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….my grandma, who I dearly loved, always said that if you work hard and dedicate yourself to what you are doing then you will get rewarded for it. I talked to a close friend last night and she is working hard, works with dedication and passion, “just” doing a very
Continue readingI do not believe it is the 3rd of October already. Time and year has passed – flying! Just finished the book on Colin Powell today. Nothing revolutionary new. Nice story Oren is telling but the is it really a leadership secret he reveals? Not for me. Did we not
Continue readingI noticed another article in my magazine, going back to NLP “acting as if” – reminds me of the Secret, acting as if you are already have something, and seek for something and really want something, putting a picture in your mind. The article talks about people that wanted a
Continue readingIn one of the many newsletters I receive a day I got an offer to attend a free 3 day seminar with Mr. Christopher Howard. 2 tickets, worth over 1800 pounds. And, I am even off all three days. I was afraid that it would turn into a “happy clappy
Continue readingHello, My partner Jen said to me the other day that, during a girl’s night out, her and some friends discussed whether one does ever know when the right time is to get married and when to have kids. She came home and shared the thoughts and I, whilst jogging
Continue readingJust tonight, having the man flu again, I am looking at the concept of the CIRCLE OF EXCELLENCE which is an anchoring exercise. I remember doing this exercise years ago. One goes through a situation where one e.g. excelled in something and at the moment one feels the peak of
Continue readingI want to quote a bit out of the book by Connor “Managing the Speed of Change”. “A prerequisite for committing to change is the recognition that the cost of the status quo is significantly higher than the cost of change. Suppose a man is offered ten dollars to walk
Continue readingWhat is fasting? Wikipedia and an alternative medicine site explains it in very good detail, also with all the religious background. More interesting is the question I was asked at work “why do you fast”? Sure, first of all it is time to lose some weight. But the likelihood of
Continue readingI did not notice that Dan Millman wrote more than this book. I finished it and would like to add some more comments but also I ordered his other 2nd book; Millman wrote a book which takes out bits and pieces of his book and then discusses them. Would he
Continue readingWhilst reading the above book, after recovering from a flu-like cold, I came across a nice story which I like to reproduce here. I am sure Dan Millmann would not mind me copying this passage and publish it here: An old man and his son worked on a small farm,
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