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Empowering Youth Mar 16, 2012

Here's a book that effectively teaches empowerment to youth. Youth today often struggle with low self-esteem, bullies, or just living up to their potential in schoolwork, athletics, or music. You know...

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Kindergarten Cop (Coming to a School Near You?) Mar 11, 2012

This is a follow-up to a previous post on why I home school.

When my sixth child, Bethany, turned five, she really wanted to try Kindergarten like her friends—even though we were already well into ou...

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AP Chemistry and Forest Fires Feb 25, 2012

Here’s another throwback to when we were grappling with the effects of the Great Recession:

This is the third installment of my personal exposé, which began with "Getting Personal Here" and continued...

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Gurus are Human Feb 18, 2012

I received an email that spawned an interesting conversation. I'll share it here. Henry wrote:

How are your teachings different from all the dozens of gurus advertising out there?  I'm genuinely conf...

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Releasing Bitterness Feb 09, 2012

I received a letter from a Mindset Mastery Program participant which had some valuable insights in it, so I'll post it here. She began her letter with a quote:

"It is my opinion that many really good...

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Cherishing Those Teenage Boys Feb 03, 2012

Here’s a throwback to 2012:

I’m sitting in a swirl of mixed emotions today, so I’m writing to sort through the fog.

I’m about to begin working with a new client in my Profitable Author Coaching prog...

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About Getting Harpooned Jan 22, 2012

A few years back, a friend reached out after more than a decade of no contact. She said, “I found you on a site that listed you among people who have gone to the devil (along with a bunch of other peo...

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I Got Confused Jan 11, 2012

By Mark Andrew Beach

Many success gurus talk about goal setting. In fact, it’s such a foundational part of the laws of success that if someone claims to be a success expert but downplays goal setting...

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Get a Creed Jan 11, 2012

By Mark Andrew Beach

Since the newness of the new year still lingers, I felt it fitting to revisit the topic of resolutions and goal-setting. Of course, this process can begin anytime—regardless of t...

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Get to Work Jan 02, 2012

By Mark Andrew Beach

It’s another new year, and just about everyone in the personal development world is talking about resolutions and goal setting. I suppose I’m no different—except I really do want...

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All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience Dec 23, 2011

Another throwback from our personal fallout from the Great Recession December 2011:

Still waiting for a window of time to finish my recent saga (here's part 1, here's part 2), but until I can get par...

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My Sister In the News! Dec 11, 2011

This is a fun throwback to when my sister (Valerie Ackley), who wrote the children's book, "What are You Thinking?" was featured in the newspaper. It's fun to recall her success and the impact her wor...

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"Something's Gotta Change" Dec 05, 2011

Throwback to my Great Recession experience:

I didn’t think it would take me this long to share the story of why I dropped off the map in May 2011, but it’s been on my mind daily—especially after the ...

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Couple Win Sweepstakes Nov 30, 2011

By Mark Andrew Beach

I was totally in the zone with work the other day when my phone rang. It was my wife—and she was practically yelling in my ear.

"Are you sitting down?" she started, kind of calm...

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The Rototiller We Didn't Get Nov 30, 2011

By Mark Andrew Beach

Bob Proctor was the first to explain the Vacuum Law of Prosperity to me. He told a story about his Aunt Marge, who once complained she hated her curtains. Taking a bit of a risk,...

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Goal for It! The Magic of Writing it Down Nov 29, 2011

Names have not been changed.

True story. Camille set a goal and wrote it down. (You’ve heard the saying, “A goal not written down is just a wish,” right?) Well, her goal was simple: to have ten thous...

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Homeschool Notes Nov 29, 2011

(This was given to me by a good friend, Renae Pelo, the year before I took the "plunge" into homeschooling - it was instrumental in helping me have the courage to begin my own homeschooling experiment...

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Getting Personal Here... Nov 26, 2011

Throwback to 2011:

It’s after 2 a.m. and I’m still wide awake. I just read my sister’s blog, and it reignited something in me—the desire to share more of my real and raw experiences, too. So here com...

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