{"id":14519,"date":"2011-05-02T08:37:09","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T15:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=14519"},"modified":"2011-05-02T08:37:23","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T15:37:23","slug":"pieces-of-april-for-a-morning-in-may-set-goals-attain-them-record-your-progress-do-better-over-time-repeat-month-by-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/14519\/pieces-of-april-for-a-morning-in-may-set-goals-attain-them-record-your-progress-do-better-over-time-repeat-month-by-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Pieces of April for a morning in May: Set goals, attain them, record your progress, do better over time, repeat month-by-month."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I nailed down a house this morning at 6:50 am. It&#8217;s a hard dance to get the right house at the right price, but the world of email permits miracles to happen at any hour of the day or night.<\/p>\n<p>We had a totally rockin&#8217; April, more than three times our monthly nut. But the first check in April didn&#8217;t hit the bank until the 15th of the month, and, until this morning, we had zero dollars on the board for May. Even so, I told Cathleen that April 15th was our last day of poverty. We&#8217;ll see if that&#8217;s a prognostication I can defend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waterproofpaper.com\/printable-calendar\/may-2011-printable-calendar.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Here&#8217;s a goal-getting calendar for May<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is a simple procedure: Set goals, attain them, record your progress, do better over time, repeat month-by-month. It works. So get on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I nailed down a house this morning at 6:50 am. It&#8217;s a hard dance to get the right house at the right price, but the world of email permits miracles to happen at any hour of the day or night. We had a totally rockin&#8217; April, more than three times our monthly nut. 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