Monthly Archives: January 2011

What are your bad habits? Smoking? Procrastination? Not Keeping Fit? We’ve all got them. Here are 5 simple reasons for breaking a bad habit. If it ain’t broke, break it, and if it won’t break, then bend it Bad habits. Whether it’s a huge pile of clothes in the corner you’re waiting to someday turn into gold, a self-proclaimed disability which renders you unable to refrain from interrupting, or, an ability to time your exit just so, so that someone else is continually left to pick up the dishes, now’s the time to extinguish these habits before they turn into next year’s resolutions. Why? 1.  It’s not fair to others One of the great universal laws ruling our wonderful planet
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  It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.  ~Edmund Hillary   As much as you project an aura of having it all together, chances are that you, like many outwardly content men, suffer from a lack of self-confidence. This is not to say that you are fearful, shy, nervous, weak or that you have any serious psychological issues, but it could be a lack of self-confidence if you feel as though you are not living up to your potential. Here are 20 quick and practical methods to increase your confidence: 1. Think about someone who is confident and act, talk and walk like him or her. Model their mannerisms and behavior. It works for them; it will work
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There is an old story that has been told many ways: A Special Forces team is conducting a training exercise and needs to cross a large farmer’s fenced field with a huge bull in it. The team leader goes up to the farmer standing next to the gate and asks him if his bull is dangerous. The farmer answers, “My bull wouldn’t hurt a fly.” The team proceeds to open the gate and start across the field. Not even a quarter way across the field the bull bellows and charges the team head down. The team turns and sprints back to the gate barely escaping the furious, charging bull. The team leader, panting runs up to the farmer and says,
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Nice article over on The Car Guru on Exotic Car Rental.  Consider renting a Lamborghini or a Maserati for the weekend. It doesn’t have to as luxurious as such high end cars. Even a convertible might satisfy your bucket list needs. Consider tying in a couple bucket list items, flying in first class, driving the coast (Hwy 1?), visiting a cool city, etc.  Your bucket list adventure is only limited by your imagination.   Foto – FotoSleuth @ Flikr

10 questions you should ask to yourself: a preparation to self-improvement. Be all you can be, but it’s not always in the Army. I often see myself as somewhat contented with my life the way things are, but of course it’s hard to think of anything else when where are real issues to be discussed. Still I aspire for something deeper and more meaningful. So we’re all pelted with problems. Honestly it shouldn’t even bother or even hinder us to becoming all we ought to be. Aspirations as kids should continue to live within us, even though it would be short-lived or as long as we could hold on to the dream. They say you can’t teach an old dog
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