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Work In Progress: 10 Benefits of Not Knowing It All
1. You can relax and enjoy your life more if you don'texpect yourself to have all the skills, knowledge, andwisdom to carry you forward into the future. 2. You can open your life to new opportunities andadventures. 3. You can be honest about what you've yet to learn, andappreciate what you already know. 4. You can actively seek out teachers and role modelswithout worrying about what others will think. 5. You can stop defending or making excuses for your "bad"habits, while occasionally or always working to transformyour behavior into "good" habits. 6. You can see that each person around you is a "Work inProgress," too. 7. You can begin each day with a clean slate or sense ofpurpose. 8. You can see endless possibilities before you. 9. You can approach life with the enthusiasm and energy ofa young child. 10. You can continually reinvent yourself based on presentday circumstances, values, and opportunities. Copyright 2005 Donna Doyon. All rights reserved. You are freeto reprint this story in whole or in part, as long as you include complete attribution, including a live web site link. The attribution should read: By Donna Doyon, author of GLOW: Renew Your Spirit and ReleaseYour Inner Beauty. Please visit Donna's web site athttp://www.donnadoyon.com/ for information on how you can say"goodbye" to self-defeating attitudes and behaviors and "hello"to a more successful, balanced, and joy-filled life!' Donna Doyon, Activities Coordinator for Your Virtual Retreat is the author of GLOW: Renew Your Spirit & Release Your Inner Beauty. She offers information, inspiration and encouragement to people who want to say goodbye to self defeating attitudes and behaviors and hello to greater success, healthier relationships and more joyful living.Get inspired at her website: http://www.donnadoyon.com
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