A friend told me about a great website called freerice.com. You feed the hungry as you build your vocabulary.

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Why do we procrastinate and what can we do to finish what we start? I’ll be examining this question over the next several weeks and posting my thoughts. One source of procrastination for me is perfectionism. If you are like me, you have more than a few unfinished projects. Projects that you […]

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Are you stressed out? If so, you aren’t alone. According to a recent survey by the American Psychological Association, close to half of all American adults are feeling more stress than they did a year ago. What is causing all this stress? The people surveyed cited money, work, family responsibilities, workload and […]

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Today is Thanksgiving here in the United States. Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays for several reasons. First, Thanksgiving is an equal opportunity holiday. Almost everyone celebrates it in some way or another. Next, Thanksgiving involves doing things I love to do, namely eating good food and spending […]

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I love learning! Last weekend, I attended a wonderful workshop called The Bigger Game Workshop. The presenter, Rick Tamlyn, was full of fun, energy, and insight. And, he generously shared all of that, and more, with all the workshop attendees. During the workshop, we were challenged to let our Bigger Game […]

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It’s not too late to register for my new class, How to Turn Conflict Into Collaboration, which is being offered Saturday, October 20th with Enterprise PM Solutions in Atlanta, Georgia. In this interactive 5-hour class, we’ll examine the causes of conflict, typical responses, […]

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I am a loyal reader of the monthly newsletter I receive from The Center for Creative Leadership. In the September 2007 issue, CCL’s Joan Gurvis discusses work-life balance. I completely agree with Joan when she says, “balance is not a matter of managing your time or giving equal effort to two opposing sides; […]

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Positive thinking and The Secret played prominent roles in the season finale of the HBO series, Entourage. Several of the characters envisioned their desired futures and steadfastly believed these outcomes were not only possible, but probable. Things might not have gone exactly according to plan, but that’s another story.
I don’t pretend to […]

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I’ve sometimes thought how great it would be if I could go back in time and relive my 20’s but with full knowledge of the life lessons I learned in my 30’s and beyond. Like many of us, I was a student in the school of hard knocks. Looking back, it seems as though […]

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There is no shortage of movie sequels this summer: Shrek the Third, Oceans 13, Spiderman 3, Pirates of the Carribean, Fantastic Four, Ice Age, 28 Weeks Later, Harry Potter, and Live Free or Die Hard. What is it about a sequel that is so compelling to us as movie goers? It […]

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