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#GOALS

There is a generation among us whose life motto is YOLO. (You Only Live Once). They live for the moment. And more often than not, couldn’t care less about tomorrow, next week or the future. It is this predisposition that the program CPR© ( Creating Positive Relationships ) tries to correct. Using a floor mop to demonstrate, the young people are helped to see that our lives very much resemble the mop-three prong. The bottom, the long handle and fluffy end. In this exercise, they are tasked to balance it vertically for as long as they can. Many who think it is easy, quickly step up to the challenge and soon realize that to balance it requires skill and focus. I would like to use this simple illustration share the lessons that we all can learn.        Set a goal- It is important to set a goal. Be it a life goal, work, relationship or personal, short-term or long-term. A goal must exist, in order to be achieved.  It should be a goal that causes you to jump out of bed in