The Power of Yes: A Simple Way to Get More Out of Life


	The Power of Yes: A Simple Way to Get More Out of Life

anpl32

6-17-2007 3:12 AM

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habits, goals, courage, yes, howto, inspiration

anpl32 says:

This is a wonderful article. it connects seamlessly with the Zen Habits howto pages. it's a great inspiration. i hope you read the source comletely, mostly if you read J. D. Roth's blog.

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