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Focus on Your Assets

With the New Year approaching, do you think it’s too late to start making lists and outlining dramatic changes for yourself? Novelist Mary Anne Evans (AKA George Eliot) wisely advised, It is never too late to be what you might have been.So decide what you want to be and then begin the process to make it happen in 2011. And just in case you’ve had trouble in the past taking the first step toward change, our article Sandwiched Boomers: 7 Tips on Fighting Inertia, available on our website, Her Mentor … Continue reading

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Develop Your Personal Health Plan

The Association of American Medical Colleges reported last week that the shortage of physicians is expected to worsen due to the U.S. healthcare reform plan that became law last spring. Their Center for Workforce Studies released a projection that shortages will be 50% worse than estimated earlier. Rather than lacking 39,600 doctors by 2015, the United States will actually be short 63,000 physicians, given the extra patients entering the system. With fewer doctors available, you will need to make some changes in the way you take care of yourself. Now … Continue reading

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Earth Day Plus One – Now What?

Earth Day was yesterday. So what do we call today? In the heat of the moment, enthusiasm for making a change – protecting the earth, creating better family relationships, making the world a better place, loosing those stubborn extra pounds – can be great. But what happens the next day? How can you build on your decision to improve? How do you actually vary your routine and transform yourself? Inspiration is not enough – now you need to implement your choice in a clear and definite way. Here are 8 … Continue reading

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Listing Your Goals

After you identify your strengths and the direction you want to take, begin to develop a concrete plan of action you can follow. Establish short-term objectives that will move you, step by step, toward the long-term goals you have set for yourself. Discover and create your personal vision for 2010 using your newly completed asset inventory. Think it is too late to start making lists and dramatic changes? Mary Anne Evans was a novelist in 19th century England but believed she need to take a male pen name to have … Continue reading

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