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- To Improve Your Relationships, Learn to Like Yourself - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2009 from Royane RealCan you really say that you like yourself? Or that you love yourself? For many of us, this is a hard thing to do. We are so critical of ourselves. When we don't have good self esteem, many areas of our life will suffer. We will find it hard to make good relationships and friendships. ...
Views: 2216(4 votes) - The Real Secret to Being a Successful Conversationalist - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2009 from Royane RealIn the last couple of years I have written a lot of articles and a special report to tell people how they can improve their small talk and conversations skills. Quite often, I get compliments from people who tell me that my articles on making conversation have helped them a lot. However, I ...
Views: 1359(1 vote) - Improve Your Conversation Confidence - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from Royane RealDo you suffer from a lack of conversation confidence? When you make conversation with other people, is your mind constantly saying a lot of very harsh things to you about your conversation ability? Does your mind criticize every thing you say? Do you put yourself down for being shy or ...
Views: 1597(1 vote) - How to Get Over a Fear of Being Rejected - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2009 from Royane RealSome people end up living very lonely lives, with few friends, and no loving partner. Why? Because their fear of being rejected is so powerful that they can't find the courage to approach others socially. Learn what you can do to increase your confidence and improve your social ...
Views: 4538 - Do Rejection Fears Rule Your Life? - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealAre you one of those people who’s very confident, who makes new friends easily, who has no trouble asking someone for a date? Or are you a person who lacks confidence, who fears rejection, who is constantly worried about whether other people really like him, or will reject him? Does your ...
Views: 1357(2 votes) - Rediscover Your Creative Self - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2009 from Royane RealAs we grow older, many of us feel that our creative side has gone for good. We wish we could be more creative but we don't know how. Chances are that our creativity is just sleeping, and if we try, we can reawaken it. Do you wish you could get in touch with your creativity? Chances are ...
Views: 2722(1 vote) - Yes, You Can Be More Creative! - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealDo you wish you were more creative in your life, but you don't know where to start? You can reconnect with your inner creative self. Try some of these ideas to help you get in touch with your inner creativity. How can we become more creative if we think we have lost the spark? For one ...
Views: 874(2 votes) - Improve Your Conversational Skills - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealAre you one of those people who finds it difficult to start up a conversation with somebody new, or someone you barely know? This is a very common problem. Most of us find it a little bit challenging to start conversations with strangers. When we first meet someone, we don’t know much ...
Views: 1983(1 vote) - Keep Your Brain Healthy As You Age - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealMany countries in the world are facing a potential health crisis as the population ages. In North America, millions of Baby Boomers are turning sixty every day. Aging can bring with it many benefits such as increased wisdom and experience, but aging also increases the risk of serious health ...
Views: 1411(2 votes) - You Can Overcome Your Shyness - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealDo you need help in overcoming shyness? If you suffer from shyness, you probably often wish that your shyness would instantly go away, never to return. For some people, being shy can be a small problem. For others, shyness can be life crippling. Some people suffer from extreme shyness ...
Views: 1524 - Learn to Love Yourself So You Can Attract Others - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2009 from Royane RealMany lonely people have trouble making friends because they have low self esteem and because they have never developed good social skills. When people don’t think very much of themselves, they have a hard time making friends with other people. When people don’t like themselves, they are ...
Views: 1397(1 vote) - Why Should You Increase Your Vocabulary? - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Royane RealDo you need to increase your vocabulary? Maybe you are already perfectly satisfied with the vocabulary you have. After all, you probably use several thousand words on a daily basis. Still, no matter how many words in English you already know and use, there are very good reasons to improve ...
Views: 5030(2 votes) - What Can We Learn from Unlikeable People? - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealAll of us encounter unlikeable people from time to time. These are people who in one way or another manage to be very unpleasant to us in every encounter. Yet, even though the experience of coming across an unlikeable person can be very unpleasant, there is always something we can learn from ...
Views: 2983 - Use Positive Reinforcement To Improve Your Life - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealIf you want to improve your performance at something, or if you want to create new good habits, one very successful technique is the use of positive reinforcement. The following story will illustrate how one of my coworkers used positive reinforcement to create new successful behavior. When ...
Views: 9264 - Improve Your Conversation Performance By Changing Your Thoughts - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealHave you ever had a conversation with someone where you start to get nervous and shy, and worry about your conversation performance? Do you start to think that everything you say sounds stupid or awkward or insincere? Do you start to obsess over what other people think about you? Do you ...
Views: 1624 - Why Very Smart People Sometimes Have Poor Social Skills - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealDo you ever have trouble making conversation with others even though you consider yourself to be a very intelligent person? If so, this may puzzle you. You may wonder why you are so poor at making conversation with others, even though you are very smart, and you know a lot of interesting ...
Views: 10859 - Are You Terrified of Social Rejection? - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealDoes your shyness and fear of getting rejected keep you from having the relationships you want? Are you lonely much of the time? Everyone gets rejected at times, but for those of us who are socially confident, rejection is a minor matter, and people who are confident quickly bounce back from ...
Views: 2511 - Life Lessons From Virginia Tech - Appreciate the Happiness of Your Life Today - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2009 from Royane RealTwo things have happened to me recently that really affected me a lot. One event of course was the shocking killings of thirty two students and teachers at Virginia Tech in the United States. The other thing that happened that affected me a lot this week was an accident that I witnessed ...
Views: 916 - How To Keep Your Brain Healthy For a Lifetime - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealWe know that some senior citizens are able to live into their eighties and nineties with their minds sharp and their bodies still spry. Will we be among the lucky ones? Will our brains stay mentally sharp as we age? Or will we be among those who fill nursing homes because their minds no ...
Views: 1125(1 vote) - When You Have Problems In a Relationship - Should You Forgive and Forget? - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealIf someone has let you down or hurt you repeatedly you may wonder how many times you should "forgive and forget" before you give up on the relationship. No one else can really tell you what to do, although you may wish to ask others for their advice. If you are always being let down or hurt ...
Views: 3294 - Is Your Memory Fuzzy Because of Normal Aging? Or Is it Alzheimer's Disease? - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealDo you ever get forgetful? Of course you do, it’s part of being human. However, when we are younger, perhaps in our twenties and thirties, we usually don’t take forgetfulness very seriously. When we’re young, we hardly ever think we must have Alzheimer’s Disease just because we forgot ...
Views: 3193(2 votes) - How to Write Your Way to Achieving Your Goals! - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealMany of the most successful and famous people in the world have one thing in common - they have spent time every day writing down their thoughts and goals! Learn how writing down your goals will increase your ability to be successful. Recently a book came out in my country about the early ...
Views: 5236(2 votes) - Overcome Your Fear of Rejection - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealDo you hold back from trying to start new relationships because you often worry that you will be rejected? If a fear of rejection is holding you back from forming new friendships or relationships, there is help available. You can learn to greatly overcome your fear of getting rejected. ...
Views: 17163(2 votes) - Use Eye Contact to Improve Your Relationships - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealHave you ever wondered why some people make friends so easily? Do you wonder why they are popular and act as friendship magnets? Do you wonder what you're doing wrong? If you're not making friends easily, it might not be your clothing style, or your financial status that is to blame. It ...
Views: 5552 - Is Being a Perfectionist Keeping You From Having a Perfect Life? - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealFor the last couple of weeks I have been working on a magazine article that I hope will be good enough to get accepted for publication in a major magazine. Because this article is so important to me, I am putting a lot of time and work into it, writing and revising, and polishing my writing ...
Views: 4573 - 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: 3190 - Improve Your Learning Ability With Visualization - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealWhen you need to learn something new, do you approach your learning experience feeling confidence in yourself as a learner? Or do you convince yourself that learning is hard, and that you’re not very good at learning? Learning is harder when you lack confidence. You can use visualization ...
Views: 4838 - Turning Strangers Into Friends - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2006 from Royane RealDo you find it easy to make conversation with new people you’ve just met? Or does the thought of trying to make conversation with someone new make you break out in a cold sweat? If you don’t feel comfortable making casual conversation with new people you have just met, you will find it harder ...
Views: 2314 - What to Do When People Don't Like You - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealDo you feel like no matter how hard you try, other people still don’t like you? Have you been trying hard to make friends with no good results to show for all of your efforts? If it seems that you have been trying hard to make friends, but that other people still don’t want to be your ...
Views: 9746(2 votes) - Using Visualization to Expand Your Mental Powers - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealOver the centuries, human beings have developed many techniques to gain access to their inner wisdom and improve learning. One technique that many people have found very beneficial is to have an imaginary guide that they can call on for advice and insight. A modern variation of this ...
Views: 1912 - The Secret to Making More Friends - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealWhen you meet new people for the first time, do you usually like most of the new people that you meet? Or do you find that you usually dislike new people, unless they can eventually prove after a long time that they deserve your friendship? Perhaps you have never thought about this ...
Views: 4836 - The Truth About Persistence and Success - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealMany people who want to be successful spend a lot of time reading motivational books and articles. You probably do too. You want to know what qualities are required for success. When we read about the tools required to achieve success, very often we are told that if we really want to be ...
Views: 6568 - Are You Too Nice For Your Own Good? - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealAre you too nice? How can anyone be “too nice”? Isn’t being “nice” a good quality to have in a relationship? Yes, it’s true that people will value niceness in others, but if your way of being nice is to suppress your own needs constantly, you are being too nice for your own good. If you ...
Views: 903 - Life Lessons From Hurricane Katrina - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2009 from Royane RealDuring the past couple of weeks, like many millions of other people around the world I spent a lot of time watching the horrific events taking place in New Orleans, Louisiana, unable and unwilling to believe that what I was seeing was actually taking place in the United States of America. ...
Views: 850 - Fighting For Your LIfe - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealA few years ago, the well known American news anchor Peter Jennings died of lung cancer.. Just a few months before his death, he publicly announced that he had the disease and that he was going to fight it with everything he had. After his death, I read some of the tributes that poured in ...
Views: 1243 - Real Solutions For Combatting Extreme Shyness - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2009 from Royane RealMost people experience some degree of shyness from time to time in certain situations. In fact, only about 7% of the population claims that they never feel shy. For the rest of us, shyness can range from being an occasional, minor inconvenience, to being a major problem. Some people ...
Views: 17114(1 vote) - Let Other People See Who You Really Are - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2009 from Royane RealDo you know anybody that you feel is particularly engaging and lively? Take a moment to picture that person in your mind. What is it about that person that you find most attractive? He or she may have a charming voice and a great laugh, but it is also very likely that you find their face very ...
Views: 2963 - If You Want Others to Like You, Like Yourself First! - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealMany of us mistakenly believe that it's wrong or conceited, to think we have any good qualities. We may spend a lot of time berating ourselves for our negative qualities, thinking that self criticism is the key to improving our performance. However, a constant focus on our supposed ...
Views: 7213(1 vote) - Are You a Sleep Walking Zombie? - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2009 from Royane RealDo you get enough sleep? Chances are you don’t. Many people living in modern industrial societies suffer from a chronic, and worsening sleep deficit. Until a few decades ago, most people lived lives so very different from ours that we would scarcely recognize them. Until fairly recently ...
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