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23. Benefits of Working the Plan

23. Benefits of Working the Plan

I've been doing a yearly plan for a long time but this  weekly/ monthly/ quarterly process is recent as of 2025. It has transformed my relationship with time. For example, a friend asked me to be a...

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22. Using AI as a Personal Coach

22. Using AI as a Personal Coach

I’m both wary of AI and appreciative of it. People say, “Someday AI will be smarter than us.” What do you mean, “someday”? It’s already smarter than me. Before I describe how I use AI in my weekly/...

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21. Making Your Hand Meaningful

21. Making Your Hand Meaningful

Fifth Third Bank gave me a job and much more than that: it gave me a lesson in operational excellence. Fifth Third had a strategic plan for the business, and I had one for my life. But while I put...

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20. Fabulousness & Operationalizing The Hand

20. Fabulousness & Operationalizing The Hand

It seems the revised Hand was a hit! It’s also proof of the value of collaborative work, of getting input. The Hand that informed the changes to my Hand came from K, who is Katie, who is Katie...

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19. Modifying My Hand

19. Modifying My Hand

Thanks to K’s Hand that she sent last week, I’ve modified my own. There were some things that were bugging me with my Hand: Putting Financial Wellness as a subset of Body in the thumb of Be Well...

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18. Tada: A Hand!

18. Tada: A Hand!

What I appreciate about The Hand that was sent in is that it shows flexibility. This person has taken The Hand and made it Their Hand. For comparison, here's My Hand: . And here is a Dear Reader's...

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Got enough love?

When my husband died and other changes followed, The Love Bucket helped me figure out how to bring more love into my life. If you’d like an objective method to increase the level of love in your life, this guide is for you!

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Jule Kucera