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success
10
Jul

Urgent and Unimportant

Want to share a 4×4 that Ben Dean of Mentor Coach used in our Blue Sky Thinking class last week.  This 4×4 is known as the Covey Time Management Matrix.  See https://www.stephencovey.com/  for more about work Stephen Covey and his company has developed. The question I will put to you is simple:  How much of...
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02
Jul

Action, Synchronicity and Freedom

Dr. Carlos Letelier did not wait for magic to happen to create his successful oral surgery practice.  He continually took action, so he was prepared when synchronistic opportunities presented themselves.  The result — he created a life of freedom for, and with, his family.  As a young man, Carlos traveled the world with a backpack...
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29
Jun

Investment in Training and Development Works, Stupid!

There, I said it!  It is Friday.  This my blog and I can say and write what I want.  What I want today is for businesses, large and small, to stop making a short-term money decision about whether training and development is “worth it” and open their eyes to the lost potential for greater growth...
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23
Jun

Father Knows Best

What does it take to beat the odds and live a successful life?  Richard Harris did the following when he was told his son, Tim, was born with Down syndrome: 1)  Admit disappointment, shock and fear 2)  Continue to set high expectations 3)  Learn and teach how to count the blessings of hugs in your...
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15
Jun

The Power of Willpower

Willpower has returned!  Thanks to the research of Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney and the publication of their recent book, Willpower:  Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength, willpower is shaking its reputation as a character flaw and being studied as a strength to be developed. The transition from studying why people lack willpower to studying...
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07
Jun

Size Matters

Almost 20 years ago, thanks to an international business class, I learned that India — with over 1 billion people at that time — already had a middle class the size of the entire US population (400 million).  That stat has stayed me with and guided my thinking about globalization and the impact of large...
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04
Jun

Do You Believe Part 2

So much of life success and achievement is based in what you choose to believe. I was struck by this warning sign at the Louvre recently. The parable of Jesus assumes Jesus believed and trusted he could walk on water — that was in part why he could walk on water. That begs the question: What...
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01
Jun

Imagine

I suggest you invest 8 minutes and just imagine.  Imagine what you are capable of that you have yet to attempt.  Imagine how you could change someone’s life.  Imagine what the world filled with your possibilities. Andrea T. Goeglein, PhD DrSuccess@ServingSuccess.com
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30
May

Do you believe?

The handsome young man in the photo is my grandson Miles Goeglein on the occasion of his confirmation.  Like many his age, he has struggled with what to believe.  What he showed me was the power just one quote can have on a life.  “If you are able! – All things can be done for...
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19
May

The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die, by John Izzo

  John Izzo begins his book: The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die with a question we should form our entire life around: “Why do some people find wisdom and die happy?” This query is one that should sit quietly in the back of our minds from birth until death. When we sit...
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