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		<title>Want to Achieve Your Goals? Keep Them to Yourself</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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Conventional wisdom says that we are pushed to achieve our goals by announcing them to the world. 
Derek Sivers, founder of CD Baby, disagrees. In the video above,  he points out research that shows that telling someone our goals actually can work against our ever achieving them. 
How is this so?
Once we tell our [...]


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		<title>Motivation: What is It and How Do You Sustain It?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
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[This is a news story about Willard Wigan, microsculptor. When you finish the article, watch the video at the end to learn more about this amazing man who turned childhood pain into lifetime triumph.]
Motivation is that energy, drive, and desire that makes us want to pursue a goal. We all have it in some form [...]


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		<title>What Parents and Students Must Know About Getting into College</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 00:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
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Getting into college seems a lot tougher these days than it was for us baby boomers a few decades ago. To better understand what it takes to navigate the college admission process I recently interviewed Karen Grace Baker, educational strategist and President of Right College Choice. 
Karen pointed out a number of reasons that getting [...]


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		<title>Want to  Be Happier? Take Action About Whatever You Care About</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
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What do you do when something in your life, family, city or job displeases you? 
Most of us grumble, complain, grouse. We do everything but take action to resolve the problem or make a positive change in the situation.
When Mrs. Harris fell on a misaligned sidewalk in Oswego, NY she was told by the city [...]


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		<title>Practical Success Tips: Five Erroneous Beliefs That Are Blocking You From Achieving Your Goals</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
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A key part of achieving your goals is planning. Maybe your goal requires some extensive planning, but there is a point at which planning becomes procrastination. If you examine why you are procrastinating, you may discover that you are afraid of the unknown. We all are. So don&#8217;t let that stop you.
Or you may be [...]


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		<title>Celebrate Color Your Life Happy Day on August 9th</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Many of us begin the year making resolutions, but within a few weeks our promises to ourselves have been forgotten.
A Wall Street Journal article shared plans some people made to help them stick to their resolutions. Some kept their goals small and achievable. Others asked friends to help them stay on track by holding them [...]


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		<title>Practical Success Tips: Hop, Skip, Jump</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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When you set a goal do you find yourself getting overwhelmed trying to figure out how you&#8217;ll reach your success?
You turn it over and over in your mind, anticipate all that can go wrong and decide it will be hard because it will take time.
If so, you are not alone.
It is a human tendency to [...]


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		<title>It&#8217;s About Time: What Can To-Do Lists Do for You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
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We have long been encouraged to use to-do lists in order to help us organize our lives, be accountable and more productive. Some people swear by them, some swear at them. 
But to-do lists are more than just a simple listing of plans. To-do lists are used by successful people to manage their time, to [...]


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		<title>Five Ways to Increase Your Happiness and Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Today I received an newsletter from Doug Stevenson of Story Theater International Inc. in which he spells out lessons  he learned as an actor that helped him succeed in business. As I was absorbing his key points, it occurred to me that his lessons could apply to life happiness as well.
Based on some of [...]


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		<title>The Daffodil Principle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
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n her newsletter today, Linda Miller of ZeroPointRevolution shared the following story. Rather than summarize it,  I thought it would be more powerful for you to read the full version for yourself.
The Daffodil Principle
by Jaroldeen Asplund Edwards
Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, &#8220;Mother, you must come and see the daffodils before they [...]


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