Monthly Archives: September 2009

You Cannot Make This Stuff Up

Junk fees are bad ethics and bad business. We just refinanced our home. Chase collected $30 on Facsimile fees even though no one is using fax anymore. And then to add insult to injury Chicago Title collected $54.75 for (get this) – EMAIL DOC DELIVERY FEE TO CHICAGO TITLE INSURANCE CO. “How many emails did they receive for this fee?” I asked the loan officer....

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The Three NOs

First there is the NO that brings the YES. Second there is the NO that protects the YES you found. Third is the NO that your YES liberates in you. © Aviv Shahar

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New Problems – Your Third Progress Measure

“The essence of personal development and growth is not in resolving all the contradictions of life. It is in learning to embrace the bigger contradiction in living.” You must escape the Groundhog Day syndrome and embrace new opportunities. © Aviv Shahar

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Capacity For Reverence

Reflections for Rosh Hashanah: Have you lost your capacity for reverence? Remember the feeling you experienced when your child stood on her/his own for the first time and then took their first steps? Better still, remember how you stood up for the first time? Remember the first time you noticed a butterfly, the tree outside, the rain? Remember how special your secret place was? How...

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Are You Progressing?

Our recent class – Your High Value Assets looked at the question of generating optimal return for Your precious TERF currencies: your Time, Energy, Relationships and Focus. Here is an excerpt on the question: How do you know you are progressing? © Aviv Shahar

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The KEY: Discover Your Peak Productivity Zone

This KEY may shock you. It carries both good and bad news. Are you expressing your true talent? Are you as effective and productive as you can be? Your productivity zone is specific. To make the most of it you need to pay careful attention. I am not Malcolm Gladwell; but if I were, this could easily be the subject of my next book. To...

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