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Exhale, Relax & Dream By Marcia Wieder

Sit down and pour yourself a cup of coffee or tea. I have some refreshing and profound news to share with you.

While away on my recent Passion Quest, lo and behold, I discovered what I consider to be one of the great secrets of the universe. Take a deep breath in and here’s the important part. Let it out. Exhale.

The secret to greater joy and happiness is… to relax. I don’t mean that you need to go away on vacation to relax. You don’t need to get on a plane or even in your car. But you do need to travel to a different state. A state of relaxation. I’m talking about living your life in a greater state of relaxation.

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The Pursuit of Success and Happiness By Kieran Revell

Motivation

So many of us go through life with our heads in the sand, accepting current circumstances as inevitable, whilst setting implausible, unrealistic and unreasonable agendas for our futures. Through our actions (and often inactions) we demonstrate our lack of faith in our own dreams, visions and abilities and therefore fail to grasp our own destinies and shape our futures.

Success is both immeasurable and intangible. This is great news because in that state, we can shape it as we wish and develop the mindset to invite as much of it as possible into our lives.

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Manners Make Money by Bob Burg

Motivation

Do good manners and showing proper respect make one money? Sure, though not necessarily directly. What they do is provide a person with one more avenue for adding value to a relationship and, it’s the adding of value to a relationship that helps one increase their income.

If you’re in a customer service position where you get paid the same amount of money regardless of what a person buys, it’s easy to think the above does not apply. But it does, for two reasons:

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Passion Meets Profit By Marian Baker

Motivation

You’ve heard the phrase, “Do what you love, the money will follow.” I’m certainly a fan of this premise (also the title of a book by Marsha Sinetar). However, in my very first month of coaching real clients more than 10 years ago, I recall thinking- “Boy, if taken too naively, this could lead to disaster or be cruel. What if you love 17th century poetry?”

I don’t want to be a wet blanket on anyone’s passions, but you might not be able to feed your cats with this. (The relentless optimist in me is screaming, “Where there’s a will, there’s a way. He could be a college professor or something!” but you get my point.)

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Love the work you do By Joe Tye

Motivation

In 1970, Stephen Stills sang a song reminding us that if we can’t be with the one we love, we should love the one we’re with.

It is a timeless message, one that echoes through the literature and songs of virtually every spiritual tradition – from love your enemies to love is all you need. And in these days of division and polarization, it’s a message we need to remember and heed.

There is an analogous message in the world of work. I am a big believer in finding and doing work you love to do. But I’m also realistic enough to know it’s not always possible for people to find, or to create, their “dream jobs.”

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How to Make To-Do Lists Work for You By Will Newman

Motivation

To-do lists are effective time-management tools — but only if they’re easy to use. Here are 6 strategies for making your to-do lists work hard for you.

1. Keep it simple – Whether you use a computer-based to-do list or a paper tablet, it must be simple. If it’s too complex, you won’t use it — guaranteed. That’s why I keep my to-do lists on paper.

I use a 5″ x 7″ tablet. I list “major” tasks to be accomplished, with big sub-steps underneath each one. For example, “Edit Golden Thread” is a major task. “Main article,” Quick Tip,” and “Introduction” are big sub-steps.

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Achieving Happiness – Choose Practice Over Pursuit

Motivation

Chances are, especially if you are from the United States, that when you read the title “the pursuit of” you thought of the phrase “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

These lovely words came from the pen of Thomas Jefferson and are a part of the U.S. Declaration of Independence from Great Britain.

As our use of language changes though, the original meaning of that phrase has been lost. When Jefferson wrote “the pursuit of happiness” he meant something similar to “the practice of happiness.”

Think about the whole phrase this way – “life, liberty and the practice of happiness.”

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Confidence – The X Factor in Your Success By Simon T. Bailey

Motivation

I was in Washington, D.C., enjoying a latte at the world’s favorite coffee spot (Starbucks) and having a fascinating conversation with a friend of mine, Lana Kim, who is a political refugee from Russia. She was telling me about her latest endeavor, writing a book. When I asked her why she hadn’t done it sooner she said, “I lacked confidence. I didn’t believe that I could do it.”

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Focus on the Good Stuff : The Power of Appreciation By Mike Robbins

Motivation

Have you ever had something taken away from you only to realize how much you appreciated it after it was gone?

I often ask this question when I start one of my talks or seminars on appreciation. As I pause and wait for people to respond, many hands go up.

Most of us have taken someone or something for granted. We only truly realized how much that person or situation meant to us after the fact.

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Appreciating Failure By Mike Robbins

Motivation

Failure!

Just the word “failure” can send shivers down our spine. If you’re like me and many of my clients, you’re probably not a big fan of failing. However, if you think about some of your biggest failures in life, haven’t they taught you a great deal and been extremely valuable to your growth, your development, and even your happiness in hindsight?

Failure itself isn’t the real issue; it’s our relationship to and our fear of failure that causes us pain and frustration. Think of what your life, your relationships, and your career would be like if you were not afraid to fail? For most of us, this would make things very different.

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