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#627 Begin Planning Your Retirement

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Retirement doesn’t have to be the thing you do when you turn 65. There are many other ways to look at retirement. You are never too young to begin planning your retirement. Start by determining what retirement looks like for you.…

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#597 Ask For What You Want

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Stop settling and ask for what you want. If you don’t ask it won’t happen.…

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#593 Don’t Assume People Know What You Want Ask

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We give others far too much credit for figuring out what we’re looking for. Don’t assume people know what you want, ask them to tell you.…

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Ask For What You Want

There’s a great movie made many years ago called Night Shift. Henry Winkler plays the role of a guy who never asks for what he wants in life and consequently gets pushed around by his boss, his fiancée, and anyone else with a strong personality. In life, refusing to ask for what you want causes people to accept the cards they’re dealt. Accepting what is may be a starting point but when no attempt is made toward improvement, it becomes a recipe for mediocrity. That mediocrity breeds complacency, which results in mundane relationships and dead end careers.

Why do people not ask for what they want?…

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