Lifelong Activist by Hillary Rettig |

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Web Name: Lifelong Activist by Hillary Rettig |

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Welcome to the online home of Hillary Rettig's classic self-help guide for activists and progressives, The Lifelong Activist, as well as articles and coursework based on Hillary's work. Use the menus below to access the entire text of the book. Who are you? That question should be at the heart of your quest to build a sustainable activist career—actually, it should be at the heart of your quest to build a happy and productive life. It is a question that every human being should give deep thought to throughout her or his life. Time management is important because it really is “life management.” The basic premise of time management is this: The things you spend time on, and devote quality attention to, are the things you will improve at or make progress on. In contrast, the things you don’t spend time on, or devote quality attention to, are the things you will not improve at or make progress on. It would be wonderful if, once you got started with your time management, you continued to do it effortlessly; if it became second nature to you, and you just kept getting better and better at it, and better and better at your work... but that’s usually not what happens. As a human being and an activist, your most important goal should be to work on your own self-actualization, because in the process of becoming self-actualized you will gain the qualities you need to work on all of your other goals. Self-actualization creates strength and character and commitment: it is a political act, really, and the foundation for all of your future political acts. Activism is the act of influencing a person or group of people with the goal of eliciting a desired behavioral change. That change might be that the person votes for your candidate or ballot initiative; joins, donates to or participates more fully in your organization; or adopts a new habit such as energy conservation or vegetarianism. Welcome to the Web home of my book, The Lifelong Activist: How to Change the World Without Losing Your Way (Lantern Books, 2006). It is based on my many years experience as an activist and coach: work in which I learned which personal habits, thoughts and beliefs tend to help people succeed at ambitious goals, and which don t. The Lifelong Activist encompasses all I have learned, and recasts it for use by progressive activists, organizers, educators and others. It will thus teach you how to:Manage Your Mission: so you can determine your authentic path and not act out of guilt, shame or obligationManage Your Time: so you can create a schedule that allows you to live your mission, and to achieve the most within that missionManage Your Fears: so you can follow the schedule without succumbing to procrastination, perfectionism or blocksManage Your Relationship With Self: so you can be the strongest, most empowered, and most joyful person you can be. (And why that goal is fundamentally progressive.)Manage Your Relationship With Others: so you can leverage your energy, time, skills and other resources with those of others.The Lifelong Activist has sold thousands of copies, with many thousands more free excerpts in circulation around the Web. (It s also gotten some great reviews see the rightmost column.) But not until now has the whole text been available for free to any activist who wishes it. I m so glad you re here: please take your time and look around, and please tell others. Also, please sign up for my mailing list for monthly articles on topics related to time management and overcoming barriers to productivity and happiness.I hope you find the information useful, and encourage you to write if you have questions or need advice. Although I coach for a living, I will do my best to provide at least a short response to questions or concerns from any progressive. I also hold online classes which are an inexpensive way to get in-depth support, and of course I also do one-on-one coaching.To learn more about me and my current work, including my recently published book, The Seven Secrets of the Prolific: The Definitive Guide to Overcoming Procrastination, Perfectionism and Writer s Block (Infinite Art, 2011), please visit www.hillaryrettig.com. At that site, you ll also find abundant free ebooks and other downloads.I wrote, in the introduction to The Lifelong Activist:I believe that progressive activists are the world’s most precious resource. We tackle the most difficult and important problems— including hunger, war, disease, poverty, violence, cruelty and exploitation— and work to further humanity’s evolution in the direction of compassion and kindness. Conservatives may create more wealth, but we create more of the values, including justice, equality and freedom, that make life worth living. As history has repeatedly shown us, and as we are unfortunately witnessing in the United States today, wealth without the tempering of progressive values and mores leads inevitably to corruption and despair.I meant it then, and I mean it even more now.With gratitude and in peace and solidarity,Hillary RettigP.S. Translators Needed! If you are fluent in a language other than English, please consider translating a part of The Lifelong Activist that is meaningful to you. Even a couple of pages could make a difference to another activist! When you re done, I ll post your translation on this site. About Hillary Rettig Welcome! My goal is to help you recognize and overcome any disempowering forces in your work and life so you can reclaim your joyful productivity, and achieve your personal and professional goals more quickly and easily than you ever imagined! Thanks for checking out my site, and I always welcome your comments, suggestions, and questions at hillary@hillaryrettig.com.Read more about my life and work here.

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