Articles by John Steely

Browse published articles attributed to John Steely, with full-archive search.

articles: 63

Showing 51–63

By John SteelyRecently published1 topic

Attracting with Gratitude

The Law of Attraction works in either three or four phases, depending on your perspective. Regardless of how you approach the Law of Attraction, the last phase of its operation is you receiving what you have attracted. The key to this phase is that you receive the result with an attitude that empowers the delivery of the manifested result; otherwise, the manifested result might not make it to where you happen to be. The power which enables the receiving is gratitude. What is Gratitude?

Primary topic: Continuing Education

Continuing Education

1,415 views

Read article

By John SteelyRecently published1 topic

Starting the Life Coaching Process

When someone talks to me about life coaching, they often ask me where it starts. “Where,” they say, “do you begin? After all, life is such a huge topic, how do you pick your starting point?” The starting point of a coaching program is determined by what can be called The Gap. Since gaps are defined by their edges, we start with those.

Primary topic: Continuing Education

Continuing Education

1,379 views

Read article

By John SteelyRecently published1 topic

Using Rewards to Achieve Resolutions

We all have goals and resolutions that we start on; the problem is persevering until the goal is reached or the resolution is achieved. We get discouraged, we get distracted, we quit, we change direction; all of these are part of life. When you are creating a plan to reach a goal or achieve a resolution, you need to take this into account. Fortunately, we have several mechanisms available to manage this aspect of planning.

Primary topic: Continuing Education

Continuing Education

1,367 views

Read article

By John SteelyRecently published1 topic

Confidence and Success

One of the necessary actions for success is taking risks; the old saying “Nothing ventured, nothing gained” is very true when it comes to reaching goals, to achieving success. However, not everyone is willing to risk their security, real or imagined, for a chance at being successful. In order to take that kind of risk, a person needs to have confidence in themselves and the world around them. Risk and Success

Primary topic: Continuing Education

Continuing Education

1,363 views

Read article

By John SteelyRecently published1 topic

How to Be a Successful Adult Student – A Willingness to Try

When looking at a potential course of action, most people are torn between two positions: an eage ess to do something better and a fear of failure. Sadly, most people choose to emphasize the fear of failure. This is the driving force behind insurance, behind the “CYA” maneuvers, and behind procrastination. The saying “Taking care of number one” is an expression of fear for myself over whatever is being proposed. A student who operates from a fear of failure will often times receive exactly what she is fearing.

Primary topic: Continuing Education

Continuing Education

1,338 views

Read article

By John SteelyRecently published1 topic

Treating a Resolution Like a Goal

Resolutions and goals are closely related, and while there are some differences, those differences occur more in the creation and planning phases and less when implementing either. This would indicate that the same skills and abilities that help implement goals would also help reach resolutions. Comparing Resolutions and Goals

Primary topic: Continuing Education

Continuing Education

1,335 views

Read article

By John SteelyRecently published1 topic

The Fallacy of The A

As a teacher, I have observed students for many years. Over and over again, students are more stressed over test grades than any other grade, and this stress is caused by a lack of perspective. Tests are not the most important grade in a typical course; in fact, they are often not given the most weight. Yet tests are what cause the most stress, the most procrastination, and the most abandonment of students. Worry Over Nothing

Primary topic: Continuing Education

Continuing Education

1,333 views

Read article

By John SteelyRecently published1 topic

Why Write Goals Down?

Many people, in many places, teach how to reach goals. Among the practices taught, writing goals down is one of the most repeated instructions. There is ample evidence that written goals are attained more often than goals not written down, and this fact is all that is given to explain why to write goals down. However, very few people attempt to explain why writing goals down works, so let us investigate that aspect of attaining goals. What Is Written Down

Primary topic: Continuing Education

Continuing Education

1,328 views

Read article

By John SteelyRecently published1 topic

Just Getting Started With Confidence

We all want to be confident: confident in our work, confident in our thinking, confident in our relationships. We feel that we are lacking in confidence, sometimes to the point of fearfulness. We hold ourselves back, telling ourselves that we will move forward when we are more confident. But what does this really mean? What is Confidence?

Primary topic: Continuing Education

Continuing Education

1,216 views

Read article

By John SteelyRecently published1 topic

Understand Your Strengths

John Maxwell says that when you put together a plan of action to reach a goal, to accomplish something significant, you need to focus on using your strengths, not compensating for your weaknesses. When a coach of an athletic team is planning a game strategy, he looks at each player for what they can contribute, not where that player is weak. By taking advantage of your strengths, you improve your chances of success and increase the value of your results. We All Have Strengths

Primary topic: Continuing Education

Continuing Education

1,182 views

Read article

By John SteelyRecently published1 topic

Using an Agenda to Help Classroom Timing

I have had any number of fellow teachers come to me and say "I just did not have the time to cover the material today"; in fact, I have said that myself. It is very easy for the entire class period to slip away before essential material is covered, material the student needs to complete the homework assignment. You then have two choices: assign the homework anyway, knowing that many students will not do it, or cancel the assignment. All because you ran out of time.

Primary topic: Continuing Education

Continuing Education

1,160 views

Read article

By John SteelyRecently published1 topic

How to Begin the Path to Financial Freedom

When I talk to my students outside of class, many of them agree that financial freedom is a great goal. Unfortunately, when we continue the discussion, they don't know what they mean by financial freedom, and, even if they do know what it means, they have very vague ideas on how to get there. ...

Primary topic: Continuing Education

Continuing Education

1,059 views

Read article

By John SteelyRecently published1 topic

Success Habit: Working with an Accountability Partner

Sometimes we are more successful meeting commitments to others than to ourselves. This fact is the basis of what is known as using an accountability partner. What an Accountability Partner is Not An accountability partner is not a boss. Such a person does not pay us or reward us. We pay and reward ourselves for satisfying the commitment. Nor does our partner punish us. An accountability partner does not tell us what to do.

Primary topic: Continuing Education

Continuing Education

1,005 views

Read article

Articles by John Steely

Browse SelfGrowth articles

Articles by John Steely