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the magic of early morning by Jay and Heather Harrington of LifeAndWim.com,

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The Magic of Early Morning by Jay and Heather Harrington of LifeAndWim.com

To the end of August, I became fed up. Months before I had sent an ambitious goal for myself to

write my second book, but I had made little progress toward achieving it. The desire was strong,

but the execution was non-existent. I had worked out the strategy of how I would accomplish the

goal, in other words, I knew what I had to do, but I not figured out the structure that would

enable me to move forward. So I did nothing. Every day after getting the kids off to school or to

camp, I'd create my daily to-do list and would always include a line item indicating the importance

of making progress toward my goal. In each day the line item would remain undisturbed,

free of any checkmarks or strike-throughs. Sound familiar? I think everyone has a big objective

that they want to accomplish that sits at the forefront, or at least the subconscious, of their

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