Smart Living Rule 4 – Focus Your Thoughts and Actions

eye Smart Living Rule 4   Focus Your Thoughts and Actions Are you focused on what counts in your life?

You must focus your effort like a laser to accomplish great things.  A determined mind is hard to stop.  Those that commit themselves to a particular goal and then pursue it with persistence and perseverance are the ones that realize their dreams!

A mind and a life that is cluttered and scattered rarely completes anything.  The effort is too diluted to …

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Traditions in America: 21 Things I Love About Sunday

picnic Traditions in America: 21 Things I Love About Sunday Want to know why Sunday is one of my favorite days of the week?

There are actually a number of reasons that I love Sundays, but I’ll get to that in a moment.  The sad thing to me is that Sunday seems to be changing.  If we aren’t careful, our Sunday traditions in America are going to be lost forever.  For some, I think they already are.

Traditional Sunday activities …

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Smart Living Rule 3 – Be Positive, Optimistic and Enthusiastic

happiness Smart Living Rule 3   Be Positive, Optimistic and Enthusiastic What is your attitude toward life?

Maintaining a positive, optimistic and enthusiastic attitude is smart living.  Your attitude largely defines your actions.  Your actions decide the results you get.

A pessimistic sourpuss rarely sees any good in life.  They are constantly focused on the negative so negative is all they get.  They don’t see the silver lining in circumstances that come their way because their eyes are only trained …

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5 Quick Tips for Successful Personal Growth and Change

binoculars 5 Quick Tips for Successful Personal Growth and Change Is personal growth and change hard for you?

I know that changing my behavior is not easy.  Of course, Socrates tells us, “The unexamined life is not worth living.“ 

In other words, one of the greatest thinkers that ever lived believes that the pursuit of personal growth is a mandatory activity in life.

If change is so important, then we better figure out how to make it happen.…

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Smart Living Rule 2 – Strive for Excellence But Not Perfection

corn Smart Living Rule 2   Strive for Excellence But Not Perfection Are you sowing the seeds required to produce a great life?

Striving for excellence is an essential part of smart living.  Why?  Because, in life, you reap what you sow.  It is a basic law.  You can’t plant weeds and expect corn to grow.

When we put our best foot forward in everything we do, then life rewards us accordingly.  It may not be immediate or exactly what we …

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5 Things I Want To Be When I Grow Up

What do you dream of being when you grow up?

I don’t care how old you are.  I ask you to take a moment and really think about that question.  When you were a kid, did you hope to be an astronaut, a model, a painter, a princess, a cop, an army man, a mother, a father, a lawyer or maybe a doctor?  What was it back then?

As kids …

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Smart Living Rule 1 – Take Full Responsibility For Your Life

shadow jumping Smart Living Rule 1   Take Full Responsibility For Your Life Do you accept full responsibility for all of your life?

Becoming personally accountable and responsible for the outcomes in your life is the bedrock of smart living.

You can’t even begin to live life to the fullest until you’ve accepted that you are the one that makes the decisions for how your life turns out.

Many people get caught up in blaming others, but this is fruitless and a …

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