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Finishing Well

April 25, 2012 Direct Your Talents
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When you acknowledge and celebrate what you finish, you boost your motivation, creativity and productivity.

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What’s On Your Mind?

March 28, 2012 Direct Your Talents
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How you think — and what you think about — have a huge impact on your creative work. And your life.

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Finishing — Four Common Challenges and Their Solutions

March 7, 2012 Direct Your Talents
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How to overcome obstacles when you’re almost done a creative project.

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Overcoming Derailment — How to Reboot Yourself

January 4, 2012 Direct Your Talents
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Thrown off track? Derailed? Reboot yourself using these proven techniques

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Baby Steps, Baby!

May 11, 2011 Direct Your Talents
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By breaking tasks into laughably small pieces you can get things done, start helpful new habits — and reduce unhelpful ones.

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Decision Making Techniques to Overcome Indecision

March 9, 2011 Direct Your Talents
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How to decide what to do when you can’t decide.

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How to Implement Your Plan for your Creative Project

November 18, 2010 Direct Your Talents
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Step One in Directing Your Talents is to choose a creative project.  Step Two is to plan it.  Step Three is to implement your project plan. Here’s how:   1. Start. With any new project, there’s a natural excitement to get cracking, so there’s usually a high motivation to begin. (If not, if you’re detecting [...]

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Keep Yourself On Track: The Value of Weekly Reminders

September 22, 2010 Direct Your Talents
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How to use weekly reminders to keep you on track with your creative projects.

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How to Accomplish Anything in an Hour A Day

July 21, 2010 Direct Your Talents
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Get things done by devoting an hour a day to your creative project.

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How to Start a Helpful New Habit

June 30, 2010 Direct Your Talents
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Fourteen proven steps to identify and to implement helpful new habits.

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