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- The Vital Element: Self-Esteem - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesYou’ve decided to improve your life. Where do you start? Do you begin with a new relationship, with a new career, or move to a new city? The answer is no, none of these, for there is one constant: you. The same you will be there, wherever you choose to go, whoever you’re with, whatever you ...
Views: 1453(2 votes) - Transform Your Relationship with Love Play Technology - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWith the divorce rate looming over our society, there’s a lot of pressure and fear about how to keep a relationship vibrant and filled with love. Here’s a way to keep that sparkle of love alive or to reignite a sparkle that might currently be at a low fizzle. It’s often said that it takes work ...
Views: 1419(2 votes) - What’s Stopping You? - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhat are your favorite don’ts that prevent you from doing what you need to do to be successful or happy? Perhaps you believe you don’t have the talent, the money, the confidence, the know-how, the energy, the time, the looks, the brains, the motivation, or the willpower. Ten big don’ts! And ...
Views: 1199(2 votes) - Harness the Power of Your Natural Negotiating Style - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThe first step people often take when honing their negotiating skills is to read an assortment of how-to books and attend a class or workshop. Mastering negotiations, however, requires a three-prong approach: learning the fundamentals of negotiating, understanding the tactics associated with ...
Views: 2581(10 votes) - How the Financial Markets Can Grow More than Your Bank Account - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThe financial markets provide us with the opportunity to grow in ways that most people probably do not even think about. We all know of the gains in wealth to be had buying and selling stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, and other instruments. One need not look far to find stories about the ...
Views: 613(1 vote) - Improve Your Life by Improving the Lives of Your Children - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhen asked to author a chapter about improving one’s life, I immediately thought of improving the lives of children. Most parents would agree that when their children are happy, they themselves are happy. Therefore when parents improve the lives of their children, their lives also improve. The ...
Views: 1090(2 votes) - Inspirational Tennis - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesI was lucky to get some serious inspiration from sports. I played baseball, but tennis was the sport at which I excelled. There was an annual Labor Day Tournament where, heading into the event, I was the second seed, and my doubles partner—now a tennis pro and the former coach to Andre ...
Views: 860(1 vote) - It’s Not the Room, It’s the View - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIt has been said that the eyes are the windows to the soul. And, as much as I believe this is true, I also believe that every window has two vantage points—one for seeing in and one for seeing out. What is most familiar to a soul is its own image, and it is constantly drawn to what it ...
Views: 956(1 vote) - Joy Replacement Therapy: Your Prescription for a Joy-Filled Life! - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesFrom your soul to your senses, joy is accepted, rejected, noticed, ignored, savored, severed, shared, withheld, increased, denied, or multiplied. You choose when and how to have joy in life. Your choice is influenced by the beliefs that are deep in your soul, planted in childhood and affirmed ...
Views: 1195(1 vote) - Live Your Life in Language - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHow do you relate to yourself and others? What do you have in common with the voice in your head and the messages you speak? It’s language. Some say that ultimately, words are everything. Call it communication, conversation, or articulation—your expression of life lives in language. I say you ...
Views: 3097(2 votes) - Nothing Happens in Life or Business Until Somebody Says Yes!Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThink about this: even when there is no one else involved in a decision, like whether you’re going to exercise today, you still have to say yes to yourself to make it happen. And if you don’t enjoy the activity, there’s probably an internal conversation going on where you have to give yourself a ...
Views: 1243(1 vote) - Passing the Generational Torch - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThere are labels for mom’s condition: senility, Alzheimer’s, dementia. There are other labels, too, more often whispered in days past: she’s off her rocker, a few bricks shy, lights on but nobody home. They all describe one whose physical existence has outlasted mental faculties. Mom’s frailty ...
Views: 1106(1 vote) - The Passionate Warrior - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesSome time ago, I think it was in the 1980s, someone asked me to give myself a title that would support my mission statement—my mission in life is to help everyone look and feel younger and better longer than they ever thought possible . . . men, women, people of all ages and ethnicities. Almost ...
Views: 1176(1 vote) - How Can Writing Improve Your Life? - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesFrom ancient storytelling and hieroglyphics to modern-day therapy and prescribed journaling, writing is one of the oldest and most effective ways we communicate—both with ourselves and with others. For centuries, people have written to bring clarity and focus to problems they’ve been struggling ...
Views: 1597(1 vote) - Ten Steps to Oratory Eloquence - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesAs you hang up the telephone, the icy fingertips of panic grip your stomach; your heart races. Your most recent project was delivered on time, within budget, and is approaching payback one year ahead of schedule. Your industry association wants you to address their annual convention. Relax: ...
Views: 7658(1 vote) - Accomplish 20 Times as Much - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesOnce there was a busy shepherd. She was always gathering strays. Her father taught her that if she focused on the strays, her sheep would always be safe. Her sister joined the shepherd one day to help with the endless task. The sister asked, “Do all the sheep stray?” “No,” responded the ...
Views: 825 - Affirming Opportunities: The “Yes, and . . .” Principle - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesFor years I have been involved with comedy improvisation, where performers create scenes with each other spontaneously. As demonstrated in the popular television show, “Whose Line Is It Anyway?,” the group is usually given a topic from the audience, and then they create a scene without a script. ...
Views: 956 - Balance Your Body, Mind, and Spirit in Five Minutes a Day - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThe alarm goes off in the morning. You want to roll over and go back to sleep, but you get up and go through your rushed morning routine to get ready for the day. Whether you jump into the car to make the commute to work or you stay at home with the children, there is always too much to do. ...
Views: 702 - Believe and You Will See - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesMany years ago, my husband and I decided to divorce. We listed our house for sale. At the time it was a downward market, and houses were not selling. Patiently, I waited. While the house was listed, I began a search for a new home, but we were losing equity in our home every day. Our house was ...
Views: 1230 - Breaking the Cycle - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhen I was younger, I always knew that I wanted to be two things in life: a teacher and a mom. The first came true for me as I taught swimming throughout my high school and university summers. In 1991, after three long years of trying, I finally realized my dream of being a mom! Giving birth to ...
Views: 711 - Breaking Through Self-Imposed Barriers to Success - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesI waited patiently for the attractive woman seated before me to answer my question. Neatly groomed and well dressed, Andrea appeared every bit the successful, polished businesswoman confidently perched on an upper rung of the corporate ladder. Yet, when she did answer, her voice belied a ...
Views: 2690 - Bring Your Dream to Life in Seven Focused Steps: The “Heroes” Story - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHave you ever had a big exciting dream but not taken the steps you needed to make it a reality? Maybe you said to yourself, “It’ll take too long” or “I’ve never done this, I don’t know how.” Do you currently have a product you would like to produce, a poem you just need to write, or a children’s ...
Views: 983 - Creating Personal Boundaries: Commanding Respect in Love, Work, and Life! - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesMany people walk through life making career, relationship, and other life decisions in response or in reaction to others around them. This is an extremely toxic way of living because these people will never live based on their own life designs. If you never realize that you are following this ...
Views: 1837 - Deciding to Drop the Drama - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesI had spent the better part of a week in a sleep-deprived delirium brought on by a vicious little souvenir (aka respiratory infection) I had carted home from a recent vacation. I had tried every known natural remedy to stave it off—from homeopathic elixirs to Chinese herbal tonics and from ...
Views: 669 - Don’t Resist: Cultivate Change! - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWe spend much of our lives establishing routines. As children, routines were part of our daily lives. Eventually, routines become habits, and habits become patterns of behavior. We repeat them over and over without stopping to see if they are still effective. Once we establish a routine, it is a ...
Views: 820 - Eight Success Lessons from My Mom - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesAs my mom receives treatment for a lingering illness, I can’t help but think about what she has done for me and our family. As a young boy, my father used to remind me that without Mom, our family would have crumbled. “In every good family, there’s always a good mother behind it,” he ...
Views: 787 - Embrace Positive Fatalism - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWe usually associate fatalism with a passive, do-nothing attitude toward life. However, the sense in which I mean to use it here is captured in the above quotation. Fatalism in this more positive and active sense is a gut-level belief in an ultimate outcome. In general, no great and successful ...
Views: 3776 - Energy Breathing: Be Healthier, Feel Happier, Have More Energy, and Achieve Peak Performance in Everything You Do! - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThe single most important action in all our lives is one we seldom, if ever, think about—breathing! If we don’t breathe, none of the rest of life is even possible. Yet when was the last time you paid any attention to the way you breathe? You know breathing is essential to keeping you alive. What ...
Views: 3731 - Failure Can Catapult Your Success - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesFor every successful venture, I have yet to see complete, undaunting achievement without accompanying failure. Oftentimes, we think of failure as a tragedy; it’s true that it can be a temporary setback. Nevertheless, every great endeavor has a degree of darkness in its past, often masked in the ...
Views: 2340 - Finding the Work You Love! - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesDepending on the research you read, 40 to 60 percent of Americans are dissatisfied with their jobs. Perhaps this isn’t surprising when you look at how most of us choose our careers. First, we go to school, gain skills, and get exposed to a variety of classes that leave us with a general sense of ...
Views: 697 - Free Yourself from Negative Nelly and Billy Blamer: Three Easy and Effective Ways to Deal with Negative People - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesYou know them. Maybe you work with them, live with them, or hang out with them. Negative is an understatement. They complain, they vent, they criticize, they blame. And you’re tired of dealing with them. Negative Nelly prefers complaining to finding a solution. Quick with the “buts” whenever a ...
Views: 9845 - Get Out of Debt Now - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesAlthough it may be necessary to go into debt to make major purchases, such as a car or home, I do not believe we should make debt a lifestyle. And even when we do have to borrow money, we should make it our goal to pay off those debts as quickly as possible. There are three types of people when ...
Views: 806 - Give People What They Are Longing For! - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesMaking the world (your world) a finer place does not need to be overwhelming. Investing in people all around you, in your family, in your workplace, in your neighborhood, and in your world, returns to you a world that is finer. I am not referring to a financial investment, however; I am ...
Views: 1131 - Healing, Forgiving, and Overcoming Abuse - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesAt some point in every abuse survivor’s healing journey, he or she must face the question of forgiveness. Are there some abuses too atrocious to forgive? Is it possible, or even healthy, to forgive someone who has never asked to be forgiven, someone who has never acknowledged any wrongdoing, and ...
Views: 1102 - Holding the Key to Your Emotions - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesMany times, when you’re having a great day, one unexpected turn can turn that perfect day into a horrible one. Maybe it’s your coworker who sees everything as negative, the slow driver holding up traffic, or your teenager’s hormones going wild, but in that instant the positive outlook you’ve had ...
Views: 688 - Learn to Choose: The Seven Types of People to Avoid on Your Way to a Happy and Fulfilling Relationship - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIf you are looking for a relationship, it takes patience to find someone you can respect, whose heart is open to you, and whom you can be with without driving you up a wall. Good mate material is out there, but while you are looking, don’t waste your time and money on the Dirty Sevens. The ...
Views: 1945 - Persistence - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIf you were to choose just one part of your personality to develop that would virtually guarantee your success, I’d like to suggest that you place persistence at the top of your list. Napoleon Hill, in his classic Think and Grow Rich, felt so strongly about this subject, he devoted an entire ...
Views: 954 - Putting Your Best Foot Forward Instead of in Your Mouth: 10 Keys to Successful Communication with Difficult People - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWe all have to deal with them at one time or another: difficult people. What is it that makes someone difficult? Why do some people push our buttons more than others? And how can you handle them in a way that feels better, reduces conflict, and produces the outcome you want? There is an ...
Views: 1139 - Road Trip to Empowerment - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesSarah and I pulled into Yellowstone’s north entrance at 2:00 a.m. and were greeted by the official National Park warning: “Beware of Bison!” The bright yellow flyer had a comic, yet equally horrifying black sketch: a bison, head down, horns forward, tossing a flailing human into the air, his ...
Views: 632 - See It Happen! Visualization - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesAs you become aware of the invisibility of creation, you can begin to understand how to make yourself more aware of your creative abilities. Science says you use knowledge and experience to build a larger, more expanded model of thought for greater experiences in life. You question, What if? ...
Views: 663 - The Art of Decision Making: Make Powerful Choices and Take Control of Your Life When You ACT - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesDo you have trouble making decisions? Are you stuck in a situation that is causing you stress, and don’t know how to fix it? The ACT methodology is a tool that you can use to help you sort out your options and arrive at a decision. At the heart of each issue, challenge, or decision are three ...
Views: 620 - The Top 10 Body Language Tips - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIt doesn’t matter how much you know in your personal or professional life; your knowledge is quite useless, unless you know how to communicate it to others, and I don’t just mean with the words you use. I’m also talking about the nonverbal communication, or body language, that goes on in every ...
Views: 2204 - Unbearable Boredom: A Call to a Magnificent Life - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles“Life is okay, but I’m bored with it all. I get up, go through my morning habits, and generally keep going. During the day I smile, engage in friendly conversations, attend to the requirements of my work. After work, it’s home to watch television, eat, and sleep. In between, there’s the movies, ...
Views: 1064 - Unbend Your Anger with “Stop, Drop, and Roll” - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesEveryone seems to understand the destructive power of anger. That’s because everyone equates anger with aggressive behavior, and aggressive behavior hurts people. Once we are injured by someone who is angry, it is an easy next step to thinking it is the anger that injures us. Anger, however, is ...
Views: 2492 - Visualize and Affirm Your Desired Outcomes - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesYou have within you an awesome power that most of us have never been taught to use. Elite athletes use it. The super rich use it. And peak performers in all fields are now starting to use it. That power is called visualization. The daily practice of visualizing your dreams as already complete ...
Views: 644 - What the Heck Is Wrong with Her? - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesI had learned to cringe when I heard the word September. This response was constantly reinforced by friends and family who knew my history of repeated calamities, mostly in September. Some of them seemed to relish asking the rhetorical question, “What’s it going to be this year?” They knew it ...
Views: 861 - What You Need to Know about Choosing - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesChoosing is like breathing. You do it—must do it—all day, every day. Deliberate or habitual, in matters big or small, you are always choosing—what next, what now, what if, what when. Like breathing, choosing can become so automatic that you are not certain how or why it works. You may not ...
Views: 542 - When to Take That Leap of Faith into Marriage - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesPutting yourself out there to meet marriage-minded singles can be a lot of work. If you are dating people you know only from the Internet or a phone conversation, this can be frustrating. But just remember, you are able to exert all this effort because you believe it’s going to work and that ...
Views: 4435 - You Don’t Need Their Approval: Who Are They Anyway? - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhat is approval? It is the acceptance as satisfactory. The act of giving validity. We seek approval to satisfy our desire to be loved. If someone approves of some event or occurrence that happens in our lives, we feel appreciated. Whether this appreciation comes from our parents, spouse, or ...
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