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Personal Development

Don't Curse The Ants That Feed You

By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com The Ant Man cometh. And apparently he disliketh his job. Or at least the part that has anything to do with bugs. My Ant Man encounter began at 6 a.m. as I stumbled downstairs to fuel up on coffee before a morning of phone interviews..

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If Ignorance Is Bliss, Does Intellect Create Angst?

By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Are smart people miserable? There’s a long-held theory that average folks are happier than the brainiacs with high IQs. The premise – probably concocted by a bunch of geniuses- is that if you’re super smart, you’re more likely to be tormented by things like global.

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Great Expectations Often Blindsided By Dirty Diapers

By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Remember imagining how idyllic life would be when you had your first baby? Cute little booties, a beautiful nursery filled with plastic duckies and a precious baby clad in a hand-smocked white gown, cooing up at you just like the little cutie on the Pampers.

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Recovering From Bloopers, Blunders And Life-Altering Lapses Of Judgment

By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Have you ever made a horrible mistake? I’m not referring to a bad perm or a powder blue tux kind of mistake. Or a medium-sized error, like discovering sea foam green looks much better on a two-inch sample than it does on an entire car..

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The Firstborn Ultimatum

By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Why is the eldest offspring always so darn bossy? You know, always assuming that Thanksgiving dinner should be held at their house. Declaring that they alone are entitled to inherit Grandma’s good china. And that it’s their God-given right,  in fact it’s their job,  to.

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Will The Internet Take The Place Of Dear Abby?

By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Are you the next Dr. Phil? Calling all armchair experts: There’s a sea of dysfunctionals out there just begging for your advice. I have discovered a fabulous new Web site, www.blabbermash.com. It combines two of my favorite pastimes:  voyeurism and telling other people what to.

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'Tis The Season To Take It Like A Man

By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Is Santa is the only man on the planet with a holiday to-do list? I could go on a nice, long rant about how all us poor, beleaguered women are once again solely responsible for manufacturing every spark of the holiday magic. All the while,.

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'Tis Better To Be Prepared To Receive

By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com If your daughter needed a kidney, would you give her one of yours? Of course you would. But would you think about how to prepare her spirit to receive it? I recently interviewed John St. Augustine, an author and executive producer for “Oprah and Friends”.

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Forgiveness: Antidote Or Absolution

FORGIVENESS: ANTIDOTE OR ABSOLUTION? By Lisa Earle McLeod “I can never forgive him.” How many times have you heard that? We all want our own mistakes to be forgiven. But how many of us truly want to forgive? Especially on the big stuff? Every time I write about forgiveness,.

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