One day I decided to go to the beautiful woods near my hermitage, the place where I live. I took a sandwich and a blanket with me, intending to spend a quiet day by myself in the woods.
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judge: Hi
ALICE: Hi there!
judge: Good day!
ALICE: How are you?
judge: I'm functioning within my normal parameters.
ALICE: You sound like Commander Data.
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The Present

Three ways to use your present moments to enjoy your work and life, now!
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I look back sometimes at the person I was before I rediscoverd my old professor. I want to talk to that person. I want to tell him what to look out for, what mistakes to avoid. I want to tell him to be more open, to ignore the lure of advertised values, to pay attention when your loved ones are speaking, as if it were the last time you might hear them.
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judge: Hello, Alice
ALICE: Hi there!
judge: Are you better today?
ALICE: Yes, I am fine now.
judge: Nice to hear that.
ALICE: Thank you for your kindness.
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Being more successful means becoming more of who you are capable of being. Each of us defines for ourselves what it means to be more successful.

"This is a marvellous life, Meena," Dev Anand said to me on our last meeting a few months ago. Adding, "Yes my life is still going; it will keep on going as long as my mind does. I think an individual's mind is a marvellous thing. I truly believe that if your mind is strong, your body tries hard to keep pace with it. If you are a creative person, then your mind gets sharper with age. My mind is very sharp and I am happy for that."
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judge: Hello
ALICE: Hi there!
judge: How are things?
ALICE: Fair to partly cloudy.
judge: Okay.
ALICE: Gee.
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When you live and work with purpose, and respond to what is important today, you are more able to lead, manage, support, befriend, and love.

I want to introduce the idea of who a professional is through a man whose life is dealing with dead bodies. Unclaimed dead bodies. This is not someone who is conventionally associated with the term 'professional'.
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