Life is full of setbacks and heartache. The difference between unsuccessful people and successful people often comes down to one thing: mental toughness. You can be someone who lets failure derail you...
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A couple of months ago, I ran into one of my friends sobbing her eyes out. Her computer hard drive had died and shed lost three years of graphic design work. Of course, it wasnt backed up — shed thoug...
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We all know that the vast majority of people who lose weight, regain it. And while we know that nobody who loses that weight actually wants to put it back on, somehow weve become really good at it! So...
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There are two approaches to prioritizing the tasks in your to-do list that I see fairly often.
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In our lives, we face small problems and big problems. Small problems can be easily dealt with: if youve got some sort of productivity system already in place, a minor issue is nothing more than a bum...
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We all have trouble areas in our lives. No matter how many you seem to knock off, there are always more to deal with. That’s not a bad thing, and it’s not a self-defeating attitude so long as you look...
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by libertyandvigilance Social media has numerous definitions, and all of themshare the principle that the Internet has given us a lot of cheap ways tocommunicate with each other. As computers have got...
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Photo by docpi First, the titles meant a touch colloquially. Second, that doesnt budge thefact theres a lot of truth to it. Third, if youre into lifehacks (presumablythats why youre reading this blog)...
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Dear daughter, You are a wonderful person and your mother and I think the world of you. It will not be long before you leave home to make your way in the world. Can I please give you some friendly a...
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According to GlobalRichList.com, Im in the top 0.82% richest people in the world. Thats not to brag, though. Almost everyone with the means to read this post is in that top one percent somewhere. But ...
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The Scene: Youre driving in your Volkswagen on a cool autumn day. You gaze out the window to admire the colorful foliage when out of nowhere a toddler on a big wheel rolls directly in front of your c...
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Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.-Robert J. Hanlon In the classic 70s sitcom Threes Company, many punchlines were theresult of misunderstanding: whether it was...
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Often when an individual decides to fix up that area of their life that has to do with getting things done, they make extensive changes to themselves; the way they act, the way the run their lives, th...
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A Good Story When it comes to marketing and selling products, the food companies have never let the facts get in the way of a good story. A lot of the information we find on the front of food packagin...
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One of the best books for writers in the social sciences is Deirdre McCloskeys Economical Writing, a very short, very small book that offers a number of important principles for writing.McCloskey is a...
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If you have, by some miracle, managed to avoid all manner of news lately, you might be surprised to know that theres a U.S. presidential election in less than a month. Even if you are aware of it, you...
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You know exercise is good for you, right? But regular exercise is like pushing water uphill. You do it for a couple of days - and then try and forget about it, because its just too hard. Sounds famili...
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Sometimes, I think I’m way too anal about some things. According to some of the comments on my previous posts, you agree. But nothing beats how much of a Nazi I am when it comes to my iTunes library. ...
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Poor Delusional Me Being a single bloke in his forties draws all kinds of comments, suggestions, inferences and questions from a broad cross-section of people, with responses ranging from pity to surp...
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Theres something to be said for leaving a former employer with style. Were in the middle of a time when more than a few employers are having to downsize and plenty of people who would otherwise be ass...
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