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Confidence and Your Future Here

Confidence is a huge factor in getting things done. This is especially true when it comes to making your life better. Much like riding a bike, you won’t be confident in your ability to change until you give it a shot. And sometimes that means shooting a whole lot. Something you’ll keep seeing in self-help […]

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Commit to Change Before You Take the Plunge

Commitment.  Is this a scary word or what?  It is both scary and very important.  It’s something you’ll have to do to see any kind of change out of the things you’re interested in.  Not just involvement – commitment.  Let me throw a fable at you real quick. A Pig and a Chicken are walking […]

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Is the Way You Make Goals Setting You up for Failure?

Goals and goal setting – is there a topic more beat to death?  I know I’ve done a post or few, and still see them popping up daily.  I’ll spare you another go round, but I have something very important to point out. You’ve probably run across a bunch of articles, books, and advice along […]

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How the Learning State Makes a Difference

Back in my college years, I remember spending a lot of time trying to find the right place to study. I tried the food-court and that was a big mistake. I tried the grass in the reflecting pool area and all I got were ant bites. I even tried the library only to find out […]

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Why You Need to Work On Your Strengths & Weaknesses, Or Fail

Ready to go on a strengths and weaknesses finding adventure?  Grab your snacks, your drinks, your walking shoes, and let’s go.  You’re in the middle of a thick forest and you have what you have – everything you need, for sure.  Except for your destination. There are some situations where no amount of preparation can […]

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Patterns Hold a Key to Your Self-Growth

It takes more than a few self-help, leadership, parenting, and entrepreneur books to see a pattern.  But patterns do show when you get into the thick of it all.  I’ve been through hundreds of these types of books just in the last few years.  Let me tell you, the outline of the “Life Story” is […]

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How to be Your Own Life Engineer

Look to the sky.  See any clouds?  What do you think they’re made of?  Air, condensation, dust, magic, and unicorns?  Chances are you’ve never checked for yourself.  You had to rely on the research of someone else.  And you’re perfectly fine with that. But what in the credibility arena did it for you?  Was it […]

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Reward Yourself for Thinking

I’ve seen plenty of advice that says it’s good to write down your thoughts into a journal. However, I never took it seriously in the past.  I only had a pocket-journal that didn’t do much of anything other than take up some space. Then I picked up a fancy case bound journal – the paper […]

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When is Habit Forming Good for You?

“When you wake up in the morning at a quarter to five and you just can’t wait to come alive, You brush your teeth ch ch ch ch, ch ch ch ch….” – Raffi Besides the occasional slow day, how often do you forget to brush your teeth?  How about comb your hair?  Take a […]