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Life Lessons This Past Month

1. Not everyone is going to like me, and even sometimes people are going to dislike me. Spending time and energy worrying about this fact gets me nowhere fast, and detracts me from living in the present and driving forward in every aspect of my life!
2. Time is my most valuable resource and the word [...]

12Jul2010 | leeraito | Comments | Continued
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Living Up To Expectations

This new street is being developed not too far from where I live, and got me to thinking about the expectations we place on ourselves, our relationships, and people in our lives. If you lived on a street called “Romance Lane” could you live up to the name?
The only point I’m going to make is [...]

22May2010 | leeraito | Comments | Continued
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The Inadvertent Truth

One of the things in life that I am truly passionate about, for whatever reason, I have kept to myself for a very long time. If you knew me twenty years ago, there would have been no doubt in your mind that i was extremely passionate about music, and more specifically the guitar & writing [...]

17Apr2010 | leeraito | Comments | Continued
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My Father In-Law Died Today

What do you say in the short term when someone close to you, and those you love dearly, passes away? I’m sure it’s different for everyone, but here is my perspective!
At the time I started writing this, my father in-law died a mere three hours ago, it wasn’t unexpected and the pain is so [...]

31Mar2010 | leeraito | Comments | Continued
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Patrick Henry Hughes Rocks

Words can’t describe… just watch or listen to this video!

7Mar2010 | leeraito | Comments | Continued
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Suck It Up

If you are in business, sales, marketing or even in a majority of JOB type positions, I think you will be able to relate. My hope is this hits someone exactly when they needed it most!
Here are just a few RANTs you may have heard before:
There wasn’t enough capital raised for the company to fly. [...]

4Mar2010 | leeraito | Comments | Continued
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Your Bucket List

Ya, Ya… I know!!! The movie has been out for over three years, but have you used that as a fire under you  to put together the list of things you want, activities you most desire to do,  or are committed to trying to achieve before you die.
I’ve posted mine online here, but this isn’t [...]

2Mar2010 | leeraito | Comments | Continued
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In Over Your Head

I think we have all felt at times we are in over our head. Whether that’s with work, family, or an extreme combination of the two.  The analogy is easy to understand and relate to; an inexperienced swimmer falls into water thats too deep. You feel like you can’t get up for air!
The common theme [...]

22Feb2010 | leeraito | Comments | Continued
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Are You Paying For A Massage You Never Get

Use it or lose it!
It surprises me how many times I have heard people say, “Oh, I’m covered for that through work, but I never seem to go for a massage. I really should!”

So, I thought I would see if I could dig up some stats on how many people in Canada are covered [...]

21Feb2010 | leeraito | Comments | Continued
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Andrew Garcia-American Idol

I normally don’t like making predictions, and blogging about American Idol may be a tad off topic for me, but young father & singer songwriter Andrew Garcia is such an amazing talent.. he is going to win.  As a music lover, amateur musician & blogger I wanted to do my small part to spread the [...]

11Feb2010 | leeraito | Comments | Continued
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