Know Your Values and Deepen Your Time

When you know your values you know yourself. That’s because your values lie at the very core of who you are. The more carefully and thoroughly you explore, understand, and know your values, the more profoundly you know yourself.  As Deepak Chopra has said,“Without values, there is confusion and chaos.” So, how well do you…

What Matters Most for You — Clarifying Your External Values

Finding time for what matters most for you can be a challenge in your busy life. And as you might imagine, it is a greater challenge if you aren’t clear about what matters most for you. How do you make decisions about what to do, from moment to moment, without some sense of what’s important?…

What Matters Most to You? Your Choices Offer Clues

Finding time for what matters most to you is the core goal of my Heart-Based Time Management system. So, with all the responsibilities and demands of modern life, how do you figure that out?  After all, if you don’t know what matters most to you, it’s going to be very hard to focus your time…

A Values Inventory Helps You Uncover Your Symbolic Traps

A values inventory can help you find yourself in ways that may surprise you. And it will certainly help you use your time more wisely. I notice that doing a values inventory shines a light on my symbolic time traps. That, in turn, allows me to see and then free myself from those old traps.…

Your Values Conflicts are Like Clutter Holding You Back

Your values conflicts aren’t just internal disagreements that, perhaps, make you uncomfortable. In fact, they actually hold you back. Sometimes I think of them as time traps. And wouldn’t life be so much easier, if only it weren’t for those traps? And going deeper, here’s a question to ask yourself: Isn’t it puzzling, that you’re…

Valuing Yourself and Living Your Values — The Heart-Based Way

Valuing yourself is part of living your values. That might not be immediately apparent to some, because valuing yourself is sometimes seen as selfish in our culture. But if you want to move through life from your most powerful core, that means being in sync with your values. And valuing yourself is an integral part…

Your Inner Balance — Living Your Values Informs Your Equilibrium

Your inner balance is key to your success and your peace of mind. And when you’re living out your core values, your equilibrium is assured. But, as we all well know, making time to step back and consider your values while pursuing personal or career goals can be a challenge. Indeed, it’s very easy to…