Ali's Blog - Outside of the Circle

 

Ali's latest articles on designing life, work, or business on your own terms, creating change successfully, and unleashing your true potential. 

Sometimes...(the ups and downs of life and work)
Some thoughts on the ups and downs of life and work:  
 
Sometimes your life feels amazing.
Sometimes it feels like it sucks.
 
Sometimes you feel you can achieve anything.
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The Key to Solving Your Struggles

We all experience struggles at times in our life and work, for all sorts of reasons. Some happen due to external sources outside of our control. Some are self-created.

Solving those things can feel...

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Sometimes the Best Way Forward is to Take a Step Back

We live in an always on world. We are conditioned to always be on the go, doing something, schedules packed, both personally and professionally. It has become the accepted status quo. That is...

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Stop tolerating what holds you back

There are things in our life and work that hold us back.

There are things in our life and work that will stop us from achieving what matters most.

There are things in our life or work that we wish...

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How to Improve Your Chances of Creating Change Successfully

Deciding to create change in your life or work rarely comes with an absolute guarantee of success. So it helps to have a strategy to set yourself up to succeed.

If there is a change you want to...

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The Importance of Going Back to Basics

Life and work can often feel over complex and over busy. This can have a negative impact on achieving what matters most to you and leave you feeling overwhelmed. 

That is because complexity,...

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10 Ways to be Less Busy

If you would like to feel less busy in your life and work but don't know where to start, you are not alone. We live in a society where busy seems to have become the default mode in life and...

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How to Stop Getting in Your Own Way

If you want to increase your chances of achieving what matters most to you in your life or work, it is important to make sure you are not getting in your own way of the progress and results you...

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A Simple Way to Get Unstuck and Move Forward

There is a common habit that people who feel stuck often have that is keeping them stuck.

It is this.

They continually talk in statements about their problem, situation, or challenge.   

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5 Steps to Deal With Distractions Effectively

We live in a world of constant distractions. With so many things sucking our time, attention, and focus, distractions get in the way of important things. Things like achieving what matters most to...

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How to Stop Your Struggles From Holding You Back

We all experience struggles in some way, shape, or form as we navigate life and work. They can get in the way of progress and hold you back from achieving what matters most to you.

To avoid that,...

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How to Achieve What Matters Most to You

When it comes to achieving what matters most to you, one of the best ways to set yourself up to succeed is to focus on the key factors that will help you deliver specific results...

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