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Self-Evaluation in Personal Development: 1st Step to Life Purpose
To truly achieve our life purpose, we must start with self-evaluation. We evaluate where we are in depth, and also our deep passion and purpose.
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Pangram Geek Games: From A to Z to the Star Trek Galaxy
A pangram is a sentence that contains all the letters in the alphabet. Try being a word geek: Making pangrams - and variations - can be a lot of fun!
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Self-Evaluation for Personal & Professional Development
To improve, we need to know what we are doing well, and what we are doing poorly. When can we evaluate ourselves, and when must we rely on others?
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Six Great Realistic World War II Movies: They Tell it Like it Was!
Thrill to these historically accurate WW II movies as they teach us real lessons of courage and leadership with gripping stories.
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Seven Habits Solutions: Independence With Win-Win Moments
Win-win success teams are rare. Here's an easier goal: We create our own success, then add win-win moments without counting on win-win always working. Here's how.
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Seven Habits Deeper Issues: Why is Win-Win So Rare?
Win-win sounds good. Everybody talks about it, and we say we want it. But real win-win is very rare. Find out why, and learn to make it happen!
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The Four Types of Women in Leadership
Women fulfill many leadership roles. Just like men, women can be visionary, peacemakers, steady guides through difficult times, or problem-solvers.
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What Is Groundhog Day? Plus Spiritual Meaning & Movie Notes
Groundhog Day is a holiday that is thousands of years old. What is its ancient meaning? "Groundhog Day," the movie, delivers an important spiritual message as well.
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Resolution Slipping? 7 Tips to Renew Your New Year's Resolutions
It's never too late to renew a New Year's resolution. If you still want the results, make a fresh start and go for it. Here are seven tips to help motivate you to get unstuck and refresh your resolutions.
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How I Improved My Marriage With "Five Languages of Apology," by Gary Chapman
When we've been hurt, it can be hard to forgive. In a marriage, we build walls of silence. To renew intimacy, we must be able to apologize and forgive.
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Five Love Languages: Great Ways to Improve or Save Your Marriage
Five Love Languages is a book and web site that shows you how to renew, or even save, your marriage. Simple & effective: Get started in less than 2 hours.
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The Meaning of Advent: Celebrate With Calendar, Candles, & Wreaths
Enrich your Christmas spirit by celebrating Advent, four weeks leading up to Christmas: a time of penitence and hope. Calendars, colors, and candles enrich the season.
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Going Green: Is It for Real, or Is It a Scam?
Is the Green Movement authentic? Even if it is, how do we separate the truly good Green from scams, bad science, and cheap technology? Read on to find out more.
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Go Green: Root Causes of Climate Change and Toxic Waste Problems
Real Green solutions come from deep thinking about the causes of problems we created over centuries. Natural crises have deep roots in human actions.
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Conservation, Preservation, Ecology & Go Green: History & Lessons
Many people accept Go Green at face value. Let's get some perspective on 150 years of conservation, preservation, ecology & green action & learn.
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Go Green in Time: Stop Climate Change & Clean Global Environment
Environmental crises get bigger. Climate change caused 400,000 deaths last year & reduced the world economy by 1.6%. But we can turn things around in time!
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Go Green: The Big Picture for Climate Change and Healthy Living
The big picture of Go Green includes reversing global warming and eliminating the toxins that are poisoning us and creating cancer epidemics and other diseases.
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Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) & Activity List to Project Success
Many project managers don't know the difference between a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and an Activity List. On small projects, it doesn't matter much. But on larger ones, it's crucial to understand the difference and to do a good job on each one.
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Progressive Elaboration for Project Success
People fear creating a good project plan because they think it takes too long. Progressive elaboration—doing good design step by step—is the solution.
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Customer and Stakeholder Identification for Project Success
As project managers, we need to identify our customers and stakeholders. Missing a stakeholder is a recipe for disaster. But how do we find them all?
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Root Cause Analysis & 5 Whys: Six Sigma Tools to Business Success
Six Sigma tools save a lot of time and money by preventing errors. We do this with Root Cause Analysis, and the easiest technique is the Five Whys.
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Business Success Using Six Sigma Tools: DMAIC
DMAIC means Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control. It can create breakthrough improvements in operations. But does DMAIC really work? Maybe . . .
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What Is Six Sigma in Operations Management?
Six Sigma is, for most, a buzzword. What is it really? And can it help improve quality and operations management at your company while cutting costs?
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Business Success: Maturity & Capability, or Negative Synergy
Improvement efforts are risky. Often they make an organization worse, full of conflict, less productive. Learn why, & learn to create lasting success.
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The History and Purpose of the Capability Maturity Model (CMM)
The Capability Maturity Model (CMM) has a fascinating history. Understanding it helps every executive and manager improve his or her own organization.
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How to Create an Accurate Project Timeline and Cost Estimate
By nature and under pressure, we make bad estimates. Pressure pushes us to bias, and we are always too rushed. Here's how to make a great estimate, fast!
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Project Management Time & Cost Estimation Techniques: An Overview
How much will it cost to complete a project? How long will it take? Senior executives want an answer early. Create a realistic time and cost estimate.
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The Sixth of the Seven Habits of Effective People: Synergy
Synergy—getting more done and feeling by working together—is a rare experience, but it's also necessary for real success. It is hard to make it happen and sustain it. Let's learn how to synergize!
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A Practical Summary of the Seven Habits: Habit 4, "Win-Win"
"Think win-win" is a simple idea. Many people claim to do it. Few make the real changes in their hearts and truly live win-win. Let's look deeper.
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How to Listen First: A Summary of Habit 5 of 7 Traits of Highly Effective People
The idea "seek first to understand, then to be understood" is simple, but it takes iron self-control to listen first. I know; I've been trying for 17 years!
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Learning How to Apply "The Seven Habits": A Practical Summary
Sow an action, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap your destiny. Learn how to recreate your life with "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen R. Covey.
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A Cellphone for Seniors: Jitterbug Features & Complaints
The Jitterbug idea, a cell phone that's just a phone, is great. Added health support features are fine. But customer service problems are too common.
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Project Scope Management: What Are We Making?
When the goal—or scope—of the project is clearly defined, success becomes possible. Learn how to define project scope and goals and communicate them clearly to get a project done right.
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Different Types of Leadership: Prescriptive and Situational
Can we create cohesive teams that get great work done, manage different levels of skill and increase motivation in our team members? How do we do it while being fair, which is essential to employee retention? The answer is in flexible, emotionally intelligent leadership, combining situational and...
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Will Six Sigma Help Operations Management in Your Company?
Six Sigma Quality Management is often touted as a solution for operations management and cost problems. But, if your company is not ready, Six Sigma can make things worse. Learn why, and how to determine whether your company is ready for Six Sigma.
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Stress Management Skills for the Small Business Owner
It's easy for the small business owner - the one-man or one-woman business owner - to get stressed out. Let's learn how to stay at peak performance, instead!
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The Four Types of Leaders
Different situations call for different types of leadership. Does your company need a visionary, a peacemaker, a motivator, or an architect? Probably all four. Can you be all types of leader, and know which type to be when? Or can you build a leadership team with all these qualities?
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Self-Leadership and Self-Management
Running our own business is hard. We have to lead and manage a team of one. Most employees don't like their bosses. How can we be our own boss and actually like ourselves, get great work done, and succeed?
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Factors That Contribute to Business Success
As more businesses fail in this challenging economy, understanding the key factors in business success is crucial to the survivors, entrepreneurs, and new start-up companies. Know these factors, redesign your business, and succeed.
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How to Use Operations Management Tools in Business
Operations Management tools, when properly implemented, reduce cost, waste, and risk. They are essential to business success and profitability. Here's how to use them!
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9 Areas of Project Management (And Why They Matter)
Successful completion of a project requires managing much more than scope, time, and money. We must also address quality, risk, communications, and other factors. This article focuses on practical success and introduces the nine areas of project management.
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The Beauty and Meaning of Zen Gardens
A Zen garden appears barren and sterile until you open your inner eye to its subtle beauty. When you do, your heart blossoms like a cactus flower in warm desert air.
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How to Use the PERT Chart for Project Management
PERT, the Project Evaluation and Review Technique, is a way of knowing if your project is on time and on budget. If it is running behind or over budget, you'll know how much extra time or money it will take to deliver. Here's how to do it!
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How to Lay Out a Project Management Plan
A project without a plan is like a vacation without an itinerary. You'll get lost, miss your flight, and have a miserable time. And you'll probably get fired, too! Make a clear project plan and deliver great results on time and under budget—every time! This article will show you how.
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How to Create a Five-Year Career Plan
A career plan will take you from where you are today to where you want to be in your business life. Choose your career and goals, start where you are, and get rolling!
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Hubber Score: How I Got a Hubber Score of 99 in Two Weeks - Make that 100!
I reached a Hubber Score of 99 in 2 weeks of work on HubPages, and 100 in 3 weeks, and I share how I did it, so you can boost your score, too.