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Feb.24.2009
It's almost the end of February - do you know where your New Year's resolutions are?My last entry was back in January so its time to see how everyone is doing.  I decided to add the Resolution Solution to my content if anyone is looking for a late February boost to the goals you set back on January...
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Jan.05.2009
I think an example would be helpful to better understand what I mean by giving resolutions their own place and reading or reviewing them daily.  Let’s use the popular example of weight loss.  This resolution would be difficult to forget because we see ourselves in the mirror everyday as an...
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Jan.02.2009
If you don’t attempt to immediately add your resolutions into you daily time management and your routine, what are you supposed to do with them??  I would argue  the power of routine is strong enough to be contemplated as a worthy opponent to our success.   Believing we can simply add to our...
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Jan.01.2009
Today is the day – January 1st 2009.  This is the first day of the rest of the year. Whether you have made your resolutions or are still contemplating them, its time to give real consideration to how you will keep them Dr. Pamela Dodd, author of  The 25 Best Time Management Tools & Techniques:...
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Dec.30.2008
We are preparing to stand on the edge of a brand new year with all its compelling irresistibility. As January 1st approaches we can’t help but look back at the previous year and assess or muse; sometimes we discuss it with others, but more often not. Analysis of the past year quickly gives way to a...
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Dec.28.2008
The idea thaf we might miss out on something from which everyone else is benefiting finds us willing to participate in any number of “opportunities”. Think of the benefit to having a specific time of the year when making resolutions is normal; we can talk about them with friends and family but the...
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Dec.27.2008
One reason we make New Year’s resolutions is because it is one time of year its considered normal, expected even, to share our personal growth or “greater good” goals with other people.Not only are we encouraged to make New Year's resolutions, but for most of us it’s the only time of year we are...
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Dec.26.2008
Welcome to the first in a blog series about making and keeping our New Year’s resolutions. I’ve been tracking a few of the articles and blogs on this topic and two questions show up repeatedly: Why do we make them? Why do we fail to keep them? These are basically the questions I will take on into...
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Dec.01.2008
  Have you looked around at leadership in your community, city, county or state recently?  Have you examined the effectiveness of those who would typically be referred to as a "leader" because of the position they hold? What descriptive words come to mind? The blogs about President Elect...
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Nov.20.2008
  What do you want to be when you grow up?  The age-old question seems so simple - you can almost hear the answers that continue to reverberate from family gatherings and elementary classrooms around the world.  I want to be a fireman, police officer, doctor, scientist, astronaut, football player,...
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Nov.17.2008
I had no recollection that I had written the letter below back in January??? of 2005.  I ran across it during a search for a different document.  Re-reading it now, I found myself being critical of the writing, but then I realized that it could simply be read for what we now know.     Senator...
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