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It's been a great month starting up my blog. To read some of my roller coaster ride, I recommend My Blogging Adventure.

April highlights on beplayful.org

Change Your Life With Kaizen - the tiny way to make big things happen.

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Have you ever met a person who truly delighted in the world around them? Their delight transforms the world, allowing you to see things afresh, in ways unknown to you before. In this post, I share how you can make the deliberate choice to be abundant with delight.

In my life, the people that have most transformed me - who have shaped the direction of my life and inspired me to dream - are those who delight in the world. It is a simple delight, noticing everyday surprises and moments of grace that most of us ignore, or are too busy or distracted to see.

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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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