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Month: May 2015

VISIT TO FRANCE

VISIT TO FRANCE

This Thursday, May 14,  we leave at 7 o'clock at night from Seattle to London. Fortunately, however, thanks to upgrades, we have the privilege of flying first class on British. It makes the nine hour flight a lot more comfortable. After a layover at Heathrow Airport in London, we fly British at 4 o'clock in the afternoon to Lyon France arriving at about 6:30 PM. We are driven from the airport to the Villa Florentine in Lyon. The hotel is…

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JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL & OTHER THOUGHTS ABOUT MOTIVATION

JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL & OTHER THOUGHTS ABOUT MOTIVATION

My father was a great believer in motivational ideas. He read motivational books, had motivational slogans and was a  believer in goal setting. He was also a very positive minded person which stood in stark contrast to my mother who tended to worry. I'm afraid I took more after my mother's viewpoint in spite of every effort of my father to influence me with a positive outlook. As a young man I worked on developing a goal oriented and positive outlook through reading and…

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