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- Confidence Matters - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Alisa Goodwin Snell“It’s not you—It’s your technique.” This is one of the first things I teach singles. It is core to my coaching program and essential to your success in the dating game. To grasp the significance of this principle and how it can increase your confidence, you need to understand the ...
Views: 2473(6 votes) - Important ‘Life and Work’ Lessons from Kids - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Sohail ZindaniThe most beautiful, challenging, yet thrilling dimension of my training career comes from my interaction with children. They are smart, creative, simple and honest. These four attributes are, however, quite rare in most modern workplaces. Although, we do invest a lot in making our employees ...
Views: 1414 - The Chemical Threat: 9 Alarming Facts You Must Know - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Wendy Montes de ocaSummarizing a 240-page report1 in a few paragraphs isn’t possible, but one thing is clear. We simply do not know enough about the health effects of the tens of thousands of chemicals in widespread use today. Here’s why: Over 80,000 synthetic chemicals are approved for use in the US. Examples ...
Views: 2065(1 vote) - Keep It Open At The Top - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Charlene MurphyI love what Sonia Choquette says about our planetary evolution. She says, “We are now going from homo sapiens to homo spiritus.” The evidence to support that statement is all around us. Have you seen the number of spiritual groups on Facebook, for example? Just five years ago, we were still ...
Views: 1973(3 votes) - How to Win at Weight Loss - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Wendy Montes de ocaIt took me three years of playing tennis to learn the lesson I’m about to share with you, and another two to realize that it was the perfect metaphor for weight loss. Let me explain. (And by the way- you don’t need to know a thing about tennis to get this.) For years, I’d hit what’s ...
Views: 1961(2 votes) - The Wise Well Woman's Baby Step #1: Commit to Change - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Nanette SaylorAre you ready to lead a life that is different than the one you are leading now? What will it take for you to stop doing what you’re doing and start living the life of your dreams? Most will agree, it takes you engaging your energy and committing to change. You can’t get different results ...
Views: 1983 - Coming Out of the Psychic Closet - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Charlene MurphyIt’s official! I’m psychic. There, I said it. You know, the word “psychic” is so emotionally charged and has taken on quite a few unsavory meanings. We can thank both Hollywood and opportunistic shysters for that. However, the word “psychic” really means “pertaining to the soul or spirit”. I ...
Views: 3176(2 votes) - 3 Simple Steps To Tryouts Soccer - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Andre BotelhoEven if you disagree, please listen to me. Who said tryouts soccer is to find the most competitive players? It is to sort out player and teams through successful tryouts. The obvious thing is that many young coaches do not have the experience to distinguish between average players and good ...
Views: 2511 - Your “Target Company List” Builds Focus, Momentum and Productivity - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Ford MyersWhen you’re in a job search, it’s important to be crystal clear about the kinds of companies you’d like to work for. Once you have gained this clarity, you’ll want to research and identify the names of the companies that meet your search criteria. Your goal will be to “infiltrate” these ...
Views: 1741 - How To Lose Baby Fat – Ditch All Those Marketing Hype And Start The Real Exercise - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Matthew JohnsonAfter having a baby, the first question that will pops out usually is “how to lose baby fat?”. Looking for the answer is easy; spare some of your time browsing the internet and buy several fitness magazines; you’ll flooded with information about diet tools and methods . The problem is more than ...
Views: 1022 - The Objectives in Managing People – People Management - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Kate TammemagiWhat are the objectives in managing people? This is the starting point for any new Manager or Supervisor. In people management, what are the goals? How will you know when they you been successful? In people management, as with every other endeavour, a clear susses vision will set you on a ...
Views: 19312(4 votes) - The Objectives in Managing People – People Management - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Kate TammemagiWhat are the objectives in managing people? This is the starting point for any new Manager or Supervisor. In people management, what are the goals? How will you know when they you been successful? In people management, as with every other endeavour, a clear susses vision will set you on a ...
Views: 19312(4 votes) - The Real Key to Time Mangement - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Linda PucciOne of the biggest struggles all of us have in our modern world has to do with how to manage time. Most of us are so busy, and bombarded with demands on our time. We are overstimulated by choice, and even inventions designed to make us more effective and efficient often become time-stealers. ...
Views: 2283(2 votes) - Better Health Beyond A Reasonable Doubt [Part 2] - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Kathleen LamoureuxLast week I discussed healing on the metaphysical level with the mind. Today I am going to discuss how one can reinforce self-healing with the alternative healing techniques that I have worked with for 20 years. LIFESTYLE Lifestyle includes supplementing with vitamins, having a healthy diet ...
Views: 1929(1 vote) - 5 Beauty Secrets To Make Your Skin Healthy and Flawless - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Naomi AndrewsWe are all born with healthy flawless skin but few are able to keep it the same way as we age. However, healthy skin is not all bout genetics. In fact, it has more to do with how you take care of your skin and provide it with essential nutrients. Here are 10 amazing beauty lessons that you ...
Views: 1206(1 vote) - Why Some People are Lactose Intolerant - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Sandy MalekWe all start out drinking milk in one form or another. So why do so many of us seem to "grow into" lactose intolerance? Lactose intolerance, as you may know, results in the digestive discomfort that comes from consuming lactose, the sugar found in milk and dairy products. Most people in the ...
Views: 708 - Experiencing Compassion - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Mary Lee LaBayI came across a discussion of Compassion in the book Zen Soup by Laurence G. Boldt. I decided to share it with you so we can contemplate these concepts together. "Compassion is not sentimentality. It is not about being nice, polite, or pleasing. Indeed, compassion may often take on a wrathful ...
Views: 1147(1 vote) - Eight Steps to Enhancing Your Spiritual Connection - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Mary Lee LaBayKnow that the connection is already there. • Feed it. Throughout the day, ask yourself, “How am I feeding my soul?” • Practice the strengthening techniques daily. We have watched our children learn to walk. Each time they took a step and fell on their little diapered rumps, we exclaimed ...
Views: 3154(2 votes) - Does Fear Rule Your Life? - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Mary Lee LaBayOften that which we fear never actually takes place. We spend a lifetime fearing or worrying about some eventuality that never arrives. And we frequently worry in wild disproportion to what might actually occur. The bottom line is that none of the fear—and the resulting anxiety, stress, ...
Views: 1773(1 vote) - Discovering Your Personal Power Symbol - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Mary Lee LaBayWhat would you enjoy manifesting in your life? What perceptions or self-defeating thoughts may be interfering with achieving your purpose and manifesting your highest dreams? Awareness Engineering combines contemporary healing techniques, quantum reality concepts, ancient disciplines and ...
Views: 3744(2 votes) - Discover Your Purpose—Walk Your Path - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Mary Lee LaBayAwareness Engineering is founded on the premise that two things are required for the human experience. Consciousness is required for us to be aware of our (or any) Existence. Existence is required for Consciousness to have something to be conscious of. Both are axiomatic and foundational to ...
Views: 1362(1 vote) - Conquering the Mid-Life Crisis - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Mary Lee LaBayMid-life wake-up call We have come to accept a mid-life crisis as a natural phase of life. This critical period in a person’s life may include such feelings as discontentment, boredom, restlessness, wanting complete change, confusion about identity or life direction, and questioning prior ...
Views: 1137(1 vote) - Check Your Baggage - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Mary Lee LaBayWe all carry “baggage” around—the fears, insecurities, grudges, etc., that have been built up since…well, forever. While some people begrudge the heavy load, others build their identity around it, allowing the baggage to represent who they are. While it is true that who you are right now, in ...
Views: 1116(1 vote) - Catch Up on the ZZZs - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Mary Lee LaBayWhile recovering from surgery, I spent the better part of 10 days sleeping, meditating, learning to maneuver a wheelchair, and surrendering to being in the moment. While each of these activities was rewarding, I would like to focus on the value of what can happen in your mind, body, and life ...
Views: 1304 - Believing in an Afterlife - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Mary Lee LaBayYou may commonly hear that the only two sure things are death and taxes. I think it is only death—as there are places on this earth where people don’t pay taxes...or is it that there are simply people who don’t pay taxes? Anyway, there are ways around just about everything...except death! As ...
Views: 1026(1 vote) - Be the Change! - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Mary Lee LaBay"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." Mahatma Ghandi As we enter the new year, many of us yearn for change: to be healthier, more prosperous, more loving or to see our world at peace, our environment cherished, our leaders accountable. But whether the change we seek is ...
Views: 1732(1 vote) - Treat your Anger as your stubborn child - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Angela SmytheAnyone that has ever babysat for their little niece or their baby brother knows how hard it can be to deal with someone that says no just because it is all they know. Little kids know little if anything about self-control so when they see something they want they don’t understand why they can’t ...
Views: 1998(1 vote) - Silence speaks more than words - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Angela SmytheMovie theatres like us to believe that silence is golden; when it comes to watching a show that just cost £20 for the tickets and another £30 in snacks I do not think that many people would argue that at least in that case, silence is golden. It may sound strange to think of silence as an ...
Views: 4883(1 vote) - Active Listening: Turning Customer Service into customer satisfaction - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Angela SmytheTypically, communication skills training is focused around improving our speaking and presentation skills, but improving how we listen to information is just as important. Listening plays a major part in effective communication, how we listen and what we choose to listen to has a big impact on ...
Views: 6834(1 vote) - Leading with Presence - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Angela SmytheLeaders are a key element of any successful organisation or business, without effective and engaging leaders in place a company built on people will lack direction and be unable to fulfil their objectives. The trouble with leadership is that not every leader knows how to act when they are ...
Views: 2334(5 votes) - Making the Most of Discussions Can Go a Long Way Towards Improving Organizations - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Torri MylerTechnology has been improving human communication, replacing time-consuming methods with instant-contact innovations. It is easier than ever to hold a meaningful discussion and companies have learned to save time and cost by staging video conferences or putting in place in-house procedures for ...
Views: 713 - The Leader As Crucible - A New Magnetic Way To Lead - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Zoe RouthLeading can be difficult and painful – hence the notion of 'crucible' experiences: an event that was challenging or even harrowing acts as a transformational experience, much like a crucible provides a container for huge temperatures that initiate a re-structure of its contents. Leaders too ...
Views: 1431(5 votes) - When Is The Best Time To Get Pregnant? - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Hanna HamelsfordWhen Is The Best Time To Get Pregnant? The best time to become pregnant is during the ovulation phase of your monthly period. Ovulation occurs after an LH surge. LH (Luteinizing Hormone) is a hormone manufactured by your body which results in the explusion of a ready ovum into the womb. From ...
Views: 4709(1 vote) - What Is Spiritual Realization, Spiritual Growth Or Spiritual Enlightenment- Understand It - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from GS VirkSpiritual enlightenment is the knowledge that comes naturally himself, while the growth of religious art, and the growth of human sciences must be learned by others, civilization or university. Spiritual Enlightenment refers to the self-realization within the self by the spiritual growth. ...
Views: 1680(3 votes) - How to READ People: Assurance - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2011 from Doug GradyA- Assurance. Has this ever happened to you: you deliver a planned, powerful, positioned presentation, and your prospect says something like, “Sounds great! I like it, I want, I need it. I’m going to do it! (wait for it…) Call me Tuesday!” You call Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday… ...
Views: 2841(1 vote) - How to READ People: Evaluation - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2011 from Doug GradyE- Evaluation. Once your prospect is within realization (see part 1), evaluation begins. Human beings are evaluation machines. Evaluations are simply questions your prospects are asking which much be answered to their satisfaction before they buy. Your prospect consciously or unconsciously asks ...
Views: 3278(1 vote) - The problem and the solution lies with us - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2010 from Robyn SpeedIt is often the small problems that cause us the greatest amount of difficulty. There is no magic cure, there is only the option to look closer as that which causes difficulty or annoyance and see what is really there. Many a time the blame is placed on another person, ‘he did this and it ...
Views: 1450(3 votes) - Right Mind, Right Design - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2010 from Dr. Deana MurphyMost often at the onset of the spring and summer months with winter being behind, people generally are geared-up to get in the creative mode. The beginning of a new season in some way incites creativity and motivation for change. Included with the desire to change may arise enhancing our lives; ...
Views: 2081(1 vote) - Addressing Workplace Relationships - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Linda McCarrinAddressing Workplace Relationships Where do we get to choose our relationships and where do we have no choice? We get to choose our friends, but not our family or co-workers. Figure that the workplace is one area where a group of random people are plunked down in some sort of space and told ...
Views: 1739(1 vote) - 3 Tips to Making Creative Visualization Fun - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Evelyn LimWhat can be more fun other than spending time doing some creative visualization of your ultimate dreams? Just imagine achieving your wildest goals, having an ideal job and traveling to some far-flung corner of the world? Unfortunately, when it comes to visualization, many people do not make ...
Views: 4053(1 vote) - Creative Visualization: Understanding What It Means - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Evelyn LimMany people have heard about the concept of creative visualization but have no understanding over what it really means. Should an attempt be made, they get into a panic when they find themselves unable to conjure a mental image when they close their eyes. Hence, there is a tendency to believe ...
Views: 3272(1 vote) - How to Get Started on Creative Visualization - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Evelyn LimYou may be mistaken into believing that creative visualization involves intense hours of being at alpha levels of meditation. Which is why you find plenty of excuses not to set aside time for it. You also figure that it must be a complex process, something which you will not be able to do. ...
Views: 3005(1 vote) - The Importance of Giving - Part 2 - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2010 from Tor ConstantinoThe first installment of this series addressed how most people consider their financial donations to church or charity as TRANSACTIONAL – similar to a purchase or exchange of goods. However, in God’s eyes that type of giving is TRANSFORMATIONAL, since it works toward broadening our ...
Views: 1705(2 votes) - How to Manifest Your Dreams With Creative Visualization - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Evelyn LimIf you have not already realized it, you have already been using creative visualization everyday. Now how is that possible? It is because you have been manifesting whatever that your mind is focusing on. It is true that most of us tend to experience visualization in a negative way. We ...
Views: 5033 - 10 Tips to Successful Creative Visualization - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Evelyn LimCreative visualization is one great technique that can be used to manifest your goals and dreams. Creative visualization works based on the principles of the law of attraction. According to this law, the more you focus your mind on the things you want, the more likely it is that the universe ...
Views: 5641(1 vote) - The Role of the Brain in Perfect Pitch - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2010 from Ross CormackThe ability of people to instantly identify the pitch of a note without using any guide is referred to as perfect pitch. They are also able to reproduce this notes (via song or instrument) without the use of guides. Some people believe that this ability is very uncommon. They are right. It ...
Views: 2179(1 vote) - Is There A Fast Track To Developing Self Confidence? - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2010 from Robert DarbyA Critical Piece Of The Puzzle I normally don't recommend taking the fast and easy way to any achievement, especially in the area of self change and personal development. But skills like meditation and visualization and affirmations can take awhile to develop and perfect, and when it comes to ...
Views: 1329 - A Lesson in Success from a Homeless Guy - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2010 from Sean MarshallA few years ago I was up in Seattle visiting. I was walking down on the waterfront when a guy in some rather ragged clothes came up to me and asked for a dollar. He said he missed his ferry and needed to catch the next one. Before I even decided whether or not I would give him money, he held out ...
Views: 1379(2 votes) - Liars, cheaters, manipulators, beaters--Spot them in 3 dates or less - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Alisa Goodwin SnellSingle men and women are vulnerable to the risks of exploitation, deception, infidelity, stalking, and abuse, especially if they don’t know the early warning signs. With statistics that range from 20 to 60 percent of partner’s cheating during a relationship or marriage,** and reports stating ...
Views: 8399(6 votes) - To Rely - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2010 from Michelle MorovatyTo rely or not to rely. I believe to rely is a beneficial way to connect to God. I believe that today is the day to rely on God. To trust God and to have faith in God. For God is a Spirit of Love and as we rely on Love, there is nothing that Love cannot do or overcome. What is ...
Views: 1303 - Does Blog Posting Have You Overwhelmed? - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from TJ PhilpottOne of the most challenging aspects of running a blogging business is being able to maintain the necessary blog posting regiment required to attract traffic. The foundation of any popular blog is the frequent updates that are posted to the site. This is why people visit in the first place and ...
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