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Advocating Non-Traditional Lifelong Growth and Productivity

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Riches don't make a man rich, they only make him busier.
Christopher Columbus

Barbara Morris

Awards and Rewards

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My new ebook, I'm Not Goin' There! A Gutsy Girlfriend Guide for Boomer Women Who Don't Want to Spend Their Golden Years Cuddling With Their Cats has been nominated for a Global eBook Award. It's always nice when you've written something that merits recognition.

While I am so pleased with the Global eBook nomination, I am even more pleased that a woman who has … [Read more...] about Awards and Rewards

Courtesy and Politics

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Remember when we were kids and our parents would mutter about friends who had the nerve to talk politics at a party? That was the height of boorishness back then. Anyone with five cents worth of manners knew that you didn’t talk politics—or religion—at a social gathering. Whatever happened to that level of social awareness?

Now we are bombarded with opinions from … [Read more...] about Courtesy and Politics

Are You Holding Grudges or Are They Holding You?

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Holding grudges is a heavy burden to bear. If you’re holding them, are you aware of what this is really doing to you?

It’s probably correct to say that most of us have held one or more grudges at some point in life. Some are about significant events and some are petty. Sometimes we’re able to let grudges go either within a reasonable amount of time or eventually. … [Read more...] about Are You Holding Grudges or Are They Holding You?

I’M NOT GOIN’ THERE! NOMINATED FOR THE GLOBAL E-BOOK AWARD

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Escondido, CA, April 16, 2012

Barbara Morris publishes I'm Not Goin'There! A Gutsy Girlfriend Guide for Boomer Women Who Don't Want to Spend Their Golden Years Cuddling With Their Cats.

 After a lifetime of work boomers  eagerly look forward to retirement,  finally able  to do everything they dreamed of doing while working. But boomers should beware, … [Read more...] about I’M NOT GOIN’ THERE! NOMINATED FOR THE GLOBAL E-BOOK AWARD

5 Things You CAN Do to Help the Grieving

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Who hasn’t heard or said themselves “I just don’t know what to say.” Or “I feel so helpless – there’s nothing I can do!!” Well there ARE things that you can do or say to help those in pain due to the death of a loved one. We can help, and not just in little ways, and it makes a tremendous difference to those we see in pain.

Here are a few points to consider when you … [Read more...] about 5 Things You CAN Do to Help the Grieving

Naming Beneficiaries of Insurance Policies and Retirement Plans

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Whether you’re wealthy or earn a modest income, there is one estate planning concern that is shared by people from all walks of life—the decision of who gets what when you’re gone. While some individuals logically assume that a will is the only official forum to express such decisions, that’s not always the case. Often, an equally important issue in estate planning is who to … [Read more...] about Naming Beneficiaries of Insurance Policies and Retirement Plans

What Does Self Forgiveness Have to Do with Success?

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The premise of Law of Attraction is actually simple. But, to reach this simplicity, you often have to travel through “layers.” Self forgiveness is one of those layers; and it influences use of Law and success results. 

Do you ever wish you’d done something in the past differently, or think about how results of one or more mistakes caused you to feel pretty bad about … [Read more...] about What Does Self Forgiveness Have to Do with Success?

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