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Gail Goodwin
Gail Goodwin is The Official SelfGrowth.com Guide to "Inspiration". You can find complete information on Gail Goodwin and her products by visiting www.inspiremetoday.com.
Inspiration can have many sources - from the everyday to the divine - but the end result of inspiration is to lift the individual to a more focused and determined pursuit of their goals. The following content relating to Inspiration has been reviewed by the editorial staff at SelfGrowth.com for quality and caliber.

All articles written by an Official SelfGrowth.com Guide are denoted by three asterisks (***) at the beginning of the title.
  • Overcoming Adversity: Turn Adversity into Opportunities: Senator Daniel Inouye Story [Part I of Two] - by Howard Edward Haller, Ph.D.This Part I of a two part article about US Senator Inouye provides an insight into the groundbreaking proven research about overcoming adversity and the relationship it has with "Leadership and Adversity" has received extensive endorsements and enthusiastic reviews from well-known prominent ...
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  • Overcoming Adversity: Turn Adversity into Opportunities: US Senator Daniel Inouye Story [Part II of Two] - by Howard Edward Haller, Ph.D.This second part of the article about US Senator Daniel Inouye provides an insight into the groundbreaking proven research about overcoming adversity and the relationship it has with "Leadership and Adversity" has received extensive endorsements and enthusiastic reviews from well-known prominent ...
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  • Perspectives On Vision from a Sight-Impaired Artist (who's NOT BLIND ANYMORE!!!) - by N "Z" ZazhinneOriginally Published March 2001 in Surface and Symbol the Arts Journal of the Scarborough Arts Council, Toronto, Canada volume 13 no.2 Preface by Karin Eaton, Executive Director, SAC “All art starts as an idea; you don't have to be able to see it to appreciate it.” These were the words ...
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  • What do you want? I mean, what do you REALLY want? - by Jo Della PennaWe get so busy working in our business, organizing our family’s schedule, managing the household, paying our bills, etc. that it is easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of it all. Too busy to see if what we are working so hard to achieve is what we even want anymore. It is important ...
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  • You Can Make It Happen! - by Ken Van LiewToday, we are faced with many challenges, both personal and financial; but how we handle these challenges will determine our future. In every case, the basic stimulus for these challenges is the same. We want to do things differently, better, improving ourselves and our circumstances or both. ...
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  • Life Success And Survival Lessons Taken From Yossi Ghinsberg And His Amazing Amazon Adventure - by Warren Wojnowski"Yossi Ghinsberg was lost in the Amazon for 20 days and learned many lessons about our inherent ability to survive and tap into our true instinctual selves." While in Puerto Rico, my wife Michelle and I had the privilege of seeing Yossi Ghinsberg. We'd never heard of Yossi before, but we became ...
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  • BEING OKAY WITH BEING AVERAGE - by William S. Cottringer, Ph.D.BEING OKAY WITH BEING AVERAGE By Bill Cottringer “Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common. ~Satchel Page. In reality, the great majority of people fall within the “average” range of the so-called Bell Curve. Most people are ...
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  • 7 Traits Crucial To Your Personal Development - by Daniel HerznerDo you yearn to live a more fulfilled, more satisfying life? If your answer is yes then what steps are you taking to get there? Are you taking personal responsibility for the direction of your own life or is your strategy to rely on hope? You see, there simply are no short cuts to living a life ...
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  • Brain Injuries: Victory or Survival? - by Z ZazhinneSurvival. Are you a survivor? Survival’s crucial. It means we make it. We make it through something others don’t. There’s some kind of glory in being a survivor. We wear our survival like a badge of honor. We join with other survivors to celebrate our survival, to celebrate our making it and ...
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  • The Heart of Transformation - by Glenn Berger, PhD, LCSWHow do we change? Change takes one tiny step, but to take that one step can require a journey of a thousand miles. So many of us can dream of the life we want to have and the person we want to be. It can be especially frustrating when we get to the stage in our adventure where we acknowledge ...
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  • Your Divine Assignment: Doing the Work You Love - by Tama J. Kieves(this piece originally appeared in the Omega Institute's online publication) When I had my career melt-down and fled the life of being an elite-law-firm-corporate-lawyer, (an honors graduate of Harvard Law School) I thought I was changing careers. I had no idea I was changing my definition of ...
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  • Life Can Be Fantastic: Your Joy is Your Power - by Tama J. KievesI am committed to allowing myself to receive more freaking goodness than I can imagine. To start with, I am going to know that, independent of anyone else's predictions or convictions, my life can be fantastic. I am going to stop calling negativity and limitation "realism." I'm going to just start ...
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  • Your Successful Life Journey Requires You Follow Your Compass - by Warren WojnowskiNo doubt you've heard the phrase "your life is a journey" before. If you're like most people, you are quite easily willing to accept the statement as true. However, if you're like most people, you also haven't really considered the degree to which it's not only true, but to which it means you ...
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  • Energize Your Life By Understanding Drive vs. Passion - by Joanna Lindenbaum, Soulful Coach for Intuitive LeadersI have been talking a lot lately with women who are telling me that they are working hard, quite often achieving their goals, and yet still not feeling successful, accomplished, or good about what they are doing. A typical story goes like this: You decide that you want to accomplish a big ...
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  • Is That Glass Of Water Half Full Or Half Empty? - by Daniel HerznerBy nature, human beings are impatient. We want good things to show up in our lives and we want them to show up now. Let's face it, we live in a microwave society – we don't want to wait around for anything. When it takes longer than expected for goodness to materialize, frustration sets ...
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  • Blessings - by Dr. Michelle Gottlieb How often do you stop and count your blessings? Once a day? Once a month? Never? We need to be aware of how much we have to be thankful for. Can you stand up every morning without pain? What a blessing! Do you have two legs to stand on? Do you have a roof over your head and food in your ...
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  • 10 Simple Steps to Self-Improvement - by Brenda J. Crawford-BeeWhen you came to the 40-year stage in your life, you will suddenly realize many things. You get to ask yourself questions. How will it be when I get to the end of my life? How do I feel about the life I lived? Then someone gave you some self improvement articles while telling you that it is ...
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  • Inspiration for Your Business Can Come From Anywhere - by Devon BrownThere are some true inspirational people such as Martin Luther King jr, Mother Teresa, Albert Einstein, Gandhi, and so many more that the list goes on and on. For every aspect of life you can be sure that there's an inspirational person to be found. Do you have anything in common with the ...
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  • Are You Fulfilling the King's Mandate? Here Are Tips to Get You Going! - by Shirley ChengImagine your best friend has just invited you to his wedding, and told you to invite everyone you know to the special event. Those who hear of the event will be the ones who are lucky enough to attend it. If you do not share this good news, you will be guilty of not obeying the order. So it is ...
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  • Inspiration From a 13 Year Old - by Kristen L. BakerToday I received a paper written by a 13 year old girl. She loves to perform and when she finally had her chance on center stage, she got butterflies and felt as though she could burst. What struck me was that this young lady put herself in the present moment and used her senses. She smelled the ...
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  • When Is It Time To Make A Change - by Michael AngierI've been thinking a lot about change lately. Here in Vermont, fall is in the air, the Canadian Geese are returning, and the days are getting shorter. At the same time, there have been some significant changes in my life. My oldest daughter was married last weekend, Dawn is working with me ...
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  • Entrepreneurial Leadership & Personal Success in spite of Adversity: Dr. Nido Qubein PART II - by Dr. Howard Edw. Haller“Entrepreneurial Leadership & Personal Success in spite of Adversity: Dr. Nido Qubein PART II” Chairman of Great Harvest Bread Company, Chairman of Business Life, Inc., Chairman of the Miss North Carolina USA program, and President of High Point University, By Dr. Howard Edw. Haller Dr. ...
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  • TERRIBLE CHOICES - by William S. Cottringer, Ph.D.TERRIBLE CHOICES By Bill Cottringer “We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.” ~Kahlil Gibran. There are some terrible choices we seem to have to make through all ages. Consider the following very uncomfortable choices confronting us all at different ...
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  • A Radical Idea - by Fireflies TeamMuhammad walked slowly down the muddy road in Bangladesh, his heart breaking as starved faces gazed at him pitifully, their blank eyes begging for help. Children who should be playing in the streets were laying helplessly, their life ebbing away from starvation. He knew that most of them would die ...
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  • The Journey to Success – It Comes From the Path Less Traveled - by Matthew TooneThere is a path, called ‘the path to success,’ which everyone is traveling on. Scattered randomly throughout the journey are occasional forks in the road that require us to make difficult decisions. Both paths of these diverging forks bring with them certain appeal, rewards, risks, ...
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  • There's no place like home - by Jacqui MarkowitzAs published in RISMedia: The Inauguration was witnessed by the world, and at the same time hundreds of thousands were communicating and sharing their impressions of the event online. It's a new age fairy tale that transcends Technicolor! Imagine speaking to the entire world, having your ...
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  • The Butterfly Principles: 9 Steps to Transform Your Life - by Wendi GordonAs I began making some changes in my life, I became increasingly drawn to butterflies. It was as if somewhere deep in my soul I knew that they had much to teach me. I had always appreciated the beauty of butterflies, and seen them as symbols of the new life that God makes possible, but suddenly I ...
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  • What’s Stopping You? - by Leah GrantYou’ve been talking about pursuing your dream since high school. You’ve been stuffing a file with places you’d like to travel since you got your first job. You’ve envisioned what your boutique store would look like for years, even driving around searching for the perfect location, yet ...
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  • The State of the World and How to CHANGE it?... but How can a mere 'I' Make Any Difference ? - by shared by craigArticle Title: The State of the World and How to CHANGE it?... but How can a mere 'I' Make Any Difference ? Author: Craig Lock Category/Subject: the world, world issues, social and political issues/problems Web sites: http://craiglock.wordpress.com/wp-admin/index.php?page=my-blogs and ...
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  • Do You Have A Big Enough Why? - by Michael AngierDo You Have a Big Enough Why? Once you get clear on WHAT you want to achieve, it's crucial to know WHY you want it. If you have an important goal, it needs a big why. Otherwise, you won't have the determination and resolve to overcome the inevitable challenges you'll encounter in ...
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  • 5 Ways to Connect to Your Inner Wisdom - by Joanna LindenbaumIn our Modern World, life can get really busy and really fast. We spend a lot of time and energy running around, and also place a lot of importance on our left brains - our rational minds. Despite all this, somewhere, deep in our souls, we know the importance of slowing down and connecting to ...
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  • SHRINKING FROWNS AND EXPANDING SMILES - by William S. Cottringer, Ph.D.SHRINKING FROWNS AND EXPANDING SMILES By Bill Cottringer “A smile cures the wounding of a frown.” ~William Shakespeare. Here are ten practical ways to reduce your unhappy failures and boost your happy successes, curing your frowns with smiles: 1. Follow the reality principle. ...
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  • Vitamins and Vampires - by Adele Howell-PryceI had a busy week last week and to say that I was a little ‘flat’ was an understatement. Thinking about energy brought me to today’s topic – Vitamins and Vampires! “Now what in the world has this got to do with marketing!” I can hear you say? Well, marketing and chasing your ...
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  • The Power of Faith - by Faizal NisarFaith is power. Once you learn to believe in yourself, you are free from the thoughts of others and only true to yourself. You can do whatever you set your mind to and live however you desire. The power of faith lifts one's spirits and destroys all boundaries. If one's belief is strong enough, ...
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  • How to Dispose of Negative People in 7 Simple Steps - by Ali Rodriguez"The Life given to us by nature is short, but the Memory of a Life well spent is Eternal! (Cesaro, Greek Philosopher) This gives us a compelling reason to dispose of people we can no longer deal with. They're toxic, they're negative, and they are sucking the life out of us. It's time to let ...
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  • The 3 Simplest Words You Must Use Every Day If You Want Success. - by Thomas AndersonMindset The Power Of Your Thinking...The Results Of Your Doing! Today, we’re going to discuss what it takes to think the right way in order to achieve all your dreams. There is a particular mindset principle that we’d like to focus on in this e-book. It’s a principle based not ...
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  • Lessons for Acting & Life - by Sande ShurinCoaching for Acting vs for Life is most often the same. Here are a few thoughts that work for both: • Think in terms of what is “core” and what is “essential.” It works in Life as well as for Acting. • When ego’s out of the way, you don’t have to show or prove anything. ...
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  • DECISIONS - by Sande ShurinWhy are decisions so difficult? Because each one has ramifications – and we are looking for our choices to be perfect…to answer every need and criteria. What a shock – they usually don’t. I suggest you look at the following: - Why has the item or event to decide upon come ...
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  • The Qualiadelic Experience of Higher Animals - by Tony BrussatWhales, dolphins, humans and surely others (elephants? Chimpanzees?...), all once upon a time looked inward and saw the Qualia in their own minds. It was the birth of higher consciousness. Qualia, the most well known of which are color, smell, shape, is usually stuff we perceive outside of ...
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  • 8 Ways to stay positive amidst adversity - by Stephanie TreasureIt’s inevitable that when you are on the road less travelled, trying to achieve your goals, starting a new business, career or family, you will get hit by adversity. Its life! It has its ups and downs, we all know that. But how you react to these adversities is what sets you apart from the ...
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  • Inspirational Leadership - by Willie HortonIt only takes one person to believe. That statement is littered across so many texts, over so many centuries - from spiritual literature, to the chronicles of the great explorers and inventors, to the field of professional sport. That belief may sometimes be described as single-mindedness, ...
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  • THE ONENESS AND ALSO SEPARATE NATURE OF GAYATRI AND SAVITRI - by Yuga Rishi Shriram Sharma AcharyaThe Puranas or Indain Mythology while describing the process of world creation says that a lotus emerged from Lord Vishnu’s navel. Brahma the creator sat on this lotus. God told Brahma in a celestial voice: I have created you for world creation. In order to become capable of doing, so perform ...
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  • The Smart Ass - by Liam O'Sullivan (mnch)Isn’t it great to be alive? Life is all about choices. Some are easy. Some are difficult. Often we have no choice in the amount of crap life will throw at us. How we react to, and deal with it, though is definitely our choice. It is not a question of whether we will all face challenges… it’s ...
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  • Cultivate Your Living Seeds - by Papa JaimeDo not judge each day by what you harvest, but instead by the seeds you plant. Today’s harvest is not important, because it is the product of what you planted yesterday; what is important is that all your new seeds are well planted in fertile soil, not too close to any large bush whose roots ...
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  • Having Trouble Solving Problems? - by Roseanna LeatonWhen one wishes to solve a problem it is very easy to get tied up in the nuts and bolts of the problem itself and in this way miss out on seeing the overall picture. To solve a problem easily it is important to take a step back and thus begin to look at what is happening from a different angle. ...
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  • What’s Your Sauce? - by Will MarreYesterday I went to a funeral. Mary was the 94 year-old grandmother-in-law of one of my best friends, Michael. Mary is a fearless soul that left a big impression by simply being herself. Her life was the great American Dream. Italian immigrant. Little education. Came to San Diego from Chicago ...
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  • Business Affirmations that Work - by Powerteam CommunicationsWith the media’s projections of today’s economy, it will be easy to view the current financial situation in a state of scarcity. The good news is, you can make a choice to believe in the scarcity or the abundance in any situation, and whatever you think, you’re right! Try repeating these ...
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  • The 7 Steps to Creating Powerful Affirmations - by Powerteam CommunicationsSuccessful people have successful affirmations running through their heads all day. Follow these steps to create affirmations to lead you to your access. 1. Know the Goal Tune your focus into where you want to be, not where you are. You reap what you sow, so if you are planting thoughts of ...
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  • The Age of Entrepreneurship - by Powerteam CommunicationsBusiness opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.” –Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Enterprises. Has the state of the economy got you down? Get back up. There’s no better time than the present to start a business. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor ...
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  • Falling Forward - by M.J. RyanOnce I got an email from a woman who had just read my book on patience. She had just had a miscarriage and had discovered she had to wait for a few months before trying again. At first she was distraught and impatient. But she came to trust her body’s timing. She wrote, “Now I feel incredibly ...
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