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Are We Having Fun Yet

Many years ago, while serving in the U.S. Air Force, I was lucky enough to work for a commander, Lieutenant Colonel Mike Danielle, who first introduced me to an idea that I have since adopted as one of my primary 'operating principles.' The...

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Release Resistance and Accomplish your Goals

Do you ever feel like no matter how hard you try you justcannot seem to make significant progress? You learn somenew skills and are excited about using them only you neverseem to get around to applying what you learned. No matterwhat you do your life...

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Successful Beyond Measure

"I do not measure success by the quantity of what is in mycheckbook, but by the quality of what is in my heart... butquantity is a close second." Jo McNamaraI looked up the word "successful" in my thesaurus and someof the words listed were: happy, lu...

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Accepting New Ideas

Much of the time when a new idea comes to us, we handle that idea and move on, without ever becoming consciously aware of the process. During the times when we are consciously aware of the process of handling a new idea, we often reject that idea wit...

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Find Your Perfect Partnet

The mistake is to go looking, before cleaning up your own "back yard". The mistake is to seek someone because you're so desperately lonely, and don't feel happy with your own company. You may find a partner using this approach, but it often...

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How Much Dysfunction Should You Allow Into Your Life

What exactly is dysfunction? It is a word society,although probably overused, labels most anythingand everything. However, its true attribute can becharacterized as a negative that is mostly hurtful andcounterproductive. A parent who consistently tal...

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THANKS FOR NOTHING

We gathered at our daughter, Amanda’s, and her husband, Russell’s, for Thanksgiving at Rockwall (near Dallas). Our daughter, Jo Ellen, and her husband, Curt, came in from the Tampa area; and our son, Jon, and his wife, Priscilla, were there from ...

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10 Ways to Lose Your Common Sense

As someone said, there’s nothing common about common sense. Roughly equivalent to Emotional Intelligence, it can be lost, or can fail to be acquired in the following ways:1. Lose the common touch.Have more money than common sense (or taste). Use yo...

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3-2-1 Contact

You only have one chance to make a first impression, so do it right! You have browsed a number of personals and have found some that spark your interest. Now is the time to make your first contact. Start with a short e-mail. This is the time to talk ...

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Focus on Listening

Do you really listen to others? Or do you simply hear what they're saying?"What's the difference?" I hear you say. Well, this is what I've learnt.Persons speak to us and we don't listen! We hear them.We listen 25% of the time and ...

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