Giving More Through Self Improvement
Today, on TV, I heard a great statement, “The difference between a successful person and a less successful person is how quickly they recover from a failure.” Not sure if this is a quote. I tried to search for the…
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A coworker of mine used to say, “DIRFT” when she would find a mistake in work that most likely could have been avoided when the work was originally done. DIRFT stands for “Do It Right the First Time”. Taking the necessary time…
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I remember reading years ago, in a book about effective management, the idea of dealing with things in the moment you first give them attention and not to putting them aside for another day. The obvious concept is that you…
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As the day progresses I watch my computer screen become more and more filled with documents, open programs, emails and spreadsheets. The days starts with one item and by mid-day there is no unused real estate on my screen. It…
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The first full work day of the year was the most challenging in a while. Everyone that wasn’t working over the holidays came out of the word work. The “To-Do” list grew faster than I could eliminate tasks. The phone…
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My list of attributes I am striving to display every day… A – Affectionate B – Busy C – Connected, Charitable, Confident, Community-Involved D – Direct E – Early to rise F – Fit G – Gleam in my Eye…
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From the movie Imitation Game… ALAN TURING “Of course machines can’t think “as human beings do.” A machine is different from a human being; hence, it would think differently. The interesting question is, just because something thinks differently from you,…
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Funny how a life lesson can be learned when you least expect it. A lazy New Year’s Day found me at the movies. Chomping on popcorn, I left the real world for an hour and a half and entered the world…
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Can you think of a time when you reacted to a situation and immediately or soon after regretted your actions? We all have experience such an awkward situation and probably many times. It’s happened to me. The discomfort of regret taught…
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Does the concept of affirmations will things to happen? While I am still a little bit of a skeptic about the notion that ‘putting your goals out in the universe makes them happen’ (maybe because it seems too magical and…
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