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Can You Predict The Future?

12 Little Words That Will Help You Predict the Future written by Cliff Ennico It’s a rough economy out there, but even scarier than the persistent threats of recession; deflation; countries defaulting on their debt; government’s inability to balance the … Continue reading

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The Wisdom of Winter

  From the email newsletter Yoga Journal, an excerpt on allowing ourselves to slow down rather than speed up this holiday season… Today, in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year and the advent … Continue reading

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One, Two, Three…

Three tips for shifting your state of mind   by Carla Reiger 1.   Ask  “What’s going right?”: If you find yourself in a situation in which you are dwelling on everything that is going wrong, try asking yourself, “What’s going right?” … Continue reading

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Money, money, money!

Congratulations to 5th on 5th Youth Services and Executive Director Gail Mackenzie on the fabulous turnout and community support for the  2011 Annual Taste of Lethbridge, which generated $42,000 in donations this year! Visit www. youth.ab.ca to find out more … Continue reading

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M M M and Ms. Moon

From Roy H. Williams Monday Morning Memo: The wonderfully insightful and irreverent Ms. Moon also gives us this marvelous AntiCreativity Checklist from her book Different “For People Who Want Nothing To Do with Pie-In-The-Sky Innovation, Crazy Flights of Imagination, or … Continue reading

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Help! I’ve Fallen Down and Can’t Get Back Up!

Is anyone else having that feeling? The theme during client sessions with businesses the last week or so can be summarized by the title of today’s article.  Several of my clients, including my firm, had taken part in planning and … Continue reading

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Would You Rather Be Mighty?

“This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of nature instead … Continue reading

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If I Could Save Time in a Bottle…

It’s fall already, and my time as President of our EWI Chapter is done. One of the issues that comes to mind as I review this past year is time management. When I accepted the nomination as President, my first response … Continue reading

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The Softer Sex?

ANCO Business Solutions is proud to be a part of the Lethbridge Chapter of Executive Women International.  Over 3000 companies and 3500 representatives are members of EWI today in 75 Chapters located in major cities in the United States, Canada, … Continue reading

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Secrets (shhhh!!) to Better Writing

Here’s a great article from author Dean Rieck and ProCopyTips that offers some helpful perspectives for writers and communicators of all sorts: AIDA and 14 Secret Copywriting Formulas If you put 100 copywriters into a room and ask each for … Continue reading

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