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How to Tell Failure From Success

Posted on May 28, 2025 by mitchteemley

Failure is the first milestone on the road to success, and the second…and the third…and the fourth… The more ambitious the destination, the more milestones there’ll be. So keep going, because it only becomes the road to failure if you … Continue reading →

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Procrastination: A Nation of Procrastinators

Posted on April 30, 2025 by mitchteemley

Well, it’s Wednesday. Guess I’d better get started on that project I was gonna finish “by Monday at the latest.” “You can’t just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood. What mood is … Continue reading →

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What We Will Be Has Not Yet Been Revealed

Posted on January 5, 2025 by mitchteemley

“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation. The old things have passed away; behold, the new has come into being.” ~2 Corinthians 5:17 “I have come that you may have life, and have it abundantly.” ~John … Continue reading →

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Longing to Fly

Posted on June 18, 2024 by mitchteemley

Photo by Marc-Olivier Jodoin My Real Memoir I flew every day, straight up into the sky. Admittedly, I had help from my grandfather. But then, before I was two, he died, and I had to learn how to fly on … Continue reading →

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The End of An Era

Posted on April 2, 2024 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir We’d done an ABC music special and recorded our debut album. But now my band The Daily Planet was running on fumes. Still, I was in denial. “I don’t know what’s going to happen,” I told my … Continue reading →

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Are You Reaching for a Star?

Posted on January 25, 2024 by mitchteemley

“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Here’s a little late January guilt (you’re welcome): If you’re like me, you started … Continue reading →

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Three Rules for Success

Posted on January 22, 2024 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week Like faithful friends, the following quotes have served as reminders, “rules” if you will, to keep me going when success seemed unattainable. May they serve you as well. Failure is the key to success. Yada-yada. I … Continue reading →

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How to Waste a Life

Posted on October 25, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is JYP, a.k.a. Jewish Young Professional, whose pithy poetry and far-reaching prose never fail to engage me. She is honest and down-to-earth, even confessional–which is all-too-rare a quality in our world today. Read on and … Continue reading →

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Resolutions That Stick

Posted on February 13, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week Mid-February is when many people notice that their Resolutions have dissolved into Desolutions. Why? Searching through the rubble of good intentions, one giant footprint always emerges: When resolutions don’t stick, it’s because they’re not really resolutions. … Continue reading →

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Success: You Can’t Get There from Here

Posted on January 27, 2022 by mitchteemley

“I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.” ~Jerome K. Jerome “If at first, you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.” ~Steven Wright           “I work for … Continue reading →

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