The Fantastic Life

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Learn To Be Resilient

  As the real world hits you, and we all know it will hit you over and over, resilience and grit become some of the most important skills to develop.  AND yes, you can develop them. Below is a nice article from the Wall Street Journal.  Read it and start working on developing your resilience skills today.  Having grit and resilience will bring you good stead all the

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Why take risks?

  I have been in the risk business for 30 years.  What do I mean?  I started 100% commission real estate brokerage in 1984 and have never had a paycheck since.  What a ride.  Making that decision has altered my life, my lifestyle, and my perspective.  I am a believer in taking risks and want you to be as

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Success Requires Energy

  I love the thought: Success requires energy.  Today, I have an article for us to incorporate some ideas into our thoughts.  Creating success requires energy. A lot of energy.  Here are 4 of my favorites: –Passion is focused energy–Create organizational structures and systems that don’t depend on you–Build in breathing time into your calendar after high-stress activities–Eliminate energy vampires The

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Deliberate Practice

  Over the past few years, we have seen a ton of research on why talent is not the precursor of success.  Below is a great summary article from Fortune magazine, even if it is from 2006.  If you want to dive deeper, you can also read, The Talent Code, Bounce, or Talent isn’t Everything;  all

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Brains Keep Growing

  Great news!  The brain can continue to grow.  We are not born with all the cells we will have in our life. Let’s make this a LIFEies and examine what you can do to increase your brain power: –Exercise—preferably outside –Continue to learn, all the time –Eat Chocolate (my favorite) I own these already.  You can too.  Included below are more ways

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How NOT to introduce yourself

  Today’s LIFEies is for anyone who still meets people at work or social events.  I meet young people all the time and am amazed by the how poorly they introduce themselves. Let’s make it simple: –Full name–Firm handshake–Look the person in the eye–Smile For more, see below.  Don’t be a Limp Fish, Cannonball or Drive-by carder. Rule #12

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