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Motivational Bookmark: Oh, the Places You Can Go

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If you’re tired of starting over, stop giving up.

On the place you’ll go. Today is your day, your mountain is waiting. So get on your way. – Dr. Seuss

Discipline is just choosing between what you want now and what you want most.

Charity Showcase

The Alzheimer’s Association raises awareness and funds for the fight to end Alzheimer’s. Honor the strength, passion, and endurance of the more than 5 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s (as well as their 15 million caregivers) by participating in The Longest Day event on June 21st. For more information, see http://www.alz.org/thelongestday or call 800-272-3900.

Curator: John Kremer

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April 9, 2013
Mel and Patricia Ziegler: Our Best Business Advice

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Here are a few pieces of advice from Mel and Patricia Ziegler, founders of Banana Republic, and authors of the new book, Wild Company: The Untold Story of Banana Republic.

Your customer is your best asset.

Always over-deliver.

Never take no for an answer.

Be authentic.

Everything that’s successful is intensely personal.

Creativity, chutzpah, and imagination work wonders even without money or experience.

Charity Showcase

DoSomething.org encourages young people to apply for a $500 grant to get a do-good dream off the ground. It also allows teens to search for existing causes that need more volunteers. Check out the website here: http://www.dosomething.org.

Curator: John Kremer

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April 8, 2013
Is Today Your First Day Or Your Last Day?

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How Will You Act Today?
As If It Were Your First Day or Your Last Day?

If you were to live each day as if it were your last, you’d try to fix the mistakes you’d made, say all the things you’d left unsaid, and wipe out all your regrets.

But, if you were to live each day as if it were your first, you’d be free of all mistakes, all obligations, and all regret.

How do you want to spend your day today?

As your first day?

Or as your last day?

Adapted from Breathing Space: Twelve Lessons for the Modern Woman by Katrina Repka and Alan Finger.

Curator: John Kremer

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April 7, 2013
Blake Bailey Bookographic: 5 Writing Tips

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1. Write about things that really interest you. Pick a subject that bores you and you’ll write a boring book.

2. Be quiet and listen. Let the person talk.

3. Action is character. Let us see and hear how your characters behave.

4. Be prepared. Do your research. Find your structure. Then write.

5. If possible, be funny.

Blake Bailey is the author of Farther & Wilder: The Lost Weekends and Literary Dreams of Charles Jackson

Source: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/56375-5-writing-tips-from-blake-bailey.html

Charity Showcase

Pajama Program provides pajamas and children’s books to children in foster care. Over 800,000 kids nationwide still need PJs. You can donate here: http://www.pajamaprogram.org.

Curator: John Kremer

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March 16, 2013
Richie Norton: The Power of Starting Something Stupid

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Richie Norton, author of the new book The Power of Starting Something Stupid, shares a few stupid, crazy ideas that worked for Ebay, Apple, Virgin Airlines, Newman’s Own, Google, Disneyland, Twitter, Ford Motors, William Shakespeare’s plays, Skype, Instagram, Foursquare, Pinterest, Groupon, and Facebook.

What if the smartest people in the world understand something that the rest of us don’t? (They do.)

What if they know that in order to achieve success, they will sometimes have to do things that others may initially perceive as stupid? The fact of the matter is that the smartest people in the world don’t run from stupid, they lean into it (in a smart way).

In The Power of Starting Something Stupid, Richie Norton redefines stupid as we know it, demonstrating that life-changing ideas are often tragically mislabeled stupid.

What if the key to success, creativity, and fulfillment in your life lies in the potential of those stupid ideas?

Richie Norton has written a book about courage. The courage to do work that matters and to do it with your heart and your soul. Go make something happen. — Seth Godin, author of The Icarus Deception

Charity Showcase

Give Kids the World Village is a 70-acre storybook resort located near Orlando’s most beloved attractions. It’s a place where children with life-threatening illnesses and their families are treated to weeklong free fantasy vacations. Learn how to help here: http://www.gktw.org/help.

Curator: John Kremer

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March 5, 2013
Richie Norton: 10 Quotes to Live By

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Richie Norton, author of the new book The Power of Starting Something Stupid, shares ten quotes to live by.

You are what you believe yourself to be. — Paulo Coelho

Know that you are the perfect age. Each year is special and precious, for you shall only live it once. Be comfortable with growing older. — Louise Hay

Don’t waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window—or break down a door. — Brooke Shields

Just can’t live that negative way… make way for the positive day! — Bob Marley

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. — Oprah Winfrey

You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. — John Wooden

Every moment you get is a gift. Spend it on things that matter. Don’t spend it by dwelling on unhappy things. — unknown

Look for the blessing in all situations. — Wayne Dyer

Change your thoughts and you change your world. — Norman Vincent Peale

Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you. — Dr. Seuss

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What if the smartest people in the world understand something that the rest of us don’t? (They do.)

What if they know that in order to achieve success, they will sometimes have to do things that others may initially perceive as stupid? The fact of the matter is that the smartest people in the world don’t run from stupid, they lean into it (in a smart way).

In The Power of Starting Something Stupid, Richie Norton redefines stupid as we know it, demonstrating that life-changing ideas are often tragically mislabeled stupid.

What if the key to success, creativity, and fulfillment in your life lies in the potential of those stupid ideas?

Richie Norton has written a book about courage. The courage to do work that matters and to do it with your heart and your soul. Go make something happen. — Seth Godin, author of The Icarus Deception

Charity Showcase

Give Kids the World Village is a 70-acre storybook resort located near Orlando’s most beloved attractions. It’s a place where children with life-threatening illnesses and their families are treated to weeklong free fantasy vacations. Learn how to help here: http://www.gktw.org/help.

Curator: John Kremer

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March 5, 2013
Raymond Francis: Never Be Fat Again

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Here is a fitness bookographic from Raymond Francis, author of Never Be Fat Again . . .

Lose Weight – What can we do to improve our health? For most people the simple answer is lose weight.

Eat Smaller Amounts – But you cannot simply eat smaller amounts of nutritionally worthless foods.

Get Nutrients – When the body is deficient in nutrients, the appetite is turned on in order to get what is needed. Nutrient deficiency stimulates appetite, causes hunger and cravings and signals the body to store fat.

Eat Organic – Get processed foods out of your life. Replace them with organic, whole, unprocessed plant-based foods.

Satisfy Hunger – Because these real foods are both nutrient-rich and fiber-rich, they will make you feel fuller. This satisfies hunger, shuts off the appetite, and prevents the consumption of too many calories.

Supplement Your Diet – Supplements help to solve the problem of cellular deficiency, and they also support the body’s detoxification system.

Add Calcium – Calcium deficiency can turn on fat-storing genes, while adequate calcium will speed fat burning.

Add Omega-3 – A deficiency of omega-3 fatty acids will activate fat-storing genes, while adequate omega-3s will turn them off and speed up fat burning.

Excerpted from Never Be Fat Again: The 6-Week Cellular Solution to Permanently Break the Fat Cycle by Raymond Francis

Charity Showcase

Feeding America is the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity supplying food to 37 million Americans every year via 200 member food banks. To donate, go to http://www.feedingamerica.org or call 800-910-5524.

Curator: John Kremer

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March 2, 2013
Infographic: Free Audio Book Downloads

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The most common place people listen to audiobooks is in their cars. Whether it is on a road trip or during the commute to work, audio books pass time and provide a way to gain knowledge or entertainment.

In today’s world, it is simple to download audio books online. Ambling Books has compiled a list of twenty free audio books you can download immediately.

Charity Showcase

In celebration of American Heart Month (February) . . . The American Heart Association works to teach people how to identify heart attacks and strokes as well as funds research and treatment for heart disease. Donate via http://www.americanheart.org, or by calling 800-242-8721.

Curator: John Kremer

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February 28, 2013