Advanced Life Skills

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I can really relate to the premise of this article having personally experienced many similar situations and feelings myself. Perhaps you can relate as well. This is the work of Jonathan Mead a contributor to Leo Babauta’s amazing blog, Zen Habits.
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Perhaps your working toward a long term goal and find it difficult to maintain your [...]

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Productivity is a good thing. The sense of accomplishment can be a genuine source of joy and satisfaction. Sometimes though, we forget why we are striving to be more productive.
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What’s really behind our drive for increased productivity?
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Isn’t the real reason we want to accomplish more in less time because we have other things we want [...]

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1) Instead of trying to change something, he or she does - change you! Far too often, people get married with the belief they can simply change the person they married, molding him or her into the “perfect” mate. Instead, you need to accept your mate for the person he/she is. If a behavior needs [...]

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This is my weekend “Just For Fun” post.
I hope it makes you laugh out loud.
ONLY IN AMERICA DO…
 
· Drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front. 
· People order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke. 
· Banks leave both doors [...]

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By David Sunshine
To have a really good marriage, you need to work at it. As the saying goes, the only place you find success before work is in the dictionary.
Here are some things you can do to help build a strong marriage.
1. Watch Your Relationships
To preserve your determination to make your marriage succeed, don’t [...]

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Passion is the fuel that can power you toward the realization of your dreams. To live a truly satifying and purposeful life you need to know what your passions are so you can fill your day with them.
Have you found your passions in life is or are you still searching? Many times people are already [...]

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Even if you are relatively happy with your life as it is now, know that a boost in self-confidence can make it dramatically more enjoyable and meaningful!
 
Believe it or not, many people have no clue how they ended up with low self-confidence.  There are the more severe cases, of course; people who were abused or [...]

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For married couples, finding moments to be together free of financial, family or other stresses is not an indulgence, according to new research from the University of Denver.
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“The more you invest in fun and friendship and being there for your partner, the happier the relationship will get over time,” says Howard Markman, a psychologist who [...]

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Are you happy with your life the way it is?  Overall, can you say you’re truly happy?  If not, do you know why? Could it possibably be because you haven’t made the choice to be happy? 
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When we think of being successful, we imagine that happiness is an inevitable side effect.  We may envision ourselves with [...]

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1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
2. Don’t worry about what people think, they don’t do it very often. 
3. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian anymore than standing in a garage makes you a car. 
4. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. 
5. If [...]

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