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- Captuting That Illusive Thing Called Time - by "The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing."
- -Stephen Covey
So often I hear people say, “I can’t afford to take time out of my busy schedule to plan!” To that I respond by saying, “If you are that tight on time, then you can’t afford NOT to take time out to plan.” I’ll ...
Views: 907 - Carbohydrates - by There seems to be a lot of misconception today regarding carbohydrates. Although our bodies need carbohydrates to survive, many of us are consuming the wrong types of carbs.
Simple Carbohydrates
Complex Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates provide "fuel" for our body. Once ingested, carbs turn to ...
Views: 1320 - Cardio - by We've all heard this term before. Cardio, short for cardiovascular, referring to aerobic exercise, is extremely beneficial to everyone. It is an extremely important tool in the battle to be fit. Many people hate cardio because it is intense. This usually results in a lack of cardio in many ...
Views: 776 - Cardio - by We've all heard this term before. Cardio, short for cardiovascular, referring to aerobic exercise, is extremely beneficial to everyone. It is an extremely important tool in the battle to be fit. Many people hate cardio because it is intense. This usually results in a lack of cardio in many ...
Views: 751 - Cardio - by We've all heard this term before. Cardio, short for cardiovascular, referring to aerobic exercise, is extremely beneficial to everyone. It is an extremely important tool in the battle to be fit. Many people hate cardio because it is intense. This usually results in a lack of cardio in many ...
Views: 783 - Cardio - by We've all heard this term before. Cardio, short for cardiovascular, referring to aerobic exercise, is extremely beneficial to everyone. It is an extremely important tool in the battle to be fit. Many people hate cardio because it is intense. This usually results in a lack of cardio in many ...
Views: 1019 - Career Propects - by Every year there are thousands of you young men and women, who are leaving school or college with the sole object of starting your working careers. One of the biggest problems you face is, there are just not enough good career opportunities available for all of you. That in itself is bad enough, ...
Views: 741 - Career Transition Guide Into The Non-Profit Sector - by 1. Contact programs such as your local United Way www.unitedway.org , Retired & Senior Volunteer Program and the Corporation for National Service www.nationalservice.org/senior/index.html for information. Many states, North Carolina, for instance, have a non-profit clearing house with ...
Views: 832 - Career victim or career vulnerable? - by If you've been hanging out in the self-help world, you have been told to "stop being a victim" and "take charge of your life." Being a victim means that you let someone else have power over you. You tolerate repeated insults, remain in a job you hate or revive old hurts on a daily basis. ...
Views: 867 - Caring for the Caregiver: Promoting Your Own Wellbeing - by There is no doubt that caregiving, even in the best of circumstances is stressful. Stress, however, in and of itself is not bad, it is how we respond to it that can challenge our well being. What then is well being, and how can well being be supported?
There are many terms used to describe ...
Views: 838 - Cars - It is the Season to Save Money - by © 2002 by Kyle Busch, author of: "Drive the Best for the Price ..." www.drivethebestbook.com
It is the season when many people purchase transportation. The weather is pleasant and there is plenty of sunlight.
The cost of new transportation is expensive. However, there are several used ...
Views: 880 - Case In Point: A New, Profitable Way To Share Your Knowledge - by Every good marketer is always looking for new and profitable ways to create residual streams of income. Viki Nygaard of Mount Evans Designs (http://www.mountevansdesigns.com) has discovered one such way. Let’s eavesdrop on our conversation to find out how you can share your knowledge in a new, ...
Views: 802 - Case In Point: Consistent Response Rates of 50% - by We are all so inundated with advertising these days that we barely take note any more. Statistics show that it takes an ever-climbing number of impressions before our customers take note of us, too. The quest for new, attention-getting mediums is one that every marketer pursues. The Holy Grail ...
Views: 804 - Case In Point: Getting 24% ROI On Email Campaigns - by So often we hear of individuals who get exceptional returns-on-investment from their advertising campaigns. However, what we don’t often hear are the intimate details of how these people work their strategies. Marketer Diane Hughes has agreed to give us the nitty gritty of her latest solo ad ...
Views: 1063 - Case In Point: Getting Your List To Respond - by © 2002http://www.ktamarketing.com
We all wish we could have ultra-responsive mailing lists, don’t we? The dream of most marketers is to send out their ezine and sit back to watch a flood of orders come in. After all, while we always DO want to provide good, solid information for our readers, ...
Views: 1025 - Catching the Tradewinds: A Journey Towards Purpose - by When I was in high school I moved from the safe, comfortable town I was raised in, to a place completely across the country.
There were hardly two towns as different as Glen Ridge, New Jersey and Dana Point, California. All my life I had been raised by my Western Parents that New Jersey ...
Views: 678 - Cats Always Go To The One With The Nasal Spray - by Are you allergic? If so, doesn’t it seem like cats always go to the one with the nasal spray? When you say to yourself, I hope so-and-so’s cat doesn’t come near me, guess what? Here comes the cat. Why?
Because your brain glosses right over the *not* in your sentence and heads for the real ...
Views: 820 - Cats Always Go To The One With The Nasal Spray - by Are you allergic? If so, doesn't it seem like cats always go to the one with the nasal spray? When you say to yourself, I hope so-and-so, cat doesn't come near me, guess what? Here comes the cat. Why?
Because your brain glosses right over the *not* in your sentence and heads for the real meat, ...
Views: 952 - Cause for Alarm!! - by The headline reads: "Other churches have defects, Catholics say." A news report from "The Times News Service." London.
Quote: The Church of England and all other Protestant churches are not "proper" churches because they suffer from "defects", according to the Roman Catholic Church.
In a ...
Views: 1055 - Celebrating Fathers - by On Father's Day, we celebrate the guys in our lives. Not just our dads and the fathers to our children, but all the men who have made a positive impact on a child’s life.
A number of recently published studies call attention to the effects of good fathering. Men who play an active role in ...
Views: 735 - Celebrating Women's History - by "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead made this statement after a lifetime of observing diverse cultures throughout the world. It is difficult to imagine a time when half of the population ...
Views: 834 - Centering: Purpose and Phrases - by From time to time, participants in a group may seem off-center or imbalanced. Too much chatter or arguing or confusion can create such a condition in an individual or the group as a whole. Circumstances that have no direct connection with the current group gathering can still greatly impact the ...
Views: 1789 - Cereal Mom - by I recently heard a woman say that being called a "work at home mom" was professionally demeaning. Being one myself, my initial reaction was to agree with her. "That’s right, I’m a professional, I’m not just a bored housewife dabbling with a hobby here," I said to myself.
Upon reflection ...
Views: 815 - Chakra's - A Beginner's Guide - by Chakras are the energy centers of the body. Our body is merely a physical vehicle for our soul (or our spiritual being) and our personality and the chakras reflect the energy balance (or imbalance) between our bodies and souls. Each of the seven chakras represent an aspect of our personality. ...
Views: 854 - Change Ideas to Reality - by How many times have you sat there and thought of a great idea that you became really excited about, only to let it drift away because you did not know how to turn it into a reality? Why does this happen?
Your self-talk may be getting in the way. You know, that little voice that runs through ...
Views: 915 - Change In a Right Direction - by My story begins with the harsh realization that I could no long continue working in the entertainment field, most of the years of training and experience had not prepared me for leaving so young.
All of what I did for a living was physical; and after several doctor's, It was time for my ...
Views: 990 - Change or Be Changed - by George was 53 when he had his first attack. He'd smoked for almost 40 years, was badly overweight, had an extremely high fat diet, and handled stress poorly. This warning shocked him into joining a smoking-cessation program. George and his wife also learned about healthy eating and improved ...
Views: 700 - Change the Picture, Change Your Life - by All material presented here is protected under Federal Law. Reproduction in whole or part without the expressed written consent of the author is strictly prohibited by law. ?2000 All rights reserved.)
Introduction/Training Module #101 - How Do You See Yourself?
Close your eyes for a moment, ...
Views: 873 - Change the Picture, Change Your Life - by Our lives are the byproduct of what is on the inside of us. Each of us has mental pictures in our mind and soul, which have been shaped and developed by what we hear, see, and say. Many of the pictures in our lives are wrong and must be removed and replaced with new images of the way we want to ...
Views: 1034 - Change Your Attitude and Change Your Life - by If we are the products of our attitudes then it is important for us to examine our attitudes, both positive and negative, to discover the impact they are having on our lives. This is even more important if we are determined to maximize the potential that is ours, a potential which, in the vast ...
Views: 624 - CHANGE YOUR CAREER IN FIVE SIMPLE STEPS - by Are you happy with your career? I wasn’t happy with mine. But I stayed in it for many years because I had a powerful disabling belief that I could not find a comparable position. I didn’t realize that I could change my career and my life at any time by following five simple steps. The first and ...
Views: 1393 - CHANGE YOUR DMO - by I am a Network Marketer. The direction I go in my business is in exact proportion to the lifestyle I have planned in my mind years ago to live.
There is a good chance YOU are a Network Marketer too, so I wanted to share with you a quick and dirty on how to make your business take off as mine ...
Views: 833 - Change Your Mind, Change Your Life - by Several years ago I was dealing with severe sinus problems, felt drained all the time, never seemed to be enjoying what I was doing, even what I previously would have called fun. I had no energy to pursue the career I wanted. I blamed my situation on what was happening with other people in my ...
Views: 581 - Change Your Writing, Change Your Life - by Do you want to make a change? You can, and very easily too.
Did you know that your penmanship tells a lot about you? If you are flamboyant, your writing will be flamboyant also. If you draw within yourself, your writing will be small, self-contained.
Therefore, it stands to reason, if you ...
Views: 1050 - Change, You, And The Internet! - by It is strange that most of us fight change and are unwilling to go along with anything new or different. Perhaps it is because we are frightened by it. We always prefer to cling to the known and familiar.
Where would we be today if everyone had always clung to the known and familiar? There ...
Views: 840 - Changing Destinations ... Universal Detours for a Better Life - by I recently worked with several people who are in the lowest points in their lives. It seems that everywhere they turn and everything they do creates a new avalanche of loss. Some of these people were, at one time, wealthy individuals, but, because of changes around them, they suddenly lost ...
Views: 1565 - Changing Your PartnerRelationships are never perfect, and rarely do perfect partners come together. At some point in every relationship, partners want to change something about each other.
The following are three schools of thought on changing another's behavior and an alternative to each one. You will find the ...
Views: 603 - Chapter excerpt from BRAG! The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn Without Blowing It - by (Warner Books, May 2004, $13.95)
Have you ever berated yourself for missing a golden opportunity to talk about yourself and your accomplishments because you were fearful of coming off as too showy or self-serving? How come so many of us can only think of the right things to say about ourselves ...
Views: 2005 - Characteristics Of Our Goals - by I’ve done the goal setting things in the past. I heard of the studies where only the successful 3% have goals written down. I had ideas of what I wanted to accomplish. But for differing reasons, I didn’t always reach them as often as I would have liked. Some were just ideas which stayed ideas. ...
Views: 899 - Cheers for Diversity! - by Being one to seek insight in ordinary (and extraordinary) experiences, I have to tell you what happened the other day. I was driving in my car when I heard an advertisement for McDonald's. They were seeking new employees and at the end of the commercial, the announcer enthusiastically stated, ...
Views: 1219 - Chess Jocks - by As I was a chess Jock in highschool, I found myself beating girls off with a stick that my football play¡¯n friend¡¯s should have (stereotypically) had a legal right too. Besides the enormous popularity one develops once they begin playing with plastic bishops in their spare time, I¡¯ve found ...
Views: 1209 - Child Support Enforcement and Federal Criminal Law - by Divorce causes major issues with health insurance benefits. Many families have employer provided and/or paid for health insurance benefits that cover the entire family. It is not uncommon to see situations where the other spouse is a stay at home parent, with absolutely no access to health ...
Views: 996 - CHILDHOOD MENTAL DISORDERS-REPETITIVE BEHAVIORS THAT USUALLY INVOLVE MOVEMENT - by The group of mental disorders discussed here have behavioral characteristics that were once thought to be very different from one another but are now considered similar because of their repetitious nature that usually involves movement.
Tic Disorder should be included in this group and has ...
Views: 1029 - Children and Math Skills - by When my Mom came to visit she and Jason went shopping. On their return we were in the kitchen and Jason was in his room playing. She told me how while at the grocery store Jason had berated her on her grocery selections. He was upset that she wasn't paying attention to the unit price of the ...
Views: 791 - CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS: RISKS AND RECOVERY - by Many children of alcoholics (COAs) leave the family they grew up in vowing “I will never become an alcoholic like my father/mother” Or, I will never marry an alcoholic.” Many do become alcoholic. Many do marry alcoholics. Very many suffer in adulthood from self-defeating patterns resulting from ...
Views: 2633 - Choose A Bigger You - by Last week, I heard myself saying, "I'm an emotional person. That's just who I am." I gave this justification during an intense, messy situation with a friend. I would have felt much happier if I could have responded in a detached, intellectual manner. The next day, I heard one of my clients ...
Views: 619 - Choose a Life Mate, Don't Wait for a Soul Mate - by Have you ever wondered why all the people who are seeking their soul mate end up disappointed and let down? I have found that it is possible that there is no such thing, at least in the way most people think about it. I have also found that if you want to find "heaven on earth" with a special ...
Views: 1144 - Choose Collaboration Instead of Competition - by COLLABORATION REPLACES COMPETITION FOR SUCCESS IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
The basic assumptions upon which traditional marketing approaches are built could use some updating. For example, what if we asked whether businesses actually have to compete for customers. Does that seem silly? The answer ...
Views: 897 - Choose Freedom Within - by Recently I was filling my car at a gas station after work. The city was experiencing an unusually high rate of thefts of fuel. Gas and runs. In order to combat this problem some stations with rear pumps required the driver to prepay with credit or debit card on that pump. This was due to the ...
Views: 829 - Choose Like Einstein - by Albert Einstein gave us a truthful, if playful, formula. He said, "If A = success, the formula is A = X + Y with X being work, Y being play and Z, keeping your mouth shut.”
I cannot imagine there is anyone who, at some point, has not kicked themselves for saying something when that something ...
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