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You can’t win the game sitting on the bench. It’s hard to impact results standing on the sidelines. You have to get

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Happiness: a mental state of well being characterized by positive emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. (Wikipedia) Ask people what they

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In some respects this is a silly question. I might as well ask “Food: Friend or Foe?” In moderation, consumed intelligently, both

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Becoming a Self-Directed Learner: A Key to Super-Powered Living

Passive Learning Passive learning is where students sit inertly while a teacher gallantly attempts to capture and direct their attention, somehow forcing

hurry sickness

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Hurry Sickness

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Four Ways to Spend Money

The late Milton Friedman, 1976 Nobel Prize winner for Economics, on the four ways you can spend money: 1) “You can spend

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Order, Yes. Bureaucracy, No!

Order is a process that effectively and efficiently allows you to scale up to a higher level. Bureaucracy is a process that

plug for contentment

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A Plug For Contentment

I think of contentment as the stepsister of happiness. If happiness is the swan, contentment is the ugly duckling. Everyone is pursuing

entrepreneurs questions

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An Entrepreneur’s Questions

Entrepreneurs are forever challenging convention, querying the need for the status quo, asking – Why are things done the way they are?

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Selling Sizzling Steak: Performance Plus Promotion

Doing the job right is the “steak.” Looking good while you do it is the “sizzle.” There was a time in my

when should you lie to yourself

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When Should You Lie to Yourself?

I’m purposely being dramatic, using the shock of lying to get your attention. But also I am being literally truthful because I’m

vegetables

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Lying About Your Vegetables

Most of us like to think we are good decision makers, that we have a firm grasp on reality, that we know