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Introducing a New Book

By Dr. Bill Dyment and Dr. Marcus Dayhoff

Make 2013 the year of permanent change

for you or your work team

"What happened to us? We have become a nation that is fond of making excuses.”

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Many Americans entered the 2008 recession already deeply in debt. According to the Federal Reserve, American consumers owed an average of $18,654 per household in October 2003, not including mortgage debt, a 41 percent increase from 1998.

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In 1984, the average American saved 11.2 percent of his or her disposable income. By 2004, this

percentage had fallen to 1.2 percent.4

America has more obese residents than any other industrialized nation. In 1990, 10 states had an obesity rate of less than 10 percent and no state had a rate greater than 15 percent.

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By 2010, at least 20 percent of the residents of every state, except Colorado, were obese and in a dozen states the obesity rate had risen above 30 percent.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2010, Americans spent nine times as much time watching television (2.73 hours/day) than they did engaging in sports, exercise, or recreational activities (0.31 hours/ day.)

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“Don’t let what you can’t do keep you from doing what you can.”

--Coach John Wooden.Want to be a champion? Each morning ask

yourself: “I may not be able to do ___, but what can I do?”

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Challenges vs. ExcusesHaving a weakness is not the same thing as an excuse,

not doing anything about it, is!

Make the No-Excuse Shift

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The Eight Life Excuse Areas

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Your Moment with the Mirror

It’s Time!

Be Willing to Walk the “Last Mile of Denial”

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This year, be willing to go the “last mile”and finally fix what isn’t working..

Do you want your 2013 to be different than your 2012?

Don’t Try Harder!

Get More Connected!11

A Look Inside Fire Your Excuses, Chapter 2…

Answer the following questions:

• I plan on living until the age of _______________.

• The reasons I wish to live this long are ____________________ I believe I will make it to this age because I am ____________ (i.e., list healthy choices being practiced.)

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How Long Will You Really Live?

• 99 out of 100 will live to be 40, one will not• 98 will live to 45, two will not• 97 will live to 50, three will not• 95 will live to 55, five will not• 91 will live to 60, nine will not• 86 will live to 65, 14 will not

see retirement• 78 will live to 70, 22 will not• 67 will live to 75, 33 will not• 58 will live to 78, the average life

expectancy, 42 will not• 51 to 80, 49 will not• 32 will live to 85, 68 will not• 15 will live to 90, 85 will not• 5 will live to 95, 95 will not• 1 will live to 100, 99 will not

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If you don’t like these odds,now is the time to change..Statistics are based on the average

American lifespan of 78 years.

Most we assessed for the book overestimated their expected

lifespan by 8-10 years!.

July 20, 1969

Find your

“why”and

you’ll find your

“how.”

JFK’s “Why?”

“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.”

President John F. Kennedy, September 12, 1962, at Rice University, Houston, Texas

What is Your “Why?”

World-wide fame

Just paying the rent

Vegas, baby!

Momma needs new shoes!

My kids

Making a difference

in the worldMy spiritual faith

A fast “ride”

Our Four Inseparable Resource Areas

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Which one needs the most attention?

Anticipate your walls then break through them

What will be your 2013 symbol for permanent change?

Make Your Goals Worthy of You

“There is nothing wrong with dedication and goals, but if you focus on yourself, all the lights fade away and you become a fleeting moment in life.”

–Pete Maravich

Interested in Learning More?Take The Next Step Best for You

1. Pick up a copy of Fire Your Excuses. Available at either link below:

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2. Take the Free Fire Your ExcusesSelf-Assessment and receive a confidential, personalized 20-page report. At fireyourexcuses.com

3. Ask us about Personal and Executive Coaching for you or your staff.

4. Ask us about a Fire Your Excuses seminar for your team.

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