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Kick Your Ass Idea #149 – BELIEVE in Something!

The holidays can a time of disillusionment, but also a great time to decide what you DO believe in. Hopefully you at least believe in YOU.

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Kick Your Ass Idea #148 – Care Enough to Really Care

It seems like every time you open up the Google News page or turn on CNN there’s another report of a mass shooting. We MUST mobilize our country’s brightest minds and most resourceful institutions and figure out how to stop crazy people from killing our children and our neighbors.  Even

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Kick Your Ass Idea #147 – Quitcher Bitchin’

How a paper jam changed my week for the better.

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Kick Your Ass Idea #146 – R U an X or an I?

Wanna make sure your ass gets into gear, and STAYS that way? One thing that will help in a big hurry is figuring out whether U R an X or an I. Here’s the deal: some people are extrinsically motivated [“X”], and some people are intrinsically motivated [“I”]. Actually, most

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Kick Your Ass Idea #145 – The One Millenium Manager?

It is possible in this age of One Year to a Healthier, Happier You, 40 Days to a Joy Filled Life, the Four Hour Workweek, and the The One Minute Manager, to recognize that most real achievement still takes time? Let’s face it, if you’re going to build a house,

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Kick Your Ass Idea #144 – Get Off The Bus!

Life can be a fun ride, but it’s even MORE fun when you actually get off and take a look around.

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Kick Your Ass Idea #143 – Listen to Your Friends

It’s autumn, and the weather’s been great! I’ve been lucky enough to be able to spend an unreasonable number of days outside with friends in the past few months. Those of you who know me may have trouble believing this, but I’ve spent a lot of time listening to them

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Kick Your Ass Idea #142 – Become an Expert in 9,999 Hours

Is Malcolm Gladwell wrong about his “10,000 hours” theory? Who cares! Like Yogi Berra said: “In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is”

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Kick Your Ass Idea #141 – Help Someone Dream!

As my pal Ian so clearly articulated last week, the political mudslinging leading up to election day has done a lot to make our public discourse less appealing. Much of our private discourse hasn’t been exactly full of generosity and support, either. But in the midst of all this grandstanding

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Kick Your Ass Idea #140 – Be a Citizen!

So you voted. Good for you. Now the real work begins.

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