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The new month presents you with the opportunity to prove that to yourself. Here&#8217;s a calendar for February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,212,29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14039","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-egoism-in-action","7":"category-flourishing","8":"category-group-therapy","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13757,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/13757\/achieving-your-goals-things-can-get-a-great-deal-better-over-time-if-you-work-at-them-just-a-little-bit-every-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":14039,"position":0},"title":"Achieving your goals: Things can get a great deal better, over time, if you work at them just a little bit every day.","author":"Greg Swann","date":"December 3, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's my November: Not bad, and the guitar is sounding pretty decent by now. 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There are two things you realize after talking with Russ longer than a few minutes. He knows who he is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":922,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/922\/this-home-is-one-of-a-kind-and-its-got-the-back-story-to-prove-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":14039,"position":2},"title":"This home is one-of-a-kind &#8212; and it&#8217;s got the back-story to prove it . . .","author":"Greg Swann","date":"January 21, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Richard Riccelli and I were talking today about the power of the back-story to sell historic and architecturally unique homes. Here are two car stories to make the point:From Ubertor, Re\/MAX founder Dave Liniger buys a $1,000,000 HummerFrom The Garage Blog, Carroll Shelby's personal Cobra Supersnake sold for $5,000,000In both\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogging&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogging","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blogging\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11905,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/11905\/this-oil-spill-and-the-governments-belated-response-to-it-do-not-prove-the-value-and-efficacy-of-the-government-but-precisely-the-opposite\/","url_meta":{"origin":14039,"position":3},"title":"This oil spill and the government&#8217;s belated response to it do not prove the value and efficacy of the government, but precisely the opposite.","author":"Greg Swann","date":"May 3, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"So I had a spam email from a state-worshipping zealot I've never met named Sara P. 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