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To Be Visibly Authentic, Let Go the Status Quo

by Barbara Hartsook on March 12, 2009 · 12 comments

Yesterday Liz Strauss, in a step toward visible authenticity, threw away some stuff. She wrote:

Old habits stay with us longer than we need them.
Old thoughts that once protected  fence us in…
Being too safe can be risky.
Knowing too much can get in the way of learning…
… I had to throw away the old jeans to understand [...]

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Do New Year’s Resolutions Begin With "I Will" or "I Won’t"? Or Both? (Do They Begin in February?)

by Barbara Hartsook on February 1, 2009 · 16 comments

How do you begin your list of resolutions? I will… I won’t… Or some of each?
Okay… it’s February already. But shouldn’t New Year’s resolutions survive at least the first month? I know I’m still thinking mine through…
Last November I wrote a goal (and publicized it at 43 Things) to declutter my workroom. I don’t function [...]

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