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Predictions for 2011

Posted ago by Matthew

A week and a half into 2011 and what’s changed? How are your new year’s resolutions coming?  How will 2011 be for you? Well, I took a look in my crystal ball, consulted the tea leaves and gazed at the …

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The Big Picture

Posted ago by Matthew

I used to be someone who worried.  When I was at school I worried about my up-coming exams or a spelling test.  When I left school I worried about a job interview or a date with a girl.  Heck, I worried about asking the …

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Clutter

Posted ago by Matthew

When I was 27 I lived and travelled around Europe and for a period of over nine months I didn’t sleep in the same bed for more than 3 consecutive days.  My life was packed into two suitcases and the …

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Are you on track? Ten questions to help you find out…

Posted ago by Matthew

Happy new year! Here are ten questions you can start your year with.  These questions can be used to help you re-focus and set some meaningful goals for 2011. I find it can be helpful to have a few guiding …

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Choosing the Path

Posted ago by Matthew

The path we take in life is just that, it’s a path. Where that path goes is completely up to us. We make the choices and decisions which will guide our life in a certain direction. In fact where we …

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Christmas Gifts

Posted ago by Matthew

Merry Christmas! Last night we celebrated Christmas, and I was reflecting on the whole theory of gift giving. With three young children we have gifts to give them, but as I thought about the best gifts I have received in my …

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Giving and Receiving

Posted ago by Matthew

With Christmas all around us we are inundated with news and information on buying gifts.  But have we lost sight of what it all means? In general people give what they would like to receive, or give what they would …

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New Habits

Posted ago by Matthew

It’s very easy to live the same way every day and have very little or nothing change. I try to not live my life that way. I was once told that as soon as you stop changing you become old. …

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Everlasting Love

Posted ago by Matthew

 Today is eight years since my wife and I were married.  When I think about our relationship and the life we have created together I think of everlasting love. A few weeks ago my oldest daughter (she’s five) asked me …

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Trust

Posted ago by Matthew

Trust is one of those intangibles that has so much value.  Think of auto brands.  There was a time when General Motors and Ford were the most trusted brands.  Then they fell out of favour and Toyota and other Japanese …

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