Okay, we’re 43 days into the year, and it’s time to check in on you. How are you doing with your new year’s resolutions? Many of you choose to bypass the annual ritual, but I’m sure some of you set your goals before the new year started. So, are you keeping those [...]

When I started this blog, it was my intention that sharing my story would help keep me motivated. Instead, the blogging (I now have three blogs) has started to get in the way of one of my personal goals. As regular readers will know, I set a personal goal to lose 13 pounds [...]

My friend David Rogers at Confident1.com wrote a post about himself titled, “Seven Strange Things You didn’t Want to Know.” It seems that David was tagged as part of a blogging chain of posts where everyone tagged must write 7 weird things about themselves. David, being the kind gentleman that he is, tagged me [...]

Benjamin Franklin has never been accused of being an underachiever. His resume lists such achievements as inventor, writer, publisher, statesman, scientist, traveler, student, philosopher and organizer. Franklin life was as busy and challenging as any parent or professional in the 21st century.
As early as age 20, Ben Franklin understood the value to setting [...]

Part of investing is give of our resources to help others. This is an investment into our community and our future. When considering ways to give, you don’t always have to pull out the check book. For example, let’s look at how Alan Johnson turned giving into a win/win proposition.
About a week [...]

As regular readers know, I post my own life goals here on SevenActions as an example of goal setting and to keep myself on track. So, this goal is for the action of working.
My personal goal for work (my day job) is to complete the redesign of our agency website by February 19, [...]