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<title>Elaine Love - EzineArticles Expert Author</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hi, My name is Elaine Love. Allow me to introduce myself. Elaine Love is a successful facilitator, workshop leader, trainer, author, keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and business owner. Elaine launched her career as a teacher before becoming an award winning entrepreneur and trainer; her audiences want to know "teach us how to achieve that level of success." Elaine has published over 311 articles which received generous accolades from the publishers. Her trophy shelf contains numerous sales, leadership, speaking and academic awards from Toastmasters, Wealth Masters, University of Denver, Juliana, and International Speech contests. Her new books, "Lift as You Climb" and ... ]]></description>
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<title>Mindset Matters</title>
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<description><![CDATA[When you make the achievement of your goal more important and more powerful than your challenges, you will find your flow. Make the achievement of the goal a firm feature of your entrepreneurial mindset. With your attitude set and unwavering, you will succeed. Without an unwavering entrepreneurial mindset, you will swim in circles. You may be moving but you will not be progressing. Strive for upward spirals, not circles.]]></description>
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<title>Your Excuses Prevent Your Success</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:54:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Life is a series of choices. We can either achieve success or make excuses but rarely if ever will success and excuses come at the same time. I heard someone say "our choices make us." The choices we make will eventually determine our results. The longer we make excuses, the longer it will be before we achieve the coveted success. Are you staying at a job you do not like because it is easier than reaching for your dreams? What reasons or excuses are you giving for not starting your success plan and your success journey toward your dreams? When will you be ready to go for it?]]></description>
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<title>Presentation Success Plan</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:11:45 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What goes on in your head and your body when you are asked to give a presentation? You will learn how to create a winning mindset. Do your knees get wobbly, your mind goes blank and you would rather be doing ANYTHING rather than pick up the telephone receiver or speak to someone face to face? There are 5 simple steps to creating a winning mindset.]]></description>
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<title>Blueprint for Life</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 08:33:31 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Have you ever thought of yourself as a wealth builder? Those words do have a nice ring. Wealth can come in many forms. Granted, we generally think of wealth as money, but I want you to think of wealth in another aspect as well. Think about the contribution you make to the lives of others.]]></description>
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<title>Presentation Skills</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:59:02 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been asked to give a presentation? After the butterflies start to assemble in some sort of formation, the next question is "how long do I have to speak?" "You want me to talk for h-o-w l-o-n-g?" "Twenty minutes, please." "Oh no, I could never talk for that long. How about five minutes?" We finally settled on ten minutes which still seemed like an eternity. Did you ever notice how time takes on such different meaning depending on the task at hand? Ten minutes to play video games seems far too short to a child but that same child will think that ten minutes of sitting quietly in the corner for misbehaving is an eternity. Knowing that you are to stand in front of a group and speak for ten minutes, you suddenly knew exactly how the child felt sitting in the corner. The child actually had the better end of the deal. The child did not have to speak or face anyone.]]></description>
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<title>Keynote Presentations</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 09:00:08 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Keynote speeches and workshops require the L F T P elements. L - Does the presentation make you laugh? F - Does it make you feel? Does it touch your heart? T - Does it make you think? P - Is the point of the message profound? The height of listening is frequently immediately following the laughter. People love to laugh. Laughter helps you connect with your audience. Speeches are not stand up comedy routines, but a dash of humor not only breaks up the message, but enhances the message. Humor comes from life itself. Humor is in the situation.]]></description>
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<title>Entrepreneurial Success Requires a Debrief</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:59:02 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What worked? What parts did not work? In any speech or presentation some parts work better than others. How many hours did you spend preparing for that presentation? Entrepreneurial success requires preparation, presentation and review. If it was a major client, it was probably several hours. You wrote, rehearsed, tweaked and worried. You probably picked out just the right outfit to make a favorable impression. The time arrived and you gave your presentation. How did it go? Unless you take the time to dissect the entire presentation, you do not know what parts to keep in for the next presentation and which parts to tweak. In order to maximize entrepreneurial success, a debrief of the presentation is essential. ]]></description>
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<title>Positive Mental Game</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:59:02 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Why me?" "Why did I get laid off when Joe still has a job?" It is easy to whine about how life is not fair, the economy is down, you just lost your job, or you don't have any money. We hear those sentiments on the street, in the media and probably at the dinner table at home. Does it really make you feel better to whine? Maybe it feels a little better for the moment; however, what long-lasting benefit does it provide? The mental game provides the game within the game. Professional athletes, concert musicians, and a young boy in search of a date all work on a positive attitude prior to their performance. If an athlete were to step up to the starting line of the race telling themselves how slowly they would run, they are doomed to failure before the starting gun sounds. Your mental game determines a significant part of your results. Turn your whine into a powerful "why."]]></description>
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<title>Consistent Business Branding</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:44:14 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Is your message consistent, clear and concise? A professional speaker came over to me after his keynote address and asked me for presentation advice. He had impactful slides, a passionate heartfelt topic and a rambling delivery. When I asked him to condense the core of his message into one sentence, he replied. "I don't think I can do that." If your article or speech or website can not be distilled into one core message, your main point may not be clear to you. If you are not clear about your main point, how can you possibly expect your audience to grasp your core idea? It is all too easy to fly through our message assuming that just because we know the information, everyone in our audience knows it as well. ]]></description>
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<title>Steps to Start a Small Business</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:39:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Job laid you off? Can't find another job? Tired of looking for a job? Maybe starting your own business is the answer. 79 million people will start a home business in the next three years according to this recent report in Forbes magazine. American forefathers left England and came to America for religious and business freedom. The entrepreneur has always been the backbone of America. Edison, Jefferson, Washington, Franklin, Ford, Carnegie, Rockefeller, Gates and so many others were all entrepreneurs. Every one of them started and developed their own business. Why not you?]]></description>
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<title>Perfect Home Based Business</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:51:48 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Life is an adventure. Cherish everything that happens. There is something good in each situation. Sometimes it is harder to find the good. People are losing their jobs all over America right now. At first glance, that pink slip and the words in the downsizing note "your job has been eliminated," sound like the financial death bell. Maybe it is a blessing in disguise. Doesn't feel like it right now? I understand that sentiment. Take the time to really look at what you want out of life.]]></description>
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<title>Yes Is the Goal</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:37:01 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When you speak to a lead or a new team member, the key is to have a conversation. Your goal is not to learn their life story, just show you care about them as a person. You are creating a relationship, not focusing on making a sale. People respond to you as an individual first; if they do not relate to you, it does not make any difference what product or company you represent.]]></description>
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<title>Effective Team Leadership</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:30:12 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Your goal is always to be an effective leader and improve the life of your new team member and their business. Leadership is about empowering them to reach their maximum potential. You do not need to be their buddy or enable them by doing everything for them. Encourage, inform and inspire.]]></description>
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<title>Female Entrepreneurs Achieve</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 07:44:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Step in to your power as a professional. Step in to your power as a female entrepreneur. As women, we have been taught for generations to be caring and giving; every person needs to care about others and give of their time, talents and energy. I support that attitude. Unfortunately, in the process of being a wife and mother, we are all too frequently on the bottom of our priority list. Even worse, we may not even be on the list at all.]]></description>
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<title>Positive Mental Attitude - Healthy Attitude</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:00:15 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you think your point of view is the only accurate opinion? Are you open to another point of view? In fact, there is a triangle of perceptions. Each person views the situation through their own experience and background. The first person has their view of the facts; they have their perception of the truth. Person two has their version of the truth as they see it, which is different than the first person's version. Outside observers have a third "truth" from their vantage point. The center of the triangle contains the actual truth. Does it make one right and another wrong? No. It is like watching a sporting event from different points in the stadium. Same play, but different angles of view.]]></description>
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<title>Focus on Positive Solutions for an Emotional Situation</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:29:47 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What are you thinking? Your thoughts and feelings flow into your words and then you actions. Granted there are situations beyond our control; however, we do always control our thoughts and feelings. At least we CAN control thoughts and feelings. Just because someone dumps a bucket of emotional ice water (negative comments or negative actions) on you does not require you to sit there calmly and shiver. Wrap yourself in a nice blanket of positive attitude and positive actions immediately.]]></description>
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<title>Positives and Negatives of Work From Home Business</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:11:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Making money working from home is the preferred solution of more than 79 million people according to Forbes magazine. More and more people are searching for the best work from home business ideas. One of the steps to start a small business is determining all of the positives and negatives. Weigh the time freedom, lower start up cost, convenience, and unlimited income potential against the discipline, time, initial investment and learning curve required for a great home based business. Employ entrepreneurial thinking. Do you have what it takes to be successful? ]]></description>
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<title>Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:46:14 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Gold dust in the air is an attitude backed by action. Maintaining a positive attitude is the key to success in any endeavor. Not a key, but the key to success. Your attitude screams so loudly that it drowns out the sound of your words. Attain success through a positive mental attitude.]]></description>
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<title>Second Thoughts Destroy Dreams</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:35:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["What can you possibly teach me?" "You sold Mt. Castles, its mine now." "I am a man, I'm older than you, and I have more years in business than you do." "What can you possibly teach me?" This was not going to be an easy transition.]]></description>
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<title>Decade of the Entrepreneur</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:21:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Throughout history we have progressed from the Agricultural Age through the Industrial Age, and through the Information Age. The common thread running uniting all of the economic changes has been the individual entrepreneur. ]]></description>
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<title>Mosquito in a Nudist Colony</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:50:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are so many opportunities on the internet today it resembles the choices of a mosquito in a nudist colony. So how do you choose? Being an entrepreneur is fabulous, especially in the ideal situation for you.]]></description>
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<title>Creating WOW Service</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:13:31 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You are in the business of creating WOW. Be so good that they can not ignore you. Be so good that the only question of doubt is who is second. ]]></description>
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<title>Computer Blues</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/3857683</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:27:53 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are those who learned computers sitting on someone's lap and there are those of us who were the lap they once were sitting on and now we are learning from them. I admit computers entered my life in 1986. Now our children and grand children grow up with computers, not so with my age bracket.]]></description>
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<title>Believe in Yourself</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/3851524</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:48:21 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One person's belief in you is more powerful than the discouragement of many. Dream stealers are everywhere, but so are glimmers of hope. Sometimes we have to search more diligently for the encouragement. Make no mistake, there is hope.]]></description>
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<title>Salute to Champions</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:37:08 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Lindsey Vonn who won gold in the downhill and bronze in the super-G. Her crashes in the giant slalom and in the super-combined resulted in a broken little finger on her right hand. This spirited competitor taped her broken finger to the adjoining ring finger, donned a mitten and raced again. Even after her competitions ended, she stayed slope side to cheer her teammates and friends. She wore a smile and demonstrated genuine caring and encouragement for others. Lindsey personified the traits of a true champion. Hats off to a beautiful lady, a great athlete and a total role model.]]></description>
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<title>Aerobic Experience Without a Gym</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:20:05 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[No equipment required. No designer latex body suit. Not even a Vic Tanny exercise tape or an expensive "pamper you until you go bankrupt" spa.]]></description>
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<title>Life is Easy Now</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:15:43 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Remember When... I heard all about my parents walking to school through the snow. At least they didn't claim it was twenty miles uphill each way. Personally, I rode the noisy school bus for an hour each way every day so I had it better. Now the kids have their own car or at least Mom or Dad running shuttle service. With each generation life gets easier. At least that is the way it is designed to be. Not to say that each generation does not have new issues, just different. Sometimes we forget how easy we have it now.]]></description>
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<title>Everyone Likes Choices</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:14:38 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We have resisted being told what to do since we were small children. We not only want our own way but we want the freedom to decide for ourselves. Ever remember your parent saying, "You will do it, or else." Regardless of whether the task was doing homework, cleaning your room or being nice to your little sister, there is something in our human nature that resists being told what to do. We have all been there.]]></description>
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<title>Are You Connecting?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:52:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Three factors control your connection. The same principles apply in social organizations, personal and professional interactions. Sometimes you are the disconnect; sometimes the audience members are detached from you or your message. Generally this communication misfire is a combination.]]></description>
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<title>Teamwork Empowers Leaders</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/3781390</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:14:05 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Michael Jordan is a super star basketball player but he is one of the team. As incredible an athlete as he is, he cannot play for the entire team. John Elway has an excellent passing arm; however, unless he has someone to catch the pass, the play will not progress. Even the best quarterback cannot play every position on the team simultaneously.]]></description>
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<title>Superior Customer Service</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:49:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Great companies always possess exceptional customer service. All things being equal, people do business with the people they trust and the people who make them feel valued. If you were given a choice and in this age of the internet, we all have a plethora of choices, would you pay the same or maybe even a little more to be guaranteed excellent customer service?]]></description>
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<title>Firm Decisions Win</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:33:07 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Decisions are easy when your values are clear." You can't steal second base with your foot firmly planted on first. Once you make affirm decisions, the forces of the universe seem to move to make things happen. Living in Steamboat Springs Ski Resort for 29 years and loving the skiing, the people and the healthy life style provided a wonderful comfortable life. "Hi, saw your corvette at the gym today. ]]></description>
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<title>Economy Or Confidence</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:44:05 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Chaos reigns supreme in the American economy. Financial woes are shaking the foundation of the global economy as well. Global currency is about as stable as a kernel of corn in hot oil in a pop corn popper. Trying to anticipate and manage the fluctuations in the market right now is similar to asking fireflies to fly in formation. Impossible.]]></description>
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<title>Skiing Lost a Legend</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:49:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Skiing lost a legend. Billy Kidd lost a close friend. The world gained an example of courage, positive attitude and a "can do" spirit. Jimmy Heuga passed away in Boulder at the age of 66. He left a legacy for the skiing world, Olympic record books and a tender spot in the hearts of everyone who knew him.]]></description>
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<title>How Much Information is Enough?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:49:01 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Don't you just cringe when you ask a question about an internet business and they say, "just sign up, we'll tell you what to do later." Some are almost that bad. There are websites on the internet today which do not tell you what kind of business it is or anything about it. Caution about getting involved with a business which will not provide any information.]]></description>
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<title>Psychology of Colors Marketing</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:58:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[From across a crowded room your eye catches a flash of hot pink. A smile eases its way across your face and you carefully weave your way through the crowd. Something about that flash of color beckoned you with an irresistible magnetism. You were compelled to learn more about its origin. The irresistible mystery of that flash or color inspired you to investigate.]]></description>
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<title>3 Keys to Success</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:58:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Surveys of major corporative executives and business icons revealed three major keys to business success. Even known anyone who was absolutely brilliant but spoke in technical terms so far above most of the audience that they might as well have been speaking Greek? Speaking in insider acronyms or industry specific jargon is only effective with a very select audience. Everyone else mentally checks out within the first five minutes. The easy assumption seems to be that because the speaker knows the terminology, everyone should.]]></description>
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<title>Push Emotional Buttons</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:58:46 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is just one of those days. Murphy's Law declares that what could go wrong, will go wrong. Parkinson's law states that Murphy was an optimist. When one of those situations slaps your face and kicks your emotional equilibrium out of the park, sit back, take a deep breath and use a tension release system.]]></description>
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<title>When the Wheels Come Off</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:36:51 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine lost a fifty thousand dollar contract recently. When you consider that is more money than most people throughout the world, including the United States, earn in a year, the significance is enormous. He had been working on this major project for over ten months and he was eager to deliver the finished product and collect his fee. Imagine his excitement when he called the company declaring that the work was completed a few weeks ahead of schedule and he was ready to present what he believed was an exceptional product.]]></description>
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<title>3 Solutions For Success</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:35:50 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Everyone reaches a point in life where they feel stuck. The creativity does not flow and the spirit is restless. Wayne Dyer, world renowned author, lecturer and philosopher, once said that it is impossible to be depressed and active at the same time. The greatest cure for being stuck, restless or depressed is always action. Go do something. Write, read, walk, bake cookies or clean the garage. Go do something.]]></description>
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<title>Survive, Strive, Thrive</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:30:48 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Survivors are people whose attitude of minimum effort allows them to just survive; they choose to do as little as possible to get through life. You will find these people on the welfare roles. An upscale version of this appears in the cute kid who expects life to hand them everything they want with zero effort on their part.]]></description>
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<title>Good Heart and Good Intentions</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:45:58 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A Ranger in Lanseria, S. Africa has an incredible relationship with lions, hyenas and cougars. The Ranger is assigned to protect the animals in the wildlife refuge from poaching. Everyone has declared through the ages that animals know who likes them. Animals have an instinct to know who cares about them and who will harm them. These pictures reveal the close relationship between their human protector and themselves. Hyenas have the reputation of being vicious, yet they cuddle up to him as if they were tabby cats. Lions hate water and yet they are in deep water with the Ranger in very trusting poses.]]></description>
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<title>Dealing With Insults</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:10:46 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ouch! What do you do when a young colleague delivers a zinger? Choices: ]]></description>
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<title>Let the Coffee Cool</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:50:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You sit down at your keyboard ready to produce. You wait, fingers poised ready to strike the keys. Nothing happens. Enter the villain - writers block. Ever start to write an article and a blank piece of paper keeps laughing at your frustration about how to start? Every writer has had writers block. Every composer has had song writer's block. Every painter has stared at a blank canvas. Relax.]]></description>
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<title>Show Up For Your Future</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:15:58 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Show up! The first requirement in order to make progress in life, is to show up. In order to go up the corporate ladder, the earnings ladder or the personal development ladder, you have to show up. You may not be the best athlete on the field or the best trumpet player in the band, but unless you show up and perform to the very best of your ability, you will never move up in the lineup.]]></description>
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<title>Sacrifice Some of the Now For the Future</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:32:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[An ambitious young married man loved to go party with his new bride. They enjoyed socializing and entertaining. Friday night date night meant a romantic evening out at a special restaurant and perhaps the theater after dinner. Saturday night typically involved gathering with friends for a jovial evening of companionship over dinner. Both he and his bride thoroughly enjoyed a robust social life. It came as a shock to her when he declared an end to their social whirl.]]></description>
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<title>Identify Your Unique Brand</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:10:20 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Remember the theme song from Rocky, theme song from Bonanza, theme songs from your favorite commercials? Theme songs are brands; these are unique identifiers of a specific product, person or production. Sports fans wear the team colors of their favorite team. One man in Michigan was such an avid fan of University of Michigan that he actually decorated his Christmas tree in maize and blue. Team colors represent another way of branding.]]></description>
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<title>Logs on the Fire</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:44:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Nothing warms the heart and the spirit as much as a warm fire on a cold, snowy day. Snuggle up to the hearth when the lifts close at any ski resort. Everyone congregates by the fire to share a beverage and remove the chill from happy but tired muscles. The fireplace constitutes the magic gathering place to share tales of the epic run through the trees. Enjoy the laughter as someone relates the dollop of snow falling off a tree branch and connecting with pinpoint accuracy directly through the collar of the ski jacket and down the back.]]></description>
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<title>Statue of Responsibility</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:23:03 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[New York has its Statue of Liberty. California should have a "Statue of Responsibility" standing as a greeting. Dave Ramsey, recently featured on the cover of Success magazine, described his credentials as a PhD in DUMB. Dave said, "My wife and I graduated from college broke and started buying and selling real estate. Since that was the beginning of the 'go go 80s' we owned 4 million dollars of real estate and about a million net worth by the time I was 26.]]></description>
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<title>Statue of Liberty</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:40:34 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Statue of Liberty proudly stands in New York Harbor as a beacon of hope. Even the title of the statue, "Liberty Enlightening the World" depicts freedom. Look at her carefully. We pay so much attention to the way we dress and the way we wear our hair, yet this symbol of inspiration barely affords a second glance by Americans. Regardless of your political views, we live in the greatest nation in the world. We have more opportunity, more freedom and more income per citizen than any other nation in the world.]]></description>
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<title>Traffic Lights of Life</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:38:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Are you at the intersection right now debating about whether your career light is red, green or yellow? Are you feeling trapped in your career? You worked so hard to develop your profession and spent so much money on your education that you don't think you can leave, but you are no longer happy? How productive do you honestly believe you are when you feel trapped? An even bigger question; is it fair to the people you serve when you no longer feel passionate about your career?]]></description>
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<title>At Last! A Success Formula Which Works!</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:23:08 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The view from the top of the mountain inspires the heart and fills the soul with gratitude. You have climbed over the boulders, stepped in and around the holes in the path, and pushed your way through the thickest brush. No obstacle stood in your way for long. You were on a mission.]]></description>
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<title>3 Secrets to Success</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:11:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Steamboat Springs, Colorado is the home of more Olympians than any other ski resort in United States. In 2006, Steamboat sent more athletes to compete in the Olympic Games than some small countries. ]]></description>
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<title>Criteria of a Business</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:10:50 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Launching your own business requires a winnowing fork and a tuning fork, not a dinner fork, but the best is yet to come. Compare the new business to a cake. Before you start gathering ingredients, decide what flavor cake you choose to make. Do you have the ingredients on hand or do you need to go shopping? A cake requires basic ingredients: flour, shortening, sugar and eggs, plus special additions for the special flavor variety.]]></description>
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<title>Savor the Taste of Success</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:26:22 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Every disciplined effort yields multiple results. When you are knee deep in the swamp with alligators nipping at you from all directions, it is difficult to remember that your purpose was to drain the swamp. Each disciplined effort provides a snowball effect. Each one builds on the next until the desired outcome materializes. In the meantime, reach back into your memory banks and recall one or more of your most treasured success feelings.]]></description>
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<title>Leadership is Empowering Others</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:13:02 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Empower others with your thoughts and actions. Regardless of your economic status, educational status or career, everyone responds favorably to kind words. Empowering others benefits both the giver and the receiver. Toastmasters is a speaker's organization. Picture a new speaker hesitantly rising and making the eternally long walk from their chair to the podium for their ice breaker speech. Walking those eight to ten feet feels like a marathon distance. Facing the group for the first time as the spotlight centers on them causes every internal butterfly to fly in a different direction.]]></description>
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<title>Learning Curve For Success</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:22:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Life has a learning curve. Every new activity requires new skills. Babies encounter a tremendous learning curve. They learn to crawl, feed themselves, walk, learn a language and figure out how to tie their shoes.]]></description>
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<title>How to Get Your Life on Track</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:43:39 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Every life has a few turning points. As humans, we have the unique ability to make a decision, act on it and turn on a dime. Animals are governed by impulse and instinct. Salmon return home to spawn, Geese fly south in the winter. Genetic code dictates and they obey.]]></description>
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<title>Perspective on Success</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:59:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Attention Entrepreneurs! Anything which gets in the way of your goal constitutes a distraction. Medical school is an extremely worthwhile and valuable activity, but not unless you are choosing a career in the medical profession. If your goal is to become a network marketer, medical school is a distraction.]]></description>
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<title>Choose Goals With Passion</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 07:59:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Determine what it is that makes your blood boil with passion. What is so important to you that you are eager to leave it as part of your legacy? Goals are more than dreams with a deadline, goals must inspire passion. Entire sections of libraries are dedicated to goal setting. 99% of America makes a New Years resolution and breaks it within days, weeks or a few months. Why?]]></description>
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<title>Creative Choices</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:59:02 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The economy is really getting people down right now. Even worse, it is income tax time. How many of you really enjoy the IRS and tax time? Unless you are a CPA, probably not. How would you like a fun suggestion? ]]></description>
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<title>Commit to Success</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:50:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Success is a matter of firm decision. It is a matter of commitment. It is a matter of being willing to stake your actions and your resources, not just your words. Your level of commitment determines your results.]]></description>
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<title>Life Off Track</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:59:47 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What is most important to you right now? More money, more freedom, more security? Success in a Tough Economy depends on persistence and consistency more than any other time. Everyone can succeed in a flourishing economy. Only the determined and resilient survive in a tough economy.]]></description>
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<title>Fountains of Life</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:59:27 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Fountains inspire and delight us with their beauty. Streams of glistening water particles catch the sunlight and sparkle like fine crystal. The purity and intricate design of the spray fascinates us and mesmerizes us. The fountains throughout Europe are particularly ornate and plentiful. Fountains present an image of serenity. How much of your life resembles a fountain?]]></description>
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<title>Fountains of Marketing</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:02:18 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[From a visual and aesthetic view, a fountain possesses grace, beauty and artistic appeal. Viewing your business as a fountain implies you are all over the place without any specific focus. First you go this direction and then reverse ninety degrees. Even though there are many different approaches to the same business, attempting to pursue each separate direction simultaneously spells disaster. Successful business ventures require focus.]]></description>
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<title>Step Up and Take Action</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:56:13 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do not be a sideline observer in your life. Membership in Procrastinators Anonymous buys you a ticket to NoWheresville. Normally there are 4 seasons in the year: Spring, summer, fall and winter. Consider the fact that some people have created an entirely different season which lasts all year long. This new season is called "Freebie" or "Do it for me" or "wait for someone to do it for me." Now if you are fortunate enough to be part of the lucky gene pool and relatives will give you a handout, then you are part of the privileged minority. 99% of the population does not qualify for a free ride in life.]]></description>
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<title>Life is a Postage Stamp</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:55:57 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Choose to be a forever stamp or a holiday stamp. Before you wrinkle your nose, squint your eyes or furrow your brow deciding that I've lost my mind, consider the function of a postage stamp. Unless you are a philatelist, the only function of a postage stamp is to stick to the envelope or package. This requires endurance. This tiny piece of adhesive backed paper must remain so solidly affixed that it survives the shuffling and friction against other pieces of mail in the postman's bag or truck, close encounters in various mail rooms as it gets sorted and rerouted and back out for delivery. Consider the obstacles and near brushes with death encountered by this tiny little rectangle of paper.]]></description>
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<title>Snow is White Gold</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:57:12 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Flakes of white drifting down and covering the ground create an entirely new meaning living in a ski resort. The long time ranching families shrug and declare," we always get snow. The only questions are when and how much." Snow means winter moisture to ranchers. Timing really is not an issue.]]></description>
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<title>Management Issues</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:19:15 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Executives attend "Anger Management" classes after an incident in the workplace. Domestic violence situations require "Anger Management" class attendance. Children earn a trip to the principal's office for anger management following playground issues. Be realistic! Why would anyone choose to retain their anger and manage it rather than resolve the underlying cause?]]></description>
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<title>Accountability Partner</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:08:43 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[New Years Resolutions are exerting their annual pressure; decision time arrives within a few days. Most people make and break their resolutions with days or at least weeks of the creation of those lofty goals.]]></description>
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<title>Resolutions Require Passion</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:04:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How seriously did you commit to your New Years resolutions? Examine your motivation for setting each resolution. Did you select goals you absolutely must find a way to achieve? Is your goal something you passionately desire? When you speak about your goals, what language do you speak and think? What feelings do you associate with each goal? Regardless of the goal the bottom line remains the same. Weight loss, fitness, new business or any other decision, the more passionate the desire and the more solid the commitment, the greater the likelihood of success.]]></description>
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<title>Snow - Fun Or Frustrating?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:11:23 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Snow, in this reference, means that wet white moisture which falls on the ground from above. To a ski enthusiast and new resident of a ski resort, it means fun in all capital letters; pure unadulterated FUN. Powder hounds start howling as the first fluffy flakes drift down. The noise intensifies as the depth accumulates. 29 years of living among that pack and participating in powder rituals still inspires a chug chug and a double back flip heartbeat. Pleasure, pain, or sheer frustration describes the winter moisture we frequently term snow.]]></description>
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<title>Ready to Break All Your Barriers to Success?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:56:45 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Look carefully at your old programming. What limiting beliefs or dented self confidence are you allowing to block your path to a healthy and happy future? 2010 edges closer to us every day. Why not make it your best year ever. Why continue to lug that burden around? Just because your emotional crutch has traveled with you throughout your life, does not mean you need to clutch it like a child holding on to an ice cream cone. This does even taste or feel good. It is only familiar.]]></description>
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<title>Questions, Not Answers Determine Success</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:05:51 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Soul searching questions must evoke intense emotion in order to reach deep into your psychic core. Only through intense self examination will you break through the barrier of old programming, limiting beliefs and self imposed roadblocks. What quality are the questions you are asking yourself and others? What questions should you be asking but are not asking? Why not? Are you afraid of the answer? Allowing yourself to slide away from a tough question does not change the importance of the question or change the answer. It simply prolongs the agony of not knowing the answer.]]></description>
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<title>How Effective is Your Mentor?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:05:11 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learning, knowing, and practicing effective advertising techniques in today's marketplace remains part of the essential criteria for selecting a mentor. Being able to personally achieve results is insufficient. In order for you to benefit, your coach and mentor must also be able to impart that knowledge to you in such a manner than you can duplicate that success for yourself.]]></description>
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<title>Psychology of Colors</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:04:45 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Choose colors carefully to convey the mood most desirable for your product and image. Observe the packaging of products, the headlines which attract your eye and the colors which appeal to your personality. What color will be most appealing to your target audience? Are your colors sending the message you desire to present?]]></description>
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<title>Grains of Sand</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:43:56 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is not what happens to us and outside of us which truly creates the difference; the significant difference is always created inside ourselves. Break up the big rocks and haul them away. Gather the medium sized rocks, the pebbles and the grains of sand into a bucket; seal the bucket and destroy it. No need keeping any rocks around to stub your toe of life. Deal with them once and for all and get rid of them forever. Little grains of sand create a pearl. What can they do for your life?]]></description>
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<title>Rocks in Your Time Jar</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:49:56 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Set your priorities. What are the biggest and most important elements of your life? Is your family your primary importance? In this time of severe economic challenge, for some of you it may be earning a larger income, and for others it may be a physical or academic goal. Clearly define the five most important rocks; these major elements must consume the primary time block of your day. These are the 5 action items which you determined were the top priorities for the day. Put these large rocks in your life jar first.]]></description>
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<title>Rocks of Life</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:45:23 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What emotional rock holds you back from achieving your dreams and goals? Have you placed a barrier in your own path to success? Identify each barrier and remove them. Self imposed rocks are removable. If you placed the rock in your own path for whatever reason, you are also capable of removing it. I'll gladly loan you my crow bar and ledge hammer. The relief experienced by demolishing that rock and carting it away to the dump feels like lifting Mount Everest from your shoulders and tossing it casually in a deep ravine never to be seen or heard from again.]]></description>
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<title>Instant Results</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:43:23 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Instant results work for coffee, mashed potatoes or even oatmeal but not business success. Commit to dedicated, persistent forward motion activities; you will achieve success. Develop the discipline of taking the stairs, not the escalator mentality.]]></description>
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<title>Attitude As a Rock in Your Success Path</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:36:08 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You have the ability to prevent some rocks in your path to success simply by choosing a positive attitude and resolving to maintain that decision. Will it remove all rocks? No, but why create unnecessary impediments? Success has enough challenges without creating your own rock blocks.]]></description>
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<title>Live Your Dreams</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:26:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When Wayne Dyer was a small boy, he believes he had a silent conversation with God. In their discussion Dr. Dyer believes God asked him what he wanted to do with his life. Wayne responded, "I want to teach self reliance." Dr. Dyer further commented, "I have always done that; I have taught self reliance all my life." ]]></description>
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<title>Gratitude For My Life</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:25:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[During the hustle of the holiday season, people forget to stop and be grateful for our advantages. I am firmly grounded in my faith and yet I also fail to totally appreciate what I have at my fingertips.]]></description>
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<title>God Winks</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:25:19 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Christmas is a religious holiday as well as a commercial holiday. The word "holiday" draws its meaning from "holy day." For Christians all over the world, Christmas means more than shopping, holiday parties and sending cards to people we have neither seen nor heard from in a year. For Christians, the season of Advent and Christmas means the birth of the savior.]]></description>
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<title>Education Opens Doors</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:37:03 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Throughout my youth, I always heard 'get a good education, get a good job and work hard." In my case, the inference was a good high school education. My father believed there was no point educating a female beyond high school because she would not amount to anything anyway. He insisted his son attend college. Fortunately for me, I had other ideas. Long story, short version, I not only graduated from college with honors but proceeded to earn masters degrees.]]></description>
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<title>A Surprise Christmas Daisy</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:29:32 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I grew up on a Kansas farm five miles from civilization, the nearest neighbor. Country life provided fresh air, wide open spaces and freedom. Anyone who has ever been stuck in a claustrophobic corporate cubicle or city traffic jams relates to the profound desire for freedom. Unfortunately as a child, I had no other point of reference. Freedom was my entire life.]]></description>
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<title>Games We Play</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:29:45 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Christmas time encompasses family time. Sometimes those family times include games. As a youth, we played card games and board games. Generally those games were at the kitchen table or kitchen counter with a friendly, most of the time, competition between my brother and me.]]></description>
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<title>Brick Walls</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:22:36 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Brick walls exist! Erroneously people believe those walls are to keep you out. Not so. Brick walls exist to help you determine exactly how badly you desire to achieve something. Throughout my decades of life, I've encountered many brick walls. Some were worth scaling, tunneling under, or parting the brush to go around the wall. Other walls could have been a thin veneer and they just were not that important. Goals and obstacles reveal not only our character but our determination.]]></description>
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<title>It's Not Too Late</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:22:21 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Don't resign me to a rocking chair because my chronological age passed 50. Referring to 50 as a half century has validity; however, that phraseology gives the appearance of being past tense. I beg to differ. Wisdom seldom materializes without time, experience and effort. If you are under 20 and you already know everything, more power to you. You're exceptional.]]></description>
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<title>Sharing Christmas Memories</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:16:27 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Christmas means different things to different people. We hustle about decorating the house. Some of the decorating is for us and some may be for the sake of the neighbors. ]]></description>
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<title>Christmas Traditions</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:55:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Christmas is a religious holiday, a commercial holiday and a family time. It is the season when perfectly sane, or so it would seem until now, adults attempt to correspond with 100 people they may not have heard from or seen all year. It's a time to re-connect. Ideally, we write hand written letters to include in each card or at least a hand written note. Unfortunately many of us, myself included, write a general update letter and include a copy with every card. At least a general update letter conveys the news of the year. The letter represents a gift of communication.]]></description>
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<title>Scatty, My Christmas Surprise</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:54:37 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Christmas gifts arrive in many shapes, sizes and value. A demure little gray tiger striped kitten with a white throat and 4 little white anklets came to live with me at Christmas time. She would sit in the center of the room very prim and proper and then suddenly take off like a rocket. That little fur ball would fly out of the room. My son named her Scat and the name evolved into Scatty Cat.]]></description>
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<title>Instant Success</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:03:13 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this day of instant coffee, fast food, and cell phones with internet attached to our hips, is it any wonder that people also expect instant business success? Monty Hall stated it best, "Actually, I'm an overnight success. But it took twenty years." We hear about actresses being discovered working at a soda fountain or network marketing sensations making tens of thousands in their first thirty days. Everyone wants that miracle instant superstar to be them.]]></description>
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<title>Risk Taker</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:52:41 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Every leader takes risks. Risk represents the only way to forge new territory. Without an element of risk, nothing would ever be accomplished. New lands would never have been discovered or settled. New inventions would never be created. Physical feats such as mountain climbing would never occur. Everything we do in life involves an element of risk.]]></description>
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<title>Build Self Confidence</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:52:23 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Mindset determines your results. The lack of self confidence throws a massive road block in your path to success. With or without your intention, your self confidence or lack of it will transmit into your results. The vibration we emit to others directly relates to our degree of self confidence. In the early years when I owned the property management company in Steamboat I achieved several high honors from the industry. My business prospered more and more each year. My situation parallels many other successful business people whose business declined in direct relation to the beginning of personal problems.]]></description>
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<title>Dragging Your Past Around?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:28:47 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[People live in the present, the future and the past. Living in the present focuses energy on current tasks and enjoyment of the moment. Focusing on the task at hand always proves far more effective. Flitting around from one thing to another seldom accomplishes anything. Use the "one touch" policy. Pick a task and complete it before moving on to another task. Picking things up and putting them down over and over wastes time and energy.]]></description>
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<title>Secrets of Excellence</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:43:57 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The pursuit of excellence consumes the mind of every top achiever. An athlete who has the goal of participating in the Olympic Games strives to extract every degree of excellence and efficiency possible. Mediocrity never enters the mind of an Olympic bound athlete. Being average belongs to the playground athlete not the gold medal winners.]]></description>
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<title>Coping With Frustration</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:49:39 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Economic challenges frequently lead to frustration. Coupling economic difficulties with the holidays overwhelms many people. Hearing that you need to be grateful at the same time you face a zero balance in your bank account, sometimes feels like the final straw.]]></description>
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<title>Power of Decision</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:50:02 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A committed decision initiates forward progress. Positive progress occurs only after a firm decision. "I'll try" provides a ready made excuse for failure. As long as you give yourself the option of quitting at the first little bump in the road, you have guaranteed the arrival of that bump. Any time I hear "maybe" or "try" I know the odds of success are severely handicapped. "I'll throw up a marketing campaign and see what sticks" means that decisions are wishy washy.]]></description>
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<title>Success Strategy</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:35:03 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Reading through numerous success quotes reveals a predominant theme. No one achieves success instantaneously. Success arrives through the process of failing over and over, getting back up each time and persisting. The magic secret of all successful people is continuing to strive until the goal is achieved.]]></description>
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