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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Good morning Gotham!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Our Encore meeting this week was enlightening, inspiring, and compelling as usual. In addition to our core group, we welcomed four guests.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">\U0001f449</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Our participants shared stories about the habits they have broken throughout their lives. From
smoking, weight loss, and nail-biting to clearing clutter, email withdrawal, and shopping addictions, I think we heard about every habit that the group has struggled with.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">\U0001f449</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">When it was time for the spotlight, Roger Kahn did an impressive job of telling his story. He
shared his personal experience of why he needed to break certain habits and how he did it. He started with a disclaimer that he is neither a nutritionist nor a doctor, but simply sharing his experience about how he broke poor habits and changed his life.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">\U0001f449</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Roger recommended several books including the book
<u>Atomic Habits</u>, by James Clear where he learned the four ways to establish a new habit:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Make it Obvious<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Make it Attractive<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Make it Easy<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Make it Satisfying<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The one that resonated the most with Roger was Make it Easy. He felt that the other three are ways that Make it Easy.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">\U0001f449</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Many thanks to Roger for inspiring us to push forward to achieve our goals with grit and determination
even when it seems like the goal is impossible to achieve. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">\U0001f449</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please join us at our next meeting on June 28<sup>th</sup> when David Abeshouse will tell us how
to JUST SAY NO TO IMPROVE OUR LIVES. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">With warm regards for an awesome day,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mindy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">Mindy Stern, SPHR, SHRM-SCP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">President | AIM Resource Group LLC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">CAREER ACCELERATOR<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.aimresourcegroup.com/"><span style="color:#0070C0">Website</span></a> |<i>
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