Chick Lit financial self improvement with Marianna Olszewski It's that day of the year where we resolve to change, start, lose, and stop a million different thing, habits, etc. Weight may be the number one resolution ...

Smile! You've got cancer These may be myths, but for those willing to get with the prevailing programme, opportunities for self-improvement abound. Breast cancer is a chance for ...

	Be it resolved Even recognizing that we are in need of self-improvement is a useful step. The exercise of making resolutions forces us to acknowledge our failings. We shouldn’t have to wait until the New Year to draw up such an inventory.Recently I wrote about the television mini-series John Adams, which dramatized the career of the second U.S. president. The series brought to life the extraordinary men who became the U.S. founding fathers. The most extraordinary of them all was Benjamin Franklin, a man who dedicated his life to self-improvement.At the age of 24, Franklin proposed the idea of a public library. “The library afforded me the means of improvement by constant stu... “This year will be different.” Each New Year brings with it a new opportunity for self-improvement. But 97 percent of people break their New Year's resolutions within a ... Health, education benefit as society turns to self-improvement THE health and education industries and charities will be the big winners in 2010 as society turns to self-improvement. And the strong Australian dollar will lead to a boom in international travel, with a $1 billion rise in takings for international airlines, researcher IBISWorld predicts. Domestic tourism will fall by almost 3 per cent because of heavy discounting, competition and the lure of cheaper overseas destinations, it says. The DIY industry will also take a hit, with expectations a better economy will turn people back to professional tradesmen. Obama__146_s past may be key to his future as president The other theme running through “Dreams From My Father” is Obama's capacity for self-examination and self-improvement. He has applied that introspection to ... It will take resolve to get through yearly routine 123109 Christmas chaos has ended and the hours tick down to Auld Lang Syne: Time for self-examination and self-improvement. I resolve to nag less, ... He's making a list, checking it twice By Muskegon Chronicle John S. HausmanAs the old year creaks to a close, thoughts inevitably turn to self-improvement. That's as true for journalists as it ... Did You Hear About the Morgans? review It's the time of year to make optimistic pledges of self-improvement, and on the strength of Did You Hear About the Morgans?, the latest fatuous romantic ... Lions should make these 10 resolutions And with one game left in his first season as Lions coach, he's not ready to talk about plans for self-improvement and a more prosperous new year. "We've tried this whole year not to look ahead," said Schwartz, whose 2-13 team will finish its season at home against the Bears on Sunday. "Those retrospectives and things like that -- with New Year's Eve, there's always that sort of stuff coming up -- but our season is still going so we'll leave that stuff for the end of the season. "With a Sunday game against a division opponent, that's the only thing we're going to concentrate on. Not where we were early in the season or where we've been or where we're going."...