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Physical Activity—Setting Yourself Goals
By Better Health Channel staff
If you’re trying to become more physically active, realistic, well-planned goals keep you focused and motivated.
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Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.3