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Blame No, Responsibility Yes

Blame is a close cousin to shame with a moral or ethical component, and should be reserved for situations where such elements

rationalize rational lies

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Rationalize = Rational Lies

Often our attempts to explain or analyze a failure to reach a goal devolve into rationalizations. And often those rationalizations are nothing

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Dream It, Do It

The power of positive visualization is one of the most effective techniques to maximize your potential, to turbo-charge your efforts. Aaron Rodgers

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Plans Are Useless, But Planning Is Invaluable

I have a button that says “Spending my life in Plan B.” I think most of us have spent a lot of

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Forgiving Thoughts = Gentle World

The other day I asked an accomplished associate what he was looking for in life that he had not yet achieved. I

becoming your own best friend

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Becoming Your Own Best Friend

A long time ago I decided that ordinary wasn’t good enough. I wanted to do something extraordinary with my life. I was

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Affirmations: Stepping Stones to Greatness

Affirmations are positive thoughts or statements on a desired state or outcome. Affirmations are not silly little positive sayings, rather they are

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A Story to Restore Your Faith in Humanity

Today’s post is a short article from the sports page of the April 30, 2008, New York Times, that tells such a

don't do it yourself

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Don’t Do It Yourself

So I’m the quintessential maverick, the self-starting entrepreneur, the guy always trotting off on the path less traveled (heck, there is less

turn out best

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Things Turn Out Best for Those Who Make the Best of How Things Turn Out

You often cannot impact the cards you are dealt in life but you can choose how you play those cards. Having that

you are the programmer

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You Are the Programmer

You are the programmer of your life. Self-discipline is how we write new programs for our lives. “Will power” is strongest when

I am the one you are waiting for

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“I am the one I’ve been waiting for…”

Every now and again I find that I’m waiting for something or someone to come along and resolve something or make something