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Posted by Pambie | Feb 24th, 2009
Myths About Women and Weight Lifting …
The other day I mentioned to a couple of women that I was lifting weights in the gym.
I was surprised at the responses that I got.
“Pam! That’s not good for you!”
“Yeah, you never want to use weights heavier than 5 pounds or so …” (this coming from a gal who weighs all of 230 pounds)
Frankly I thought that the myths about women and weight lifting had been put to rest years ago. I have...
Posted by Pambie | Feb 23rd, 2009
Happy Birthday Boobaloo!
I define self-control, in the beginning of life, as the choice of achieving what I really want by doing things I really don’t want to do. Once this becomes a habit, discipline becomes the choice of achieving what I really want by doing the very things I now want to do! I really believe that a disciplined life becomes a joy–but only after we have worked hard to practice it.–John Maxwell
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Posted by Pambie | Feb 21st, 2009
Saturday, February 20th … So, How’d I Do?
Last week I realized that, while I had done quite well on setting and keeping two new habits every week towards achieving my goals, there were a few that were iffy.
One that I hadn’t maintained consistently was to write every day for 15 minutes.
So, to address that, instead of adding a new habit this past week, I changed that habit to “Blog posting every day.”
I’m psyched to tell...
Posted by Pambie | Feb 20th, 2009
Mommy, Do Angels Sleep?
When my youngest daughter was three years old her great grandmother died. I traveled to from Philadelphia to Michigan for the funeral and it was the first time I’d ever been away from Abbey overnight.
Because, in many respects, as a victim of Alzheimer’s, my grandmother had been gone for several years prior to her death, the funeral was a wonderful celebration of the life of a gracious, charming...
Posted by Pambie | Feb 19th, 2009
Break Away From Old Ideas
Today was such a busy day that I’m just posting an article from one of my favorite motivational guides, Brian Tracy.
By Brian Tracy
December 30, 2008
Excerpt From: Personal Success
Highly creative people tend to have fluid, flexible, adaptive minds. Here are three statements that creative people can make easily and which you learn by regular practice.
Admit It When You Are Wrong
The first is...
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I’m a self-employed single mom and I was 52 years old on my last birthday. I’ve worn a lot of hats in my life ...from eBay PowerSeller to caterer to nonprofit development director to admin assistant to model to owning a graphic design business to serving as marketing director for an architectural firm to political campaign treasurer. This blog will follow my attempts to turn my life around in 2009 using my self-designed 2 Habits a Week program. Read along as I strive to become a successful Internet Marketer/entrepreneur, a better mother and human being, and achieve the best body of my life (not necessarily in that order). Follow me on Twitter (2habitsaweek)!
