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Pack your own weight

The phrase “pack your own weight” comes from trail hiking and means that each person is responsible for carrying her own food,

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All actions teach the belief system that motivates them

All actions teach the belief system that motivates them. So what did you teach today? I find this question a powerful behavior

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You cannot talk your way out of what you have behaved yourself into

Actually, you could possibly talk your way out a few times, particularly if you can spin a good story and vary the

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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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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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What you Focus on Expands!

The human mind is an incredible, powerful thing. If you focus your thoughts on your goals, your energy flows that way. If

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A Story to Restore Your Faith in Humanity

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

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We all go the same distance in life…

We all go the same distance in life, it’s just that some of us go in circles. And if circles is what

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Argue for your weakness and it’s yours

We all have our failings, our weaknesses, our areas of greatest potential improvement. It is important to know your weaknesses so that

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Can you summon your talent at will?

In a movie called “Devil’s Advocate,” Al Pacino is the devil in human form attempting to tempt Keanu Reeves, both of whom

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30 Methods of Influence

Listed here are Thirty Methods of Influence from Stephen R. Covey’s “Principle-Centered Leadership,” (Simon & Schuster, pp. 119-128). I could easily write

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Everyone who works for me is a volunteer

Everyone who works for me is a volunteer. Provocative statement, yes? I do not mean to say we don’t pay them. We