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4 Characteristics of Resolutions that Last 365 days

Last weeks New Year’s Eve marked a milestone I had never completed before: I actually kept a resolution for an entire year. I physically exercised every single day for 365 consecutive days in 2015. It...

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Harnessing Anger

Anger is a dangerous form of indulgence. I was once again reminded of this when recently I made the mistake of having an (ineffective) conversation based out of my anger instead of out of reason....

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How to Let Go of Feeling “Busy”

“I’m SO busy.” You hear it all the time. In fact we hear it so much, we should all just assume that everyone is that way and we can all stop saying it. Because there is a maximum level of busy. There...

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Values Driven Leadership with Dina Dwyer – Episode 186 of The Action Catalyst...

Behind the fancy job titles, the awards, the TV appearances, and the $1 billion-dollar-business that her company’s service brands do each year, Dina Dwyer-Owens equates her success to having a living...

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How to Become a More Inspiring Person

The word inspire means, “to breathe life into.” So inspiring people around you means “breathing life into them.” And living inspired means doing things that “breathe life into you.” So the question is...

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Finding Your Life Purpose with Steve Reiner and Tom Merritt – Episode 187 of...

Tom Merritt is a branch manager at Summit Funding, Inc. As a privately owned residential mortgage company operating across the country, their customers enjoy the benefits of working with a mortgage...

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Why Cheat Days Never Work and How to Create Real Change

“Cheat days” don’t work. Because “cheat days” fly directly in the face of what actually creates sustainable behavior change. The concept of a “cheat day” is that you “reward” yourself for one day as...

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The Marshmallow Test – The Payoff of Delayed Gratification

If you’ve never heard of the marshmallow test, it’s worth knowing about. From Wikipedia: The Stanford marshmallow experiment was a series of studies on delayed gratification in the late 1960s and early...

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A First Step of Solving Almost Every Problem

One of the biggest reasons why people struggle with solving problems is because they often overlook this critical first step. Because no matter what the problem is or what the circumstance, you’re best...

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5 Healthy Heart Transformations of that Result from Giving – Episode 212 of...

Rory shares his own personal struggle as he learned the power of giving and the 5 transformations he went through that dramatically changed the way he views money, time, giving and more. The lessons in...

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