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Playful people always seem so full of life and energy. Have you ever wondered how they do it? Getting up early has been really helpful for giving me that extra energy boost. In this post I share my top tips for getting out of bed.

At the moment my alarm goes off at 6am. I usually manage to be out of bed by 7.15am. This is much better than I used to be. My alarm used to go off at 8am, and I'd struggle to get up before 9.

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According to Cal Newport, will power is like a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it gets. At the same time, the more you use it within a short period, the more worn out it gets. At the moment, I'm feeling more worn out than strong from the self control needed on my Kaizen Challenge.

This week my Kaizen Challenge was to take time out every evening to write down the five most important things that I would like to accomplish the next day. On the days that I wrote down five things to accomplish, I achieved my goals. However, I found it difficult to remember to take the time to write down the goals.

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What idea could be worth one hundred thousand dollars?

When he was alive, Charles Schwab (1862 - 1939) was one of the richest, most successful and powerful men in the world. He ran the biggest independent steel company in America, and lived in a $7,000,000 seventy five room mansion in New York.

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This week my Kaizen challenge was to blog every day. It was quite an adventure, especially finding so many beautiful photos on flickr - I was spoilt for choice! I thought I'd share the mountains climbed, the seas sailed, and the lessons learnt.

Posting to my blog every day was a challenge that I enjoyed, and I learnt a number of lessons from the difficulties that came up.

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Kaizen is a Japanese philosophy of continuous, incremental improvements. In this post I outline some of the theory behind Kaizen, and explain how implementing Kaizen has changed my life. I hope this will encourage you to think about your life and act upon any changes that you believe are necessary.

Because of living the kaizen philosophy I have two writing jobs, am getting up earlier, eating healthily, exercising on a regular basis, and living my dreams. Following the kaizen philosophy, you too can live your dreams.

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