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Planning

Improvisation will only bring you as far as the next crisis, and is never a substitute for thinking several steps ahead and planning to the end.

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Starting Out Realities

When you're just starting out, we can be sure of a few fundamental realities: 1) You're not nearly as good or as important as you think you are; 2) You have an attitude that needs to be readjusted; 3) Most of what you think you know or most of what you learned in books or in school is out of date or wrong.

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#PersonalDevelopment

It's not about beating the other guy.  It's not about having more than others.  It's about being what you are, and being as good as possible at it, without succumbing to all the things that draw you away from it.  It's about going where you set out to go.  About accomplishing the most that you're capable of in what you choose.  That's it.  No more and no less.

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#Self-Improvement

You cant learn if you think you already know.  You will not find the answers if you're too conceited and self-assured to ask questions.  You cannot get better if you're convinced you are the best.

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#Talent

Talent is only the starting point.  The question is: Will you be able to make the most of it?

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Habit Forming

If you want to master a new habit, the key is to start with repetition, not perfection.  You don't need to map out every feature of a new habit.  You just need to practice it.  You just need to get your reps in. 

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Reflective Learning

Learning "from direct experience," a Harvard Business School study found, "can be more effective if coupled with reflection - that is, the intentional attempt to synthesize, abstract, and articulate the key lessons taught by experience."  The philosopher and educator John Dewey went a step further: "We do not learn from experience...we learn from reflecting on experience." 

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#Opportunity

Sometimes, the greatest opportunity resides in the darkest places. 

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#Motivation

Feeling motivated gets you to act.  Feeling successful gets you to repeat. 

          * Terry's Blog: www.terrymckenna.typepad.com 

We Only Have The Present

"Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift.  That's why it's called the present."  -Bill Keane, cartoonist.  This  present is in our possession, but it has an expiration date, a quickly approaching one.  If you enjoy all of it, it will be enough.  It can last a whole lifetime. 

          * Terry's Blog: www.terrymckenna.typepad.com