Month: June 2009
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Balancing your weekend
In a perfect world, you would have lots of time to do everything that needs to get done. However, our world is less than perfect and we rarely have enough time to get everything done. Sometimes, your spouse or significant other needs your attention. If you’ve been busy during the week, you’d better not say…
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Financial traction in today’s economy
Several years ago, I read a book called “Financial Peace” by Dave Ramsey. At the time I was looking for a practical way to manage my finances. I was deep in debt and was looking for a solution. I had read other books on finances, but most of them preached the same thing: Control cashflow…
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Distractions slow down your progress
The other day I was reading “The Success Principles” by Jack Canfeld. This is a great book by the way. It has 435 pages covering 64 chapters. I’m over half way so I should be done with it in a few more weeks. Remember the turtle principle. Anyway, Jack was talking about distractions and how they can control your life and affect…
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Reading for success
I’ve heard it said that one way to achieve success is to read a book a week. I haven’t quite mastered reading a book a week. For me, it’s more like one or two books a month. I subscribe to the way of the turtle, “Slow and steady wins the race.” My personal goal is…
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My love-hate relationship with my TiVo
TiVo is one of the greatest time management tools ever! You can tell TiVo to record different shows based on your preferences. You can pause whatever you’re watching, live or pre-recorded, to resolve any interruption that may spring up. The latest TiVo series also records in HiDef. You can view YouTube videos as well as instant downloads from…