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Like Bob Ross, we should always know what the goal we’re working toward looks like.

You Can’t Fail if You Know Where You’re Going

You should always know what the goal you’re working toward looks like and exactly how to get there.
By B.J. Mendelson
The number one thing you should focus on is

How to Think Long-Term While Living in the Moment

Every year you should grow, in real terms, more than you did the year before.
By Auren Hoffman
Okay, you know the benefits of exercise. But how do you get the motivation to follow through?

This Is the Best Way to Motivate Yourself to Exercise: Four Proven Secrets

Workout motivation. You don’t have any. You know exercise is good…and you still don’t do it. You’re not alone.
By Eric Barker
Disney wants (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Five Foolproof Strategies for Lazy Parents at Disney World

By Karol Markowicz
Now that's a skyline. (William Weber/Curbed)

Another Look at the Quite Possibly Insane Midtown Skyline of the Future

By Matt Chaban
Race for the prize? (Getty)

Dan Doctoroff Is Not Wistful for Olympic Bid He Says Helped City, Even If Maybe It Didn’t

By Matt Chaban

Faulty Towers: Midtown Needs a Makeover, with Twice as Tall Towers, But Can Mayor Bloomberg Get It Right?

By Matt Chaban
BluePRint pulls back the curtain on development. (Getty)

A New BluePRint: City to Speed Up Land-Use Reviews

By Matt Chaban
Really. Really? (kerry!/Flickr)

Another Reminder of Just How Terrible Brooklyn’s Would-Be Park Avenue Has Gotten

By Matt Chaban
Party time. Excellent? (Dennis Crowley/Flickr)

Does New York Have Too Many Bars? And Is There Anything the City Can Do About It?

By Matt Chaban

More on LoLo, the Great Landbridge to Governors Island

By Matt Chaban
Margaret Castillo, rubbing elbows with royalty. (Spencer Tucker)

Big Architecture: AIA New York Has Shaped the City, But Can it Reshape City Hall?

By Matt Chaban

Sadik-Khan Kowtows to Critics, or Is 34th Street Just a Bait-and-Switch?

By Matt Chaban

Michael Benjamin Prepares For 2012 Congressional Run

By David Freedlander

Road Work: Fixing Fourth Avenue

By Matt Chaban

The Past’s Future of New York

By Matthew Schuerman
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