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Capturing Your Thoughts
Do you keep a diary? Is it electronically saved on your device to be easily accessed at any point in the day, or do you keep a pen and notebook handy to capture your thoughts? If you haven’t kept a diary, have you thought about keeping one? Here’s a good reason to start. Today, September…
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Pause and Reflect
Today, September 21st, is Pause the World Day. Today is the day to find some time to tune out the noise in life. Turn off the computer, turn off the TV, silence the cellphone, and sit outside to listen to a calming breeze. Instead of listening to loud crowds and piped in music at the…
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Communication Vital for Leadership
Today, September 20th, is National Gibberish Day. Today is the day to send out a memo to your coworkers that makes absolutely no sense. Strike up a conversation in the breakroom with someone that is confusing and doesn’t convey a real message. We can have fun with this idea today. However, there may be times…
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Appreciate Your Part in Life’s Orchestra
Today’s Franklin planner has this quote for the day: An orchestra is made up of several different instrument players. Each musician focuses on their part of the song. While they are working together as a team and following the conductor when performing together, they are not competing and judging their importance on whether they can…
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Sharing Our Talent
How do you share your talent? Today, September 18th, is Hug a Greeting Card Writer Day. We celebrate those writers who give us the words to our feelings for another. They help us express our feelings to someone special in our lives for a special occasion. They use their talents to help us provide a…
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Someday
Someday I’ll start that blog. Someday I’ll start my business. Someday I’ll make a change in my career. Someday…. Sound familiar? Some of these “somedays” may be small. We may have that small to-do list that just seems to never be completed. Someday we’ll clean out the garage or attic. Someday we’ll replace that broken…
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Defy Superstition Day
Today is the day to walk under a ladder, open an umbrella indoors, and pet that black cat in your path (after stepping on the crack in the sidewalk.) Today, September 13th, we defy superstitions. Every culture has superstitions. They are not based on facts, just what we have been told will happen if we…
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National Ants on a Log Day
Today, September 12, is National Ants on a Log Day. This is celebrated on the second Tuesday in September. Ants on a Log is a snack that provides a little bit of sweetness along with fuel for your brain. It consists of a “log” which is celery stick, that is covered with peanut butter or…
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September 11, 2001
Twenty-two years ago today, Sept 11, began like an ordinary day. The sun was out, the sky was blue. People hurriedly packed their lunches and got their children ready for school. Workers rushed to the office, perhaps grabbing a quick cup of coffee on the go. They didn’t have time to sit and enjoy it,…