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- 5 Essential Habits to Protect Your Most Essential Commodity - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2007 from Melanie Benson Strick5 Essential Habits to Protect Your Most Essential Commodity A couple of years ago I was at a leadership conference where one of the keynotes, Suzanne de Passe of Motown Productions, talked about protecting the entrepreneurs’ greatest commodity – our energy. Suzanne’s key comment was “how you ...
Views: 626 - Time Management Tip: How to Stop Letting the Phone Put You Behind - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2007 from Cheryl ClausenMost people want and need a time management tip for effectively managing their use of the phone. Don’t be a slave to your phone learn how to master it and use it as the useful tool it can be. Unfortunately far too often the phone is your enemy sucking up tons of time with little benefit to ...
Views: 414 - Fundamentals of Success: How do You Handle Temporary Defeat? - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2007 from Cheryl ClausenA fundamental of success is that defeat can only come to you if you quit. Until you throw in the towel and quit, all forms of defeat are only temporary set-backs and learning opportunities. Every temporary defeat moves you one step closer to success because you now know something important ...
Views: 536 - Sales Development Training: Why do People Buy? - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2007 from Cheryl ClausenUnderstanding why people buy and what that means to you is an important part of your sales development training. You can know more about your product or service than anyone. You can have your sales presentation down pat. You can know beyond all doubt that your prospect needs what you have ...
Views: 540 - Five Tips For Joint Venturing With a Competitor - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2010 from Robert Williams1. Give away bonus products Let's explore some great ideas in this area. The first examples that come to mind are information products. Imagine that you and your potential JV partner are both in the weight loss field. Your competitor is releasing a new ebook about exercise. You can offer ...
Views: 590 - How Anger Makes Me Happy! - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2007 from Tom WrightEverything in our lives is connected. The sun shines, and so flowers grow. The rain falls, and then trees can make leaves so the oxygen they produce can allow us to breathe. These connections are so seamless, we don't have to think about them in order for them to work. They just work. The same ...
Views: 2113 - My Pet Peeve: Whining - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2007 from Tulum DotheeDecide what YOU will do! Not what you will try to make the child do! Once you have decided, call a family meeting and inform them. Schedule a whining time. At that time EVERYONE whines for a full minute AT THE SAME TIME. It is great fun, we all end up laughing. Use a non verbal hand signal. ...
Views: 713 - Weight Control Expert Finds Major Flaws in Hot New Celebrity Diet; Warning - Watch Out! - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2007 from abby aronowitzWhat do Alicia Keys, Halle Berry, Jessica Simpson, Kanye West, John Meyer, Mandy Moore and Eva Mendes all have in common? They're all on a weight loss diet that just might do them harm. That's the shocking revelation by weight control expert Dr. Abby Aronowitz , who has uncovered major flaws in ...
Views: 2382 - The ABC's of Parenting - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2007 from Leah DaviesAccept and value yourself and your child. Be consistent, honest, fair, and firm as you relate to your child. Concentrate on what you like about your child and comment on it. Develop interests of your own. Encourage your child to discuss ideas and goals, expressing the belief that he or she ...
Views: 1009 - What Is Tachyon Energy? - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2007 from Robert Ziegler Tachyon PractitionerAccording to quantum physics, the material universe is nothing more than a very dense form of energy. Everything that exists in this universe, from the most subtle, refined realms of energetic structures, to the grossest, densest realms of matter, is aligned in an energy continuum. Energy flows ...
Views: 1178 - The Light of Energy, which is You - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2007 from Adele MarieLet’s look at bringing everyone up to date as this time of the year when the energy and our own energy with ourselves starts to shift. If you think, you have been shifting and growing so far well let us really take a good look at what we are headed into. I am going to break it down into sections ...
Views: 652 - Panic And Other Anxiety Disorders - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2007 from Giri AnanthaPanic and other anxiety disorders have long been both puzzling and frustrating, especially to the person going through it. It always seems like a 'mystery illness' that no one can figure out. The problem is, a lot of the time, anxiety disorders can mimic other more serious conditions. So the ...
Views: 1135(1 vote) - Who Creates Your Reality? - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2007 from Daniel ErwayYou are an expression of the divine Self, and it creates through you in two ways: It inspires and moves you, as much as you allow it to, to create the reality it intends for you, and it also allows your egoic self to create the reality it chooses. So, two things are going on in any moment: the ...
Views: 457 - Listening to the Heart - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2007 from Daniel ErwayYou listen to the Heart with something other than your ears. You listen with your awareness. What are you aware of now? You listen for (pay attention to) what is present now and arising now in the moment. You give your attention to what is, which may include a thought, but you don’t give ...
Views: 711 - The Way of Acceptance - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2007 from Daniel ErwayOne of the reasons we turn away from the moment and the peace and joy that reside there is that we are programmed to reject life as it is. We want life on our own terms, but it can never be that way. Even if the ego could have life on its own terms, which it does briefly and occasionally, it ...
Views: 481 - Attention Is an Act of Love - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2007 from Daniel ErwayGiving attention is a very basic form of love, which is obvious everywhere, and a way that love can be expressed very simply in the world. What you give your attention to is what you love. If you are giving your attention to the egoic mind, then you are loving that and joining with that. If you ...
Views: 796 - Five Ways to Imbue Self-Confidence In Children - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2007 from Emmanuel SeguiIt is very rightly said that what your child does at 13 very much decides what he will be doing at 30. If he learns to hold his head high no matter what comes, he will certainly sow seeds of happiness, success and prosperity that he can reap when he becomes an adult. It is the duty of every ...
Views: 629 - Back to Basics - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2007 from Steve GoodierOne man said of his marriage, "I very distinctly remember my wedding day. As we unloaded the moving van into our little house, I said, 'Darling, this is your and my little world.'" "And I suppose," wondered his friend, "that you've lived happily ever after?" "We've been fighting for the ...
Views: 682(1 vote) - Are You Performing Within Your Own Purpose Or Under Your Parents' Passion? - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2007 from Niquenya FulbrightOne of the primary complaints I hear from my coaching clients is that they are unhappy in their professions. Too often, after further exploration of the source of this unhappiness, it is revealed that these individuals did not pursue their current career paths by their own conscious choice but ...
Views: 680 - Straight Guise - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2007 from Joe KortThe term MSM (men who have sex with men)derives from the growing body of literature showing evidence that not all men who have sex with men - even obligatory homosexual sex - are gay. It's struck such a chord that even Oprah addressed the trend when she interviewed J.L. King who originally ...
Views: 4839 - Focus on the Good Stuff: The Power of Appreciation - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2007 from Mike RobbinsHave you ever had something taken away from you only to realize how much you appreciated it after it was gone? Most of us have taken someone or something for granted. We only truly realized how much that person or situation meant to us after the fact. For example, at the age of twenty three ...
Views: 666 - Creation and Gratitude - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2007 from Richard BlackstoneCreation is spirituality information in action. Gratitude is the natural consequence of being a spiritual creator What does it take to get what you really want? You must really, really, really want it! If you only want something half-heartedly then you will only give less than a half-hearted ...
Views: 628 - The Law of Attraction – Will Setting Goals Ignite The Law Of Attraction - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from Ken TriatThe law of attraction is a universal power based on universal laws. The question is does igniting the law of attraction with goal setting make the law of attraction work quicker? Some would ask” is there a difference between goal setting and the law of attraction”. We all now have the basic ...
Views: 439 - 2 Effective Ways To Quickly Relieve Stress - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from Chris GreenIf you're caught up in a harrowing storm of stress, depression or anxiety, you may feel that the storm will never pass. Most sufferers of these problems feel like this at some point and it further deepens the torment, intensifying the storm, a storm with no end in sight. I want to give an ...
Views: 670 - Oops! Your character is showing - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from Johan CampbellI very seldom watch TV and when I do I prefer it to be something pleasant, interesting and instructional however I watched a little bit of Idols last night (only because it was on when I walked into the lounge) Was it pleasant? Well, the young woman singing had a really good voice. Was it ...
Views: 575 - Sitting at Life's Train Station. - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from Craig HarperIt's five fifteen in the morning. You wake up excited with a day of new and amazing possibilities ahead of you. You bounce out of bed and hit the floor running. You jump in the shower, throw down some toast and head out the front door. Knowing that today, is the day. Your heart is racing with ...
Views: 537 - What to do During a Dental Emergency - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from Nor SuhirSaving A Knocked-Out Tooth - Knocked-Out Tooth Emergency First Aid Kit Knocked-Out Tooth is a common accident, especially among children, sports related activities and even on the road. In the US alone, almost five million teeth got knocked-out from the mouth every year. Ninety percent of ...
Views: 1479 - Master Success: Are You Ready for Success? - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from Cheryl ClausenYou can’t master success if you aren’t ready for it. Success passes people by every minute of every day because they aren’t ready for it. They think they are, but they most definitely aren’t. You can’t be ready for success until: you clearly know what success is for you, you are determined to ...
Views: 399 - Personal Time Management: Achieving Superior Performance Doing the Things You Hate - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from Cheryl ClausenCould personal time management actually be fun? When you think of time management you may associate time management with making yourself live by someone else’s rules so you have more time for work. That’s definitely not fun or a fun way to look at time management. We all have things we have ...
Views: 447 - Sales and Selling Technique: Who’s Listening? - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from Cheryl ClausenListening is one of the most important sales and selling techniques you can have. Many of you think you’re listening, but you’re not. I can’t tell you how many clients have told me they are really good listeners, but it was obvious to me and everyone else that they aren’t. How often do you ...
Views: 388 - 71 Golden Rules to Manage Stress and self Improvement - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from Sedrik PetBefore start with main part of articles and define 71 golden rules let me clear one thing that there is no way understood that to manage stress one must apply each and every rule in letter and spirit. These are collection of golden rules and one should apply as per his or her condition and ...
Views: 546 - Manage Stress by Twelve golden habits - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from Sedrik PetBelow are twelve best and tested habits that one should develop for oneself to keep stress, depression and anxiety out of life. Please not that develop these habits and change oneself is not immediate process but ongoing process even one can develop some of these habits in life can make ...
Views: 394 - ***Gifting Yourself Strategies - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from Carolyn EllisSometimes society causes people to buy into the hype and commercialism of how to be good to your spouse, partner, or significant other. Valentine's Day is a huge example. Suggested gifts like roses appear on every street corner. Advertising promoting lingerie and jewelry appear everywhere you ...
Views: 1831 - Courage From Your Soul - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from Mark Ivar MyhreIf you want more courage, one way is to cultivate your soul. Your soul. Many people seem to have lost theirs. Others don't even believe they have one. Most people don't have a clue about their soul; as indicated by the sorry state of affairs society functions out of. I've even heard people ...
Views: 606 - R-r-rev Up the RPMs of Your Organization: Part 3 - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from J Bert FreemanPart 3: Everyone Positions RPM’s in a Consistent Positive Direction When you read Parts 1 and 2 you became familiar with key components of Organizational Unity of Effort that impact Relationships, Performance and Morale (RPM’s). Part 1 shared the value for an entire organization to concentrate ...
Views: 584 - Common Dating And Relationship Mistakes Men Make - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from Rod CortezUnless you plan on dating women for the rest of your life, dating and relationships go hand in hand. I've seen men who can approach any woman, build magnificent rapport, get her phone number, set up the first date, and then fail miserably at the relationship. In survey after survey, more than ...
Views: 1512 - The Biggest Cause of Lower Back Pain… and its’ Cure! - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from Graeme TeagueIf you are reading this now, most likely you are sitting with lower back pain. You can’t get comfortable for too long or your back pain will get worse. You will have to leave your computer and either lie down or go for a walk… just to make life more comfortable. Lower back pain affects over 80% ...
Views: 511 - 101 Insights #2 Touch A Heart - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from Phil WalmsleyInsight #2 of 101 Touch A Heart Many hearts are closed to the love of this universe. To touch another’s heart, you must first open your own heart. Not just to a selected few, but for all to see. Be open. Be vulnerable. Allow yourself to be loved and to love everyone that you meet. Take those ...
Views: 702 - Destination Success … A Simple Road Map! Part 3 - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from Michael J KohnAre you looking for a road map to success? A simple business plan for your home based business is a necessity. In part one and two of this three part series we discussed the importance of anyone wanting to get the most from a work at home career needing to develop a business plan for their ...
Views: 479(1 vote) - 10 Ways to Low Cost or FREE Marketing! - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from Melinda JanickiThere are hundreds of ways to market yourself and your company that don’t cost hundreds of dollars. As a Business Owner of ON Demand Virtual Services and Lead Virtual Assistant I know how hard it is to stay ahead of the Marketing Game! In such a competitive marketplace it is imperative that we ...
Views: 820 - Tangos Of Debt Accumulation: What Are They Worth? - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from Mitchell MilchWatch Jane or Bob max out on their credit cards. Is that their partner Jim or Mary registering a feeble protest? Listen to Spot bark and scratch his neck in befuddlement when Jim or Mary pay off the abused credit cards and then, look stunned when the sun rises on another spending spree? ...
Views: 532 - Goal-Setting for Kids ~ 3 Parenting Tips for Building a Champion Character - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from Jean TracyGoal-Setting is the bridge to success. Success builds character. Inside you’ll find the bridge for seeing, sensing, and saying goals. Use this bridge to help your child build a champion character. Parenting Advice for Goal-Setting: "Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from ...
Views: 572(3 votes) - How to be an effective leader - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from Patrick KallieThese four leadership rules or principles are: 1. Take time out to confer with yourself. 2. Trade minds with people you want to influence. 3. Think progress, push for progress, and also believe in progress. 4. What is the human way to handle this. Leadership rule number 1: Take time out to ...
Views: 551 - Secret Four of a Happy Marriage: Grow with Each Other - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from alex blackwellThe following seven secrets have worked very well for over 22 years in my marriage and for many other couples too. Follow them, adapt them to work in your own marriage, and you'll be on your way to having what we all want -- a happy marriage! 1. Communicate 2. Meet each other’s needs 3. Learn ...
Views: 574 - New Planet Earth - We Are God Also - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from Seth GarrisonWe are God, also. We are the creators of our own reality. I am God. You are God. God is in all of us. God is in all things. God is not some bearded entity in heaven that looks down upon us, pulling the strings of our life events, telling us which way to go and what to do and how to live. The ...
Views: 701(1 vote) - Who Else Has Fallen Into This Common Life Trap? - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from Mohamed TohamiRight now, you are about to discover the common life trap that most people fall into. You are going to realize why you have been distracted from your dreams and have stopped pursuing your destiny. Once you become aware of that trap, you will gain the power to RE-DREAM and to take massive action ...
Views: 520 - Why Family Business Succession Plans Fail & What to Do About It - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from Jeff HarrisMany scholarly researchers have concluded that a staggering 90% percent of family businesses fail by the third generation. This sobering statistic becomes more perplexing when you consider the army of attorneys and CPAs available to assist families with cutting edge business succession planning ...
Views: 433 - Dancing with Friends - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2010 from Keith ReadyJust recently I was invited to attend a function to celebrate the 25th anniversary of a business owned by a very good and special friend. I first met him when he started his business and have had the opportunity to provide my services to his company over those twenty five years, and in ...
Views: 496 - What Causes Depression? - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2007 from Erica HaughWhat Causes Depression? No-one’s yet figured out the answer. What we do know is: • Everyone is born with a certain vulnerability to depressive illness, which seems to be genetically determined. You are two to three times as likely to suffer depression if someone else in your family ...
Views: 1189 - All just part of my job! - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2010 from Keith ReadyRecently, a business associate and I went to call on a retail customer, and we experienced one of the real challenges in visiting a very large regional shopping centre that is over 2 kms long, with in excess of 300 shops spread over three shopping levels. How do find a store when you haven't ...
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