Thought of the Week: December 17

Published: Mon, 12/17/12

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Thought of the Week: December 17
Happy Monday , here is a great quote: 

"Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called." 
        -A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

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Anticipation is unavoidable.
Whether the holiday season puts us in a funk or really excites us, there is most certainly a latent anticipation in our thinking. Either positive or negative, we are anticipating, it cannot be avoided. 

Anticipation puts us square in the face of a considerable reality. We are free to reject, ignore or embrace our own advent in life, but we cannot avoid the subsequent anticipation that comes with that choice. Either we chose the best possible hope for life, or we suffer diminished anticipation...

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Can't find that perfect gift? 
They tell us that it is "The thought that counts", and of course here at the Marketplace Leaders Group, I am a proponent of that philosophy, however, when it comes to gift giving, there are some folks who are not good models. Don't be one of them.

Watch How NOT to gift.
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