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The Problems of 2008

January 3, 2008 By John Richardson Leave a Comment

I woke up this morning and realized something… it’s a new year and I still have problems. In fact most of the problems I have now I had last year. Problems bug me. Problems cause stress and keep me up at night. Problems usually don’t go away by themselves. So what can I do about [...]

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The Impulse

December 19, 2007 By John Richardson Leave a Comment

As you are walking down the corridor at work, you turn the corner and there in front of you… on a silver platter… is a plate full of brownies. They stare back at you, covered in their powdered sugar glory. They taunt you with ever step. You know you want one, but the 700 calories [...]

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Dinner With Seth Godin

December 17, 2007 By John Richardson 1 Comment

In our last post we talked about lifetime goal setting. The post included a Top 5 questionnaire to help you define your goals in twenty popular categories. I decided to take up the challenge myself, and I spent about 20 minutes going through the questions. The first page of questions were pretty straightforward as they [...]

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Three Second Goals

December 7, 2007 By John Richardson 5 Comments

 Blink! The phone rings… it’s your boss and she wants you to sign on to a new 3 month project and she needs your answer now. Blink! The e-mail notifier pops up on your computer screen… it’s an e-mail from a company selling online management courses and their latest course is now 50% off… if [...]

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