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How To Self Publish A Book On A Tiny Budget By: Bob Burnham
Can you make hundreds of thousands of dollars by starting with a small budget? If you're writing and publishing a book you can. Self publishing is one of the best ways to make incredible profits and it doesn't have to cost you an arm and a leg to publish a very professional and impressive product. Read more to learn how to publish a book on a tiny budget.(read entire article)(posted on: 2008-03-13)
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Pat Mesiti: If Humpty Dumpty Knew He Was An Egg, He Would Never Have Climbed The Wall By: Alex Carlson
What am I talking about? Simply this: we are all fragile, every one of us. We all encounter challenges and tensions. We all deal with financial pressures and emotional strains. And sometimes we fail.(read entire article)(posted on: 2008-03-03)
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Pat Mesiti: You Can't Be The Best At Everything By: Alex Carlson
I’ve learned that you can’t be good at everything. Instead, focus on the one thing that your life can be given to. Find your place in the world and stick to it.
The great American footballer Otto Graham said, 'Everyone can't be the best at everything but everyone can try to be the best at anything. If you give 100% you will get your share of victories.'(read entire article)(posted on: 2008-03-03)
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Pat Mesiti:‘see Everything, Overlook A Great Deal, And Prove A Little’ - Pope John Paul Ii By: Alex Carlson
One of the life skills we need is the ability to be observant without being fault-finding. We need to be able to notice things and yet at the same time able to overlook a great deal of what we see. Why? Because some of what we see could be discouraging.(read entire article)(posted on: 2008-03-03)
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Pat Mesiti:failure Is Not Final, Failure Is Not Fatal By: Alex Carlson
Don Shula became the most successful coach in national football history with 325 wins. He said in his book, Everyone’s a Coach, ‘The biggest problem with most leaders of today is they don't stand for anything. Leadership implies movement toward something and convictions provide that direction. If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.’(read entire article)(posted on: 2008-03-03)
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Pat Mesiti: Don't Sell Out Convictions For Conveniences By: Alex Carlson
I’ve learned that whatever I value I will honour. Learn to place value on your convictions. Isn’t it interesting that one kilogram of dirt and one kilogram of diamonds weighs the same, but one of them is of greater value. Decide in your life what is dirt and what is diamonds, and live towards that.(read entire article)(posted on: 2008-03-03)
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Pat Mesiti: Always Make Time For The Little Guy By: Alex Carlson
People enter our lives every day. Just think of the person that takes your money at the toll booth. If it's a hot summer’s day they may be sweating in that booth. Wouldn't it be nice to notice them, smile at them and wish them a great day? One of my dear friends does this all the time. She brings joy to the toll booth attendants because she always has a pleasant smile, a happy tone, and she notices the little guy.(read entire article)(posted on: 2008-03-03)
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Pat Mesiti: Brilliance Isn't A Diploma By: Alex Carlson
Too often we fall into the trap of labeling people. We look at someone’s degrees and label them brilliant. We applaud people based on their diplomas, degrees and certificates. But the greatest education is one that life gives us. You can have more degrees than a thermometer, but be as cold as ice when it comes to important things like relationships, love, commitment, understanding...(read entire article)(posted on: 2008-03-03)
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Pat Mesiti: When You're Through Changing, You're Through By: Alex Carlson
A story is told of a man traveling on a bus with his three children. The three children were jumping about behaving very unruly. A gentleman looked at them with disdain, thinking to himself, ‘Why can’t this man control his three children? What is wrong with him?’ This man’s attitude was controlled by his perspectives. One of his perceptions was that the father obviously didn’t discipline his children.(read entire article)(posted on: 2008-03-03)
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Pat Mesiti: Size Does Matter By: Alex Carlson
Accept criticism and disappointment as part of life and when it comes, stand up, look it in the eye, and say, ‘You can't defeat me, I am bigger than you.’ You see, size does matter. The bigness of your spirit and the size of your heart often determines how you respond when critical words are said about you and people criticise your accomplishments and failures.(read entire article)(posted on: 2008-03-03)
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