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July 31st, 2008

Personal Reflection on Sacrifice

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Today my blog may seem a little strange and certainly somewhat different than what I normally blog about but my topic today is sacrifice. In our society today, what are we willingly to sacrifice in order to move forward a great cause?
I’ve often ponder this question recently as I’ve been reading a great […]

July 28th, 2008

Feeling Tired?!

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“Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration, and resentment.”
Dale Carnegie
Are you tired? In our fast-paced and over scheduled society, just about each of us feels overwhelmed and fatigued. For some of us, these feelings of fatigue and exhaustion are a daily struggle that ultimately limits our ability to […]

July 24th, 2008

Achieving Your Dreams

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“You can run from your dreams in fear or you can run to your dreams with faith.”
Tina Downey 
Setting goals is essential for getting ahead in life however many of us fail to set perhaps our most important goals or at least we fail to deliberately work towards them. The goals I am referring […]

July 21st, 2008

A Simple Strategy to Achieve Goals

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Are you having trouble reaching your goals or staying focused on what you are trying to accomplish in life? Don’t worry, you are not alone! One of our biggest challenges in life is learning to overcome our own weaknesses. Often we lack the discipline and determination to follow through on what we want […]

July 17th, 2008

Do You Have Rhino Skin?

(This is a Burntham.com repeat orginally posted 3/27/08) 
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In his book, The Other 90%, author Robert Cooper suggests that we all need to develop the skin of a rhino in order to truly reach our untapped potential.  The reasoning behind this he explains is because rhinos have thick skin.  And, having a thin skin […]

July 14th, 2008

A Certainty of Life

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Wow, I was reminded once again this week that one thing that is certain in life is change. Just when everything was running smoothly, BAM!, another unexpected change entered my life. Though at times change can be frustrating and scary, it can also cause us to dig deep inside ourselves to find that […]

July 10th, 2008

The Most Important Day

(This is a Burntham.com repeat orginally posted 3/3/08) 
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“Your performance today must come from a deeper place. No matter how hard, no matter how tough—you are expected to make a difference. Today are you ready, today are you at your best? So much depends on what you do today.”
Bronco Mendenhall
Today is the most […]

July 7th, 2008

Effective Goal Setting Tips

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“I am so thoroughly convinced that if we don’t set goals in our life and learn how to master the techniques of living to reach our goals, we can reach a ripe old age and look back on our life only to see that we reached but a small part of our full […]

July 3rd, 2008

Living with Purpose–Part 2

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“The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose.”
Rick Warren
On Monday I wrote about 4 powerful insights from the book, A Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. Today I wish to continue by adding three more important messages to my list of lessons learned from the book. They are as follows:
5. Focused […]