by Tim Parkins | Jan 5, 2025
Why Writing Off Resolutions Is the Worst Advice You’ll Hear New Year’s resolutions are everywhere this time of year—and so is the hate for them. Scroll through social media, and you’ll see people declaring them useless, doomed from the start. And I get it. The data shows that the success rate on achieving New Year’s resolutions is terrible! I mean – really, really bad. approximately 80% of people have abandoned their resolutions by mid-February (link) only about 9% of people feel they…
by Tim Parkins | Dec 22, 2024
Autopilot Might Work for Cars, But Not for Your Life As the year winds down and the new one looms on the horizon, many of us take this opportunity to reflect. But reflection alone isn’t enough. Without a plan, without intention, without action, those thoughts and dreams tend evaporate the moment January turns to February. That’s where life by design comes in. Unlike the usual scramble to set resolutions or vague goals that fade within weeks, designing your life is about making intentional,…
by Tim Parkins | Dec 15, 2024
Reflect, Refocus, and Reach: How to Set Goals That Matter This past week, I did something I do two or three times per year: I took a day off work, not to run errands or catch up on chores, but to simply reflect. As the year winds down, it’s easy to get swept up in the hustle of the holidays and the scramble to finish what’s left undone. But I wanted to pause, take a breath, and really think about my year. What worked? What didn’t? Where did I grow, and where do I feel stuck? It wasn’t just…
by Tim Parkins | Dec 8, 2024
Career Curveballs? Here’s How To Hit Them Out Of The Park Once upon a time, the path to career success was as predictable as the sunrise. You went to school, got a high-quality education in a specific field, and then secured a job where that knowledge was your golden ticket to a long, stable career. Information was scarce, but with it came an abundance of certainty. Your degree was not just a piece of paper; it was a map to a career journey with well-defined checkpoints. But here we are, in a…
by Tim Parkins | Dec 8, 2024
Career Curveballs? Here’s How To Hit Them Out Of The Park Once upon a time, the path to career success was as predictable as the sunrise. You went to school, got a high-quality education in a specific field, and then secured a job where that knowledge was your golden ticket to a long, stable career. Information was scarce, but with it came an abundance of certainty. Your degree was not just a piece of paper; it was a map to a career journey with well-defined checkpoints. But here we are, in a…
