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Mondays With Mac: Set Realistic Short-Term Goals

Posted in February 4th, 2008
by joe in Uncategorized

When I was a freshman in college I learned an unforgettable lesson.
I was having a rough week when there was a lot to do and very little time to do it. I was overwhelmed. I panicked.
That night a friend stopped by my dorm room. When I told him my problem, he said, "Mac, I’ll […]

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Day 15: Respect the growing process

Posted in November 23rd, 2007
by joe in Uncategorized

An excerpt from Chapter 15 of Change is Good…You Go First:

Like the gardener, the effective leader recognizes that change takes time to take root. And pulling up the "roots" before the process has matured is a sure way to confuse people, and destroy what has been started. There is a story about a Japanese executive […]

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Day 4: It all starts with belief

Posted in November 5th, 2007
by joe in Uncategorized

Note: This is the 4th post in our Change is Good series
Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.  -Charles Kettering
If you take away one lesson from our 21-part series, this is it. Every book you ever read about succeeding in business or in life teaches the same lesson. You’re not […]

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Some quotes to reflect on

Posted in October 18th, 2007
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The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.
-Arthur Koestler
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
-e e cummings
Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.
-Bulgarian Proverb
The secret of happiness is to make others believe they are the cause of it.
-Al Batt
I don’t know the key to success, but […]

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Always be positive

Posted in September 20th, 2007
by joe in Uncategorized

If Randy Pausch can stay positive, anyone can. It goes to show that mindset means everything, and it really is a choice that you can make to have a positive attitude. He set the tone early on yesterday at his farewell lecture at Carnegie Mellon University.

"If I don’t seem as depressed or morose as I […]

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