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5 Summer Reading Books I Pay My Kids to Read

Yeah, I’m one of those parents.  The kind that actually pays his kids to fill their minds with good stuff.  I pay my kids to read personal development books.  Call me weird.  I’ve seen normal out there and believe me – we consider “weird” to be a compliment around our house. I started this a few years back with the…

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So, How’s That “New Year’s Resolution” Thing Coming? (Part 3)

Today I’m closing out a three-part discussion on New Year’s Resolutions and why so many start off every year with such high expectations, only to have their best intentions fall by the wayside before the calendar page turns to February.  If you missed Part One, you can catch up here.  And if you missed Part Two – the one that…

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So, How’s That “New Year’s Resolution” Thing Coming? (Part 2)

So – as we head into the final week of January, I’ll ask again.  How’s the New Year’s Resolution thing coming? I asked this question a couple of weeks back, and offered some initial ideas and guidance as to why so many fail at the goals they set for themselves.  If you missed it, you can catch up here. As…

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How the 20% Beat Mr. Pareto – Part 2

Last week I introduced a discussion about Vilfredo Pareto, the Italian economist that developed what is now widely known as The Pareto Principle.  Many of you may know it as the “80-20 Rule.”  If you missed last week’s post, you can catch up here.  Briefly put, the results in almost every achievable life aspect tend to fall roughly in an…

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Five Personal Development Books I Return To Each Year

If you’re like me, you know that there are not nearly enough hours available to simply read all the great personal development material out there and available.  The fact that you’re reading this paragraph right now pretty much tells me that you ARE like me.  Despite my own seemingly never ending list of books that I continue to plow through,…

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Sometimes You Just Gotta Roll With The Marshmallows

We’re all creatures of habit.  Think about it.  Most of us sat at the same lunch table in high school.  We park in the same general area in the office parking lot.  In fact, if you think about it, you most likely use the same restroom stall at work as well.  We sit in the same section in church on…

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