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Good Communication is Easy. Isn’t It

One of the basic skills to great success is great communication. Learn some of the easy secrets to understanding the people around you.My name is Steve Brummet My business is to speak to businesses, teams, schools, churches, non profit organizations ...

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How Much Time Do You Invest in Relationship Maintenance

When starting a new relationship, we usually adopt asubconscious idea as to how much maintenance thisconnection will need. Usually, if given some thought, wecan throw a microscope over this concept while it is in itsfledgling state. However, time, no...

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How to Take Control of your Self Confidence

Having confidence is all about believing in yourself and the onlyway you can build your belief in what you are capable of is bytaking action in the world and learning through trial and error.If you think success, happiness and love are going to happe...

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Thoughts by Our River

Thoughts by Our River(From the book No Smooshing!)Gary E. Andersonwww.abciowa.comThere’s an old saying that you can’t sit by the same river twice, and until I bought a farm on the banks of our river, I used to think that was a crazy statement. B...

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Who Do I Have To Be

I recently attended a teleclass on Business Turnarounds and the instructor asked this question in many ways and in many situations. The more I heard it, the more powerful I realized it is. It is a very simple, very effective way to envision the futur...

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A New Language Means New Thoughts

A New Language Means New Thoughts by: Steve Gillman Hablas Español? Do you speak any other languages? Maybe you've considered how good it would feel to be able to speak to people in another language, but did you know it also expands the ra...

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Green Thumb Gifts Beyond Gardening Gloves

Ahh, spring! It has sprung! Gardeners (and budding gardeners - no pun intended) have begun the quest for a weedless lawn, or a bountiful garden. But if you're looking for gifts for someone with a green thumb (or someone with green thumb envy), ...

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How to Transplant Irises

In my experience, irises are among the easiest flowers to transplant.One spring many years ago, an older friend of mine dug up an iris bed at her home. They were bearded irises a lovely shade of lilac purple and she moved some of them to a differen...

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Mindfulness and Birthdays Surprising Moments

The first week of May is a big birthday time for my family. My husband's birthday is May 3rd, and my oldest daughter's is May 6th. This convergence seemed almost too good to be true the week that Taeko was born. We were living in rural Japa...

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Time Management: Analysis Is the Key to Mastery

Time Management: Analysis Is the Key to Mastery by: Burt Carlson If you’re like most people, you want to get better at managing your time, whether at work or at home. The question is, do you know where to start? Unless you have a clear idea o...

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