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Do We Really Need Valentine Validation?

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Ok, call me a cynic.

Or blame it on being married 32 years and so therefore my fire must have gone out, right? (it hasn’t, ask my husband ;)

Why do we look to Hallmark, chocolatiers and florists to validate our love, passion or lust… based on our ‘get’ this one day each year?

Do you really need to receive something on Valentine’s Day to know how special you are??

I hate to think someone will feel ‘less than’ (or worse, greater than!) if the package that arrives at the office is for the cubicle next door… Or a surprise on the doorstep actually sent for the neighbor down the street.

If nothing arrives for you, will it wreck your day? Really?

Then why not be the sender? Make your own AND someone else’s day!

(My friend, a leader at Ambius.com, would love your order. That was not a commercial, just an outstanding online resource if you need one.)

Let’s not let any day on the calendar determine our happiness or sense of value.

That is entirely up to us.

Own this.

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(c) 1993-2012 Ann Ulrich, Ann Ulrich Inc. BOLDCAFFEINE.com

Eliptical Wisdom: Getting The Goal

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Getting up and on the Eliptical isn’t the hard part. Finally second nature, it’s what I do to start my day a few mornings a week.

Our condo workout room is pretty quiet at 5am. It takes just a minute to set the TV, fan, water and as my final all-systems-go: I ceremoniously tighten my pony tail.

The hard part comes a few minutes in. When calories burned shows around 100. Early on I sometimes bailed around 200. 500 seemed elusive and hey, it was just a number I made up anyway…

Now I’m used to seeing 100cals, groaning less, seeing 250 and thinking hey it’s almost 300… about then I try to laser focus on max’ing my muscles and breathing and sweating… and suddenly I’ve pushed past 500.

What keeps me going and committed? Trying to never lose sight of my goal: Feel Younger, Be Stronger. And specifically how does that goal calculate on the Eliptical? 500 calories burned.

No matter how I get there, intervals or straight away, I have one simple goal: hit 500.

So here’s my Eliptical Wisdom On Getting The Goal – any goal – business or life:

1) Know 2 Goals: the big picture (mine is Feel Younger, Be Stronger) and how you’ll measure so you know you hit it (my Eliptical goal: blast 500 calories)

2) Set yourself up for success – first establish, then commit to your routine making it repeatable or you’ll risk over-thinking it each time.

3) Do the work.

4) Celebrate.

5) Check your peripheral view and help someone else cross their finish line.

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(c) 1993-2012 Ann Ulrich, Ann Ulrich Inc. BOLDCAFFEINE.com

A-Game Or Good Enough?

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Ever feel like every project, every activity, every task requires no less than you bringing your A-Game?

No wonder we get exhausted, burntout, disillusioned…

There are times when *Good Enough* is better.

You decide.

Trust your Priorities as your guide.

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(c) 1993-2012 Ann Ulrich, Ann Ulrich Inc. BOLDCAFFEINE.com

BOLD CAFFE!NE Blog launches soon…

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