The Fantastic Life

Be Crystal Clear on What You Want 

What are your priorities in life?
If you don’t know what your Fantastic Life looks like,
how can you pursue it?

All these articles demonstrate Fantastic Life Rule #2 in practice.

Goals

Confident Humility

Since I started writing LIFEies, I now get inspiration for life lessons everywhere. Today, the lesson comes from a blog from the company that is

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Life Lessons

Want Less

When I read the article after my comments, this formula stuck out: Satisfaction = what you have ÷ what you want The absolute key to

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Family

Overthinking

The below article caught me on the first line:  Overthinking is the art of creating problems that weren’t even there.   How do you not

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Education

Intensely Present

I am working on being intensely present. This was a top 3 goal for 2021 and has continued at the top for 2022. I am

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Goals

Run Your Own Race

I love the title of this article AND the message. I got it from  the Farnam Street blog but wanted to share the message with the LIFEies

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Family

51/1 Rule for a Great 2022

What is the 51/1 Rule? I thought this concept was really interesting. Below is the full detailed The full, detailed explanation of this rule, but

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Goals

Stoic Habits

I had to send this article JUST for the first quote: “It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but

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Peak Wellness

These days, everyone is looking for a “cure” or “answer” to their problems. They are stressed so they sign up for a yoga class. They

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Rule #2

Giving Up Stuff

When I worked at Grubb and Ellis in the 80s we had a broker who was a nuclear scientist, John Irvine.  I’m not sure why

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Family

The Tail End

Below is a great exercise in time and gaining clarity on what is important in you life (FL Rule #2).  Take a moment to break down

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Life Lessons

What is on your Desk?

  Richard Jenrette passed away last year after a massively successful career on Wall Street that spanned four decades.  On his desk he had his

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Life Lessons

Things to Give Up

  Tim Denning (author of today’s article below), looked around at his successful friends and realized they think and speak differently.  They also work harder

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Do Less

  Prioritization is an important part of The Fantastic Life (Rule #2- Be Crystal Clear on What You Want). This means not just knowing what

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Life Lessons

Living YOUR Life

We all make mistakes but living The Fantastic Life is all about living YOUR life. It’s not about keeping up with the Joneses or trying

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Rule #2

Exercise…Do it Outside

No surprise: Americans are steadily becoming more sedentary. The result is a large part of the population is suffering from chronic diseases that are completely

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Goal Achievers

  Unlocking the secret to achieving your goals is something we all could use. Countless articles and books have been published on the subject (like

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The Power of Curiosity

  “Passionately curious” is a term used by some people to describe their greatest characteristic.   The Wall Street Journal asked some interesting people their take on the subject of

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Habit and Commitment

As a lifelong athlete, I just love Ed Hirsch’s Power of Habit and Commitment. But I find it applies to everything I do in life, not

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Enough is Enough

  I think about this week’s topic every single day. What is it that I want?  What is it that I need?  In today’s society,

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Creating a Great Day

  Over the past 24 months, I have been spending an inordinate amount of time organizing my schedule.  I have 30+ years invested in working on my schedule

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