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Don’t say can’t – give yourself a break

Being good at saying no makes you happier and more productive. Here’s how to do it right. Already wondering how in the world you’re going to get your to-do list for 2015 accomplished? One way to tackle it is to make sure your not-to-do list is in order.  Your not-to-do list is essentially what you …

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New year, next play – get on with it

“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” – Stephen King Planning for the new year can sometimes seem unnecessarily complicated. This is why I like the above quote from Stephen King. It’s important to have a vision, but we’ve simply got to get up and get to work. …

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How to never stop learning

“A career is a portfolio of projects that teach you new skills, gain you new expertise, develop new capabilities, grow your colleague set, and constantly reinvent you as a brand.”  – Tom Peters On the brink of a new year it’s a natural time to reflect on successes, failures, and most important of all – …

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Lessons from the Past, Present and Future

‘I have endeavored in this ghostly little book, to raise the ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humor with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.’ The above is the enticing preface from …

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Doing things – the best strategy of all

Over-planning can paralyze a company. Kelleher keeps it in perspective. You won’t find a more challenging way to make a buck than in the airline industry. Against long odds, Herb Kelleher, the chairman emeritus of Southwest, has managed to make billions of bucks in this gladiator’s ring of the business world. flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/Scott Beale The conservative …

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Sincere thanks

‘Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy.’ – Fred De Witt Von Amburgh  In keeping with the sentiments of this joyful holiday week, we’d like to extend a simple and sincere thank you. Thank you, Our Readers, for letting us share an idea each week in this …

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