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Know Your NO

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Know Your No

Do you know that if you don’t learn to say “no” appropriately, you can wind up being a sycophant to everyone and everything? Moreover, where do you wind up?

  • You are stuck in the bad marriage;
  • You are trapped in the bad job;
  • You are wearing bad clothing;
  • You are traveling to bad places;
  • You have bad friends; and
  • You simply make bad choices.

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Looking for Cancer & Stroke Survivors to Share Their Stories

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As usual, things are buzzing at Ann Babiarz & Associates, LLC. We are looking for people who have either survived cancer or strokes or have a loved one who has and are interested in sharing their inspirational stories for a book we are creating. If you would like to learn more, please contact me at ann@annbabiarz.com or 239-331-4706 for details on how to participate.

Send lawyers, guns and money*

[Guest post by Michael A. Babiarz, J.D.**]

When might it make sense to play offense, choosing to take action against who or what caused your chaos? Should you be a plaintiff in a lawsuit? Does it make sense for you to recoup financial losses that are inflicted upon you by another’s actions?

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Screw resolutions — focus on habits instead

As 2015 ends and 2016 begins, many of us create New Years’ resolutions. We all do so with the best of intentions. Perhaps we have goals for fitness, relationships, health, work or financial success. Nothing wrong with that. [Read more…]

3 Ways Friends and Family React to Your Illness

In 2014, I endured a horrific health crisis. Multiple strokes, a cancer diagnosis, followed by risky surgery and several months of chemotherapy, brought many of my relationships, from casual to intimate, into sharp focus. I found that friends and family reacted to my serious illness in one of three ways. [Read more…]

Focused, Organized and Able to Honor Priorities

An excerpt from Life Outside the Box:

Original air date: December 3, 2015 on WRLR FM 98.3.  For more information on Life Outside the Box, visit: Radio show.

Music for the December 3, 2015 broadcast courtesy of Dennis Weber and 6 Foot Model.*  To purchase these tunes, click here: Dennis Weber.

*From Classic, (CD) 6 Foot Model, ©2009 MojoCannonMusic, LTD.

3 Things to Know About Mystery

Consider the following:

“I have observed the power of the watermelon seed. It has the power of drawing from the ground and through itself 200,000 times its weight. When you can tell me how it takes this material and out of it colors an outside surface beyond the imitation of art, and then forms inside of it a white rind and within that again, a red heart, thickly inlaid with black seeds, each one of which in turn is capable of drawing through itself 200,000 times its weight—when you can explain to me the mystery of the watermelon, you can ask me to explain the mystery of God.”

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN (1860-1925)

Each day the gap between science and spirituality narrows. [Read more…]

Authenticity is the New/Old Black*

No matter how you slice it, authenticity is key. One of the tenents to being successful in business, indeed in life, is to be someone that people know, like and trust. You must be yourself in all situations. In this way, everyone wins, because the energy vibration is much higher.

When I became ill, a big fear I had was that I would lose clients of my business. But I chose not to react from that place of fear. [Read more…]

A three-step approach to a one minute break.

You know the benefits of meditation. Unless youʼve lived under a rock for the past 20 years or so, youʼve seen the stories. Science now agrees with what the ancient mystics have known for centuries. Meditation has mental and physical health benefits.

You should set aside adequate time to meditate daily. But did you know that meditation “mini-breaks” during your day can also help relieve stress and anxiety? [Read more…]

The Importance of Palindromes

Have you ever wondered what a palindrome is?

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