Category Archives: How to Change Your Life

Five Tips to Learn From Michael Phelps: Go for the Gold

Posted on August 5, 2012 by dianabletter

Five Tips to learn from Michael Phelps. 1. He went after his dream. Go for the gold. The silver or the bronze are good, too. Remember there’s a whole world out there between winning the gold and declaring that you’ll … Continue reading →

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Watch The Say-Do Gap

Posted on August 2, 2012 by dianabletter

On trains and subways they say, “Watch the gap getting on and off the train.” Watch the gap in relationships—the say-do gap. Is someone close to you saying he’ll do something and never doing it? Are you saying you are … Continue reading →

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7 Sure Ways to Change the World Over the Weekend

Posted on July 29, 2012 by dianabletter

  Yes, there are 7 sure ways to change the world over the weekend. Not talking about the big world, I’m talking about your world. The world around you, which is the only world we have. When you open your … Continue reading →

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The 6 – 1 People You Need In Your Corner

Posted on July 26, 2012 by dianabletter

Postcard of CornellUniversityCheerleader1906 Cheerleading (Photo credit: Wikipedia) 6 – 1   Great blog post in Forbes on the 6 People you need in your corner to accomplish your goals. Jessica Hagy said they were: The Instigater, the Cheerleader, the Taskmasker, … Continue reading →

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Filling Our Own Well

Posted on July 16, 2012 by dianabletter

My friend Carol always says, “We have to fill our own well.” That is just like the link on Gretchen Rubin‘s Happiness Project blog. She wrote that we need to be emotionally self-sufficient to get closer to other people. If … Continue reading →

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Sometimes Being Called Selfish Is A Compliment

Posted on July 12, 2012 by dianabletter

If you grew up thinking you always had to take care of everyone else, and you’re finally, finally, finally, trying to take care of yourself, and the very first time you say no because you don’t want to put someone … Continue reading →

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Question of the Day: How Can You Feel Rich?

Posted on July 11, 2012 by dianabletter

Today’s papers are filled with the news about Eva Rausing who was found murdered in her mansion in London. Her husband, Hans Kristian Rausing, was arrested for possession of drugs and might be charge with the crime. The couple met in … Continue reading →

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Isaac Newton: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

Posted on July 5, 2012 by dianabletter

Isaac Newton published one of the most important books in the history of science today in 1687, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, or “Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy.” What did Newton have to teach us about personal relationships? Simply, relatively speaking. … Continue reading →

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Don’t Listen to Your Mother On This One: Talk to Strangers

Posted on June 24, 2012 by dianabletter

I’m happy to share my interview David Topus, author of Talk to Strangers; How Everyday, Random Encounters Can Expand Your Business, Career, Income and Life (John Wiley and Sons, 2012), a surprising look at how opening yourself up to strangers … Continue reading →

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Don’t Sweat the Big Stuff

Posted on June 8, 2012 by dianabletter

Richard Carlson’s great book, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff , taught me not to make a crisis out of the little things in life. But what about the big things? How do we handle them? I thought of that this … Continue reading →

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