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      <title>Mistakes People Make When They Set Goals</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Goals are a dream, wish, an aim, purpose, a desire, focus, an objective.&nbsp; It is planning and taking action to accomplish something - but you have a 50/50 chance of succeeding or failing!&nbsp; As an optimist, I want to lean on the side of success,]]></description>
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      <title>Seven Test Questions for Setting Goals</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Setting goals is a nice objective but if we are setting goals that are misdirected, it can set us up for failure.&nbsp; This will then keep us from taking the steps or having the confidence to move forward in our purpose. Perhaps you may have set some]]></description>
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      <title>The Need to Set Goals</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ I am asked sometimes &quot;Why do I need to set goals?&quot; or &quot;Why is goal setting so important?&quot;&nbsp; The best answer to these questions is - a person who does not have a goal will be used by someone who does.&nbsp; By writing them down we]]></description>
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      <title>Put the Past in the Past</title>
      <link>http://www.cosemindspring.com/personal/develop-yourself-leader/past-past</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ &ldquo;Why are some people more successful than me?&rdquo; &ldquo;They had such a big failure, but now they are successful. Why?&rdquo;&nbsp; There seem to be people who can find the road to success, happiness and fulfillment in their lives and others]]></description>
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      <title>Conference Information</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[See the Resource tab and the file on the Conference Info for the Roadmap to ORSA for further information.]]></description>
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      <title>Comprométase  con la excelencia</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Por Dr. J. R. Rom&aacute;n&nbsp; Comprometerse con la excelencia es estar programado para ganar. Es tener una&nbsp; visi&oacute;n que produce&nbsp; pasi&oacute;n. Es asumir responsabilidad con uno, con su&nbsp; familia y su pa&iacute;s. Es tener la]]></description>
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      <title>Priorities to Goals to Success!</title>
      <link>http://www.cosemindspring.com/personal/develop-yourself-leader/priorities-goals-success</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ What does the next 5-10 years on the future hold for you and your family?&nbsp; Some of what we will be doing will be determined by our decisions.&nbsp; We&#39;ve been told it is important to set goals and accomplish them.&nbsp; All of us have a desire]]></description>
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      <title>Preparation, Preparation, Preparation</title>
      <link>http://www.cosemindspring.com/personal/develop-yourself-leader/preparation-preparation</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Theodore Henderson, ACS, CL, President of THJ &amp; Associates, LLC If you are going to be a great, or even a good speaker, you must organize and prepare yourself properly. Once in a while you can get away with adlibbing, but sooner or later it catches]]></description>
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      <title>Being SMART Beginning in 2008</title>
      <link>http://www.cosemindspring.com/personal/develop-yourself-leader/being-smart-beginning</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Dr. C. M. Gonzalez, LifeCare Chiropractic,&nbsp;El Paso, TX and &nbsp;Albuquerque, NM.&nbsp; &nbsp; Things do not change; we change. - Henry David Thoreau Can you believe it we are starting another year? I commonly hear from people that are in their]]></description>
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      <title>Energize</title>
      <link>http://www.cosemindspring.com/personal/develop-yourself-leader/energize</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Time - we never have enough of it.&nbsp; Everyone is in a hurry these days, juggling work, family, play... life. We pride ourselves on our ability to multitask. We use email, cell phones, and a multitude of other devices to keep in touch so we don&#39;t]]></description>
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      <title>I Can't Stand You</title>
      <link>http://www.cosemindspring.com/personal/develop-yourself-leader/cant</link>
      <description><![CDATA[By Gbenga Asedeko, El Paso Pulmonary Associates Have you ever had someone say to you, &quot;I can&#39;t stand you?&quot;&nbsp; Or maybe you have made this statement yourself.&nbsp; Why would people say this to another human being who is created in the]]></description>
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      <title>Part 2 of Functions of a Leader</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ In&nbsp;&quot;The Functions of a Leader (Part 1)&quot; article we discussed the first three leader functions of Planning, Organizing and Staffing.&nbsp; Now we will look at the other three functions in becoming an effective leader.&nbsp; 4.&nbsp; Acting]]></description>
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      <title>Part 1 of Functions of a Leader</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As I have traveled internationally training leaders, I have observed that too many times companies will promote their best employees to become their worst supervisors.&nbsp; The reason is because many people are promoted because they are a &quot;good]]></description>
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      <title>Building an Effective Team</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Many companies use the idea of a teamwork approach as a part of a total change strategy. However, to&nbsp;begin using&nbsp;a team approach&nbsp;requires significant advanced preparation and specific training. The company&#39;s leaders and supervisors need]]></description>
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