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Planning For Success.

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When you start a business you write a business plan. Why would you not have one for your daily life? This is a simple idea that will help you as you move into the new year. It's an exercise we often suggest our clients try to get into the habit of doing. Start the year with a plan. Ask yourself, 'What do I want to accomplish this year?' Now, this is the important part. Write it down. Yes, actually put pen to paper and then start to develop the idea a little further.  What do you need to do to get to that goal? Are there any special tools you require? Do you need to enlist the help of anyone? Do you need to upgrade your skills to make the goal attainable? Can anyone help? Are you being realistic, and if not what can you do to set meaningful goals. In the coming year, setting out a plan, scheduling ahead to be sure you hit certain deadlines, and most of all enlisting the help of stakeholders and friends, are all components of building this plan. Make it into a projec

Rainy Days And Mondays

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Sometimes we need to lie to ourselves.

Christmas is coming...

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Christmas is coming , and for some people it's just not the cheery time of joy that it is for others. For some, the senselessness of tragedies like the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre will trigger feelings of desperation and futility. These feelings will outweigh the happiness of Christmas carols and turkey. Seeing the joy of Christmas will be done from the other side of a veil of sadness. Merry Christmas will be something other people experience. For the the families that are together, and the friends that party it up on Christmas eve, an invisible multitude will quietly spend the time alone. The families experiencing their first Christmas after divorce, the teens that no-one listened to, and people who simply have no loved ones, will experience Christmas in their solitude something many people simply won't see. So this Christmas think about reaching out gently. Invite the person who is alone. Put away that part of you that is too proud to have a relative stran