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     I know you’re thinking – “What a lame clique!”  Not jaded much, are we?  Every cloud really does have a silver lining IF you choose to look at it that way.  Bad things are going to happen.  Let’s take the worst possible – the death of a loved one. How could THAT have […]

Almost everything we do requires communication with someone else – employees, co-workers, customers, loved ones.  When we send our message out, we are convinced it is clear and that we are obviously right.  Ha, I say! I think in general we are pretty lousy communicators, and here are the top mistakes we make:  1. We […]

     If there was one thing that could change your life for the better, just one factor that could impact everything, would you work hard to develop it?  Really?      There IS one thing – discipline.  Self-control.  I know, I say it like it’s easy. But I think we have allowed the importance of […]

Many of you know I spent November (yep, the entire month) in Australia and New Zealand. It was the trip of a lifetime, and like all great journeys, it taught me many things. Lesson One—turn pain into gain. I’d been talking about going to Australia forever, but kept putting it off. It was so far, […]

Less than half of all Americans make New Year’s resolutions. Few people (less than 5%) have written goals for their lives. We all seem to agree on the importance of planning and goal setting, but actually doing it for ourselves is a completely different matter. Making New Year’s resolutions is really just an annual goal […]