen Motivational Monday quote! This week we're sharing a quote from Jentezen Franklin, an American pastor, and author. He believes fasting humbles you and brings clarity during tough times. “Fasting humbles you and brings clarity, even allowing you to get unforgiveness and bitterness out of your heart.”Jentezen Franklin Our upcoming Personal Kaizen post will share lessons learned from Team Lead Steve Musica's second fast! If you're new to fasting, check out our past posts on the scientific benefits of fasting and how to prepare for one. Join the Personal Kaizen Community Our community is here to…
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07 Nov 2022
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A Simple Tool for Finding Fulfillment

A Simple Tool for Finding Fulfillment

Check out our Personal Kaizen Motivational Monday quote! We're back with another quote from Marshall Goldsmith, the author of The Earned Life: Lose Regret, Choose Fulfillment! Please enjoy his take on finding fulfillment. "The simplest tool I know to finding fulfillment is being open to fulfillment."Marshall Goldsmith This week we will share Part 2 of our book summary of The Earned Life on the Lean East site. If you didn't catch Part 1, be sure to check it out! Join the Personal Kaizen Community Our community is here to support and encourage both personal and professional continuous improvement, helping you…
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02 Nov 2022
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How to Overcome a Negative Mindset

How to Overcome a Negative Mindset

As humans, we all experience negative thoughts that can easily lead to a negative mindset. The good news is, we don't have to get stuck there (as discussed during our brain hacks series.) This week the Personal Kaizen team shares a TedTalk by Alison Ledgerwood, a social psychologist at UC Davis, where she explains why our brains focus on the negatives and how to overcome a negative mindset. Please check it out below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XFLTDQ4JMk Tips to Overcome a Negative Mindset Overcoming the negative takes work and effort! Ledgerwood shares several tips to move past the negative: Spend a few minutes…
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31 Oct 2022
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Why We Need a Positive Attitude

Why We Need a Positive Attitude

Check out our Personal Kaizen Motivational Monday quote! A positive attitude has the ability to make or break just about anything. In this week's quote, Richard DeVos Sr., who was a businessman and once an owner of the Orlando Magic, shares just why we need a positive attitude! "A positive atmosphere nurtures a positive attitude, which is required to take positive action."Richard DeVos Sr. Our upcoming Personal Kaizen post will elaborate on how to overcome a negative mindset with a TedTalk from Alison Ledgerwood. Join the Personal Kaizen Community Our community is here to support and encourage both personal and professional continuous…
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24 Oct 2022
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Satisfaction Can Make Us Yield to Inertia

Satisfaction Can Make Us Yield to Inertia

Check out our Personal Kaizen Motivational Monday quote! This week we feature a quote from Marshall Goldsmith, an executive leadership coach, and author. He believes that satisfaction can make us yield to inertia. "If we’re satisfied with our life—not necessarily happy or delighted that we’ve exceeded our wildest expectations, just satisfied—we yield to inertia. We continue doing what we’ve always done."marshall goldsmith Our Personal Kaizen topic this week will be on the Lean East site. We will share the main takeaways from the 2022 book The Earned Life by Marshall Goldsmith. Join the Personal Kaizen Community Our community is here to support and encourage both personal…
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19 Oct 2022
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Increase Your Productivity: How To Schedule Priorities

Increase Your Productivity: How To Schedule Priorities

This is the final post in a series focused on increasing your productivity. Previous posts have shared how to increase your productivity by prioritizing the big rocks, defining your values and goals, and prioritizing and planning based on your key roles. We also shared a simple tool to improve your work/life balance, a process for planning the week, the need to define measures of success and hold yourself accountable, and why considering your context, energy, and time available is important. This final post in the series discusses systems to schedule priorities and includes a video that demonstrates the prioritization system author Steve Musica uses.…
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17 Oct 2022
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Take the First Step and Write It Down

Take the First Step and Write It Down

Check out our Personal Kaizen Motivational Monday quote! We hope you enjoy this quote from Lee Iacocca about writing something down. Iacocca was an American automobile expert best known for his developments at Ford Motor Company in the 1960s and at Chrysler Corporation in the 1980s. "The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen."lee iacocca Later this week, the Personal Kaizen team will discuss systems to schedule priorities. Our post will even include a video that demonstrates the prioritization system author Steve Musica uses. This will be the final post in our Increase Your Productivity…
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12 Oct 2022
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Increase Your Productivity by Using Scrap Time

Increase Your Productivity by Using Scrap Time

We are sharing tips that will help you and other members of the Personal Kaizen community increase your productivity. Today’s post shares a few important continuous improvements I have implemented to my prioritization and scheduling that has really helped increase productivity. Read on to learn improved methods of prioritization and a method to increase your productivity by using scrap time. Problems with the Franklin Covey Method of Prioritization Photo Credit: Franklin Planner I used the Franklin Covey system of prioritization for many years, ranking my priorities as A1, A2, A3, all the way to my last C priority. I would…
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10 Oct 2022
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Small: A Great Destination

Small: A Great Destination

Check out our Personal Kaizen Motivational Monday quote! This week we feature a quote from Jason Fried, the CEO of the project management platform, Basecamp. We can agree with him that small is a great destination itself! "Small is not just a stepping-stone. Small is a great destination itself."Jason fried Our upcoming Personal Kaizen post will share how to use "scrap time" effectively and make the most of small chunks of time! Where do you have tiny windows of time in your day-to-day? Join the Personal Kaizen Community Our community is here to support and encourage both personal and professional continuous…
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