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Effectiveness to Greatness

Deep within us there is an inner longing to live a life of greatness and contribution –  to really matter, to really make a difference.  Stephen Covey Stephen Covey is an internationally acclaimed and respected leadership authority, family expert, teacher,

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Source – The Inner Path To Knowledge Creation

  Source  The Inner Path To  Knowledge Creation Author       Joseph Jaworski Publisher   Berrett-Koehler, 2012 Rating       5 star “Stage IV leaders believe that there is an underlying intelligence in the universe, which is capable of guiding us and

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Time management / Self management

I must govern the clock, not be governed by it – Golda Meir I’m not sure what your experience is, but for me time seems to be rushing by at the speed of knots.  We seem to be doing more

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Man’s Search for Meaning

  Man’s Search for Meaning Author       Viktor E Frankl Publisher   Washington Square Press, 1959; 1984 Rating 5 Star   “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves” Viktor Frankl was a psychiatrist who endured

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Attitude… is Everything!

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come. Dalai Lama Last week I

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The 5 Rules of Thought

Book         The 5 Rules of ThoughtAuthor       Mary T Browne Publisher   Artria Books, 2008 Rating       4 Stars   You can only accomplish things in your life by thinking and speaking in harmony. Mary T Browne provides a succinct

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Stop Procrastinating – Eat That Frog!

 There is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants and a burning desire to achieve it – Napoleon Hill Passionate people can’t wait to get up in

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The Strangest Secret

Book         The Strangest SecretAuthor       Earl NightingalePublisher   BN Publishing 2006 Rating       4 Star   Success is the progressive realiseation of a worthy ideal Earl Nightingale is considered the father of personal development and motivation.  As a youth, one

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Living with Passion

Passion is the genesis of genius – Tony Robbins Helmut and my step-son Ben, and Helmut’s brother, Frank, and a number of our friends rode this year in the MONT 24 – 24 hours of single track mountain bike riding

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The Greatness Guide

Book         The Greatness GuideAuthor       Robin Sharma Publisher   Harper Element 2006 Rating       5 Star Each day, life will send you little windows of opportunity.  Your destiny will ultimately be defined by how you respond to these windows of

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