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- Do You Want to Stop Jumping To Conclusions? - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Roseanna LeatonThere is much evidence these days of people rushing into things without taking sufficient time to think. The consequences are usually not too detrimental, although sometimes the effect is less than pleasing. I know myself that I have a rather short fuse when I encounter answering systems ...
Views: 6588(1 vote) - Success and Who You Are - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Geoffrey CanavanSometimes circumstances give us an opportunity to reflect on where we are and to choose once again how we want to live. Having run a very large business, employing close to a hundred people and turning over many millions, I found myself in a situation where the business no longer existed and my ...
Views: 1389(2 votes) - Time Worth - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Blag GanThere comes a time when people need to decide on what their priorities are. It sometimes come down to what is needed the most. The rest that do not meet the standards are left to be unaccomplished. This is where success differs from one person to another. The say that there are two kinds of ...
Views: 1195(3 votes) - 5 Key Attributes to Success - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Deborah McIncrowLet’s truly get down to business and turn the spotlight on ourselves and delve into what level of commitment you honestly maintain in your life on a regular basis. There are five major players when it comes to working toward your health and wellness goals and aspirations. Why not take a gander ...
Views: 2826(2 votes) - Today is a New Day - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Deborah McIncrowEach day that you step out of bed and your feet hit the floor you are given another brand spanking new opportunity to make the right choices. Each day you are granted this opportunity is another day that you are presented with the occasion to make a conscious decision to take the steps to ...
Views: 1077(2 votes) - ***Success: The First Step; How George Got Out of the Ghetto - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2011 from Emily Erickson-SandstromSuccess: The First Step, How George got out of the Ghetto Here is this book that was old in l959. George Washington Carver (the renowned head professor of the Agriculture Department at Tuskegee University; researcher into, and promoter of, alternative crops to cotton in the Reconstruction ...
Views: 2852(10 votes) - Do You Practice Self-Help or Shelf-Help? - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2009 from Joyce Shafer, Book DoctorYou invest in a book or program to improve something about you or your life. Do you take what it offers as far as is appropriate for you or as far as the bookshelf? Does this pattern show up in other areas of your life? We all have things in our lives we move forward on with no problem, ...
Views: 1380(3 votes) - ***A Winner’s Attitude - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.Your Attitude is the chief factor in determining how well you will succeed when facing a challenge, block or obstacle. By changing your attitude, creating a Winner’s Attitude, obstacles on your path will be transformed. But don’t wait until you are in the midst of a challenge to create a new ...
Views: 3317(5 votes) - Tips for Improving Your Personal Strengths - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2009 from Renee ShupeEach of us is unique in our own way and this means having different weaknesses and personal strengths. If we are to improve our personal strength we must be willing to face our weaknesses. Simply there is no other way for improving our personal strengths. It is very easy to believe you have ...
Views: 9419(2 votes) - Dealing with perfectionism - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from Douglas EbyPerfectionism can be a virtue in the pursuit of excellence and mastery, but it may also have a dark side, with unhealthy obsessions or chronic dissatisfaction getting in the way of creative imagination, healthy relationships and life satisfaction. Filmmaker Jerry Bruckheimer has been called ...
Views: 4591(3 votes) - No Drama!! - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from Hunter PhoenixWhen I first started coaching, I was working with my own coach - a sharp smart lady who had a few simple rules for running her life; rules that I learned to love and quickly adopted as my own: "Work Hard, Have Fun, No Drama." But being human, every once in a while I slip, and last week I broke ...
Views: 2185(1 vote) - “To Be Enthusiastic, Act Enthusiastic” - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Ted CiubaYes, yes, and YES! You may not have ever heard that phrase, but back when I started in selling, in the 1960s, that was pretty common. We had sales training meetings and we'd all get up and jump around and bounce off the walls. A lot of fun, really. It always worked… Entering ...
Views: 4867(1 vote) - We Know Better Than The Prospect Does - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Ted CiubaBeing a salesperson is an interesting job. It's one of those professions, kind of like being an attorney, where while we like them and we need them, most of the time they're the brunt of jokes. And most of the time we don't like them, and most of us would never want to be one of those ...
Views: 1021 - Modes of Measurement - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2009 from Deborah McIncrowThere are various fashions, methods and approaches to gauging your advancement on your travels toward better health and fitness. Being aware and knowledgeable about each and every one of them gives you a clearer, more precise measure of how you are progressing in the direction of your goals. ...
Views: 1289(1 vote) - Snacking Happy - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Deborah McIncrowLet’s be realistic now; snacking is a fact of life and as long as there are companies out there to supply our demand, which there always will be, we might as well as find peace and pleasure with the munchies that we so choose to involve ourselves with. Snacking tends to get a bad rap and ...
Views: 993(1 vote) - The Importance of Hard Work in Success - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Andrei U.You do not come across success just by hoping for it. To achieve true success, you need the strength of mind and body to struggle and work hard to reach your fullest potential. You need the right attitude, self-discipline and the ability to put your goal before your own needs, if you are really ...
Views: 73432(3 votes) - Let’s go bust – bankrupt – and be out of work - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Richard DennyIf customers are such a nuisance, at least stop wasting their time and yours and invite the administrators in – they equally are not interested in customers. At a time which some claim to be the worst trading conditions for 70 years wouldn’t you think that every business and employee would be ...
Views: 1426(1 vote) - 6 Easy Steps to Building Confidence - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Richard DennyThere is an epidemic of self confidence deficiency. This is caused by change. Apparently more change has taken place in the last 40 years than in the whole history of mankind and every one of us is tasked with doing things differently. It is said that if we never experience a lack of confidence ...
Views: 2491(13 votes) - You Don't Get to TIVO Your Life - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Gladys AndersonThe first book I read by Erma Bombeck was "If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits". I was hooked after that. And when her poem, If I Had My Life to Live Over came along, I was even more inspired by a woman who could write such a profound poem after being diagnosed with ...
Views: 1927(3 votes) - Whining and Connection Theory - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Shelle Rose CharvetThe weather has been unusually bad this summer. Either rain or it’s too hot. Or too humid. And summer doesn’t last very long anyway. The price of gas goes up on long weekends. And don’t get me started on the dollar! When it hit + 10 percent over the US dollar last year I lost a huge amount on my ...
Views: 1585(7 votes) - Want To Get Even With Someone? Try This! - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Tom JustinRecently I was eating in an airport restaurant. The waitress was absolutely great. She was all smiles and when she asked me how I was doing, it felt like she really cared. Her service and attitude in this busy place, filled with its transient clientele, was quite intriguing. I guessed her to ...
Views: 9340(3 votes) - Success and Equality - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Geoffrey CanavanWhen you view life as a journey, you start to realise that you do not have to repeat your limiting or negative patterns. You start to look at how you make decisions and how you take your Self forward. You start to teach your Self that holding the true nature of who you are – which is successful ...
Views: 1240(3 votes) - Success and Belief - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Geoffrey CanavanEach and every one of us has the potential to be the successful person we admire, read about or see on our TV screens if that is what we really want or that is to be our journey. Have no doubt about it, you can be the superstar you want to be, but just keep reminding your Self to take ...
Views: 1347(2 votes) - Success and Admiration - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Geoffrey CanavanWe live in a world where it’s hard to be perceived as a success, where being wealthy necessitates enormous amounts of money, where being good in sport necessitates huge acclaim and fame. This in turn can become an attack on the truth of who you really are. When you place heroes on a pedestal, ...
Views: 1704(3 votes) - Failure is an Integral Part of Success - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from David JensenDuring a commencement address, Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs talked about how he dropped out of college because he felt he was wasting his parents’ hard-earned money. He later went on to help develop Apple Incorporated. After a 10-year run at the helm of Apple, his own board of directors fired ...
Views: 1419(2 votes) - Mental Toughness - Think of it as part of the act of killing. - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2011 from Phil PearlMany people head their articles or book chapters with a quote; this lends gravitas, authority and authenticity to whatever follows. On the whole I like a good quote, although seeing the same quotes and anecdotes repeatedly, (Edison and his light bulbs, Colonel Sanders and his chickens) starts to ...
Views: 1674(5 votes) - Avatar Extreme Makeover: Remodel Your Consciousness - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Lori BrenckmanThere are several very popular TV shows these days that track the progress of people having ‘Makeovers’. A ‘makeover’ is an alteration of the way someone looks, usually involving changes in hair, make-up, and clothing. There’s even a program called “Extreme Makeover” that dramatically changes ...
Views: 1394(3 votes) - Feeling Good - Make the Choice - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.Humans are decision making animals. From the moment you wake up until the moment you fall asleep you make choices. What to wear, what to eat, to floss or not you are making decisions, consciously and unconsciously, all the time. However, people suffering with negative thoughts, feelings of ...
Views: 1679(5 votes) - Change Your Channel - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Lori BrenckmanA belief is a filter. It's a tuning mechanism in consciousness. And when you observe or interact with life through a particular belief filter, only certain information gets through to you -- the information that's aligned with the belief you're looking through. Here's a good analogy: when you ...
Views: 1077(3 votes) - Miracle Comeback from Brain Surgery - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Leonard KaineWhat does an old Navy Fighter Pilot, who’s an ex-airline pilot and the president of a very successful international charity do after being stricken by a brain aneurysm? Well, he could have rolled up into a little ball and quit right then. But Len Kaine is no quitter … never was … never will ...
Views: 943(3 votes) - Embracing Change - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Lavinia PlonkaFor a month, I kept banging my head. Unintentionally, or so it seemed. Suddenly everywhere I turned, I encountered a barrier. Obstacles leapt in to connect with my forehead, my temple, the top of my skull. Cursing, but pushing on, I walked into more doors. I hit my head on the car door ...
Views: 1816(3 votes) - The Fear Factor - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Belinda SmithWhat is holding you back? Is fear stopping you from being a winner? Discover what the winners do and why they succeed when others fail. What is the basis of the fear that holds people back from being all that they can be in life, from reaching their full potential? Over the last 10 years ...
Views: 1036(3 votes) - No Conflict? No Good! Find Out How Conflict Prepares You For Breakthroughs - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Diana MorrisWe’ve all got preconceived ideas about what relationships “should be” like or how teams “ought to” work. These expectations can cause us a lot of grief as relationship after relationship seems to fall short. But as we’ve seen, conflicts at work are a given. There are no perfect teams, ...
Views: 2365(5 votes) - Coping With Stress - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Marta HatterResist trying to control the uncontrollable. Many things in life are beyond our influence— particularly the behavior of other people. Rather than stressing out over them, focus on the things we can control such as the way we choose to react to problems. No matter how difficult our circumstances ...
Views: 982(2 votes) - The Key to an Open Heart - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Moonstone WhiteFew people are aware of the limiting power their judgments hold over the ability to live life on their own terms. Judgments are the glue that keep us stuck in unwanted outcomes. They take away the ability to be present in the moment. Holding a judgment is a belief that inhibits the transitory ...
Views: 1422(2 votes) - Success and Trust - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2009 from Geoffrey CanavanSuccess comes from the mind that is ready for it but for many of us ‘I would but …’ becomes the cop out and then the excuse department is endless. Failure can have addictive qualities all built from the loop of personal history. When we get good at not achieving we can perfect the art of not ...
Views: 1360(3 votes) - Success and Self Pity - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2009 from Geoffrey CanavanBeware the constant attraction that all of us carry to feel hard done by and the subsequent feelings of how unfair the world can be that become a hiding place from the more fulfilling journey of achievement. I learned the truth of how we identify with this loop when, on many occasions, my own ...
Views: 1624(2 votes) - Success and Loss - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2009 from Geoffrey CanavanMy brother was diagnosed with cancer in May. By June he had passed away. Initially the situation was one of horror, shock, sadness and anger but as we went through the weeks and as his failing health became more evident, we also realised that anything we needed to talk about would have to be ...
Views: 1386(3 votes) - Success and Freedom - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2009 from Geoffrey CanavanFinding success really simply a process of breaking the cycle and saying ‘I can change all of this for the better’ in a final determination to see your Self as being alright. Stay in touch with your I’m Okay Factor and lose that sense of a lost life or a hopeless dilemma. Regardless of where you ...
Views: 1281(2 votes) - Success is an Inside Job - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2009 from Geoffrey CanavanThe past got us to where you we now but that doesn’t mean that our present has to decide our future. The external circumstances of our world do not determine the kind of person internally we are. Everybody has a choice for change. Make your choice in the knowledge that you can be in a far ...
Views: 1268(2 votes) - Top Ten Benefits of Positive Thinking - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Cindy .HolbrookPositive thinking is not the phony-baloney it was once believed to be. Numerous studies over recent years have shown that optimistic thinking leads to a positive attitude. People with positive attitudes live longer happier healthier lives. 1. Thinking positive is a choice. With practice it ...
Views: 3428(5 votes) - The Unspoken - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Lyndsey ShafferTwo common phrases used to describe the impact a person has are “your words speak volumes” and “your silence is deafening”. However, the opposite is true as well. Silence speaks volumes. Inaction and the unspoken evoke results in the same ways as spoken words and actions. It is often more ...
Views: 1700(7 votes) - Incorporating Change into Your Life - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Isabel KirkChange! Such a loaded word. What comes to your mind when you think of the word change? Stop for a minute and try to answer that question. What types of feelings does it bring up in you? Hope, excitement, joy, or on the other hand, fear, anxiety, loss, or to make things more complicated, a ...
Views: 2221(5 votes) - Success and Acceptance - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Geoffrey CanavanSuccess does not mean that every situation we encounter will result in monetary, personal or social gain, or whatever perception of ‘success’ we may have. It means that, even where the situation doesn’t look like it’s working out, we recognise the opportunity for a successful learning process ...
Views: 1421(8 votes) - Success and Inclusion - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Geoffrey CanavanThe whole experience of development and successful growth is not about going it alone and doing it all by yourself. It involves a Self-belief system of inclusion. Inclusion is a huge part of any personal or business development. Inclusion is simple and simple is successful. The opposite of ...
Views: 1415(3 votes) - Succcess and The Past - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Geoffrey CanavanLife has taught many of us to be naturally inclined to gravitate toward the negative, based on what we perceive as failure, loss and isolation. We then use the value we have assigned to our past experiences as a template for future decision-making. When we begin to look beyond the historical ...
Views: 1320(2 votes) - Success and Your Self - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Geoffrey CanavanYou can only think for your Self and when you become aware of how you justify your failure (or your absence of success) it’s time to examine how you can correct that (unless you want to stay in the loop of failure, which many people find far more comfortable, because they have become very ...
Views: 1301(3 votes) - Improve Your Life from the Inside Out! - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2009 from Nigel CoatesI was recently at the circus. The ring-master bellowed a terrific introduction for the next act - A man with lightning fast hands. He started by juggling 3 balls, then 4, then 5... The crowd seemed suitably impressed and responded with enthusiastic applause. 6 balls, 7 balls... Amazing! ...
Views: 2174(6 votes) - Self Pride - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2009 from Deborah McIncrowTaking the time to be pleased with your actions, capturing your feelings of pride in yourself and being able to step back and reward yourself for fulfilling your goals is such an important task to complete. We need to observe our own successful accomplishments and take the valuable opportunity ...
Views: 1483(3 votes) - Cultivate Positive Thoughts and Feelings - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Robert NajemyYou need a peaceful, clear and positive mind in order manifest your needs for your self, your family and perhaps even for society and the world. Our emotions have a direct effect on our bodies. Every time we feel an emotion, our endocrine system excretes certain hormones or peptides that ...
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