The Top 5 Blogs of 2009

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As the year end approaches, I would like to give you my pick for the top five blogs of the year. These are blogs that have personally made a difference in my life, and I’m sure if you become a fan, will make a difference in yours. The authors are real people with real life [...]

Goals: The Difference Between “Want To” & “Have To”

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As the year is winding down it’s time to think about goal setting for the new year. I like to set goals and have found that setting HARD or BHAG goals to be much more fulfilling than setting very specific SMART goals. As I have been reading the new book by Mark Murphy, entitled Hundred [...]

A Simple Christmas Tradition

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When I was growing up as a kid, Christmas was a special time. The magic of the day started months before the actual date. The thoughts of colorful presents under the tree would start appearing in my mind in early October. It wasn’t to hard to imagine a new bike, the latest toy, or something [...]

Do You Have a Heartfelt Goal?

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Are your goals meaningful to you? Do they instill passion and purpose… or are they just numbers on a page. When you wake up in the morning, do you have a dream, like Dr. Martin Luther King did, or do you just want to go back to bed, dreading the day ahead? Are your goals [...]

Smart vs Hard

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As we explore the new book by Mark Murphy, entitled Hundred Percenters, it becomes clear that he has a different view of goal setting than many companies and business leaders in today’s economy. While the contemporary view is that you should set S.M.A.R.T goals These are illustrated by being… Specific Measurable Attainable Realistic Timely His [...]

You Can’t Do That, It’s Never Been Done Before!

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This is simply the difference between setting S.M.A.R.T. goals or going out on a huge limb and setting H.A.R.D goals. Yet this may make all the difference in your life. It may give you the needed push to really make a change. It may give you results better than you ever imagined. But you could [...]