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The Unexpected Benefits of Frugality

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A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste

“’A crisis is a terrible thing to waste,’ Vinod Khosla laments to Larry Page (co-founder of Google). The two Silicon Valley luminaries

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“No Room for Failure, No Room for Laziness”

Julian is a 12 year old from Montana, Joy is a 15 year old from Texas. They share an unusual love, a

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Finding the Gift

A friend recently went on a 13-day rafting and camping trip in the Grand Canyon. Unfortunately, she experienced a rather bad sprain,

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30 Methods of Influence: #16 Go One on One

“30 Methods of Influence” by Stephen R. Covey 16. Go one on one. An executive might be very involved and dedicated to

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Releasing Your Brakes, Losing Your Baggage

“My kids don’t know my baggage… to tell them might destroy them. Not telling them means they don’t really know me.” Spilling

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Big Rocks

Big rocks is a time management technique of always scheduling the most important things first. Big rocks are the things that absolutely

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“My Voice Will Go With You: The Teaching Tales of Milton H. Erickson, M.D.”*

The child who was to become the famous psychiatrist Dr. Milton Erickson was color blind, tone deaf, dyslexic, and contracted polio at

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“Secrets of the Millionaire Mind”

T. Harv Eker theorizes in his book, “Secrets of the Millionaire Mind,” that the rich, the ultra-successful, are not so much smarter

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“30 Methods of Influence” by Stephen R. Covey 15. Let arguments fly out open windows. Give no answer to contentious arguments or

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The Limits of Policy Manuals

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