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Self Improvement

Recent articles related to

Self Improvement

Writing Good Sentences, Part 2

By Early To Rise | 06/22/2000

“You don’t write because you want to say something: You write because you’ve got something to say.”” -F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Note-Books When we talked about writing good sentences last week, we discussed some of the fundamentals – length and structure, mostly. Today, I’d like to talk about another, perhaps…

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How To Write Good Sentences – And Why You Should

By Mark Morgan Ford | 06/15/2000

““In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, and in Australia you have to explain what a writer is.”” –  Geoffrey Cotterell, New York Journal-AmericanIf you want to be your best in business, you must be a good…

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Getting Your 1,000 Hour Program Going

By Mark Morgan Ford | 06/12/2000

Last week we talked about how long it takes to be successful – to achieve a level of competence in any life skill. Turns out it takes pretty much the same amount of time regardless of your goal.1,000 hours for competence5,000 hours for mastery 35,000 hours for virtuosity (and only…

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How To Live As Good As A Billionaire

By Early To Rise | 06/9/2000

““Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet they neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.”” – Exodus 20:17 When you think about the rich – the really rich – you may find yourself…

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How To Accomplish All Your Most Important Goals

By Early to Rise | 06/6/2000

““Down the stairs and up Fifth Avenue. Hippity-hop, I’m a Bunny!”” – Gloria Steinem, “I Was a Playboy Bunny,” Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions (1983) Take out a sheet of paper. Title it “Life’s Goals” (if you have no shame) or “Stuff to Do Before I Croak” (if you are…

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Is Size Overrated?

By Robert Ringer | 05/24/2000

Some years ago, my son played in a youth basketball league that was pretty intense. The reason for the intensity was that most of the fathers were trying to relive their youth through their sons, and wanted their boys to become the athletes that they themselves never were. In my…

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