The Michel Fortin Blog

The other day, one of my coaching students emailed me about his dilemma -- something that's all too common in our business. "Too many times," he said, "I've known what I needed to do, and I always end up waiting weeks on end to do it." He asked,...

A disgruntled, aspiring copywriter wrote me demanding clarifications. He believes most copywriters lie and exaggerate their claims of wealth. Let's call him "Chuck." I understand where Chuck is coming from. Because I've been where he is. So I...

Here are the worksheets to use when applying Michel Fortin's G.O.A.L. method. You can simply use the tables below as a model to guide you. You can use them on a sheet of paper, in your journal, or on your computer. But if you do prefer the...

"I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be the consequence, and pains to be coveted that will terminate in greater pleasures." -- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (Circa 1500) Remember that it's not your goals that really count...

"I practiced the art of getting more things done rather than getting the really important things done well." -- Alec MacKenzie "We can no more afford to spend major time on minor things than we can to spend minor time on major things." -- Jim...

"The most important things in life aren't things." -- Francis the Talking Mule "One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important." -- Bertrand Russell "Often people attempt to live...

"Unless you live consistent with your deepest values, you'll achieve but still lack the ultimate fulfillment you truly deserve." -- Anthony Robbins "The secret to success and happiness is to translate your values into everyday life." -- Hyrum...

"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where there should be. Now, put foundations under them." -- Henry David Thoreau "When you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." -- Jim Rohn A...

"Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah." -- Richard Bach "This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow...