by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 20, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
The LDS church (to which I belong) is a lay church. We aren't paid to serve, but most of us volunteer in some capacity or another. A number of years ago, Debora, a young newlywed who attended my congregation, modeled something few seem to understand…particularly in...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 19, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
Doing what comes naturally, going with the flow, taking life as it comes will take you somewhere. But only in the rarest of conditions and most unusual circumstances do those paths lead to greatness or even to goodness. We define success by accomplishing more than...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 18, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
What do you want out of life that you aren't getting now? When I present goal-setting workshops at conferences, I'm befuddled by the number of people who don't have any long-term goals. They live life day to day, with their goals extending only into the next week or...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 17, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
Of all the lessons in the 100 Day Challenge, this is one of my favorites…and one of the most surprising. It's a rare thing in today's culture to promote ethics. But this lesson does it powerfully. It is jam-packed with profound insights. Over the past couple of...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 16, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
As I write this, I have an inbox filled to the top. It's not that I don't know it needs to be cleared. And it's not that I don't have a system in place to clear it. I'm a huge disciple of the Getting Things Done philosophy. My entire system maintenance list has been...
