less stress more success

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Less Stress, More Success

Stress is not an event but rather a learned, perhaps even a chosen, reaction to an event. Or even just its possibility.

the pros make it look easy

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The Pros Make it Look Easy: On The Importance of Doing a Great Job AND Looking Great While You Do It

Did you ever notice how Olympic gymnasts often smile at key moments as they execute those difficult maneuvers? I sincerely doubt that

fostering the hardy personality

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Fostering The Hardy Personality

The hardy personality is one that can experience situations others would consider stressful, yet still remain calm and function at a high

listen to the behavior

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Listen to the Behavior

I got some great advice a while back from a wise colleague. I was bewildered by a situation, a relationship, that just

the power of the ask

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The Power of the Ask

The tallest building in the Western Hemisphere is in Chicago, and since its construction in 1973 it was known as the Sears

a time to fold em

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…A Time to Fold ‘Em

Winners DO quit. They just quit rarely, selectively, intelligently, and for the right reasons. There is even scientific terminology to cover the

10 minutes to change

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10 Minutes to Change

How can anyone change in 10 minutes? Change is hard work and takes time, right? Truth is, we change when we want

there is a reason to do deal

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There Is a Reason To Do Every Deal…

There is a reason to do every deal. And there is a reason NOT to do every deal. I do real estate

no moseyers need apply

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No Moseyers Need Apply

Mosey: (verb) def.: To move at a slow, leisurely pace. Moseyers is a made-up word to refer to a person who habitually

there is a tide in the affairs of men

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“There is a tide in the affairs of men…”

“There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage

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Harvest Joy, Harvest Miracles

Life is full of both joys and problems. When I focus my attention on the joys, the small good things that happen

grass is always greener

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The Grass is Always Greener

Oh, we humans! We are soooooo predictably irrational. We keep making the same mistakes over and over. It would be funny if