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5 Steps To A Great Life

Here are what I believe to be the five steps to creating the life you want. Of course, a five-step list to the perfect life has to be kind of short and requiring definition! However, these five are a great start!1. Have gratitude.Gratitude opens the ...

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Doing Your Life's Work

Most people want to do their life’s work. Some people are able to separate work completely from life and be happy doing anything, but this is not the norm. I once knew a man who managed things for a living. He’d managed a restaurant for several y...

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The Numerous Benefits of Time Management Skills

It's normal to hear time management discussed in business circles; yet, it is a topic that can be of great benefit to everybody. Time is a challenge for all of us, whether we're business people, workers, students or stay at home moms or dad...

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Tips On Writing A Memoir

So you've decided that history (or at least your friends and family) need to read your memoir. Just how do you go about starting to write your memoirs? Start by deciding whether you are going to write about your whole life or just selected part...

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Storyboard Your Future

Deciding how we want our lives to play out is like creating a storyboard for a movie. Storyboarding is the process of creating a panel of rough sketches that outline the movie and major changes involving plot or action in the production. It was first...

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The Family Cycle (I) - Euphoric and Dysphoric Cycles in Marriage

Family Cycle (I) - Euphoric and Dysphoric Cycles in Marriage by: Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Despite all the fashionable theories of marriage, the narratives and the feminists, the reasons to engage in marriage largely remain the same. True, there have be...

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Living Your Life Mission

In last week's article (http://www.whatittakes.com/Archive/Newsletter30to39/newsletter36.shtml), I asserted that defining and living your life mission can in fact make it easier to attract your ideal relationship. That's because simply livi...

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STRIKING A BALANCE. Take Time Off To Be More Effective

STRIKING A BALANCETake Time Off To Be More Effective What do an entrepreneur, a healthy checking account, your diet and a tightrope walker have in common? They all need balance to be most effective! Balance is a word that you hear a lot about, but yo...

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The Disciplines of Success

The Disciplines of Success by: Maria Palma Success, in the dictionary, is defined as, “The achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted.” So why is success in our society defined by the balance in your bank account, the car you dr...

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The Long Way

The Long Way by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers - Column for the week of October 4, 2004 I wrote you about four years ago, when my eight year marriage was ending in divorce. At that time you gave me some great advice about beginning again. Afte...

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