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October 2009

Get A Motivation Boost From Nike

Here are some fabulous quotes and videos from Nike to give your motivation a boost and inspire you to get up and get to it: “The only one who can tell you ‘you can’t’ is you. And you don’t have to listen.” – Nike “All your life you are told the things you cannot do. [...]

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The 10 Habits of Zen to Done

Leo Babauta’s “Zen to Done” eBook sets forth the ten habits which he uses to be productive and do what’s most important to him. He recommends that you adopt one habit at a time.

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I Give Myself Permission To . . .

IDEO, an award-winning design and innovation firm located in Palo Alto, California, created orange tickets that give people ten minutes of free play. On a Thursday evening, two IDEO employees started giving out the tickets on their Caltrain ride back to San Francisco.  (You can see photos of the passengers’ reactions here.) They wrote the [...]

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The Tarot as a Creativity Tool

For all those embarking on the NaNoWriMo adventure, I’ve written another post to help you get started. In my post “NaNoWriMo – How to Write a Novel in 30 Days”, I gave you the basic elements of the novel to help you structure your work. But how do you come up with an idea on [...]

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Have You Thought of Taking a Sabbatical?

A sabbatical is taking a period of time–usually anywhere from a couple of months to a year–away from your normal routine. It’s a time to immerse yourself in a different environment, try new things, reassess your priorities, and look at your life from a different perspective. You can fulfill your dream of living in Paris [...]

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NaNoWriMo – How to Write a Novel in 30 Days

“A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.” ~ Richard Bach NaNoWriMo is short for “National Novel Writing Month” (the “National” in the title has been rendered obsolete; NaNoWriMo is now a worldwide phenomenon). Every November tens of thousands of people from around the world aim to produce a 50,000 word novel in just [...]

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Lessons from “The Science of Getting Rich” (Part 4)

This is the fourth, and last, post in a series based on the teachings found in the success classic “The Science of Getting Rich”, written in 1910 by Wallace D. Wattles (that’s him in the image to the left). As I stated in the three previous posts, this book is essential reading for anyone who [...]

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Lessons from “The Science of Getting Rich” (Part 3)

This is the third post in a series based on the teachings found in the success classic “The Science of Getting Rich”, written in 1910 by Wallace D. Wattles. As I stated in the two previous posts, this book is essential reading for anyone who wants increased prosperity. You can read the first two posts [...]

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