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Is there a Place for Destiny in Your Life?
I recently read an article online that asked the question, "Where will you be in 25 years?" then invited me to first consider where I was 25 years ago as an way of introducing the role of destiny in our lives. I found the exercise interesting and worthwhile so I thought I'd share it with you. Where were you 25 years ago in 1983? Me, I was 35 years old. I'd graduated from veterinary college 9 years previously, and I had purchased my own veterinary clinic (a former out patient clinic of a larger hospital) for the rip roaring price of one dollar, which was about all the savings I had at the time. The rest of the purchase price, if memory serves some $26,000 was financed at the local bank. Not long after, the loan that started at 12% shot up to 19%.

Unemployed? Plan Your Career Now
Our economy is a mess, and we are in uncharted territory. Most everyone is feeling the pinch, especially if they now find themselves unemployed or wonder if they are the next one to lose their job. Unfortunately, most people put more planning into their next vacation than they do their career or more realistically their “careers.”

Working for the Right Person
People who are winning at working work for the right person - the one looking back in mirror. That differentiation changes everything. It's easier to know what jobs to seek, skills to enhance, and opportunities to seize. It's easier to know when you should change paths, companies, or bosses. And it's easier to weather workplace stresses when you're the one holding the compass for your life.

The ONLY Way to Wealth-How to FEEL Abundant
Instead of being reactive you can become proactive. It seems simple, doesn't it? When you feel poor, like you're struggling to make money, frustrated that things aren't going as quickly as you like-you create a red light that blocks you wealth. So how do you switch from STOP to GO? Read on...

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Put it Creatively or Put it Out of Its Misery
Many of us have learned how important it is that we formulate our desired goals and outcomes in positive terms...but why exactly is that? Why isn't it effective to state a "don't want" for the future? Why must we spend our energy creating mental pictures about our what we want? Why watch our words?

Go-to-Market model - the value chain
Perhaps the most critical performance factor for any business is its ability to produce a reliable and predictable flow of new and repeat business, sufficient to deliver the financial goals within the business plan. If you’ve followed this series of articles, I hope that by now you will see how market focus, prospecting, creating customers and creating, identifying & pursuing opportunities all contribute to creating a solid foundation on which to build a reliable, predictable sales pipeline. What does matter is that you have available to you the means of determining the future. As Peter Drucker once said “the best way to predict the future is to create it”. So, how much more business might you get if you use the process outlined in previous articles before starting the Opportunity Pursuit process?

Major Characteristics of A Strategic Thinker, According To Your Strategic Thinking Coach
Let’s begin with a definition of strategic thinking so we are all on the same page before reading the article. Strategic thinking is the way people think about, assess, view and create the future for themselves and others. It is much more than responding and reacting to both day-to-day and long-term problems, opportunities and new realities. It is proactive, not reactive and focuses on creating a better future and adding value. Strategic thinking always involves change and imagining the results we can achieve in the future. So what makes a strategic thinker? What are some of the major characteristics of a strategic thinker? Here are eight (8) major characteristics of strategic thinkers from my perspective as a strategic thinking business coach.

The power of one – amongst all
“Inclusivity is recognising that my life, my fate, my future is inextricably linked to yours.” Sharif Abdullah. I have just returned from the International Coach Federation Australasian Conference in Melbourne. The guest speaker was Sharif Abdullah who was truly inspirational. His philosophy mirrors a lot of what I do already, but I know I can do so much more. The theme of the conference was Creating the Future Today. We were urged to “think BIG and to use our skills to address BIG issues such as sustainable resources, social inequalities and global disharmony.”

A Target Market the Key to Selling More
As long as you think you can sell to anyone you can expect a difficult future. Your future will be one where you’re always scrapping to find someone you can talk to about your offer. A future where no one is really interested in what you have to say.

New Times
About community and how important we all are in creating these support systems of the future

BUSINESS SECRET WEAPON THAT ROCKS!
So definitely, planning for your future is important....and creating a written plan which combines both "Personal and Professional/business" goals...it is a definitely "must do".

Personal Mastery And Your Kids
Why is it important to teach personal mastery to your children? Our children nowadays are the next generation. They would be facing a future that could hold immense possibilities and opportunities. But even with this bright future waiting for them, there is also a sad future waiting, a future where uncertainties and materialism can be prevalent. How can we prepare our children to face this kind of future.

Business moms on the run
Jane Kelly and Zoe Friskney set up their business selling homeware after creating a jogging blog. Here they describe how they did it and their plans for the future.

Create the Memory of Your Future
A vision is something that pulls us forward - through action, intention and heart. It's in creating a vision, and using our strengths that we create the memories of our future. This is the place in which inspiration, contribution and engagement live. This articles provides 3 steps to utilize your Strengths in designing a future vision in which you achieve the results you desire.

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