admin on May 31st, 2009

Want to make life easier and improve your people skills at least 25%?
Dump your email.
Or change how you use it.
Think about how you use email in your day-to-day interactions with people.  Email is great, but it is a way of interacting with people without interacting with people.  Did you get that?   Information gets exchanged but [...]

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admin on May 24th, 2009

Are you 100% satisfied with yourself?
Be honest.
Maybe 1 out of a 100 would say yes.
Most people want to change and improve themselves
So, I am going to assume you want to improve yourself.  And I will assume you want an easier life.
Today we are talking about improving your people skills.  Better people skills means an easier [...]

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admin on May 18th, 2009

Stop!
Stop what you are doing right now (unless it is reading my newsletter).
Ask yourself this: Is this something I really need to do?  Or need to do now?
What is on your plate for today?  Is it worth your time-and your life?
How much is your time worth?  Per hour?  Wasting one hour per day is 365 [...]

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admin on May 13th, 2009

Here’s a great book about how to possibly live longer from people over one hundred years of age.  Dan Buettner, in his book The Blue Zone goes to four areas in the world to seek out the secrets to long life.  He is a good storyteller and the book is an interesting read.
Spoiler alert:  I [...]

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admin on May 11th, 2009

Yes, you must fail to succeed.
As Mike Litman said, “the faster you fail, the faster you will succeed.”
We all know this.
But, do we really live this?  Do we teach it to our children by example, not just words?  Psychology Today magazine (May/June 2009) has a great article entitled “Weathering the Storm” all about dealing with [...]

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