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Final countdown

Posted on June 19, 2011 by bengt

Forty Plus Two will soon be closed down. The tagline was “about coaching and personal development”, I will blog about these topics in my other blogs. Older posts worth saving will be moved to either of the blogs below, the … Continue reading →

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Do what matters most

Posted on November 18, 2009 by bengt

The book Accomplishing More by Doing Less by Marc Lesser is a collection of tools as well as a manual for doing more of what is important and less of what isn’t. It’s a great book and it made me … Continue reading →

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Same strategy as last year

Posted on July 16, 2009 by bengt

I am working on a post about vision, mission and strategy. In my research I found this gem about strategy – ‘Same strategy as last year…’ Source: mammoth-strategy

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Why am I here?

Posted on June 8, 2009 by bengt

Seth Godin posts about “Why am I here?” The title made me think of how to discover your life purpose or finding your passion but it was more straight forward than that. This is a simple mantra that is going … Continue reading →

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Born to be wild

Posted on June 1, 2009 by bengt

Live your dreams, “Born to be wild” is a commercial for a Norwegian lottery.

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55 Ways to Get More Energy (Zen Habits)

Posted on May 22, 2009 by bengt

Zen Habits has a great post about >55 Ways to Get More Energy. If you’re tired all the time, a change in what you eat (diet) or what you do all day (activity pattern) may be all you need to … Continue reading →

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Coaches Mojo Newsletter

Posted on May 12, 2009 by bengt

Colin Ude-Lewis publishes the weekly Newsletter Coaches Mojo. It is an inspiring newsletter, described like this: Coaches Mojo is not for everyone. It’s for those who don’t like to to sit still with the same old thinking, and want to … Continue reading →

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Let limitations guide you to creative solutions

Posted on May 3, 2009 by bengt

I came across this text in Motivating Yourself – Heroes, Role Models & Rivals which links to the source at Embrace Constraints (37signals) Let limitations guide you to creative solutions There’s never enough to go around. Not enough time. Not … Continue reading →

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The Starfish Story

Posted on April 27, 2009 by bengt

The Starfish Story is spread over the internet, Google shows 225,000 hits for that search term. My source is The Starfish Story where it says the story is adapted from The Star Thrower by Loren Eiseley (1907 – 1977). Once … Continue reading →

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What it takes to be great

Posted on March 28, 2009 by bengt

Fortune has a very interesting article about What it takes to be great. The article is from October 30, 2006 but it popped up on Twitter today. The post title says “Secrets of greatness: Practice and hard work bring success” … Continue reading →

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