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You Can Do It

If today’s economy and fast-pace are causing you to feel defeated, you need to think about this tweet from billionaire Mark Cuban: Mark didn’t make his book by selling books filled with New Age mantras on how to get rich. … Continue reading

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The Importance of Mentoring and Counseling

I suspect most of us would agree that only an idiot would say they see no value in receiving mentoring/counseling. So, we would have no qualms in recommending mentoring/counselors to our friends as an avenue for further growth. But, what … Continue reading

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Highly Recommended Inspirational, Motivational Article

Some of you may have wondered if I had croaked, given that it’s been a while since I have posted anything. No, I did have some health issues, along with some existential angst, and am still battling the latter. But … Continue reading

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Making a Big Change with Baby Steps

In a recent post, I talked about spending just five minutes on part of a dreaded activity as a way of ultimately getting the activity done. I decided to try a small change to help me break an addiction to … Continue reading

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Brilliant Examples of Thinking Outside the Box

Einstein once said that Imagination Is More Important Than Knowledge. He then went about proving it by completely re-imagining the concepts of space, time, gravity, matter, and energy. Of course, Einstein had a superior working knowledge of advanced mathematics and … Continue reading

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The New Yorker on Procrastination

The New Yorker has a very informative article on the growing problem of procrastination: Ainslie is probably right that procrastination is a basic human impulse, but anxiety about it as a serious problem seems to have emerged in the early … Continue reading

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One Thing I Never Learn

Do you have lessons that you have to learn over and over in life? There are a few I keep relearning, and trying to internalize. One really stands out, though: that we really are mortal. I recently lost a friend … Continue reading

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Learn from Steve Jobs via John Sculley

Whether you like Steve Jobs or not, you do yourself a disservice if you are not open to learning from him. He took a company that was on the verge of going under, Apple, and catapulted it to overtake Microsoft … Continue reading

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Who Are Good Role Models for my Grandchildren?

My oldest grandson turned 14 yesterday, which got me wondering about who would be a good role model for him. I quickly realized that his sister and younger brother are growing up quickly, too, and wondered about role models for … Continue reading

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Productivity and Sheer Will

Entreprenuer Gary Vaynerchuk tweeted the following several months ago: Screw productivity and productivity products, I win with sheer will ….I know I am dumb In other words, he is saying he will not whittle away his life reading productivity blogs … Continue reading

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