Hard Habits to Break
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The Motley Fool - Smoking, driving too fast while yakking on the cell phone, eating ice cream every night of the week ... we all have habits that we know aren't good for us. For some reason we persist anyway, even knowing that we may be setting ourselves up for real trouble.
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One recent Saturday morning, I woke with one seemingly simple thing in mind: cleaning out and organizing the closets in my bedroom. If my closets were a database system, the contents would be stored as BLOBs (binary large objects) of varying sizes with no defining structure â just a dumping ground for stuff. As I began dragging things out of the closet, I found items as varied as a backpack, a pair of old ski gloves, about 10 square feet of foam padding, and pocket change in three different international currencies (anyone need Thai bahts?). Faced with a mound of the messy detritus of my own life, I did what most people would probably do: I went to the store to buy even more stuff to organize the stuff I already had.
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An exercise paradox: a walk wakes you up, but hard training will run you down.
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In response to the Feb. 9 letter from Gabrielle E. Vantol, in which she asks "Can somebody please tell me how we can support our soldiers and their families?" Here is one option. I will warn you though, that this option can become an addictive habit.
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Sometimes the best lesson from the past is to forget it before it shoves you into trouble.
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Here are two ways to make the most of your losers.
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Even the most health-conscious corporate executive sometimes struggles to balance professional and social commitments with a regular exercise regimen. The bottom line is this: The healthier you are, the more productive you will be; the fitter you become, the fewer work days you will miss, the less...
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Nip problems in the bud before they blossom into big expenses.
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"Addickted: 12 Steps to Kicking Your Bad Boy Habit" by Kristina Grish (Polka Dot Press, $14.95 paper)  This lighter-than-air dating guide aims to wean women who can't get enough of men who treat them badly and guide them into relationships with nice guys.
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OTTAWAâLast week&#39;s health meeting confirmed the wisdom of several maxims dear to teachers and coaches. Do your homework. Develop a long-term strategy.
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How to be more productive without feeling like a tool.
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Practice does not necessarily make perfect. Not many things make perfect, to tell the truth.
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By Kevin Saylor  Site might help break o
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How often in life do you get another bite of the apple, a second chance? How many relationships dissolve, how many business deals fail, how many everyday
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Weaning yourself off a storage spending addiction is likely as difficult as quitting smoking. But whereas tobacco companies bear much of the fault for cigarette addiction, it would be unfair to ascribe the unstoppable increase in storage spending to storage vendors alone.
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Are you still immersed in daily drudgery that could be easily automated with simple coding? One book aims to show you how to break free.
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Sing a song, roll up your sleeves,  hunt in packs, buy a pink umbrella, don't diet, learn from your  pets, give your tongue a workout, raise your standards, accept  every invitation, consider Botox.