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Stop Wishing Start Doing!

Thursday, October 15, 2009

“Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.” Washington Irving by my buddie Diggy over at upgradereality.com We all have our habits that we have grown into or adopted from others, some of them good and some of them bad. What I want you to do today is to take note of how many times you [...]

I Don’t Wanna Grow Up: How To Play Like a Big Kid

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

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“We are always the same age inside.” Gertrude Stein Do You Remember What It Was To Be a Kid? As you take a look at your daily planner, do you see a day full of meetings, presentations, conference calls, lunch dates, and getting your oil changed? Play time is no where to be seen, where did [...]

Top 10 lessons I learned as a Peace Corps Volunteer

Thursday, August 6, 2009

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“How wonderful that no one need wait a single moment to improve the world.” Anne Frank Today’s Guest Post is by one my best friends from high school Charley Silverman. What I learned as a Peace Corps Volunteer 1. To know your world, you have to see it- All too often we find ourselves constrained [...]

Career Uh-Oh’s-Seven Career Sins Sabotage Success

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

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by my dear friend Debra Benton It’s true that we learn from our mistakes, but the wise young businessperson corrects his/her mistakes before they are made. What mistakes should you be weary of? I surveyed 100 CEOs to reveal the “seven career sins” that sabotage success. 1. Focusing on tasks not people. If you invest [...]

Slow Down, Pura Vida (Pure Life)

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

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“How we spend our day’s is of course, how we spend our lives” Annie Dillard Enjoy Life More by Slowing Down I have been in Costa Rica over a week and I have already heard the phrase “Pura Vida” (Pure Life) several hundred times. Putting yourself in a new foreign environment allows you to see [...]

Integrity Is the Essence of Everything Successful

Monday, June 15, 2009

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by my dear friend and CEO Coach Debra Benton Business Integrity 101 I’d like to share some lessons I’ve learned about integrity from speaking with the best business leaders out there: The same show has to go on in front as on the “backside of the curtain.” Your outward appearance has to show what’s beneath [...]

Relaxing and Solving Problems Through The Power Of Your Imagination

Monday, June 1, 2009

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“So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned. Just think of happy things, and your heart will fly on wings, forever, in Never Never Land!” Peter Pan Relaxing The Mind To Solve Our Problems Your imagination can be one of your greatest allies in living a fulfilling life and can [...]