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Let’s say you want to know something.  You have to ask the right type of question to get the answer you want.  Do you want strictly the facts?  Do you want someone’s opinion?  Do you want an answer that takes some thought?   You need to pay attention both to what type of question you are asking and what sort of answer you are providing when answering other people. When you ask questions from other people, you need to know what kind of answers you are getting. Questions of fact—Questions with one correct answer are questions of fact. For example: What is the speed limit on a particular street? Questions of reason—Questions with better or worse answers are questions of
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  Those you that know me, know that I love baseball.  Even though my team the Mariners continually disappoint I love the strategy and explosive action of the game. I have written before that being on a Special Forces team is a lot like being on a professional baseball team.  All the guys had come up through the ranks or minors. Each was in very good physical condition and extremely good at what they did. We traveled quite often together and spent more time together than we did with our families. It’s a Long Season The Major League Baseball season stretches from April to October, and includes over 160 regular league games. And that doesn’t include pre-season or playoffs. With
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One of the big problems society has these days is that we don’t understand economics. Now I am not talking about how the Federal Reserve distributes money or how the Euro and the dollar interact. What I am talking about is the fact that everything comes with a price that must be paid before you receive what you are looking for. Let’s say that you are in a bad relationship, you are in horrible physical shape or that you are in a job you hate.  I am willing to go out on a limb and say that everyone has something they want to change, have different, or long for. It Is What It Is In any case, the first step
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On a SF team, we had to carry a lot of stuff in our rucksacks.  We carried our own individual gear – enough clothing to keep us alive, a sleeping bag if it was cold enough, food, ammunition, medical kit.  On top of that we had to carry team gear too.  There were radios to divvy up, ammo for the machine gun, maybe explosives, GPS’, maybe a laser designator, and so on . You get the idea.  It was a ton of stuff.  I often carried over 80 pounds and on occasion had rucksacks of over 100 pounds.  To get up carrying such weight, you had to prop it up against a tree, sit down and put the straps on
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It’s very difficult getting things done isn’t it? Success in life and business, having the time to travel, enjoy life sounds idyllic doesn’t it? The reality can be somewhat different. You’ve got projects and tasks you need to complete and, ironically enough, without the fear of someone breathing down your neck, this can be difficult to achieve. To be successful you need to have a “get er done” attitude. You’ve heard the old adage “systems work people don’t” right? Well it’s true. To achieve success you need to create systems that work. Now you can follow the systems that the successful talk about, or you can create your own. What’s important is the system you create for yourself increases your
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