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- Know the Difference Between a Task and a Privilege. - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2006 from Julie Clark Robinson“One hundred years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, how big my house was, or what kind of car I drove. But the world may be a little better, because I was important in the life of a child.” --Forest Witcraft I had been feeling something ugly brewing for days – probably ...
Views: 602 - Will Working With a Life Coach Make Life Easier and Give You a Sense of Purpose? - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2006 from Laura YoungHere's a dirty little secret for you. The answer is: not always. At least not at first. In fact, sometimes coaching can be downright painful and disruptive!. You may find yourself doing everything possible to keep from working on what you hired your coach to help you achieve. ...
Views: 1621 - Internet Marketing - A Maze of Misinformation - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2011 from Trent BrownriggInternet marketing, running a home based business, starting an online business, making money online, whatever you want to call it, it can be a VERY scary experience and downright expensive if not taken seriously and done correctly. How expensive? Well, you can lose your shirt, drive your ...
Views: 1729 - Lie: If I Feel It, Then It Must Be True - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2006 from Janet DaughtryRemember that popular song, “Feelings”? We live in a world that places a lot of emphasis on feelings. If it feels good do it! There is nothing wrong with feelings. A world without passion or feeling would be a very dull place. Who would want to live in a world without feelings? The ...
Views: 996 - Understanding the True Nature of Giving - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2006 from Laura YoungWe'll call him Spike. He was big, tattooed and pierced, on lots of narcotics and, oh yeah, without a job. I was on the team to try to help him turn his life around in 5 weeks. (Did I ever mention my former career was challenging?!) Spike had a pregnant wife. Very pregnant. They had no car ...
Views: 1338 - Time and Stress Management: Leap-Frog over Procrastination - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2006 from Denise LandersTime management and stress management—is there a relationship? Lack of time may not be the only thing that creates stress for people, but it certainly ranks as one of the highest in its frequency of occurrences. Also consider another situation where stress and time are related, but not due to ...
Views: 1756 - The Surefire Way To Skyrocket Your Website Profit! - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2006 from Franck SilvestreHow to earn more from your website is one of the most important question that you should ask yourself. There is only two ways to increase your profits, and we will review them here... You need first to get more visitors, and in a second time, you need to increase the SPV. Let' s focus now on ...
Views: 1018 - Turning Vision into Something Real - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2006 from Yolanda CardenVision is fuel, energy, passion -- or, as I like to suggest, as important as water to a garden. Unless that vision is clear in your mind, it is hard, if not impossible, to complete the process of refining your dream into an actionable plan. Furthermore, without clarity of vision the hard work ...
Views: 1470 - SPEED READING: Top 10 Ways to Improve Reading Speed and Reading Comprehension - by 10. Skim Before Your Read - Speed read for main ideas in nonfiction works and textbooks. Scan the table of contents and first and last sentences of each paragraph. You'll improve your reading speed and comprehension if you understand a book's main ideas first. After you've skimmed the material, ...
Views: 6800 - Olympic Medal Achieved With Sports Hypnosis: Banish Fear, Anxiety and Doubt, and Achieve Your Dreams Too - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2012 from Angela BaileyI first became involved with self hypnosis as a young sprinter around the age of 20. I dreamed of being an Olympic champion, but I was faced with a major challenge. A psychological barrier, my first real obstacle, stood in my way. It was a work-out that only a few elite athletes in the world ...
Views: 1515 - Need a Change? How to Know for Sure! - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2006 from Cari VollmerYou wake up on the wrong side of the bed. You snap at your friends and family. Stress fills your days and when your day is over, and you’re exhausted, you can’t sleep. Nothing feels quite right. Your zest for life diminishes, and your desire to DO disappears. You know you’re not depressed ...
Views: 986 - Haunted by Your Past? Why Healing Your Past Will Allow You to Get and Keep Your Life On Track, Once and for All! - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2006 from Cari VollmerWhat does healing your past have to do with getting and keeping your life on track? Just think of the last time something just slightly bad happened to you and how it ruined your day. (Like getting a speeding ticket, or having an argument with your best friend.) How much energy and time did you ...
Views: 3521 - What to Do When a Client is Ticked Off - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2006 from Dave CarlsonMy client Jerry was threatening to sue. Worse, my programmer was dragging his feet and didn’t see the seriousness of Jerry’s threats. I was on the phone with Jerry for hours at a time. The custom ordering system we designed for Jerry’s web site needed some small changes that really weren’t ...
Views: 1037 - How To Achieve a Life that You Love and Enjoy By Doing What You Love To Do? - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2010 from Kathy Baker(This is Part 1 of a series of articles by the author on Finding and Following Your Life Purpose and Passion). We all have a definite purpose in our lives, a key part of which is living a life of joy and abundance. It’s also about doing what we love to do and fulfilling our highest natural ...
Views: 1761 - Creativity And You - by Submitted on Aug 21, 2006 from Harry Hoover95 percent of what we know about the brain, we have learned in the last 20 years. So, your beliefs about creativity were probably shaped by faulty information. For instance, many believe that only special, talented people are creative – and you have to be born that way. Wrong. The notion that ...
Views: 1014 - Avoid the What If Approach - by Submitted on Aug 21, 2006 from Kelley Robertson“What if I could show you how you could save money, would that be of interest to you?” “What if I told you that you could capture more market share, would you like to hear how we can help you do this?” “What if our system saved you time, would that be of value to you?” “What if I matched our ...
Views: 918 - Are You a Customer Service Ace? Take The Quiz and See! - by Submitted on Aug 21, 2006 from Craig HarrisonTest your customer service knowledge and learn how to be a service ace by picking the correct answer to each of these 10 questions. 1. A complaining customer is: A. Always right B. Almost right C. Often lying D. Always the customer 2. Customers who complain: A. Had unhappy childhoods B. Are ...
Views: 1710 - Sales Through Storytelling: Story Tell, Story Sell! - by Submitted on Aug 21, 2006 from Craig HarrisonNothing succeeds like success! And in sales nothing succeeds quite like success stories. Are you sharing yours? Why not? The secret is in how you share your successes. Learn to tell thirty-second "success stories." During sales calls a quick-hitting story can make or reinforce a point in ...
Views: 1052 - Teamwork: The Gift of a Present Hero - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2006 from Shelley HolmesImagine driving through a quiet countryside toward town. You round a curve in a narrow country road and come upon a traffic jam ahead. Cars in front of you are backed up around the next curve. Cars coming toward you are evenly spaced out and accelerating up to speed, as if they have stopped for ...
Views: 1561 - What Kind of Eater Are You? - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2006 from Alice GreeneThere are so many different reasons why we struggle with food, and it isn’t black or white. Many of the reasons stem from what we’ve been told, the way we’ve been raised and the way we feel on a given day. It is liberating to know that the struggle isn’t just because we are bad when it comes ...
Views: 4261 - Daily Homework - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2006 from Harry HenshawWe learn much of what we learn initially through repetitious exposure. It is by becoming present to something repeatedly that space is created for us to learn anew. It is by taking that which we are exposed to and bringing it forth into our life, committing it to action, that we begin to ...
Views: 1095 - DATING ADVICE: Run, Dont Walk, Away - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2006 from Karen JonesIt’s no big deal, you tell yourself. You’ve started dating a guy you really like. He’s perfect in almost every way, but there have been a few signs that he’s got a bit of a temper. Just two or three minor episodes that showed you he can get pretty aggressive and impatient. You, however, ...
Views: 1635 - How do you feel about yourself? - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2006 from Craig NathansonFaith Shades did all the right things—all the things society expected. She attended law school, was involved in television and news production and was a top producing real estate agent. Suddenly one day a new perspective emerged about her life and what she really wanted. Today, Faith is the ...
Views: 1611 - James Foster - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2006 from James FosterTwo things are sure when it comes to starting any successful home business: 1. Whether you believe you can, or you believe you can't, either way you are right. 2. It is as important to know what not to do as it is to know what to do. If you believe you can, know that success in a home ...
Views: 883 - To Forgive is the act of a Victim - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2006 from Clive TaylorThis is a radical proposition, in the interests of real self-empowerment. To link how we feel about ourselves and what our real nature is and how we see and experience the world, to how we feel about someone else or how they treat us – whether with love, hate, pity or fear – Is to give away our ...
Views: 1155 - Habit Experiments - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2006 from Jennifer LoudenA few years ago I spent 8 days just off Vancouver Island, British Columbia with my family; paddling kayaks, watching orcas, seeing bear eat crab, and sniffing drifting wood smoke. My sister and brother-in-law came along on our adventure and they both said, at different times, "We would never ...
Views: 1251 - Seven Behaviors for Creating the Life You Want - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2006 from Ron FinklesteinSeven Behaviors for Creating the Life You Want Ronald Finklestein The key to success lies in how well you create an “attitude of success.” My studies have shown that combined with the correct attitude, there are seven behaviors that all successful people exhibit. Selfishness When I talk ...
Views: 2812 - You Aren’t Single Dimensional – So Why Is Your Resume? - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2006 from Heather EagarChoosing a resume style is as difficult or easy as choosing the most suitable dress or suit for that all-important interview. It is all too simplistic to say that a one ‘jacket fits all’ strategy will work for everyone when deciding what resume style to use – still, most job seekers take this ...
Views: 1036 - Do You Need to Have More Friends? - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealMany of us today are getting too busy to have a lot of close friendships. In the modern world, we are on the go all the time. Yet our human need to be close to other people continues. Maybe it's time for you to slow down and have more friends. Lots of studies have shown that it’s ...
Views: 3275 - Are you a Micropreneur? - by Micropreneur: an entrepreneur willing to accept the risk of starting and managing the type of business that remains small, lets them do the kind of work they want to do, and offers them a balanced lifestyle.
If so, you probably are used to doing everything for yourself. You’re like me in that ...
Views: 777 - The Placement Crash – The Failure of PR in the Conversation World - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2006 from James ClarkThe Placement Crash – The Failure of PR in the Conversation World Traditional public relations yields a common problem called “Placement Crash,” which is like a sugar crash in business – something that gives you a brief high, but bottoms out fast and leaves you with nothing. For instance, one ...
Views: 921 - The Times They Are a'Changin' - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2006 from Keith VarnumIt’s a little corny now to quote this old rag of Bob Dylan’s. However, as a teenager the lyrics and spirit of the song lit a spark of recognition in my heart when I listened to it over and over again. The song’s refrain was not a cliché then. To me, the song was a call to arms—a call to come ...
Views: 1032 - Raspberries and Problem Solving - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2006 from Harlan GoergerA Gardner I am not, but a few years ago some Raspberries were transplanted and took over the North side of my house. As I was taking my evening stroll in my yard, I noticed that they were loaded with sweet red berries. I decided to spend the time picking several quarts of the elusive red ...
Views: 1368 - Lawdy Dawdy So Many Are Trapped in the 40/40 - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2006 from Nicholas DixonIt’s out of the bag. I really need to get this off my chest.They say it is wise to learn from the mistakes of others so thatyou avoid doing the same. Why do so many people committhemselves to a 40/40 life? What is a 40/40 lifestyle? This occurs when one works 40 hoursplus a week for the next ...
Views: 1408 - Time Management Systems Help Us Soar! - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2006 from Denise LandersOn a recent airplane flight, I thought of all the systems that are in place to get us from one destination to another as efficiently as possible. Boarding Consider the rapid turnaround of planes these days. When the arriving passengers disembark, their luggage is taken off, the plane is ...
Views: 1230 - Time Management Strategies of a Self-Made Millionaire - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2006 from Jill KoenigWhen I graduated high school, I received a partial scholarship to study at a prestigious Chicago Art School. At nights and on the weekends I worked as a Firefighter/EMT, which gave me a unique perspective on TIME and how fragile life can be. I saw things at the age of 18 that most people will ...
Views: 1171 - The Gratitude of Vultures - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2006 from Diane HelbigThey stand on the beach; 150 or so. Wings at their sides, still and straight, facing the rising sun. There is no sound save the music of the wind through the leaves. Every day they gather; at this same spot. Happening upon them, you may ask yourself – ‘What are they doing?’ Could they be ...
Views: 1123 - Create the Vision of You Inc. (Book Excerpt) - by The first step toward creating a vision for You, Inc. is developing
a strategy that helps you crystallize what you really want to do,
can do, and must do to achieve your vision.
When I was a young girl,my goal was to sell more Girl Scout
cookies than anyone else in my troop.Without even ...
Views: 1178 - Tame Your Ego - by Do you know you that there is a step you can take toward fully embracing your spiritual identity which offers permanent freedom from perhaps your greatest source of insecurity and personal bondage? The step is to simply stop taking yourself so seriously, and basically decide as a spiritual ...
Views: 3229 - Love - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2006 from Yolanda CardenLove He may not look like it, but that Elmo's a love machine. When parents tell me, "My child lives for Elmo," I tell them that Elmo lives because of their child's love for him. I don't just mean that Elmo is alive in their child's imagination, though that is certainly a part of it. That child ...
Views: 1332 - Daily Homework - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2006 from Harry HenshawWe learn much of what we learn initially through repetitious exposure. It is by becoming present to something repeatedly that space is created for us to learn anew. It is by taking that which we are exposed to and bringing it forth into our life, committing it to action, that we begin to ...
Views: 1071 - Practical Spirituality – Understanding the Four Paths - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2006 from John GilmoreIn creation centered spirituality, Matthew Fox (founder of Wisdom University in Oakland, CA) outlines four paths of spirituality. These four paths are: The positive path; the negative path, the creative path and the transformative path. These are different names then the ones used by Fox, ...
Views: 2658 - Falling in Love Too Fast - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2006 from Gary CaineThe feeling of falling in love is of the most exciting, thrilling and life changing events. Falling in love can change your entire outlook on life. Falling in love can occupy your mind and seem to take away all of life's problems. However, falling in love can bring about a serious problem of ...
Views: 32774(3 votes) - About Passionately Soaring in Life - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2006 from el bachBy Barbara Rose, Ph.D. Questions and Answers 1. How do I discover my passion? 2. How do I move from where I am now to where I want to be? 3. What do I do if it all doesn’t work out? 4. How do I handle negative comments from relatives or friends? 5. How do I really start it all? 6. What do ...
Views: 1148(1 vote) - How to Realize Life Purpose - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2006 from Hieu DoanAt it’s heart Life Purpose is about feeling. We are seeking to find that which gives us the feeling of meaning, reason and purpose. This is the reason why two people can duplicate the same external experiences and yet not attain the same inner experience. We must look within for what truly ...
Views: 979 - Change: The Other Dirty Word - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2006 from Tonya RamseyWhat comes to mind when you hear the word change? Are you fearful? Excited? Does you blood run cold or do you hear yourself saying, “I like things just the way they are.”? Is “change”, the other dirty word? Most of us find change hard. Not necessarily because we do not want to change but ...
Views: 1381 - Making Money on the Web: The Truth Revealed - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2006 from Tonya RamseyI am an avid internet user; I love the fact that there is information on almost any topic that you could think of at the tips of your fingers. Through my journeys on the information highway, I have several times come across “Make money on the internet!” “Free and easy program, make over $2100 a ...
Views: 1415 - Time Management: where does our time go? - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2006 from Tonya RamseyTime management is a big concern for a lot of people. I keep hearing, “There are just not enough hours in the day…” or “Where does my time go?” Face it we all live busy lives. Work, family, and other commitments keep us all hopping. To utilize better time management, it’s important to ...
Views: 1575 - 9 Steps to Building a Profitable Customer Relationship - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2006 from Casey FitzGeraldSuccess in sales depends directly on your ability to make yourself likeable, and create a positive experience for your customers. The following 9 Tips are some of the best - and easiest - ways I know to help you create a more positive customer experience: Love what you sell, the company you ...
Views: 1282 - Creating Positive Change -- There Is No Beginning Too Small - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2006 from Yolanda CardenHave you ever had the feeling while reading a newspaper, listening to a lecture, or sitting around a dinner table talking with friends about current events, that “Something ought to be done about that”? Or perhaps you have felt appalled by an injustice of some sad event and thought, “What is to ...
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