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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

It's My Thought, so it Must Be True! Part 1 in the Self-Sabotage Series

Do you ever find yourself wondering: why did I do that? Something which produced such an unfavorable outcome that you feel a bit stupid? Why do we do such things? Are your thought processes so confused that you can't tell good consequences from bad ones? Or don't you know how to think things through in the first place? No, it's neither of these, it's self-sabotage! Your selfsabotage mechanism

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Will Disarming Responsible Citizens Solve the Problem? Part 11 in The Right Response?

Sandy Hook was a Gun Free Zone Despite Connecticut's gun carry laws at the time, there was nobody armed at Sandy Hook to protect the slaughtered children and teachers. In practice, Sandy Hook was a gun free zone. So was the 2012 Batman movie mass slaughter which killed 12 and injured 58 in Aurora, Colorado. The cinema company enforced their strict gun-free policy. The 2009 Fort Hood military base where 13 unarmed soldiers died was also a gun-free zone. It seems that politicians don't think soldiers can be trusted with guns.

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Do you Wonder What To Do? Yet your Real Choice comes Earlier! Part 3 in the Choice Series

You always have a choice, they say. And they are right, you do have a choice, always! But not the one you think you have. Some people look at their possible responses, asking themselves how to react in the situation; should they do this, or that, or the other? Do you ever wonder how it will change your life? Yet some call this a life of Illusion. And in some ways it is, since the decisions you seem to make are part of the Illusion. This is rather a bold statement, so I'll type real slow to explain. You Do what You Think is Right

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Conventional and Authentic Knowledge, the Powerful Difference. Part 5 in the Personal Power series

Conventional Knowledge The previous articles in this Personal Power series discussed some differences between the logic of the outer world and the intuition of the inner world. You've seen how something can be both right as well as wrong, rather than either right or wrong. This resembles the difference between conventional and unconventional knowledge. Conventional knowledge you put into words with your educated consciousness, one thought at a time. It's acquired from outside, learned in universities, no experience required!

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

1,768 views

By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

The Slaughter Continues to Increase, Despite More Severe Gun Laws. Part 3 in The Right Response?

In the article, Guns, Mental Illness and Newtown, the Wall Street journal* reports there were 18 random mass shootings in the 1980s, 54 in the 1990s, and 87 random mass shootings in the 2000s. In 2012, just one year not a whole decade, the Washington Post lists 14 cases of mass shootings. Are restrictive gun laws producing the desired effect? Or are the increasingly stringent gun bans worsening the number of massacres? What does the Increasing Slaughter Mean?

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Give your Word more Power! Part 5 in the Commitment series

You want what you want, which you get by using the three tools of creation: Thought, Word and Deed (action). The more power in each one, the more it helps you achieve your goals. The more you desire, the more you need your Word to contribute to its achievement. So increase the power of your Thought, the power of your Word, and the power of your Deed. The secret of success is to improve the power in your Word. Increasing the power in your Thoughts and Deeds will be explored another time. Your Word is a Promise

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

1,765 views

By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Is it Good or Bad? How do You See the Situation? Part 5 in the Self-sabotage Series

The present moment is here. It's what is. You may like it or you may hate it, but it is reality right now. There's nothing you can do this moment to change it, things are exactly the way they are. Which is not to say your response can't change things in the next second, or day, or next year. How do you Respond? Right now, you have two choices. No matter which you choose, it won't change the situation, although it can change your life. You can judge it as negative, which also stops you enjoying it. How can you enjoy anything when you're being negative?

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

1,748 views

By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Do you just Know About It, or have Authentic Hands-on Experience? Part 4 in the Do What Works series

Do Only What Works To achieve the results you want, you need to do what works and not to do what doesn't work. And it's your job to ascertain which is which! Once you know the difference you'll be more effective in achieving your goals.

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Compare Different Policies from Around the USA. Part 6 in the Right to Protect Yourself

Americans are understandably determined that massacres such as the one at Sandy Hook school in Newtown, Connecticut, never happen again. But how? Some demand ever stricter control of firearms. Many others advocate more effective treatment of mentally ill people and understand that so-called gun-free zones simply disarm law-abiding victims. The long-term answer needs to take these and many different viewpoints into consideration. What does experience demonstrate to be both effective and ineffective in the USA? What does not work? What does? The Results of Banning Guns in Colorado

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

1,742 views

By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Three Essential Steps to Achieve your Goal. Do You Use Them All? Part 1 in the Achievement series

There's joy in having what you want in life. But there are three essential steps to achieving what you want. Do you know and follow them all? Don't let Know Where become Nowhere One of the most important is to know where you're going. If you don't know where you're going, then any road will do. Ensure the "know where" does not turn into "nowhere." These three strategies are the secret of success in achieving any goal. Yet, although missing out any of them will sabotage your results, they're surprisingly not always followed. -

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

How do You Make Up your Mind? Part 1 in the Approach to Life series

Your Approach to Life What's your approach to life? Do you first ensure that something is plausible? Are you generally gullible, cynical or skeptical? You can be gullible, say yes and accept something without question. You can be cynical, say no and reject it without checking it out. Or you can be skeptical: you'll change your life by withholding judgement until you've investigated the matter and have the necessary information and experience to make up your own mind. The Drawbacks

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

The Evidence Proves Guns Reduce Massacres & Stop Criminal Violence. Part 5 in The Right Response?

Despite the abundant evidence, democrats, socialists, and liberals continue to believe that even more stringent gun bans will stop the slaughter. How do the more intelligent and thoughtful ones maintain a straight face given the massive incontrovertible evidence to the contrary? In America, defensive gun uses - to deter criminal violence - occur around a hundred times more often than to commit crimes. Yet gun control advocates just ignore all the evidence proving that, in mass shootings, guns save lives. American Experiences

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

1,731 views

By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Don't Throw Out the Baby with the Bath-Water. Part 2 in the Right to Protect Yourself

The citizens of the USA - and of every country - need the Second Amendment's rights to protect themselves from rape and pillage by both government agents and common criminals. But who do you need more protection against? Which can inflict the most damage? Lone individuals or an out-of-control dictator or government?

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

1,729 views

By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

How to build your Dream House. Part 4 in the Achievement series

You're successful, you've worked long and hard to achieve your dreams. Money is no object, there's now more than enough to purchase more or less anything you want. You and your partner are enjoying a romantic dinner one evening and she suggests you should now build your dream house. She probably means to build her dream house, but no problem, you also will have some input - mostly financial! The secret of success is to be realistic, it will perhaps but not necessarily turn out to be more her creation than yours.

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

What Are You, since You're Not what you Have nor what you Do? Part 4 in the Secret of Success series

The key to real success, as we saw in the previous article in this series, is neither what you have, nor what you do. So what is it? How much time have you invested in contemplating this crucial question? First Reflect on Your Answer If you haven't already come up with your answer then please do so, it could change your life. Your successful implementation of this secret of success can only be achieved once you have come up with your own answer. Read that article, and spend as much time as you need.

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Can You Both Be Right? How? Part 2 in the Disagreements series

You disagree. Yet this exploration has found that there's nothing wrong in disagreeing with others, disagreement is entirely natural as well as very common. Although disagreements may be inevitable, understanding that they are not inherently irresolvable will change your life. The good news is that you can do lots to resolve each one. Willingness is the secret of success

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Stop Overloading the Police with Ever More Laws to Enforce. Part 13 in The Right Response?

The USA incarcerates more people - imprisons more per head of population - than any other country in the world. So many in jail demonstrate the enormous numbers of laws which make criminals out of its citizens. These laws hamper police from carrying out their core responsibility of protecting citizens and their property. No matter what big government enthusiasts pretend, the evidence is clear: Governments have passed so many laws that in trying to do so much they've increased the difficulty of doing anything well. Then who suffers? You. Core Responsibilities

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

1,721 views

By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Authentic Knowing comes with Experience. Part 4 of the 5 Steps to Mastery

There's a great divide between theory and practice. You get information from outside, and mental investigation enables you to understand it. But authentic knowing is far more than just understanding. The next step to mastery is to get your own experience, the energy you put into practice makes your knowing authentic.

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

1,714 views

By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Will Dictating One Single Policy to Each State Solve the Problem? Part 10 in The Right Response?

The Problem of Prescriptive Solutions Management theory is clear, prescriptive solutions do not work. Why not? A solution imposed from outside stops you creating your own solution tailored to your circumstances. Since you are unique, different to everybody else, how can one size fit you and everybody else? Anyone suggesting they know the one and only best solution for a country the size of a continent with a quarter of a billion people and the world's largest GDP therefore makes no sense (often written as one word: nonsense).

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

1,711 views

By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

What will You Be This Time? You Have a Choice! Part 6 in the Secret of Success series

The fundamental secret of success, as you saw in the previous article in this Secret of Success series, is your choice of what to be. Every time is different. There's no one answer or even a right answer to this crucial question. It's always: What am I this time? (I am, you are and he is form part of the verb: to be.) Another Secret of Success

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Discover the Satisfaction of Seeing How It All Fits Together. Part 7 in the Personal Power series

The effort you put into overcoming your self sabotage increases your personal power. If you allow the self sabotage mechanism to win, you feed it - which improves its inner strength and decreases yours. So whenever you just know you should do something, that's a great opportunity to increase your personal power. Take it!

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Is Their Approach Viable? Do They Make Sense or No Sense? Part 3 in the Approach to Life series

Are you cautious about what other people want you to believe, do you take what they say with a large pinch of salt? The secret of success is to check out its viability, explore their motivation, and wonder if they're trying to mislead you before making up your mind. If it sounds too good to be true, then it usually is! Does what they say make any sense?

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

1,699 views

By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Is the Phrase "Gun Violence" Confusing? It's Designed To Be! Part 6 in The Right Response?

Gun control advocates like to use the emotive sloga “gun violence.” Why? This misleading phrase is purpose designed to blur the distinction between self-defense and murder. Since "gun violence" takes no account of the difference between self-defense and a murderous attack, it increases confusion between the two. Hence it advances the gun ban agenda. Question: If the Sandy Hook principal had been armed and, instead of being murdered, had managed to shoot the deranged killer, would anyone say that the mentally disturbed killer was a victim of gun violence?

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

1,698 views

By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Seeing sense, the feeling of satisfaction once you appreciate how it all fits together

You can See Sense Once you realize how something fits together and makes sense, you say you see sense. And you actually do, you get the picture. You know it stands to reason since it has the ring of truth. When you get the picture, your context suddenly expands and that enlarged knowing brings an aha sense of satisfaction. Its authenticity gives you an experience of relief by reducing falsehood. Knowing when it's real will change your life, since reality brings the joy of knowing the truth.

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

How and Why Democrats and Liberals can Believe Gun Bans Work. Part 4 in The Right Response?

Along with other liberals, President Obama believes that more stringent gun laws will make it more difficult for criminals to obtain firearms. Although banning guns does make it more difficult for law-abiding citizens to own them, their beliefs just ignore reality: Criminals don't get their guns by following the law. Let's explore some of the more common misunderstandings held by gun ban advocates. Gun Bans would Stop Criminals obtaining Guns

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

1,695 views

By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Inspiration and the Origin of Negative Consequences. Part 2 in the Inner Motivation series

The Cherokee Indians say that everybody is internally motivated, as you saw in part one of this Inner Motivation series. They know that, along with everybody else, you have both a white wolf and a negative black wolf to provide internal guidance! Do you Just Know?

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

1,691 views

By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Everyone Wins when you Follow these Two Strategies. Part 5 in the Bad Mood series

Yet more strategies to improve your state and overcome a bad mood. Inspire a Good Mood in Another It only takes one person to initiate a bad mood which can then affect everyone around them. A single determined person may also inspire a good mood in others. You can change your life by inspiring another, which in turn helps inspire you - a virtuous circle.

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

1,690 views

By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Feeling Down? What to Do to Control your Mood. Part 1 in the Bad Mood series

Do you have complete control over your mood? You like to think you're a positive person, yet some days do you find that you're just in a bad mood? My mother used to call this getting out of bed on the wrong side. Now I don't know that the side of the bed has anything to do with it, but bad moods do happen. If this can apply to you, then this series of articles will overcome your self sabotage.

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

1,688 views

By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Change Your Perspective to Become More Effective! Part 2 in the Self-Sabotage Series

What do you actually know? is the age-old question of philosophers and statesmen. A good answer, but not the only answer, is that you know what you have learned and experienced in the past. How can you know if you haven't learnt it, or remembered that experience? Which implies your mind only knows your previous events. Your regular, random, unrequested thoughts and emotions are based on the past. They're memories.

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Do You Check Out What They Say? How do You Decide? Part 2 in the Approach to Life series

How do you Make Up your Mind? How do you make up your mind? Do you think things though for yourself? Or do you look at the person suggesting an idea, and ask yourself how well-known or how famous they are? Do you assume that their success in acting, or singing, or whatever makes them an instant expert in everything? Do you assume that becoming famous - or speaking convincingly - also makes them an expert in economics? Or do you check to see if they have both expertise and experience in the ideas they are promoting?

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

1,685 views

By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Have You Mastered It Yet? Part 6 of the 5 Steps to Mastery

What are the different steps to mastery? How do you become a Master? Each step is different, yet they all require your time and energy, which is good news. Your efforts are not wasted - nature wastes nothing - they all increase your inner power. The Five Steps to Mastery The five steps to mastery and the secrets of success in moving to each next level are: - Ignorance. You start out knowing nothing about the subject. To move from ignorance to the next step - informed about it - you need to be willing to listen or read.

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

1,684 views

By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

If You're in a Hole, then Stop Digging! Part 2 in the Do What Works series

Stop Digging! Not doing what doesn't work is a fundamental secret of success. This focus on effectiveness is behind the simple aphorism: If you're in a hole, then the first thing to do is to stop digging. This is the natural law that many politicians in many countries just ignore, they run budget deficits year in and year out, and then wonder why their economies are in difficulty. It's simple to stay out of trouble, just stop digging - which means spend less than your income!

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

1,684 views

By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Are They Even Listening? Part 1 of the 5 Steps to Mastery

Dinner with a New Date Without being too obvious, I'd successfully checked out my suspicions. My brand new strategy had worked and my inner smile was vast! I was enjoying dinner with a new date and she seemed to be listening politely. But was she more interested in talking rather than hearing what I was saying? It wouldn't change my life, but I was excited, this was my first opportunity to use a new technique that I'd only just read about. So I said, "But enough of me talking about me, why don't you talk about me for a change."

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Don't just Agree, Make Sure You Understand. Part 6 in the Personal Power series

This Personal Power series has explored some crucial distinctions. You've seen how personal power grows rather than being increased from outside. That gaining experience is a big secret of success. Just knowing about something won't change your life. The lasting benefit you gain by investing your time and energy into a new perspective is an increase in your personal power. Your Unleashed Inner Wisdom

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

1,678 views

By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

What else would Decrease the High American Murder Rate? Part 14 in The Right Response?

Illegal Drugs Increase Violence Illegal drugs have caused a significant increase in violence. In the years since Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala hardened their stance on illegal drugs, their violent death body counts have risen dramatically.

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

A Master Knows it from All Angles. But How do You Get There? Part 5 of the 5 Steps to Mastery

Great, you want to be a Master. But how do you achieve mastery? There's a big difference between authentic knowing and mastery, what is that difference, how do you bridge the gap? As with all the other steps, willingness to invest yet more effort is one secret of success in this last step to mastery.

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Do You Really Understand? Or are You just Informed About it? Part 3 of the 5 Steps to Mastery

Do you understand the information you've been given, or are you just informed about it? There's a crucial difference between being informed about something - just knowing about it - and understanding it. Do you Just Have the Information?

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

1,660 views

By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

The Real Meaning of BUT - the Other Way of Saying No!

Melody was particularly attractive, and it was a challenge not to stare. I was very interested since I was dating no-one. After chatting for a while, I asked her if she would like to have dinner with me that night. She smiled, "I'd love to have dinner with you tonight, but..." Although she completed the sentence after the word but, I didn't hear it, my self-sabotage mechanism said she was rejecting me! What was she Actually Saying? What invariably comes after the word but? A negative!

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Is He Really a Master, or is She Just Pretending? Part 7 of the 5 Steps to Mastery

Are they really a Master? Have they been through all the five steps to mastery themselves? Or are they just pretending? Do They Have the Wisdom of Experience? An author who has no experience lacks credibility, his articles have no authenticity. Yet his pretense of expertise is not necessarily very obvious; just like politicians, he may even seem convincing. Teenagers, the young just out of college, even university professors without any practical experience are in this category. The blind teaching the blind...

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

The Gullible are Positive, but Can Be Deceived. Part 5 in the Approach to Life series

If the cynical stance is not the best approach to life, then does being gullible give better results? Being gullible is the complete opposite of cynicism. Here you're very positive about what might happen in the future. You may not know much if anything about it, but you subscribe to the view that people are generally good, they won't do anything to harm you. Being gullible will certainly get you into some exciting situations, but can have adverse rather than beneficial consequences. Do Politicians Take Advantage of the Gullible?

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Would Armed Security Guards at Every School Solve the Problem? Part 8 in The Right Response?

Lawmakers in a number of states realize that disarming responsible citizens is an ineffective way of stopping shooting sprees by criminals and deranged individuals. They are now considering a far more intelligent response to massacres of the unarmed: How to terminate ineffective laws and regulations eliminating a teacher's right to protect his or her students. Harrold School District

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Are you responsible? Totally responsible for your life? Part 1 in the Choice Series

As an adult, are you responsible for the circumstances of your life? Or someone else? It's comforting to believe that someone else is responsible, but is it true? Other people and situations have had some influence, large or small, but you are responsible. Why? Because you did whatever you did to get to your current situation, and you could have done something else. You're responsible! Furthermore, this is good news! In fact, it's outstandingly good news! Huh, I hear you ask, how come? Actions have Consequences

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Should the Government Stop You Protecting Yourself? Part 8 in the Right to Protect Yourself

Should government stop citizens protecting themselves from criminals? What would be the consequences? Yet this question misses the crucial point: If government carried out their fundamental job of protecting citizens properly, then citizens wouldn't need to protect themselves. The need for you to protect yourself demonstrates the real problem: Government failure - the failure of politicians and bureaucrats to carry out their fundamental duty. Governments have arrogated so many tasks that they seem incapable of doing many if any of them effectively.

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

The Sandy Hook School Massacre, Why Did it Happen? Part 1 in the Right to Protect Yourself

The Sandy Hook School Massacre The tragedy at Sandy Hook school in Newtown, Connecticut, where a lone gunman slaughtered 20 children and 7 adults, demands action - effective action. The burning question is how to prevent such slaughter in the future, without the law of unintended consequences making things worse.

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

How do you Know What Does Work? Part 3 in the Do What Works series

Do What Works, and Don't Do what Doesn't Work is easily comprehended and provides enormous guidance. But it doesn't tell you what to do, that's where you come in. You need to make that decision. Your job is to ascertain what works, and what doesn't work for you. Which means the secret of success is to know what you're aiming to achieve. Only with the end in mind can you determine what works to get there. Without a goal, if you don't know where you're going, then any road will do! Should you Listen to Others?

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Once They're Willing to Listen, They're only Informed About It. Part 2 of the 5 Steps to Mastery

You've seen that the first step to mastery is to be willing to listen to the information. Without taking advantage of other people's expertise, you would have to rediscover their insights for yourself. Education is one of the secrets of success, it can be seen as the process of listening and learning from others. How much Energy have You Given It?

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Time-prove Easy Strategies to Improve Your Mood. Part 4 in the Bad Mood series

What gives you joy? How do you take your attention away from feeling unhappy? What do you enjoy doing? Which activities give you a rush, or maybe even just get you to smile inside? When you have an urgent need to get out of a bad mood, how do you stop your self sabotage? Anything which works to got you out of a bad mood can be used to lighten your mood, it could even change your life .

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

The Secret to Improving your State. Part 2 in the Bad Mood series

If money or your economic circumstances are getting you down, then start by realizing that, in Dan Hannan's succinct phrase: You cannot spend your way out of recession or borrow your way out of debt.* This applies to governments just as it does to companies and individuals. Of course, governments also reduce your wealth not just with taxes, but also by depreciating the value of your money: this is general inflation, nowadays euphemistically and misleadingly called quantitive easing!

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Truth, the Source of Inner Power. Part 3 in the Personal Power series

If you are following this Personal Power series, and have experienced the increase in inner power possible, then you've already seen the big advantage of changing your perspective. Recognize the Source of Personal Power When you come across a fundamental truth, something within you immediately recognises it without losing a single moment. When you feel the inner power of truth, when you come close to truth, you immediately appreciate it without argument. You don't have to accept or believe it, you recognise it in your being.

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Cris BakerRecently published1 topic

Inspiring Examples to Motivate You. Part 3 in the Portia Nelson series

The previous articles in this series explained how Portia Nelson's awesome poem, Autobiography in Five Short Chapters, identifies some of the difficulties in overcoming challenges in life, which she calls holes in the sidewalk. Illustrations can be very helpful, so let's look at some conduct in the various chapters. Chapter One The primitive revenge cycle of killings by what can only be called socially unaware although often educated individuals. There are numerous ongoing cases in many societies, fortunately less prevalent in the West.

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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