It’s OK…give yourself a break

When I was a kid, one of my first tasks of the new year was to sit down and write thank you letters for Christmas gifts. My mother stood behind me until I ground them out, which meant that by mid-month (at the very, very latest) they were all in the mail. Phew! I’m a…

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A Big, Juicy Frog, Your Newsletter, and a Happy Day

One of my favorite time management secrets (if it’s really a secret) is the concept of “eating the frog”. (Some people say “licking the toad”, but I’d be afraid of hallucinating if I did that.) The concept (promoted by Brian Tracy in his book of the same name) goes like this: Identify your biggest, hairiest…

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