Trim a Few Suckers from Your Life

tree trim Trim a Few Suckers from Your LifeDo you have suckers you need to trim?

This past weekend, I heard a speaker share how she used to help her father trim trees.  This was one of the many ways that he provided for the family.

One of the things that he taught her was that if you want a tree to produce the most fruit possible, you have to prune the suckers from it.

Suckers are undesirable …

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Happy Thanksgiving: Give Yourself the Gift of Gratitude

thanksgivingturkey Happy Thanksgiving: Give Yourself the Gift of Gratitude What do you have to be thankful for this year?

Thanksgiving is a day set aside to help us reflect on all that we have to be grateful for in our lives.

It is incredibly easy to get bogged down in all the negative news flying around on the Internet and on the evening news, but today we need to stop and remind ourselves of the good things in our …

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Opening Up My Creativity: Right Brain Resources

artist painting Opening Up My Creativity: Right Brain Resources How creative are you?

Creativity is like a muscle.  We have to exercise it to know that we have any.  When was the last time that you gave your creativity a workout?

I used to think I wasn’t that creative.  It just wasn’t my thang.  I don’t play a musical instrument.  I don’t paint and I don’t write poetry.  I’m a Director of IT for crying out loud.

I’ve …

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Back To Basics: 79+ Brilliant Budgeting Resources You’ll Love

no money wallet Back To Basics: 79+ Brilliant Budgeting Resources Youll Love A budget is the foundation of a solid personal finance strategy.  It is the plan that tells your money what you want it to do.  Without a budget, you flounder financially.  With a budget, every dollar that you make has a job that you assign.  Budgets are not limiting or restrictive because you decide how the money is allocated.  However, budgets do reveal to you exactly how you’re spending or …

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7 Great Ways To Rekindle Your Creativity

windowslivewriterxgreatwaystosparkyourcreativity 67a0pablo picasso thumb 7 Great Ways To Rekindle Your CreativityThe chief enemy of creativity is “good” sense.
~Pablo Picasso

Creativity is the true starting point for all accomplishment in life.  I supposed Pablo Picasso knew a little about creativity.  In 2006, one of his paintings sold for over $95 million in an auction at Sotheby’s.  How did he create such masterpieces?  He was a rebel of sorts in his day.  He liked to challenge the status quo.  He pushed …

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Try My Super-Charged Blog Search For Fantastic Results

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A blog search engine like the one on Google is an excellent way to locate the information you need on the web.  However, because of the sheer volume of blog sites, it is often difficult to zero in on the exact information you want.  I often use the blog search capability when I’m researching a particular topic that I want to learn more about, but I get frustrated because …

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