Knowing this about yourself positions you to achieve a more realistic goal and in the process be more satisfied and comfortable with yourself.

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However, given Scotland's recent record in qualifying tournaments for major finals, a more realistic goal for Levein is likely to be to reach a play-off place by coming second in Group I, where eight teams then compete home and away in November 2011 for the final four qualifying places.

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For some, a more realistic treatment goal may be simply less headaches and less severe pain if an episode does occur.

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This can be the year that financial health becomes less of a distant hope and more of a realistic goal.

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There are more assertions about whether the bid to increase the numbers moving to work is some kind of scam, but this seems tendentious: a goal of moving more people into jobs may be realistic or not, but more people in more jobs would be more people in more jobs.

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