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Value Decisions

October 23, 2025 by Craig Dial
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You likely work for an organization or company that has “company values.” That is to say, somewhere on the company website is a set of high-minded words that the company asserts are what guide its actions and decision making. Do the decisions that get made demonstrate that? Is there harmony between the values as professed, … Read more

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Living Values

October 22, 2025 by Craig Dial
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You understand the power that values have in your life. They shape how you act, how you perceive the world. You live your values every day. They operate as filters on what you see as possibilities and actions. If you’re not happy with where you are or who you are, then what values are dominating? … Read more

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Conditioning

October 14, 2025 by Craig Dial
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Many of your beliefs and habits are at best semi-conscious. You learned them at a time when you had little ability to be critical and discerning of the programming you received.

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Celebrate Your Light

September 19, 2025 by Craig Dial
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Take time to celebrate your wins today. Do it right after you read this, if you can. If not, go to your calendar and block time for it today. Claim your wins – every Intention that you met. Celebrate your lighthouse moments, where you were conscious and deliberate about living your most important values. Noticing … Read more

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A Lighthouse in the Fog

September 18, 2025 by Craig Dial

This is a continuation of The Fog and Fog Lights. Change is hard. You act the way you do based on deeply-held values and beliefs, and long-practiced habits. You’ve learned that certain actions “work” for you, so you repeat them. Values When you decide that you want something different in your life, it’s a sign … Read more

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