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Do top earners in America enjoy a piece of chocolate cake as much as you do?  Researchers don’t believe so.  They found that the more people earn, the harder it was to enjoy life’s little pleasures, like a slice of chocolate cake or a beautiful sunset.  Researchers found that the more you earn, you have greater access to expensive experiences that make you happy, so you don’t notice the simple pleasures in life.  No matter what tax bracket you are in, you are missing the point of life if you don’t enjoy all that life offers…including sunny days and dinner with friends.

Time for end-of-year personal assessments.  Did you create a vision board last year?  How many things did you accomplish that you had set out to do?  I’m happy to have accomplished almost everything on my board.

Don’t forget to assess your vision board at the end of the year to see your accomplishments.  Then it’s time to get started on next year’s goals.

If a vision board seems a little too seventh grade for you, go with what works for your personality.  I created mine on an art program on my computer and saved it as my desktop display…assuring that I’d see it every day.  You may choose to add magazine clippings and photos to a beautifully leather bound book with white pages, creating a vision book instead.

It’s so empowering to see accomplishments being checked off one by one.  Try a vision board this year…you may push yourself further than you ever knew you could go.

Angela Jia Kim of Savor The Success describes her edge on how to attract what she wants in life.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8oApl-r18

Find out what all the talk is about over at SmartTalk.  SmartTalk is about sharing life stories, networking, and feeling connected. 

The SmartTalk season will kick off January 31, 2011 with Sigourney Weaver.  Click over to SmartTalk to get your tickets now, and to get more information on the entire lineup this year.

Celebrity renowned makeup  artist, Bobbi Brown, is set to open a gym next door to her makeup store in Montclair, New Jersey with her personal trainer husband, Steven Plofker.

“If any of you have seen my shows, you know that I don’t skimp on them and the same is true for the gym. We spend what it takes to make a globally first-class gym. Our plan is to use Mexico as a place to fine-tune our brand and then expand it to other countries and, in the long term, develop a global brand that includes the United States.”  …Madonna on her newly opened Hard Candy gym in Mexico

Do you know your generation?

Generation X encompasses the 44 to 50 million Americans born between 1965 and 1980. This generation marks the period of birth decline after the baby boom and is significantly smaller than previous and succeeding generations.

Members of Generation X are largely in their 30’s and early 40’s. On the whole, they are more ethnically diverse and better educated than the Baby Boomers.  Over 60% of Generation X attended college.  Team Gen X!

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Fantastic news!  We are featured on StartUp Princess today!  StartUp Princess is a website dedicated to women entrepreneurs.   They are all about connections, resources, and coaching women to succeed.   The site is fascinating, depicting stories of the highs and lows of female business owners….super motivational.  Great advice for women who have businesses, or women who someday want to own a business.  …after all, no one is stopping you.  If you have an idea, a way to do something better, a way to bring happiness into the lives of others, take it all the way and start your own business.  And you can do it on a shoestring budget like millions of others have done before you.  You CAN do this.  Check out StartUp Princess and get inspired!

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There are people who put their dreams in a little box and say, “Yes, I’ve got dreams, of course I’ve got dreams.” Then they put the box away and bring it out once in awhile to look in it, and yep, they’re still there. These are great dreams, but they never even get out of the box. It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams on the line, to hold them up and say, “How good or how bad am I?” That’s where courage comes in.
— Erma Bombeck

Shape magazine features the adorbs, LeAnn Rimes this month.  Want to know how LeAnn gets those killer abs?  It’s all about boxing for her.  Check out her step by step workout here.

LeAnn and her trainer box for about 20 minutes—after doing 40 minutes of resistance training interspersed with cardio intervals.  The result is an intense hour-long workout.

Her body is the result of hour long intense workouts.  It can be achieved with that simple addition to your life, hour long intense cardio workouts.  …how bad do you want it?