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The Dash

by Stephen Mills August 29, 2009
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On your tombstone there will be two dates. On mine I hope it will be something like this 1961 – 2061. It might look like this 1961 – 2009. The first date and the last date are two things you have no control over and really don’t matter. All that really matters is the dash in the middle.

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Identify the Essential and Eliminate the Rest

by Stephen Mills June 2, 2009
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This is the getting things done philosophy of Leo Babauta.  I have found it to be a fantastic way to move forward in a massive way.  This goes against my perfectionist, do-a-million-things-at-once, ADD nature and so it was very hard for me to accomplish.  But if you can pull it off, it’s life changing.  Recently, [...]

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How to Be Successful by Developing Killer Habits

by Stephen Mills March 26, 2009
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Everyone gets excited and pumped about some new idea they hear, some motivational purpose, that new year’s resolution, or whatever. We hear and read so many good ideas and success tips. But we never really seem to follow through on them for long. Why is that? Because we fail to make them a habit.

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Achieve Success by Building Trust

by Stephen Mills March 11, 2009
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Is there just one thing you can do or one principle that you can practice to ensure success? Success in whatever you choose to do in life or business? Probably not, but there is one characteristic that you can develop and practice that will have dramatic and wide-ranging impact on your life. Trust.

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Find Happiness by Turning Off the TV

by Stephen Mills February 28, 2009

If you spend 60 minutes watching TV today, that is 60 minutes of your life that is gone forever.  That is 60 minutes that you will never get back.  When you are lying on your deathbed, will you look back and be glad you spent 60 minutes of your life watching that show? Spend 60 [...]

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Find Your True Purpose

by Stephen Mills February 15, 2009

What a different story people would have to tell if they would adopt a definite purpose and stand by that purpose until it had time to become an all-consuming purpose.  (emphasis mine) Napoleon Hill Laws of Success

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Great Quote #1

by Stephen Mills February 13, 2009

“Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.” James Matthew Barrie

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How to Thrive by Accomplishing the Essential

by Stephen Mills February 9, 2009
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You can accomplish your most essential goals and make amazing improvements in your life if you will suspend your disbelief for a short period of time.  When I first ran across the ideas that follow, I was extremely skeptical.  I thought it was impossible to implement this stuff.  It was pie in the sky philosophizing.  [...]

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Find Happiness Outside the Rat Race – Part 3

by Stephen Mills February 5, 2009
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Whatever you give up in core needs, makes you less of who you really are and could be. Your children will remember a mother who was not filled with the joy of life, with the calm and loving manner, and with the fulfilled life that should should have been. You are giving your children something less and not something more by sacrificing a core need.

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Find Happiness Outside the Rat Race – Part 2

by Stephen Mills February 3, 2009
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o matter where you are or what circumstances you find yourself in for the rest of your life, you will always be able to find ways to experience your core needs. As a result you will surely find and sustain genuine happiness.

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