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Escape from the Rat Race Trap

Follow Your Dream Out of the Rat Race – Without Being Eaten Alive

by Stephen Mills February 8, 2009
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When you decide to follow your dream and escape the rat race, you are vulnerable. You are going to see so many get-rich-quick schemes and scams flying in your direction you won’t know which direction is up. These will be presented in very convincing presentations, using tried and true marketing techniques, wrapped inside the most powerful testimonials from the allegedly new rich.

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Getting Your Important Things Done

by Stephen Mills January 26, 2009

However a much more powerful approach is to get the important things done. Ultimately when you combine the two approaches you are going to be able to get more of the important things done in less time than you previously spent getting anything done.

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How to Work Less and Do More – Stop Multitasking

by Stephen Mills January 24, 2009

Numerous studies have shown that multitasking is inefficient and will result in getting less done. This is especially true for complex tasks.

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Escape the Rat Race by Reducing Your Commitments

by Stephen Mills January 23, 2009

Another important way to make time for your dreams is to reduce your commitments.  You don’t have to eliminate them and you can still volunteer, help, contribute, or whatever you want.  The important point is don’t be committed to do so. You can help with your daughter’s soccer team but don’t commit to be a [...]

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How to Follow Your Dreams by Making Time for Them

by Stephen Mills January 21, 2009

You cannot possibly escape the rat race and follow your dreams, unless you make time available to actually do those things necessary to achieve your dream life.  This seems obvious, but most people are so busy running the rat race that they don’t have time to even think about how to do anything else.  I [...]

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Rat Race Definition

by Stephen Mills January 19, 2009

From Wikipedia: A rat race is a term used for an endless, self-defeating or pointless pursuit. It conjures up the image of the futile efforts of a lab rat trying to escape whilst running around a maze or in a wheel. In an analogy to the modern city, many rats in a single maze run [...]

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