October 2011

It’s OK To Have Strong Opinions, But Try And Change Your Own Mind

10.31.2011 The life of the mind

Here’s a simple test to see if you are an intelligent being and not a robot or a mindless automaton: Take something that you have a strong opinion about and ask yourself, honestly, if you could be wrong. Intelligent, thinking beings challenge their own beliefs and ideas frequently. They take in new information. They sometimes [...]

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Writing Assignment: Your Plan For Next Year

10.28.2011 Business

If there’s any profession more inclined to procrastination than writing, I haven’t heard of it. You don’t have to conform to the stereotype. But you’ll need a plan. This is the time of year that businesses and organizations create their plans for the coming year. It’s not a bad time for individuals to pause and [...]

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Start Planning For 2012: Your Team

10.27.2011 Business

Are you going to do everything on your own? Of course you’re not. You need a team. For any business venture you need to understand what you excel at, what you can do, and what you cannot do well (or those tasks that keep you from doing the more important things). You’ll needed to find [...]

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Start Planning For 2012: Your Obstacles

10.26.2011 Business

What’s keeping you from achieving your goals? Do you know? You need to figure them out. The obstacles that stand in your way should be the things you know best. Your plans will be a study of them. You’ll learn increasing detail about the things that are preventing you from achieving what you want most. And you’ll [...]

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Start Planning For 2012: Your Budget

10.25.2011 Business

Most people hate budgets and budgeting. I know. I understand. Unfortunately they’re unavoidable. They’re an essential tool for any business and an increasingly crucial part of personal life. Budgets don’t have to be difficult. And they don’t have to be looked at as limits. Budgeting is a way to understand and control factors that, if [...]

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