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  • Jan 12, 2010

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    productivity

    How To Create a No Excuse Resolution

    AKA Small is Better than Nothing at All

    It’s easy to make resolutions at 11 pm on December 31st. Keeping up them up for longer than a few weeks is often difficult. But it doesn’t have to be.

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  • Jan 7, 2010

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    resolution

    When Do You Write?

    AKA Early Bird or Night Owl?

    Every person has an internal clock. For my parents, it is set to go on at 6 am and off around 10 pm. Mine is set for 9 am to 2 am.

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  • Jan 5, 2010

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    productivity
    success

    Celebrate Your Successes

    AKA Good-bye to 2009

    The beginning of a new year is filled with resolutions and goals. But before you decide what you are going to do in 2010, take a look at what you did in 2009.

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  • Oct 27, 2009

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    goals
    productivity

    6 Daily Goals

    AKA Next Day To Do List

    I’m open to ideas about how to manage my time because I want to accomplish more in the 24 hours a day I have been given. My personal coach taught me about creating a 6 Daily Goals list each evening.

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  • Jul 28, 2009

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    organization
    productivity

    Finding Time to Write

    AKA Do You Know What You Did This Summer?

    Time is the great equalizer, because everyone gets the same amount: 24 hours per day, 60 minutes per hour, 60 seconds per minute.  How you spend your time is one of the key ingredients to your success, because you and you alone choose what to do with yourself.

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