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18 Aug 2021

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Personal Kaizen 10 Rules for Life: Rule 3 – Be Proactive

The Personal Kaizen team is sharing our 10 Rules for Life. Please watch all of our videos beginning with Rule 1. RULE 3: Be proactive. Go after what you want in your life instead of sitting around and waiting for things to happen to you. Begin by defining your “why” and purpose that maximizes your strengths. Where you are going is more important than how fast you are going. Once you have decided what you want, pursue it. When an opportunity comes along, be brave and take it, even if there is risk involved. Stephen R. Covey defines the four quadrants where all of…

16 Aug 2021

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Motivational Monday 2021-8-16

The Personal Kaizen motivational Monday quote reminds us to be proactive! “Highly proactive people don't blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice.”Stephen Covey Whenever something impacts you, YOU are in control of the response. Effective people choose to take the initiative and act back. Being proactive is the key lesson in Habit 1 of Stephen R. Covey's famous book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Being proactive is also Rule 3 in our 10 Rules for Life series and will be our focus this week. Identify a current…

13 Aug 2021

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Building Mental Fitness

Whether you are a student, business leader, parent, entrepreneur, Olympic athlete - we all share the need for developing our mental fitness as part of our personal development journey. Strengthening mental fitness improves our ability to manage stress, make decisions and influence the way we think, behave and feel. This is a core component of Rule 2 in our 10 Rules for Life. Muscular Meditation Have you ever noticed how much more clear your mind feels after a long walk? You can improve your mental fitness by creating time for daily muscular meditation - any activity that involves repetitive and…

12 Aug 2021

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Eat food, not too much, mostly plants

One of our "Rules for Life" is to take care of your body: develop good habits around eating, exercise, learning, and meditation that will last throughout your life. One key to living by this rule is being smart about the food we consume for energy. A favorite resource about healthy eating is the 2008 book, In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan. The subtitle of the book summarizes everything you really need to know: Eat food*Not too muchMostly plants Eat Food* The asterisk after the word food is important! My favorite definition Pollan gives for food is, "only something your…

11 Aug 2021

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Personal Kaizen 10 Rules for Life: Rule 2

The Personal Kaizen team is sharing our 10 Rules for Life. Please watch all of our videos beginning with Rule 1. Here is rule 2. RULE 2: Take Care of your Mind and Body. Develop good habits around eating, exercise, learning, and meditation that will last throughout your life In the book “Getting There,” Warren Buffett writes, “Let’s say that I offer to buy you the car of your dreams. You can pick out any car that you want, and that car will be waiting for you at home. There’s just one catch: It’s the only car you’re ever going…

09 Aug 2021

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Motivational Monday 2021-8-9

“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.”JIM ROHN We are in the only body we will ever have. If you want your body to treat you well as you age you need to take care of it when you are younger. We will focus on ways to take care of your body and mind during the week. This is the key to Rule 2 of our 10 Rules for Life series. Please let us know how you like these motivational videos in the comments below. Join the Personal Kaizen Community Our community is here…

06 Aug 2021

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Find your Ikigai – Reason for Being

I recently came across a new Japanese word that I need to share with the Personal Kaizen community. Ikigai (生き甲斐) is a Japanese word that translates to "a reason for being." I love that the Japanese language sees so much importance in this concept that it has its own word! The idea is similar to the French "raison d'être" or what we would call the "meaning of life" in the English language. Ikigai is believed to be the primary reason the people of Okinawa, Japan are in a "blue zone" where people often live to 100+ years old. We believe…

04 Aug 2021

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Personal Kaizen 10 Rules for Life: Rule 1

Members of the Personal Kaizen team have been developing high-performing organizations for the past ten years and have coached numerous leaders and teams, attended many conferences and events, and read hundreds of books on the topics of improvement and change. This research and experience have led us to adopt some general rules for living the best life. We hope that sharing these Rules for Life will be helpful to you and encourage you to provide feedback for personal kaizen. RULE 1: Maximize your natural strengths. All of us are born with our own personality and a set of skills unlike…

02 Aug 2021

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Motivational Monday 2021-8-2

We hope you enjoy this short Monday morning motivational video. "Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning."Benjamin Franklin Please let us know how you like these motivational videos in the comments below. Join the Personal Kaizen Community Our community is here to support and encourage both personal and professional continuous improvement, helping you to reach your goals and achieve new heights. We offer regular blog posts and a weekly newsletter that contains a range of content to help you become the best version of yourself! Many of these improvements stem from the…

25 Jul 2021

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Please share Personal Kaizen input

Congratulations on being a founding member of our community! Thank you for joining us in the pursuit of personal continuous improvement.We have studied personal improvement for nearly 30 years and have recorded many pages of notes, tips, and best practices in work and life. We are committed to continued learning and experimenting for the next 30 years by working with our great team and interacting with the current and future members of this group. The path to Personal Kaizen is long and hard - let's work together on the journey to investigate: What is a good life?How do I maximize my…

Personal Kaizen 10 Rules for Life: Rule 3 – Be Proactive

Motivational Monday 2021-8-16

Building Mental Fitness

Eat food, not too much, mostly plants

Personal Kaizen 10 Rules for Life: Rule 2

Motivational Monday 2021-8-9

Find your Ikigai – Reason for Being

Personal Kaizen 10 Rules for Life: Rule 1

Motivational Monday 2021-8-2

Please share Personal Kaizen input

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