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Jim's Gems: Close Your Reality Gap

March 5, 2012

By Jim L. Smith

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Without a vivid picture of your future reality, there is no clear understanding of your reality gap.

Jim's Gems: The Resiliency Factor

February 27, 2012

By Jim L. Smith

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The ability to take a hit and bounce back is your resiliency factor. It has much to do with your overall feelings of self worth.

Jim's Gems: The Importance of Trust

February 20, 2012

By Jim L. Smith

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If you are trustworthy, it says a lot about your character. It means you have integrity – your values and your behavior are aligned, and you stand up for what you believe in.

Jim's Gems: You Can Change Reality

February 13, 2012

By Jim L. Smith

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To change your reality, get yourself some good, meaningful, compelling reasons or expectations, and use them to drive events forward.

Shifting the Paradigm: Enterprise-Process Goal Setting

February 6, 2012

By Forrest W. Breyfogle III

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To be successful, organizations need to focus on the big picture. One measure of success is that the enterprise’s satellite-level metrics are performing at a level that is considered satisfactory.

Jim's Gems: The Power of Accomplishment

February 6, 2012

By Jim L. Smith

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Think of all the great ideas you've had but have never followed through with. If you listed them on paper, you’d be surprised at the quality and ambition of them.

Jim's Gems: Think Ahead

January 30, 2012

By Jim L. Smith

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Life, in each moment, is influenced by your presence and participation.

Jim's Gems: Believe in the Possible

January 24, 2012

By Jim L. Smith

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In every disappointment, there are fertile seeds of accomplishment being sown.

Jim's Gems: Don't Focus on What Seems Unfair

January 16, 2012

By Jim L. Smith

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Instead of focusing on what seems unfair, a far better response is to work over, under, around and through our issues.

Jim's Gems: Don't Waste What You Have

January 9, 2012

By Jim L. Smith

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Fighting against what already is will only slow us down and distract us from doing our very best.

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