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We’ll Miss You Oprah!

After 25 years of history-making, life-changing television, Oprah hosts the finale of The Oprah Winfrey Show last week and today is the 1^st Monday without Ms. Winfrey scheduled at 4:00p. We’re not sure what/who will fill the “Queen Talk” spot, but she will truly be missed!

Here’s Some Facts on the Oprah Show

·         Average number of Americans who watch her show each week: Approximately 40 million.

·         Total number of show episodes: 4,561 as of the finale on May 25.

·         Most appearance by a celeb guest: Celine Dion, with 27 appearances; Chris Rock finishes a close second with 26.

·         Total number of "favorite things": 283.

·         Number of audience members: Approximately 1.3 million over the past 25 years

·         Largest single audience for a show taping: Approximately 21,000 -- on Michigan Avenue in Chicago for last season's kick-off party. (By the way, it was a blast, except that I never ever want to hear "I Gotta Feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas again. Those of us in the crowd were out there for hours before the taping began to practice a flash mob dance scene that opened the show to that tune, and to get us ready they played the song about a million times. I started out the day liking it, but I Gotta Horrible Feeling when I hear it now.)

·         Number of Oprah's Book Club picks: 65.

·         Amount donated to Oprah's Angel Network: More than $80 million. All the money funded charitable projects and grants around the world, including helping to establish 60 schools in 13 countries.

·         Number of emails Oprah.com receives: Approximately 25,000 a week.

·         Monday and Tuesday's shows this week were star-studded tributes to Winfrey, with blow-out celebrations (taped last week at the United Center in Chicago) featuring an amazing array of celebs, including Beyonce, Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise and wife Katie Holmes, Madonna, Maria Shriver, Halle Berry and many more A-listers.

·         To see that much star power in one place was a thrill, even if the audience did have to suffer through a few bars of "I Gotta Feeling." Aretha Franklin singing a powerful version of Amazing Grace, Stevie Wonder reworking Isn't She Lovely for Oprah, and Patti LaBelle and Josh Groban dueting on Over the Rainbow lessened the pain considerably.

·         Wednesday will be the last original episode of the series after 25 years, and the topic and guest remain a mystery. But bets are that the hour will be a one-on-one with the person best qualified to recap a quarter century of laughs, tears, smiles and ah-ha moments: Oprah herself.

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Feeling Lazy?!! I stumbled across this ....

Today I have two tasks that I absolutely need to get done before the end of the day. They are both important. One of these is quite a mundane task; the other is something I will quite enjoy. Now if I think about it, the motivation to do the pleasant task is already there.
However, I don't feel at all motivated to take on the unpleasant work. That, I believe, is basic human nature. So it got me thinking about exactly how we can get motivated to do those less glamorous jobs like filling out your tax return or mowing the lawn or whatever it is that you know you must do, but always have difficulty starting.


Here are my 5 Top Tips for Staying Motivated ...


Get fit & stay fit. You need plenty of energy if you are to stay motivated. So try to find some time each day to fit in some aerobic exercise. This will raise your overall energy levels.


Eat properly. Make sure you take time for proper meals - especially at work. Get away from your desk at lunch time - even if it's only for half an hour. You will be more productive when you are there.
Keep your eyes on the prize. Every day, review your most important goals. See yourself as having accomplished them. See yourself receiving the prize, the award or the reward. You will gain a proper perspective on the events of the day by doing this regularly.


Get organized. Make a list of everything you need to do ahead of time. Then decide upon those top two or three priorities you need to accomplish the following day.


Now here's the kicker - do the unpleasant task on your list first! You will feel so much more motivated when you have it out of the way. Not only that, but if you keep doing this, you will wonder why those tasks gave you any kind of mental difficulty in the first place.


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