Monthly Archives: November 2014

Thanksgiving Redux

Happy Thanksgiving to all! Yesterday, I wrote about Positive Psychology and the new science of Gratitude. Today is Thanksgiving Day in the USA and I wanted to expand on my thoughts. Traditionally, on Thanksgiving Day, we enjoy a feast of turkey and pumpkin pie, but more important, this holiday represents the one day of the […]

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Thanksgiving and Gratitude

“Gratitude is the secret to life.” – Albert Schweitzer Researchers within the new field of Positive Psychology have investigated the attitude of gratitude and have scientifically concluded that it can increase personal happiness, overall well-being, satisfaction with life, and physical health. If you would like to learn more about this without having to review all […]

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The Fifty Year Plan

Last week, I wrote the reasons to have a 5-Year Plan. If you already have completed your five year life plan, I encourage to craft a 50-Year Plan too! Expand your time horizon for half a century and plan out all you would like to be, do, have, learn, see, and experience. What if you […]

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Do You Have a Five Year Plan?

“We greatly overestimate what we can accomplish in one year.  But we greatly underestimate what we can accomplish in five years.”  – Peter Drucker “It’s fascinating for us women to begin looking at our lives in five-year plans. It really does help you keep on track. If that’s too hard, start with a two-year plan.” […]

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Fibonacci Marketing

In mathematics, the Fibonacci sequence includes the following integer sequence: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377… Although this sequence was known to Indian mathematicians over 2000 years ago, the concept was introduced to the west by Fibonacci in his 1202 book entitled Liber Abaci. Without going […]

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