After hearing they had been drawn against Barcelona in the Champions League midweek, the Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger remarked that "your next game makes your life".
Now, you, Class of 2009, are about to enter the next phase of your life at a time of great uncertainty.
Never really take the next step in your life and your business.
What direction do you want your life to take in the next three to five years? (Core Connection).
If two weeks in paradise always leaves you wanting more, consider turning your next vacation into a new way of life.
Is there another way to manage your life and career and climb the next mountain?
Bring more joy (and less stress) to this season by optimizing your time, energy and definitions of success over the next three months at work and in the other parts of your life.
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You may change jobs, you may change vocations and you may volunteer for free, but there is nothing that says you work most of your life and then get to be selfish for the next 20 years.
It can propel you to the next level professionally, while simultaneously enhancing different aspects of your personal life.
In summary, stock valuations do matter, but only during a time in your life when you looking at an asset allocation change in the next 10 years anyway.
So the next time you reach for your smartphone to take care of business or life, take as much care as you would sitting in front of your PC.
What should matter is not so much your degree or grade point average but how well equipped you are for the next stage in life.
Imagine a computer so simple and user friendly as to appear next to the oven and Kitchen Aid mixer, a tool that you could integrate into your everyday life.
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