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Look at life as it is and not as you want it to be.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom"It is much easier to deal with things as they are because our senses can determine the proper course of action.  To deal with things as we want them to be is much more difficult because nothing will conform to our dreams and fantasies."  ---Richard L. Weaver II Day #344 - Look at life as it is and not as you want it to be.

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Concentrate and be dedicated.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom"I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time."  ---Charles Dickens Day #343 - Concentrate and be dedicated..

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When deserved, give praise at once.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom"If you think that praise is due him, now's the time to slip it to him, for he cannot read his tombstone when he's dead."  ---Berton Braley Day #342 - When deserved, give praise at once.

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Try the untried.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom"We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential.  Hence the remarkable fact that many inventions had their birth as toys."  ---Eric Hoffer "It's kind of fun to do the impossible."  ---Walt Disney Day #341 - Try the untried.

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Deliver criticism with care.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom"Begin with praise and honest appreciation.  Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly.  Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.  Ask questions instead of giving direct orders. . . . Make the fault easy to correct.  Make the other personl happy about doing what you suggest."  ---Dale Carnegie Day #340 - Deliver criticism with care.

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Only you can make you happy.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom"It makes no difference where you go, there you are.  And it makes no difference what you have, there's always more to want.  Until you are happy with who you are, you will never by happy because of what you have."  ---ZigZiglar Day #339 - Only you can make you happy.

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Distinguish yourself from others.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom"The spirit is the true self.  The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure."  ---Marcus Tullius Cicero Day #338 - Distinguish yourself from others.

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Deal with your problems and solve them.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom"The important thing about a problem is not its solution but the strength we gain in finding the solution."  ---Anonymous Day #337 - Deal with your problems and solve them.

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Live your life fully and completely.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom"Live all you can; it's a mistake not to.  It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life.  If you haven't had that, what have you had?"  ---Henry James Day #336 - Live your life fully and completely.

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Abhor absolutes.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom"The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority."  ---Stanley Milgram Day #335 -.Abhor absolutes.

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Play, but be cautious in the time spent at play

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom"I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things . . . I play with leaves.  I skip down the street and run against the wind."  ---Leo Buscaglia "Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold."  ---Joseph Chilton Pearce Day #334 -.Play, but be cautious in the time spent at play.

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Give up your selfishness.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom"Give up your selfishness, and you shall find peace; like water mingling with water, you shall merge in absorption."  ---Sri Guru Granth Sahib Day #333 - Give up your selfishness.

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Define precisely what you want, and get it done.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom"I'm a big believer in growth.  Life is not about achievement, it's about learning and growth, and developing qualities like compassion, patience, perseverance, love, and joy, and so forth.  And so if that is the case, then I think our goals should include something which stretches us."  ---Jack Canfield Day #331 - Strive for growth, development, and change..

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Strive for growth, development, and change.

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Believe in yourself.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom"People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things.  When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success."  ---Norman Vincent Peale Day #330 - Believe in yourself.

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Pursue the arts.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom"What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish."  ---W. H. Auden "A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say."  ---Italo Calvino Day #329 - Pursue the arts.

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Value words.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom"Language exerts hidden power, like a moon on the tides."  ---Rita Mae Brown "Grasp the subject; the words will follow."  ---Cato the Elder Day #328 - Value words.

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Strive for excellence.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation.  We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly.  We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit."  ---Aristotle Day #327 - Strive for excellence.

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Talk to yourself.

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