Word count: 327 Read time: 1-2 min. Henry Ward Beecher once said, “One difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.” We all have persevered in many ways during the course of our lives. Here’s one of my more memorable stories. When …
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Achieving Our Goals
Word count: 162 Read time: 1 min “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” Henry David Thoreau was an American author in the 1800’s. He had a deeper understanding than most people about the importance of goals. He saw behind the results of …
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Do Americans have a happy shoe addiction?
Word Count: 110 college essay help Read Time: 1 min According to ClosetMaid, in the U.S. 25% of women have more than 50 pairs of shoes in their closets. And according to the Census Bureau, there are 157M women in the U.S., 84M of which are mothers. Some 30M are 25 years or older and graduated with bachelor’s …
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“Put things away, not down.”
Word Count: 296 cuban cigars for sale Read Time: 2 min My mom used to say that when I came home from school, she could track me all the way through our country store, into the house, and clear into my room by following my “droppings.” First went the satchel, then my coat, then the …
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Don’t go through work to get to your work
Word Count: 265 Read Time: 2 min It’s something I say to my clients whenever they find themselves digging through stacks or piles of paper to find something they need. And it’s a great principle to live by. It’s not just at the office. Maybe you’re at home, lifting three pans to get to the …
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“Assign a place for everything.”
Word Count: 200 words popular cigars Read Time: 1.5 min My Mom loved to pound wisdom into my head. And this nugget is one of the wisest things she ever taught me. Assigning a place for everything is the epitome of what it means to be organized.
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