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The ONE Thing That Will Make 2012 Great!

The ONE Thing That Will Make 2012 Great!

I’ve been thinking a lot about self-discipline lately…mainly because I seemed to have lost it all since leaving the corporate world.  Something about having an 8-5 commitment that gets you pretty disciplined about what you want to accomplish with the rest of your day.  It seems, for me at least – no commitments, no worries, no discipline. From writing, pursuing speaking engagements, diet, exercise, time with spouse -  you name it – seems to have coasted down hill to a rather boring stop…no less a stop short of where I long to be.   Throw in, it’s the time where everyone thinks and debates the effectiveness of New Year Resolutions and I find myself at this post.  So as I contemplate what my New Years Resolutions (Goals) will be I am thinking that ole’ Curly had it right. Read the rest of this entry

I’ll TRY = It Ain’t Happenin’

I’ll TRY = It Ain’t Happenin’

There is an exercise that I often share when I speak that brings home the point in the quote.  You can do it there at your computer as well.  Find an object – like a pen, the cup you are drinking from or whatever.  Now pick up the object.  Pretty easy uh? You told you mind to pick up the object and wah la you did it.  Now… Read the rest of this entry