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Sticktoitivity Lessons Learned!

Walt Disney coined a special phrase for persistence and determination, he referred to it as sticktoitivity. I reflected upon this recently, because I stumbled across 20 old business cards from previous business ventures and jobs I had been associated...

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Live Your Life To The Fullest

Do you sometimes feel that you're living a boring life? Youjust can't seem to find anything exciting. You wake up in the morning, then do the same old rituals. You go to the office or to school. You meet the same people,do the same job, tr...

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Afraid of dying ... Afraid of living!

Over the years, I've heard many people voice their concerns of death and dying. It wasn't that they had any maladies that would cause them to die any time soon, but they were "afraid of their own immortality." The basic idea of death, or th...

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An Iranian Experiment

Most White early Baby Boomers in the United States, heard very little of the Blues on their radios before the Rock and Roll step child took hold. White authority, especially parents, saw the music as corrupting. They were correct. Cold war tensions ...

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If You Think You Can’t Do It “Because,” Take a Look at What These people Did “In Spite Of”

Every now and then we’ve probably all had moments of thinking we couldn’t do something because we were too old or too young, too dumb or too smart, too threatening or too intimidated, too experienced or too naive. We may also have thought we coul...

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Keeping an Attitude of Gratitude

When was the last time you stopped to acknowledge all the good things in your life? Very often, when we're focused on a 'big' goal, or just caught up in day-to-day living, we often forget about the things that bring us joy. And when we...

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At First Glance

I admit it. I am a junkie when it comes to learninghow to learn. Thinking, the brain, solutions, philosophy. Iwould rather talk, think, read or listen to these topicsthan almost any other. I really enjoy applying these concepts tomy work, my business...

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NAOMI AND THE FIVE LIFE LESSONS

Recently, I attended a seminar that featuredNaomi Judd, half of the legendary country music duo,The Judds. Naomi, with her talented daughter, Wynonna, set the standard for country music byselling millions of albums, performing to 'sold out'...

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Best Gift For Your Child

This in my opinion is the best gift parents can give to their children. And it doesn't cost anything, causes no botheration. The events that I am going to describe started when my daughter Shruti was about 6 years old (now she is 17). One day sh...

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VALENTINE'S DAY WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT

VALENTINE'S DAY: WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?By Pauline Wallin, Ph.D.Author, "Taming Your Inner Brat: A Guide for Transforming Self-defeating Behavior"The perfect card, the perfect gift, the perfect date... Isn't there enough pressur...

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