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This Will Change Everything You Think You Know About Making Someone’s Day!

Think you’re too small, young, old, poor or ______________ (insert your favorite self-limiting belief) to make a difference.  Think again. Nirvan Mullick has raised the bar on making someone’s day!...

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If You Only Read One Article Today, This Is The One

This morning I can across a blog written by Tony Schwartz (@tonyschwartz) on the Harvard Business Review website.  It’s brilliant, insightful and spot on!  Furthermore, it gels with themes I blog about...

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In Search Of….

My message this week is simple: Lighten up.  Aim for excellence not perfection. I will be the first to admit, I need to drink my own Kool-Aid on this one from time to time as intensity and discipline...

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Why Was I Shouting At People?

I woke up early on race day.  Threw on my clothes. I could feel the energy in the air as I approached the 10 mile marker over looking Lake Mendota. Lake Mendota Madison had extreme heat (upper 90s) in...

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Do More In Less Time

Time is life’s most precious commodity. Treat it accordingly. My new goal, starting today, is to write my blog in one hour or less every week.  Yep. Will it affect the quality of my writing initially?...

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The Time Machine You Can Use Today – For FREE

I just got done watching Sal Khan’s commencement speech at MIT.  For those of you who don’t know who Sal is, he is the founder of the Khan Academy and recently named by Time Magazine as one of the 100...

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12 Things You Can Do To Be Happier Right Now

Although studying happiness and positive thinking is one of my many passions, I definitely did not grow up an optimist. In fact, far from it.  I was labeled as a problem child in many circles, despite...

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The Key to Being More Successful and Effective at Anything and Everything You Do

Want to connect with people better? Want to be more productive and make more money? Want to be happier? Want to be remembered as a great conversationalist? It’s something you already do every single...

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How I’m Learning To Be More Present

In the last post, I wrote about how becoming an active listener could help us all become more successful (acknowledging we all come up with our own definition of success). If you haven’t read it yet,...

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A Brief Thank You to Chris Guillebeau

From time to time, the cart gets off the track.  It’s an inevitable part of life for all of us. Remember that it’s far easier to stand back and criticize someone else than it is to put your own beliefs...

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Did I Overreact?

Has it been that long that this sort of behavior has become acceptable in the workplace? I write this post having just tasted this first hand.  Please weigh in below and let me know if I overreacted in...

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Do You Ever Think About What You’re Thinking about?

Do you ever think about what you’re thinking about?   Sounds like a play on words, I know.  It’s not meant to be. If it didn’t click or you glossed over it the first time, take it a little slower this...

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Turn Failureville Into Feedback

Maannn, I can’t believe that!  How did that happen? Why is this happening to me? I hate it when things don’t go my way!  #$!#!%% Ugh! If only….Bob did this and Sam did that and Susie wasn’t so unfair....

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Be Yourself

If you want to know when my blog comes out the best thing to do is throw your email in the “subscribe to blog” section on the right. ———————- Keep experimenting with life until you find exactly what...

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21 Day Gratitude Challenge

Hope you had a happy and healthy Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is a wonderful time of the year with family, friends, fun and football – hands down my favorite holiday of the year. One of the things I...

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To-Do Lists

Question:   How do we set REALISTIC to-do lists every day and not feel like we must unrealistically accomplish 8,000 things a day? This is a question I recently received from Kathleen Larsen @markaval...

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Everyone’s got a plan…right?

Everyone’s got a plan…right? “If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” – Jim Rohn Do you know the...

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Stop What You Are Doing And Read This

Good job.  It worked.  I was trying to think of a creative title for this post and that’s what I came up with.  How else can you grab the attention of an online audience flooded with tens of thousands...

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Quick Reminder

Take the time to work on yourself – develop your talents, increase your self-esteem, improve the lives of others and take at least a few moments of gratitude every single day. The post Quick Reminder...

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How to Start Your Personal Development Journey

2006 changed my life. It all started at 48 Wall St to the shock of making cold calls all day from sun up till sun down.  There were days I made over 300 cold calls. No!  Not Interested!  Don’t waste my...

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