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How to Find the Source of All Success, Happiness and Accomplishment
There was a time when book reviews were confined to newspaper pages, the likes of the Guardian, the Telegraph and the New York Times. Now one can find tons of reviews on line from just about anyone. I buy quite a number of books on Amazon.com and whenever I’m researching a title, I always scour…
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It Takes More than Passion to Succeed
Follow your passion is bad advice. So says Cal Newport, Ph.D., a 30 something year-old and assistant Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University. Yet many of us feel badly because we don’t know what our passion is. First we have to find it and THEN we can follow it! Makes sense, somewhat but it doesn’t…
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When Comfort Becomes Quicksand
How often in your life do you lose sight of the big picture? You go after stuff you think you need, while you scoff at what you actually have. We’re so hell bent on pleasing and fitting in and doing things a certain way…dressing the part of the man or woman of your stature…yet what does your…
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Excuses Are the Poison of Low Performance.
Get a degree, work hard, and success will automatically follow. This is the success map that we are all given. Has anyone noticed that it’s broken? Business Strategist, popular speaker and ultra-runner Dan Waldschmidt refuses to accept business as usual. He says that this success map represents a model that is a false promise and…
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Would it be Okay if Life Got Easier?
Has anyone ever asked you that question? I mean really? Would it be okay if life got easier? It sounds preposterous doesn’t it? Life is supposed to be a struggle. If anything comes too easily we look at it sideways with much suspicion. What’s the catch? Where’s the hidden camera? I’m being punked right now…
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Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life
Ever heard of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? Go read Revelation 6. According to Emmet Fox, New Thought Spiritual Leader, the Four Horsemen stand for the four parts or elements of human nature. The Pale Horse is the physical body, the Red Horse is emotional nature, the Black Horse is intellect and the White…
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Someday Has Arrived!
Someday I’m going to: Take my business to the next level Get serious about leveraging what I know Write that book that’s been gnawing at my soul for the last 5 years Lose the weight that I’ve been incessantly complaining about Tell people exactly how I feel and not allow them to intimidate me or…
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Can you be Successful without being Exhausted?
The short answer is “Yes” but it depends on other elements in the success equation. Let’s kick off with a couple definitions of success. Napoleon Hill defined it like this “SUCCESS is the attainment of your DEFINITE CHIEF AIM without violating the rights of other people.” Earl Nightingale laid it out like this “SUCCESS is…

