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Nobody Gets a Lifetime Rehearsal

Nod to the Indigo Girls for today’s post headline. I was looking at the definition of Practice today: Practice – Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary. One of the synonyms of the noun form is “dry run”.  So

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Blazing new Frontiers

I was thinking this morning about how I admire people who light out on their own and build something new.  That doesn’t have to be inventing the geodesic dome (but I did watch a YouTube video on Buckminster Fuller).  It could be

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Reframing. A technique for overcoming limiting beliefs

One of the biggest obstacles to accomplishing goals we set for ourselves is overcoming the limiting beliefs we hold.  Here’s the math.  It’s all about vectors and force.  We are trying to get from point A to point B.  We

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Day 6 – Chakra and Productivity

The sixth chakra, or Ajna, is located at the third eye area or the middle of the forehead.  Actually if you drew a line from temple to temple and another from the middle of the forehead straight back, you would

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We are not our limited self image. We are our picture of success!

I mentioned previously that I have a paperweight on my desk that says ‘what would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?’ I have also drawn the conclusion that without failure we make no progress nor gain learning and experience. And

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Mind Map Art

I recently posted on using mind maps for meeting notes. I also use them for speakers notes when I have a presentation, brainstorming new projects and for generally clearing out my mind. Today I want to share another use.  Word

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If at first you don’t succeed….you fail

So what! No platitudes. Failure feels bad. Success feels good. But stasis feels numb, a false comfort. No question which feeling I want more of. But which do I want less of? Comfortably numb is not a good place to

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From Purpose to Product

We get more done when our alignment extends from purpose all the way through action. We get clearly in touch with our sense of our purpose. We develop a vision in line with our purpose. We set goals that will

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