'Examining the alpha male at work' - Susan Dunn's Blog Post - April 17, 2007

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Susan Dunn's blog post is entitled, "Examining the alpha male at work." [blog]

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Dunn says, "We cannot do our best work in an atmosphere of nit-picking, or where we're ignored, or devalued in comparison to data, for instance.

And your EQ will tell you that most of us truly want to succeed." Read Complete Post

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'Don't Tell Me What You're Gonna Do' - Brian Lee's Blog Post - April 17, 2007

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Brian Lee's blog post is entitled, "Don't Tell Me What You're Gonna Do." [blog]

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Lee says, "Since then, I’ve adopted the value of actions over words.

While it’s not always easy, I strive to express myself through what I have accomplished as opposed to what I’m ‘gonna’ accomplish." Read Complete Post

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'Fortune Favors The Brave' - Brian Tracy's Blog Article - April 17, 2007

Brian Tracy's blog article is reprinted here.

Boldness is a necessary part of courage but it must be a boldness based on an intelligent assessment of the potential risks and rewards.

Boldness is a necessary part of courage but it must be a boldness based on an intelligent assessment of the potential risks and rew ards. The wonderful nature of boldness is that, properly directed, it builds the habit of courage in the person who practices it. Act Boldly in Every Situation In my experience, any virtue translated into action leads almost invariably to positive results. This applies to integrity, persistence, courtesy, love and courage. I’ve always liked the advice of an old man to his grandson. “Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.” Take a Leap of Faith Perhaps the most obviously important part of courage is the courage to step out in the face of uncertainty. Every great venture in the history of man has begun with faith and a giant leap into the unknown. General Douglas MacArthur said, “There is no security in life, only opportunity.” The creed of Frederick The Great, one of history’s most successful leaders was, “Audacity, audacity-always audacity.” Launch With No Guarantees A 12-year study of successful entrepreneurs conducted by Babson College concluded that the only thing they had in common was the willingness to launch, to step out in faith. Once they had started, they learned the lessons they needed to succeed. Many of them ending up successful in completely different businesses from where they started. Dare To Go Forward Dare to go forward. Successful companies are invariably those that continue to research, develop, experiment and introduce new products and services - even during the deepest recessions. Successful executives are those who are continually stretching themselves to move out of the comfort zone, to face the twin fears of failure and rejection and to move forward in spite of them. Action Exercises Here are two ways to develop greater boldness in your work and personal life. First, just do it! Step out in faith! If you think of some action you can take to improve your life, give it a try. You may be surprised. Second, when in doubt, act with audacity. Audacity may get you into trouble but even more audacity will get you out. Go for it! About the Author Brian Tracy is the most listened to audio author on personal and business success in the world today. His fast-moving talks and seminars on leadership, sales, managerial effectiveness and business strategy are loaded with powerful, proven ideas and strategies that people can immediately apply to get better results in every area. Join Brian's Free Email Newsletters. Copyright © 2001 Brian Tracy International. All Rights Reserved. www.briantracy.com

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'Ten Ways to be More Attractive' - Craig Harper's Blog Post - April 17, 2007

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Craig Harper's blog post is entitled, "Ten Ways to be More Attractive." [blog]

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Harper says, "No, this post is actually about learning to become one of those people that others want to hang around, be with, talk to, get to know." Read Complete Post

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'Accepting Yourself Unconditionally' - Brian Tracy's Blog Article - April 17, 2007

Brian Tracy's blog article is reprinted here.

Accepting Yourself Unconditionally Brian Tracy Self-acceptance begins in infancy, with the influence of your parents and siblings and other important people.

How Are You Treated By Others? Self-acceptance begins in infancy, with the influence of your parents and siblings and other important people. Your own level of self-acceptance is determined largely by how well you feel you are accepted by the important people in your life. Your attitude toward yourself is determined largely by the attitudes that you think other people have toward you. When you believe that other people think highly of you, your level of self-acceptance and self-esteem goes straight up. The best way to build a healthy personality involves understanding yourself and your feelings. Let the Light Shine In This is achieved through the simple exercise of self-disclosure. For you to truly understand yourself, or to stop being troubled by things that may have happened in your past, you must be able to disclose yourself to at least one person. You have to be able to get those things off your chest. You must rid yourself of those thoughts and feelings by revealing them to someone who won’t make you feel guilty or ashamed for what has happened. Understand What Makes You Tick The second part of personality development follows from self-disclosure, and it’s called self-awareness. Only when you can disclose what you’re truly thinking and feeling to someone else can you become aware of those thoughts and emotions If the other person simply listens to you without commenting or criticizing, you have the opportunity to become more aware of the person you are and why you do the things you do. You begin to develop perspective, or what the Buddhists call “detachment.” Be Honest With Yourself Now we come to the good part. After you’ve gone through self-disclosure to self-awareness, you arrive at self-acceptance. You accept yourself for the person you are, with good points and bad points, with strengths and weaknesses, and with the normal frailties of a human being. When you develop the ability on a conscious level to stand back and look at yourself honestly, and to candidly admit to others that you may not be perfect but you’re all you’ve got, you start to enjoy a heightened sense of self-acceptance. Do An Inventory of Your Accomplishments A valuable exercise for developing higher levels of self-acceptance involves doing an inventory of yourself. In doing this inventory, your job is to accentuate the positive and minimize the negative. Think of your unique talents and abilities. Think of your core skills, the things that you do exceptionally well that account for your success in your profession and in your personal life right now. Think About Your Future Think about your future possibilities and the fact that your potential is virtually unlimited. You can do what you want to do and go where you want to go. You can be the person you want to be. You can set large and small goals and make plans and move step-by-step, progressively toward their realization. There are no obstacles to what you can accomplish except the obstacles that you create in your mind. Action Exercises Here are two steps you can take immediately to put these ideas into action: First, sit down with your spouse, or a good friend, and tell him or her about something that is troubling you and is still causing you unh appiness. Lastly, develop perspective on your problem by standing back from it and imagining that it was happening to someone else. What advice would you give to that person? About the Author Brian Tracy is the most listened to audio author on personal and business success in the world today. His fast-moving talks and seminars on leadership, sales, managerial effectiveness and business strategy are loaded with powerful, proven ideas and strategies that people can immediately apply to get better results in every area. Join Brian's Free Email Newsletters. Copyright © 2001 Brian Tracy International. All Rights Reserved. www.briantracy.com

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'How to improve your relationships with everyone in your life' - Arvind Devalia's Blog Post - April 17, 2007

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Arvind Devalia's blog post is entitled, "How to improve your relationships with everyone in your life." [blog]

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Devalia says, "I have now finally realized that I get on so well with others because I look to see how I can help and support them both at a conscious and subconscious level." Read Complete Post

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'Radiant Spirit (final): Ten Practices of Abundance' - Rick Jarow's Blog Post - April 17, 2007

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Rick Jarow's blog post is entitled, "Radiant Spirit (final): Ten Practices of Abundance." [blog]

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Jarow says, "As you do these and like practices and build them into your day, you begin to be less anxious, less concerned with how anyone might evaluate or judge you." Read Complete Post

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'7 Signs Your Relationship Is In Trouble' - Debbie Mandel's Article - April 17, 2007

Debbie Mandel's article is reprinted here.

7 Signs Your Relationship is in Trouble

By Debbie Mandel

You find yourself escaping into fantasy these days as you scan your image in the mirror holding in your abdominals, wondering if you are still attractive. When you sit across from your spouse at the kitchen table, you observe that he is a bit disheveled and his face is hidden by a magazine. Sipping your coffee, you feel a vague sense of unhappiness. There are no romantic gestures, silly laughter or dialogues about movies, books, friends or politics. Everything has become ordinary and unacceptably mediocre. You miss the excitement of love and all the fun. Chances are that your relationship is already on a downward spiral.

The abstract signs of talking to each other less, feeling irritable and unhappy are not reliable diagnostics that your relationship is in trouble. Because if you are truly honest with yourself, your irritability and negativity might be caused by your own personal stress and lack of self-esteem. It might have nothing to do with him; rather it is your relationship with yourself that is in trouble!

However, there are concrete signs of potential breakups; some of which come from feng shui, that cannot be rationalized away. Often words obscure issues, but the tangible facts don’t lie.

1. Around the house, you display no knickknacks that come in pairs like, two candles, two figurines, two paintings, or bookends.
2. In the area of your home where you display framed photos, there are no photos alone of the two of you as a couple – only group photos with friends or family members.
3. Your bedding is worn-out and dull. There is only obligatory romance. Pink sheets are believed to give off the most romantic energy.
4. The lock on your bedroom doesn’t work. There is no sense of privacy in the bedroom. It seems like children barging into your bedroom is a good excuse for avoiding intimacy.
5. There is harsh lighting in the bedroom instead of a soothing, warm glow. All you have to do is change a light bulb or a lamp shade.
6. You never eat a meal anymore by candle light, preferably a pair of candles on the table, to put back the fire in your relationship and restore the warmth.
7. Your part of the closet is overflowing into his space and his things are cramped and limited.

I am willing to bet that along with these physical signs, there have been frequent bouts of repetitive purposeless fighting without any chance of a compromise. Probably your partner has been attributing negative motives or emotions to you and therefore has been invalidating your feelings. Most likely, you treat your spouse that way too.

However, recognizing there is a problem leads to effective treatment. First, change the physical environment, the relationship symbols. It’s easy to change the sheets, find a photo of the two of you, display a knick-knack pair, have dinner by candle light and give your spouse a little more space in the closet. Transform your relationship first physically and then spiritually.

A great deal of repetitive, purposeless fighting or attributing negative motives to your spouse is due to anger aimed inward. Your spouse is your mirror. If your buttons are being pushed, turn it around. What does your spouse reflect that you don’t like about yourself? The next time you scan yourself in the mirror to see how you physically measure up, think about the energy you are projecting. Do you have laugh lines or frown lines? The next time a problem arises, don’t fight with him or try to deny there is a problem. Accept it and acknowledge it. Patiently, seek a solution. Then fully commit to the resolution of the problem and see it through. When you are out of control, you are unable to concentrate and achieve a peaceful solution. How can you be happy?

The highest form of enlightenment is to know yourself. Concentrate on restoring happiness to your relationship by paying close attention to the details.

About the Author

Debbie Mandel, MA is the author of Changing Habits: The Caregivers' Total Workout and Turn On Your Inner Light: Fitness for Body, Mind and Soul, a stress-reduction specialist, motivational speaker, a personal trainer and mind/body lecturer. She is the host of the weekly Turn On Your Inner Light Show on WGBB AM1240 in New York City , produces a weekly wellness newsletter, and has been featured on radio/ TV and print media. To learn more visit: www.turnonyourinnerlight.com

*SINewswatch would like to thank Debbie Mandel for granting permission to reprint this article.

'10 Ways To Improve Productivity Practically Overnight' - Tom Ziglar's Blog Post - April 17, 2007

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Tom Ziglar's blog post is entitled, "10 Ways To Improve Productivity Practically Overnight." [blog]

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Ziglar lists 10 simple ways to improve productivity in your company. Read Complete Post

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'Doing what others are not willing to do...' - Ruben Gonzalez' Blog Post - April 17, 2007

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Ruben Gonzalez' blog post is entitled, "Doing what others are not willing to do..." [blog]

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Gonzalez says that winners and leaders are willing to do what others are not. Read Complete Post

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'Paul Pearsall, Ph.D. on The Beethoven Factor' - Douglas Eby's Blog Post - April 17, 2007

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Douglas Eby's blog post is entitled, "Paul Pearsall, Ph.D. on The Beethoven Factor." [blog]

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Eby posts an interview by Steve Kayser on what makes Beethoven different from the rest of us, and how he is able to overcome his struggles. Read Complete Post

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'Out Of The Blue' - Susan Velez's Blog Post - April 17, 2007

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Susan Velez's blog post is entitled, "Out Of The Blue." [blog]

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Velez says, "The path your on may not be the one that is going to get you there, but you will get there if you are persistent and motivated." Read Complete Post

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'The CRM Love Machine' - Pamela Baker's Blog Post - April 17, 2007

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Pamela Baker's blog post is entitled, "The CRM Love Machine." [blog]

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Baker says, "Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is about putting the customer first, last and center stage." Read Complete Post

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'2,500+ Speech Topics' - Jim Arthur Peterson's Blog Post - April 17, 2007

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Jim Arthur Peterson's blog post is entitled, "2,500+ Speech Topics." [blog]

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Peterson lists persuasive and informative speech ideas and tips for public speaking. Read Complete Post

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'Self Improvement Tip of the Day: It's Not Hard Determine What Really Matters' - Self Improvement Directory Blog Post - April 17, 2007

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Self Improvement Directory blog post is entitled, "Self Improvement Tip of the Day: It's Not Hard Determine What Really Matters." [blog]

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The blog post says that we really need to find out what we want from life. Read Complete Post

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'The Blank Slate of Tomorrow' - Robin Sharma's Blog Post - April 17, 2007

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Robin Sharma's blog post is entitled, "The Blank Slate of Tomorrow." [blog]

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Sharma says to make the most of tomorrow great. Read Complete Post

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'PowerPoint: sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying' - Garr Reynolds' Blog Post - April 16, 2007

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Garr Reynolds' blog post is entitled, "PowerPoint: sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying." [blog]

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Reynolds posts examples of powerpoint slides that enhance visuals by making the audience laugh. Read Complete Post

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'Eliminate Unhappiness - Emotional Denial' - Gary van Warmerdam's Blog Post - April 16, 2007

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Gary van Warmerdam's blog post is entitled, "Eliminate Unhappiness - Emotional Denial." [blog]

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van Warmerdam says, "Eliminating unhappiness means taking action to go through an uncomfortable break up, or go through the uncomfortable parts of reconciliation." Read Complete Post

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'Ten Tips To Improve Your Self Esteem' - Emmanuel Segui's Blog Article - April 16, 2007

Emmanuel Segui's blog article is reprinted here.

Ten Tips To Improve Your Self Esteem
Emmanuel Segui

The best way to improve your life and earn the respect of others is to improve your self esteem. This is not a very difficult task. All that it needs is good guidance. Here are ten tips that can happen when you improve your self esteem.

1. You should surround yourself with people who are positive and supportive, and shun friends who are cynical and negative. This will generate a huge swell of positive feelings in you. You will

respect yourself more, and your self esteem will grow.

2. You should be clear about what you want to achieve in life. Set goals, and work for their achievement. To make your task easier, break your main goal into several smaller goals which are relatively easier to achieve. This will make the task of reaching your main goals seem easier. It will also give you a feeling of satisfaction whenever you achieve one of the smaller goals.

3. Always be positive about yourself and keep reminding yourself about your good qualities, your accomplishments and how you help your family, friends, others and yourself. Don’t make the mistake of brooding over negative things, and never put yourself down.

4. Develop the ability to accept criticism about yourself, without getting upset or defensive. This will help you eliminate your weaknesses one by one. However, make sure that the criticism is constructive. Don’t allow yourself to be overwhelmed by criticism that is cynical or meant to lower your self-esteem. This will be a great mistake, and do irreparable damage to your self-esteem.

5. We all need to accept the fact that we will fail from time to time. We should not let it get us down or to have too much of a negative effect on us. We should think that we have not been successful this time and that we will succeed the next time. This will help us to pull ourselves together and move on. Such an attitude will help us overcome the most difficult conditions.

About the Author

Emmanuel SEGUI is a NLP Meta-master practitioner and the author of an amazing new ebook, "Moving From Vision To Action" that will teach how to easily empower yourself and other people to bring true power, focus, health and energy into their life.
Click now => http://www.vision-to-action.com

*SINewswatch would like to thank Emmanuel Segui for granting permission to reprint this blog article.

'Beyond Belief' - Peter Sinclair's Blog Post - April 16, 2007

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Peter Sinclair's blog post is entitled, "Beyond Belief." [blog]

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Sinclair says, "One of the things that makes believing a powerful force within one’s life is when it is backed up with consistency." Read Complete Post

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'Radio This Week: Other People's Stuff' - Monica Ricci's Blog Post - April 16, 2007

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Monica Ricci's blog post is entitled, "Radio This Week: Other People's Stuff." [blog]

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Ricci chats with fellow psychologist Dr. Amie Ragan on radio about how someone else's clutter affect you. Read Complete Post

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'Snooze You Lose?' - Michael McKinney's Blog Post - April 16, 2007

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Michael McKinney's blog post is entitled, "Snooze You Lose?" [blog]

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McKinney says, "Sleep affects your ability to learn and memory.

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'Organize Your Files Week' - Denise Landers' Blog Post - April 16, 2007

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Denise Landers' blog post is entitled, "Organize Your Files Week." [blog]

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Landers says, "If this is a time that you are contemplating making some changes in your record keeping, research alternatives." Read Complete Post

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'Daily Affirmation - Success' - Kirsten Harrell's Blog Post - April 16, 2007

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Kirsten Harrell's blog post is entitled, "Daily Affirmation - Success." [blog]

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Harrell says to repeat the affirmation on success throughout the whole day. Read Complete Post

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'Conquering Conflict' - Bill's Blog Post - April 16, 2007

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Bill's blog post is entitled, "Conquering Conflict." [blog]

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Bill says, "Conflict in our daily lives can be handled with a common sense application of negotiating disciplines and techniques." Read Complete Post

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'Public Speaking: Tips For Television, Videotape' - Tom Antion's Blog Post - April 16, 2007

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Tom Antion's blog post is entitled, "Public Speaking: Tips For Television, Videotape." [blog]

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Antion lists some tips on what you should keep in mind when a television camera is in front of you. Read Complete Post

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'Got Time For A Punch-Line?' - Gay Hendricks' Blog Post - April 16, 2007

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Gay Hendricks' blog post is entitled, "Got Time For A Punch-Line?" [blog]

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Hendricks says, "Take ownership of time—acknowledge that you are where it comes from–and it will stop owning you." Read Complete Post

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'On A Rampage' - Debra Moorhead's Blog Post - April 16, 2007

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Debra Moorhead's blog post is entitled, "On A Rampage." [blog]

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Moorhead says, "Anytime I am upset with some one or some thing, I can appreciate my mood to a higher level by creating, I know this is going to shock you, a list." Read Complete Post

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'Stumbling into the Future' - Craig Harper's Blog Post - April 16, 2007

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Craig Harper's blog post is entitled, "Stumbling into the Future." [blog]

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Harper says, "We need to get SPECIFIC, SERIOUS and CLEAR about what we want for our future." Read Complete Post

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'The Importance of Remembering to Focus on the Now' - Brian Kim's Blog Post - April 16, 2007

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Brian Kim's blog post is entitled, "The Importance of Remembering to Focus on the Now." [blog]

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Kim says, "If we do our best to fully do the things in front of us with excellence, there’s no need to worry about the future, because our future for the most part (not all) is dictated by what we do now. " Read Complete Post

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'Are You Being Scheduled To Death?' - Donna Karlin's Blog Post - April 16, 2007

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