Posts Tagged "motivation"

Your productivity lacks laurels

Posted by on Nov 17, 2011 in Featured

Your productivity lacks laurels

Some times, productivity feels like operating an electronic cash register equipped with a bar code scanner. Task done. Beep. Done. Beeeeep. And again. BEEP. If you’ve ever felt like this, here’s why – and how to feel better.

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Don’t read the news – make them

Posted by on Nov 10, 2011 in Featured

Don't read the news - make them

What if, instead of spending time every day catching up with the news, you reclaimed that time for yourself? What if, instead of spending that time on learning about the exciting things other people do, you went off and did exciting things yourself?

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It takes courage to continue

Posted by on Aug 17, 2011 in Featured

It takes courage to continue

They say starting is easy – or hard, depending on whom you ask – while finishing is inherently difficult. How come, I wonder, that so few talk of what lies between? Starting and finishing is all good and well, but it’s the middle ground that makes or breaks you.

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Accept fault in others to achieve greatness

Posted by on May 31, 2011 in Featured

Accept fault in others to achieve greatness

Oh, man – where to begin. Yesterday, that slack-jawed lugnut over in accounting failed to deliver the numbers in time again. Also, my husband seems incapable of boiling water properly. The kids? Yeah, they’re just about ready for the asylum. Sound familiar? Then read this – stat.

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Why fitting in should give you the fright of your life

Posted by on May 12, 2011 in Featured

Why fitting in should give you the fright of your life

Ah, success. Craved by so many, yet achieved by so few. This ephemeral and excruciatingly ill-defined state is all the rage these days – and if you want it, there’s one thing you should avoid at all cost: fitting in.

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