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Self Improvement

Recent articles related to

Self Improvement

Promise #8 For The New Year: To Make 50 New Contacts

By Mark Morgan Ford | 01/10/2001

Did you go over your list of resolutions last night? And again this morning? Great! You’re getting better and better! You now rank in the top 15% of the promise-making population. You are definitely going to have a good year! Today, you are going to promise yourself that you will…

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Promise #5 For The New Year: To Get Off Your Ass!

By Mark Morgan Ford | 01/5/2001

If you didn’t reread your list of New Year’s resolutions last night and this morning, do it now. Yesterday, you promised yourself that you would develop a skill that had the potential to make you big money. Today, you are going to promise yourself to make it happen. Here’s what…

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Developing A Financially Valuable Skill

By Mark Morgan Ford | 01/4/2001

Well, here you are, still plugging away –and it’s already day four. You are now in the top 30%. Good work! Did you reread your list of New Year’s resolutions last night and this morning? If not, do it now. Today, you are going to promise yourself that this year…

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Accomplish Something from Your New Year’s Resolutions List

By Mark Morgan Ford | 01/3/2001

If you forgot to reread your list of New Year’’s resolutions this morning, do it right now. If you already have, you can feel good about yourself. By day three, another 10% of the population have abandoned their promises. By sticking with the ETR New Year’’s resolution program, you are…

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Stick with ETR’s New Year’s Resolution Program for 2 Weeks

By Early To Rise | 01/1/2001

In the next 10 days, we are going to make 10 promises for the New Year. Each one is going to set you on a path that will, at the end of the year, make you happier, healthier, and more successful. Today, as you might expect, we are going to…

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Making An Adjustment In Your Schedule

By Early to Rise | 12/29/2000

““I answer the heroic question, ‘Death, where is thy sting?’ with ‘It is here in my heart and mind and memories.’”” – Maya Angelou I’ve  had to adjust my schedule today, because I’m going to a funeral. He was someone whose connection to me fell somewhere between being an acquaintance…

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4 Steps To Wealth Building

By Early to Rise | 12/28/2000

““The harder I work, the luckier I get.”” – Lee Travino If you want to be wealthy one day, there are four things you must do: 1. Master a financially valuable skill. 2. Develop a high income. 3. Invest conservatively in other businesses. 4. Invest aggressively in a business you…

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A Story To Make You Smile

By Mark Morgan Ford | 12/27/2000

““Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.”” – Plutarch This inspirational story was sent to us by  EN. His name was Fleming and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help…

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Spend An Hour By Yourself Today

By Mark Morgan Ford | 12/26/2000

 ““A child shows gratitude the way a woman / Shows she likes a pretty dress – / Puts it on and takes it off again.”” – Archibald MacLeish  This is a good week to reflect upon the things that really matter in your life. So find an hour today to…

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Don’t C, C, Or C

By Early To Rise | 12/19/2000

““You can be totally rational with a machine. But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.”” – Akio Morita One of the most powerful personal-development experiences you can have comes from Dale Carnegie. In his How to Win Friends and Influence People…

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Why, When, And How To Pursue Excellence

By Mark Morgan Ford | 12/15/2000

““Anyone who has achieved excellence in any form knows that it comes as a result of ceaseless concentration.”” – Louise Brooks Long before In Pursuit of Excellence became a best seller, prominent businessmen touted excellence as the ultimate corporate objective. And maybe it is – for Fortune 500 companies. But…

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Getting Your Personal Master Plan In Gear

By Early To Rise | 12/5/2000

““It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.”” – Publilius Syrus (the first century B.C.) In Message #155, we talked about the way Jack Welch used a Master Plan to communicate and achieve his vision for General Electric. In Message #191, I suggested that this was the best…

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