Archive for December, 2007

The Top 3 Reasons People Don’t Keep Their New Year’s Resolutions

Friday, December 28th, 2007

‘Tis the season for goal setting isn’t it?

Year after year we all make New Year’s resolutions with the best of intentions… despite knowing that in a few weeks they’ll be all but forgotten!

Why is this? Why do people vow to drop those extra pounds, even go so far as joining a gym, and then never do anything about it?

I believe it’s because of three reasons: disorganization, fear, and a lack of support.

Whatever your New Year’s resolution is, do the following three things right now and you’ll find it much easier to achieve than ever before:

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How to Pack for Your Next Trip Without Checking Any Luggage

Monday, December 17th, 2007

As I write this, I’m sitting in a hotel near the airport in Atlanta. I wasn’t supposed to be here today but the winter storm that’s raging through the Northeast caused many flight cancellations including mine.

I arrived in Atlanta only to find that my connecting flight had been cancelled and that I would have to find a hotel room for the night.

I’m kicking myself right now because I checked my luggage!

I haven’t checked a bag since I flew from Jamaica to Tokyo for a TV appearance. My luggage was put on the wrong plane and I almost had to go on the air with a borrowed suit that was about two sizes too big for me.

It ended up getting delivered to the studio about 5 minutes before we started shooting in front of a live audience, but I vowed never again to check my bags if I could help it.

This morning I forgot that lesson and now I’m left without a change of clothes or decent toiletries or any of the work I was intending to do.

Don’t let this happen to you!

The only way you can make sure this never happens is to

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Making a List and Checking it Once: A Time Saving Holiday Shopping Tip

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

Holiday Shopping Made Easy

I just did all of my holiday shopping, from start to finish, in about 3 hours.

It used to take a lot longer but then I started using a list.

Lists can be good or bad. They can help organize your thoughts and keep you from forgetting important things, or they can become a way of procrastinating. After all, how many little pieces of paper do you have lying around with lists of to do items on them?

Still, when you go out gift shopping for people but haven’t written down all of the names it can take you forever. I’m assuming that most people at least write down the names so they can check them off the list as they go.

What I did this year was break this list down a bit and I’m sure it ended up saving me many hours.So here’s my process in case you want to use it.

First I divided my list of names up into the following three categories:

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