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Improve your Life

Strategies · Effort · Optimize · Tinker

Start Your Journey

Try. Fail. Learn. Repeat.

We help people achieve their goals and overcome obstacles by focusing on four key elements of success: using strategies, making effort, optimizing work, and tinkering.

Work Smarter.

Work Smarter, Not Harder.

What does that even mean?

"Work Smarter, Not Harder" means that sometimes,
effort alone doesn't cut it.

How to work smarter.

How to work smarter…

Imagine a fly stuck inside a house, and desperately trying to get through a closed window to freedom. The fly can try as hard as it wants, but it just can’t break through the glass.

If only, the fly could take a step back and find the open door a few feet away. Seems obvious, but sometimes it’s not so obvious when you’re stuck in the thick of things.

Working smarter means…

Try different STRATEGIES

Think about how you could reach your goal,

Figure out what the actual obstacle is,

Try different tricks and ways,

Figure out why these strategies might work…

Put in the EFFORT

Actually try...

It’ll be hard work, but find a reason to keep going...

Or, find a way to make the process fun...

OPTIMIZE what you do

Keep track of how things are going,

Focus your energies on strategies that produce results...

TINKER more

Try little experiments that probably won't work...

Learn from your successes and mistakes

Wonder.

Play and explore with the problem...

Watch the Free Goal Setting Slideshow Lesson for Students

A lot of students want to improve. Not everyone knows how.

So we have a complete Goal Setting unit for students. It’s “The Ultimate Guide to Achieving your Goals and Dreams.”

But, it's not just for students. It's for anyone; it's for everyone. This stuff works at school, at home, at work, or anywhere in life. Persevering over obstacles is a transferable skill, baby!

Goal Setting Slideshow for Students

Read stories about success

We need better role-models in our lives.

You are what you eat. You are what you consume. You are what you watch.

We need more stories about grit, tenacity, and resilience. Regular people failing and picking themselves up. We need more stories that show us that life is a process. Happy ever after is just the beginning of the next chapter...

Stories about using STRATEGIESTricks and life hacks to overcome obstacles

Stories about using EFFORTFiguring out how to enjoy the struggle or finding reasons to get things done!

Stories about OPTIMIZINGKeeping track of how things are going and doing more of what seems to be working.

Stories about TINKERINGTrying little experiments, learning from our mistakes, and just exploring stuff. Until we figure it out.

Stories from our Blog

Goal Messed Up? SEOT Success Tip #20: Play with Mistakes

Goal Messed Up? Play with Mistakes (SEOT Tip #20)

In 1928, Alexander Fleming was a scientist exploring how bacteria can grow. Before he went on vacation with his family, …

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Achieve Success in Life in 2021 - SEOT Step to Success 19: Find Correlations

Achieve Success in Life in 2021! Find Correlations (SEOT Tip #19)

A correlation in math is when there is a relationship between 2 variables. In other words, there is a connection …

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Keep your goals, 2021! SEOT Steps to Success 18: Celebrate Small Wins

Keep your goals, 2021! Celebrate Small Wins (SEOT Tip #18)

Sometimes, in life, we get caught up looking for the big win – like finding our soul mate, falling in …

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Change the world in 2021: SEOT Step to Success #17: Work Backwards

Change the World in 2021: Work Backwards (SEOT Tip #17)

Apple is currently worth over $1.3 trillion. But, there was a time when the company was almost bankrupt. Steve Jobs …

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Creative Process 2021: SEOT Steps to Success 16: Write it down

Creative Process 2021: Write it down (SEOT Tip #16)

It’s amazing how the mind works. You could be hanging out with friends, going for a walk, or procrastinating from …

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Goalsetting 101: Pivot and try something new (SEOT Step to Success 015)

Goalsetting 101: Pivot and Try Something New (Tip #15)

Pivot is a movement in basketball where the player with the ball can move in any direction with one foot …

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Goal Setting Got Stuck? SEOT Steps to Success Tip 14 Do the next right thing

Goal Setting Got Stuck? 14 Do the next right thing

Queen Anna of Arendelle faces a particularly dark moment when she apparently loses her sister and her best friend at …

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Goal Motivation 2021 - SEOT Steps to Success #13 Visualize Success

Goal Motivation 2021 – STEP 013 Visualize Success

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. If that’s true, then is a video worth a thousand pictures? …

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SEOT Steps to Success 012 Procrastinate with Purpose

Best Goal Setting Strategies 012 Procrastinate with Purpose

We all know procrastination is a bad thing. It’s about putting off something we don’t really want to do. And …

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SEOT Steps to Success 011 Stick to the plan

Stay Motivated 2021! 011 Stick to the Plan

The normal boiling point of water is 100°C (or 212°F) at sea level. If you take a pot of room …

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