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9 Steps to Achieving Your Dreams and Moving Forward in Life

Remember the dreams you had when you were a kid? These tips for moving forward in life and achieving your dreams will revive those dusty goals! Here, keynote speaker and workshop leader Gregory Lay helps you grab your goals and shake ‘em to life…
Before the tips, a quip:

“One half of knowing what you want is [...]

4Mar2010 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 1 comment | Continued
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How to Set New Goals When Your Old Goals Aren’t Working

Deciding to set new goals when you can’t or don’t want to achieve your old goals can be surprisingly difficult! These tips for setting new personal or career goals focuses on how to let go of your old goals without guilt, shame, or embarrassment.
First, here’s one of my favorite quips about setting goals:

“If at first [...]

22Feb2010 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 2 comments | Continued
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Re-Evaluating Your Goals – 5 Tips for Setting New Intentions

Are you stuck on old goals that you can’t achieve? If you’re re-evaluating your career or personal goals, these five tips for setting new intentions might help! Setting “intentions” is a great way to re-evaluate and achieve your goals. Setting intentions seems less rigid and more open to healthy changes in direction.
If you’re stuck on old goals, you’re [...]

19Feb2010 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 3 comments | Continued
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7 People Skills That Help You Achieve Your Career Goals

Achieving your career goals may involve getting a job promotion, building better relationships with colleagues by polishing your people skills, or earning more than $50,000 a year as an entrepreneur (that’s my goal as a blogger!). But no matter what your work goals are, you’ll be more successful if you have a team or social [...]

12Feb2010 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 1 comment | Continued
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6 Ways to Create Long-Term Success

After you achieve your goals, you need to find ways to create long-term success. These six tips for making success last will help you stay on top of your game – after winning it!

These tips were prompted by a reader who asked a question on my Overcoming Fear of Success article. “I have most of [...]

8Sep2009 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 0 comments | Continued
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How to Get Better Grades for College Students – 5 Tips for Improving Study Skills

Are you happy with your college grades — or do you want more A’s? These tips for improving study skills will help college students get better grades. Because, of course, the higher the grades, the happier the college student!
Before the tips, a quip:

“…chance favors only the prepared mind.” ~ Louis Pasteur.
The more prepared you are for your [...]

31Aug2009 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 0 comments | Continued
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7 Ways to Save Money on Back to School Spending

These seven ways to reduce your back to school spending so you save money will not only help you achieve your financial goals, they’ll help your kids learn the value of a dollar!

“On average, according to the National Retail Federation, a family with children in kindergarten through 12th grade will spend about $549 preparing for [...]

26Aug2009 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 2 comments | Continued
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6 Tips for Not Gaining Weight at College

These tips for not gaining weight at college will help you avoid the freshman 15. I’ve included info about a series of DVDs that helped me tone down and lose fat – and develop defined abs for the first time ever! I write at home full-time, and losing weight has always been a struggle…until I [...]

24Aug2009 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 0 comments | Continued
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6 Ways to Avoid Major Student Loan Debt for College Students

If you’re a college student with a student loan, you may be facing huge amounts of debt by the time you graduate! These six ways to avoid major student loan debt are from Ethan Ewing, president of Bills.com.
Before the tips, a quip:

“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.”  ~ Aristotle
The roots [...]

19Aug2009 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 7 comments | Continued
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7 Tips for Achieving Your Goals in College or University

It’s not too late to achieve your goals in college, even if you’re in your last semester. These tips for achieving your goals in college or university will help you succeed – whether you want to improve your grades or find a new study group!
Before the tips, a quip:

“Give me a stock clerk with a [...]

18Aug2009 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 2 comments | Continued