mistakes

two words send chills down my spine

“Success is a few simple disciplines practiced every day…” That has to be one of my favorite quotes of the man I consider my mentor, Jim Rohn. Success is not magical. It’s not voodoo. What’s most amazing is it is quite predictable. And yet, most people never achieve what I consider true success. To me […]

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social media mistakes could cost you, just ask Amy’s Baking Company

Gordon Ramsay finally met his match… His show, Kitchen Nightmares, places him in fledgling restaurants across the US in hopes that he can turn their businesses around. Not really my cup of tea, but when I happened to read an article about one restaurant on Yahoo! News I found myself intrigued. As I live in

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you’ve got to worry when you hear things like this

It’s the same every year… You pick up a newspaper, read Yahoo! News or hear someone telling a story and you just have to scratch your head. Despite access to the incredible knowledge we all possess today, ignorance and stupidity aren’t going anywhere. In fact, it’s just the opposite. A remarkable thing happened in the

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10 simple tips to a successful marriage

I do. Two simple words. And with those two words our life begins anew. While I understand that marriages don’t always work out, I believe in the “till death do us part.” We’ve all heard the statistics, 50% of marriages end in divorce. And international marriages, like mine, have even worse odds of success. Marriage

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if you’re looking for a place to get started, start by admitting your mistakes

Children learn pretty early on that owning up to their mistakes can land them in a whole heap of trouble. As such children learn to lie or simply pretend that nothing happened. Being an only child my parents often looked at me when something was found broken in our house. It became so ingrained in

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