The Fulfillment Chronicles
Motivations in Work
Human motivations are changing work as we know it, and it is a challenge to personal fulfillment and to families, business, institutions, and nations to effectively cope. The rewards and punishment management methods dating back to the 1850 Industrial Revolution are...
Scientific Literacy
Making progress building a self-fulfilling life requires individuals to move from naive preconceptions, prejudice, and acculturation to a more factual knowledge base. This invokes the required System II brain logic functions of Dr. Daniel Kahneman’s behavioral...
Contentment is Fulfillment
The “Grand Search” for contentment is really the search for fulfillment, which begins with the notion that there must be something more to a life than duty, going along to get along, and prejudice without merit, punctuated by fleeting moments of happiness. There must...
The Business of You
You are your own business, effectively no different than any business, institution, organization, or human enterprise you may know, patronize, respect, or hate. Every dimension of your life maps to every business activity, because business is a human enterprise...
Behavioral Psychology
We inherit two very brains on different agendas, which is a source of confusion, tension, and potentially bad decisions. Unaddressed, the Dr Kahneman & Tversky System 1 brain (instinctual) rules all. If one is aware of the distinctions of the System 2 brain...
Your First Fulfillment Plan
The First Personal Lifestyle Development Plan is ideally for every mature student, especially juniors and seniors in college and others of this age grouping. At the end of your senior year in high school and college you will arrive at a strategic inflection point...
Best Practice in Personal Development
Beginning the Journey Self help has become a popular initiative in the US and worldwide. Books, podcasts, professional help, and other resources have grown to the point where the resources are virtually un-navigable for the novice. And the veracity of the resources...
Dynamics of Personal Development
It will help to have some perspective on working in the personal development space, what is available, where it resides, how to choose preferred resources, and how to optimize what resources to engage and when to engage them. Let’s assume for the sake of argument...
The Way Things Work
It is good to live in an environment tending to abundance, than one of scarcity. However, it does mean individuals need to establish some competency in career, finances, history, government, science, math, and psychology to do well in their chosen endeavors. Some of...
Retirement Fulfillment Plans
In general, Retirees are those individuals between 50 and 80 years of age focused on self discovery, acquiring fundamental knowledge, experience, and experimentation in all areas of human endeavor, and increasing their self determination. Looking back, you can only...
Young Adult Fulfillment Plans
In general, Young Adults are those individuals between 20 and 30 years of age focused on self discovery, acquiring fundamental knowledge, experience, and experimentation in all areas of human endeavor, and increasing their self determination. Download "Young Adult...
Personal Development Point Solutions
A lifetime of authentic personal development is essential to growth and fulfillment. Multidisciplinary Point Solutions contribute to Lifelong Fulfillment processes, and provide important skills you will need in your quest for a life well lived. In a world as complex...
Point Solutions
There are lots of specific and credible point solutions a person can access to address their interests and questions. A book about breaking existing habits in favor of new behaviors is a good example of a focused point solution. It’s one of many point solutions you...
Who Am I?
Who am I? At some point we all have to ask this of ourselves and come to grips with who we are. It is imperative to have this answered for you to make progress towards fulfillment at every stage of life. In order to get the most out of personality assessments, you...
Retirement Economics
Retirees are especially challenged by the dynamics of their personal economics as employment income declines, investment resources mature, and expenses realign towards the home front, healthcare, travel, and fulfillment activities. One of the most important things...
Personal Economics
This discussion walks us through the dynamics of personal economics so that you can plan and manage your finances at every stage of life. We will be focusing on practical advice you can use everyday. One of the most important things is to be able to afford the life of...
Fulfillment vs. Happiness
I hear fulfillment and happiness used interchangeably in everyday conversation. The right to “happiness” is enshrined in the US Constitution by the founders. People talk about satisfaction, fulfillment, success, and emotions in terms of happiness, often less so in...
Establish Your Vision
What’s Your Vision? So, do you have a vision for your life that satisfies your concept of a life well lived? How are you progressing with it? Can you articulate your goals and progress towards fulfillment? Would you like to be able to? Or are you just frustrated,...