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Leadership Transformation - by Dr. Joseph Riggio- Growing up – maturity or obscurity? - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2011 from Mark EyreI am writing this article eight months after becoming a father for the first time. This is my first encounter with fatherhood, having come on board later in my life than most people do. However, seeing Simon for the first time was wonderful, and leads to many different questions I now think ...
Views: 1903 - Jobs worth? A tribute to Steve Jobs - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2011 from Mark EyreIt isn't often that I write a tribute to someone who has died, but I found that I was affected by the sad death of Steve Jobs. Death sometimes has that impact on me, particularly if it was someone I saw as brilliant. Michael Jackson was the last occasion where this happened. But it is ...
Views: 1903 - Goals: Learning to Fly - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2011 from Teddy DanfieldSetting goals and then pursuing those goals with enthusiasm and joy is like learning how to fly. Taking that big leap to pursue your goals is exhilarating and scary at the same time. Imagine for a minute what a bird feels like when he makes that initial attempt at flying. The initial flight ...
Views: 1899 - How To Get Through The Holidays With Your Ex - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2011 from Jennifer Elizabeth MastersThe holidays are a difficult time for many. They are the time of the year that more abuse and crimes against loved ones occur. How can we get through the holidays with as little stress as possible, when our children and families are split up? Remember today is a gift that is why it is called ...
Views: 1899 - Your Life Change Is Inevitable - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2012 from Michael BrionYour life change is inevitable. Isn't that a nice thought? Technically speaking, it's true. However, the average person usually fails to stick to their goals and in turn, their dreams fall by the wayside, and before you know it, their life has passed them by. But if you just stay focused on ...
Views: 1897 - Why is self-positioning about self? - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Malcolm PayneSome people who come across self-positioning ask: why is it about your ‘self’? Isn’t that selfish, self-interested, self-absorbed? Shouldn’t we be thinking about others, outward-looking, rather than concentrating on ourselves? The main point to make in answer to this question is: unless we are ...
Views: 1892 - Increase Your Chances of Winning the US Powerball Lottery - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2017 from Rahul RahejaThe Powerball lottery happens to be one of the best lottery games giving away big record prizes. The chances of obtaining the Powerball are 1 per 80 million Powerball tickets, and this makes the acceptable amount count millions of dollars. If you happen to be a lottery player, then I am sure you ...
Views: 1891 - Layoff Survival 101 - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2012 from Krista MitchellLosing your job is stressful, even traumatic. If you suspect an impending layoff and can stay one step ahead of the game, you are less likely to panic when the time comes. Even still, the first few weeks may feel like culture shock. The structure of your daily life has changed and may have left ...
Views: 1891 - 7 Steps to Discovering Your Life Purpose - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2017 from Estra RoellDiscovering your life purpose is a journey into knowing yourself. Your life has been guiding you to your purpose all along. It’s just matter of knowing what the signposts are. Here’s a fun acronym to help you learn and remember the steps to purpose: P = Passions: What do you love to do? ...
Views: 1890 - Do your habits prevent you from attaining your goals? - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2014 from Noah St JohnWhat are your goals in life? What do you hope to achieve in the future? Let us take an example. Let us say that your goal is to lose weight and live a healthy life. This is a goal that you would like to attain, therefore let us determine what habits you should have that will work towards ...
Views: 1882 - Career Choices: Deciding for Yourself - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2010 from Willie HortonOver the last year or so, I have spoken to a number of people who have found themselves at a crossroads in their careers through no fault of their own. Economic circumstances, being in the work place at the wrong time, employers using the excuse of the economic downturn to re-structure – have ...
Views: 1877(3 votes) - Gratitude 108 Offering - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2014 from Sheryl PaulWe hear a lot about the power of gratitude lately. There seems to have been a hundredth monkey leap in consciousness, a global awareness that gratitude is a powerful and relatively easy way to sweep out the propensity toward negativity and connect to what’s good and right in our world. For ...
Views: 1877 - Everyone Has Their ‘Zorba’ Opportunities - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2012 from Michael Craig“Teach me to dance...” So goes the line by the character Basil in Zorba the Greek after his friend Zorba has disastrously ordered a third log to shoot down their already-compromised zip line, publicly destroying what was left of the logging business both men had spent months creating. And ...
Views: 1874 - Making Changes - by Submitted on May 30, 2012 from Chris HammerWe all think of making changes in our lives; but making the decision to move forward and shake things up isn’t always easy. I wrote an article some time ago about motivation and goals; the premise being that you don’t necessarily have to be motivated to act. I still believe this to be true, ...
Views: 1874 - The Not-Enough Consideration: How To Overcome - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2015 from Susanna KearneyThis blog is part 2 of "The Mother Connection" blogpiece, and is a part of Susanna’s book. It’s impossible today for any of us to not be triggered around our own “enough-ness,” given how much our culture uses this very concept to demonstrate and than sell to us what we need to feel ...
Views: 1873 - The Focus of "Bounce Forward" - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2012 from Charmaine HammondIn the midst of re-branding our business, I decided to put a stake in the ground. I claimed the title Bounce Forward Expert. Many people wonder and ask why I chose the brand "Bounce Forward" (TM). I get asked as many questions as to what it means to me and how I implement it. There is a, not ...
Views: 1870(1 vote) - Job Search Advice: How to Explain Your Unemployment (and Get Your Confidence Back!) - by Submitted on Aug 21, 2010 from Peggy McKeeIt seems that there’s always been a stigma attached to being unemployed, and even in this economy, when so many people are without a job for a lengthy stretch, it still causes candidates to be uncomfortable and nervous about telling people that they’re unemployed. They don’t quite know how to ...
Views: 1865 - Can Grieving Be A Graceful Process? - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2015 from Jesse An Nichols GeorgeHow do you choose to grieve the loss of something or someone in your life? Have you ever thought about the possibility that you can be happy even in your grief? What is the most challenging piece of grief for you? At some point in our lives, we all experience the loss of someone close to us ...
Views: 1860 - Kubler-Ross Aside. This is a roller coaster ride! The ups and downs of the grief process - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2010 from Gayle LaSalleIt has been said, by those in the know, that the process of grief and loss has stages. While it is agreed these stages don’t necessarily show up in predictable patterns or in specific order, I am hear to tell you there’s much more than stages to the grief process than stages. The work of ...
Views: 1856 - When Things Fall Apart - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2012 from Saskia Roell“Embarking on the spiritual journey is like getting into a very small boat and setting out on the ocean to search for the unknown lands. Like all explorers, we are drawn to discover what’s waiting out there without knowing yet if we have the courage to face it.” ~ Pema Chodron Have you ever ...
Views: 1855 - Sweet Dreams - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2012 from Ryan LoweThis month I saw my one of my ultimate goals and dreams come to pass: the publication of my first book, Get off Your Attitude! For two years, I have been working on it and I must be honest with you, it wasn’t easy. It was a struggle. There were times that I thought “this is never going to ...
Views: 1854 - What is Life Purpose? Part 2 - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2017 from Estra RoellDo you feel like something is missing in your life? We are all born with a purpose. Each of us is unique and we all have a special role to fill, that no one else can do. When we discover, acknowledge and act on that, we feel fulfilled. When we don’t, we feel as if we are wandering through ...
Views: 1847 - There's Always Another Chapter - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2015 from Royce GomezAs I work with people both personally and professionally I notice that all have been hurt at some point in their life. Some so deeply they haven't recovered. This affects their professional life as well. Some signs I have seen are: anger in the workplace, demoralizing a coworker in front of ...
Views: 1846 - The Grief Place - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2014 from Sheryl PaulThere is a room in your heart where sadness dwells. Each story of sadness lives there like a stagnant, frozen particle of light waiting for you to see it, to hold it, to wrap it in a blanket and bring it tea. When you visit your grief place with love, the particles of light start to shimmer and ...
Views: 1840(1 vote) - Transition Tip # 1 - Making Peace with Your Past - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Patricia ClappTips and Tools on Transition. Tip # 1 – Making Peace with your Past August 16, 2009 by divorcesolutionsforyou | Edit Many people often ask me how I got to where I am today (as a transition coach) being that I have had many twists and turns to my own life over the past decade. I by no ...
Views: 1828(4 votes) - Can You Retire? - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2011 from Beth MollenkampAre you tired of the 9 to 5 grind? Have you been dreaming about retirement but wonder if it can ever happen for you? Most of us think we are just “one lottery ticket away” from retirement, and we are too depressed to even consider it as a serious possibility. So instead of thoughtfully planning ...
Views: 1827(1 vote) - Helping You Step Out of Your Comfort Zone - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2015 from Sarika PeriwalYou could be in a perfectly adequate job – work that you enjoy and which possibly pays you enough for all your needs. You're living in a place that is familiar to you; somewhere that you call home. So when opportunity comes knocking, you’re may be tempted to pass on an unknown future in favor of ...
Views: 1827 - Give Yourself a Designated Study Space - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2011 from Clifford BlodgettSo, you've completed your college search and registered for your classes. The next step to succeeding in adult education is carving out a dedicated study space for yourself. Having a quiet place reserved exclusively for your studies means that your brain knows it's time to get down to business ...
Views: 1823 - Healing Your Hungry Heart: recovering from your eating disorder; excerpt from Chapter 4: how do I begin recovery? - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Joanna PoppinkHow Do I Begin Recovery? “What will open the door is daily awareness and attention.” --Krishnamurti ……Was this my starting point? I certainly thought so. But I had already chosen these people to be in my life. I created the opportunity for those events to happen long before I knew ...
Views: 1823(1 vote) - Job Market for College Graduates - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2012 from Robert BoroffOnce the cap and gown come off, in the dream world of a college student, it is time to put your knowledge to the test, drop the student title, secure the perfect job, make money, and continue living your life as if set backs didn’t exist. It all sounds like a piece of cake until the reality of ...
Views: 1815(1 vote) - Anxiety is Not an Accident - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2014 from Sheryl PaulIf you follow my work you know that I view anxiety quite differently than most people. Instead of seeing it as something to eliminate as quickly as possible – usually with medication – I see it as the soul’s way of communicating, via the vessel of the body, that something is awry inside and is ...
Views: 1814 - It's Not What You Think - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2014 from Sheryl PaulOne the many problems of living in an image-based, superficial culture is that we learn to take life at face value. You have a dream about having sex with someone other than your partner and you latch onto the most obvious interpretation that you secretly want to have sex with someone else. You ...
Views: 1814 - How to Recover From a Major Life Setback - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2017 from Cyrus VanoverDon’t let a major life setback drag you down. Life isn’t always a bed roses. Sometimes things happen that we totally didn’t see coming and couldn’t have prevented. Maybe it’s the loss of a job, the end of a relationship, being rejected by your dream school, or the sting of a business failure. ...
Views: 1807 - Winterproof Your Sleep with These 7 Tips - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2018 from kathy mitchell“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.” ― Edith Sitwell This quote is so apt but when the winds are so chilly, every plan gets shelved. The worst of all is the fact ...
Views: 1802 - Discovering! Now what? - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Saritza ZambranaOk! So you are waking up your inner master at last! And now you have your hands full of questions without any answer... And you ask yourself... Now what?! How I can evoke my family understanding and support? Well, nine months are left of this year, which means that every moment counts. It is ...
Views: 1794(7 votes) - The Ultimate Human Freedom - by Submitted on May 26, 2011 from Gail OKeeffeChanges in our life come disguised as the ultimate human freedom. Why? Because the ultimate human freedom is power to choose, to respond to change and not to remain in overwhelm, frustration and fear. Initially change does not usually appear as feelings of freedom! Based on my ...
Views: 1794(1 vote) - What Not to Do When Refinancing - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2015 from Geoff ClarkIn 2003, we closed on a house in the inland empire in Southern California. We were at the end of phase 1 in a multiple phase new home site. We knew something interesting was happening in the market as we were gaining equity while the house was being built. In the short period that it took to ...
Views: 1790(1 vote) - What Subliminal Messages Can Change in Your Life - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2011 from Nelson BerryBy The Pioneer of Subliminal Messages Online. Subliminal messages are the hottest items today in the world of psychological treatments. This is because a lot of problems that plague the human life and make discontented and dissatisfied people are problems of the mind. These include ...
Views: 1789 - Goal Setting Doesn't Have To Be Fun ... But It's Better If It Is - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Liz CopelandGoal setting is something we all do in our lives. It can be personal like giving up smoking or losing weight. Or it could be a professional goal such as reaching a particular sales target, achieving a particular grade in your company or, if you are running a business, breaking into a new market ...
Views: 1783(2 votes) - How to Look Hot: Easy And Quick Actions To Being Gorgeous - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2012 from Rebecca MillsHaving a tattoo can be an creative way to beautify types entire body that may also enhance the advantage of that area nevertheless it can also be a indication of negative personality attributes and detract from ones splendor. Choosing a tattoo that is purposeful instead of a typical concept or ...
Views: 1774 - A Passionate Life - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2014 from Sheryl PaulInspired by the courageous, wise members of my July 2014 Trust Yourself program. Quotes from the forum reprinted with permission. *** My family and I were driving into town last summer when we saw a blue van pass by with the words “Mr. Pool” printed on the side. “There goes Mr. Pool,” I ...
Views: 1771 - Not Forgotten – Remembering Folks Long After a Trauma or Death - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2014 from Allidah Hicks Bonnie KnutiWhether it’s the anniversary of a public event like the Boston Marathon bombings or the Columbine shootings, or a not-so-public anniversary of a friend or neighbor’s tragedy, it’s important to reach out and show that you have not forgotten. Many folks will jump in to help right away and that is ...
Views: 1770 - Following Your Path - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from Kristy Robinett“To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest” ~Unknown Success surely doesn't happen overnight. It's a journey which is faced with many obstacles, mistakes and even some wounds. Whether ...
Views: 1767(6 votes) - The Well of Self - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2014 from Sheryl PaulWe all carry within us a well of Self. We can’t see this well, but we know when the waters are clear and full or when they’re low and flecked with the dark matter of the lies we tell ourselves about ourselves. We know when the waters are warm from the time, interest, and compassion we pour into ...
Views: 1762 - Lesson 8 of 10 Life Lessons on How to Find Your Why NOW & Achieve Ultimate Success - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2014 from John Di LemmeLesson 8 Infect Others With Success! Do you remember the principle of sowing and reaping? This is an important key to success. You can soar to unparalleled heights in your life, and part of what carries you there is the power of sowing the right kind of seed. Learn to share, influence ...
Views: 1761 - Retiring? Great! Now What? - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2016 from T. Renee RichardsonAloha! To the many individuals currently experiencing the joy of finally leaving the past decades of daily obligation to the J.O.B. – good for you! What next? Now’s a great time to pursue that passion that’s been bubbling just beneath the surface for so long. What makes your heart sing, ...
Views: 1760(1 vote) - The Geography Of New Jersey - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2012 from Christina XioIn the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States lies the famous state of New Jersey. Surrounding it from the north and east side is New York, while the south east and south sides are covered up by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west side lies Pennsylvania and all of the south ...
Views: 1760 - What Happens to Debt Payments During Divorce? - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2017 from Shae HollandIn a divorce, the parties divide up their assets. However, a divorce must also account for debts. Here's what happens to debts during a divorce: Debt is marital property Even though it's not good marital property, debt is marital property. The parties must divide it as part of their divorce. ...
Views: 1759 - The Stages of Starting Over - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2019 from Katy McQuaidIf you are anything like me, life has given you plenty of opportunities for starting over. I’ve had lots of chances to start over—I moved every three years during my 30+ year career with the Central Intelligence Agency. When I hit the four-year mark of living in Denver, I realized it was the ...
Views: 1758 - The Starving Self - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from Hunter PhoenixThe first step towards change is acceptance. Once you accept yourself, you open the door to change. That's all you have to do. Change is not something you do. It's something you allow. –Will Garcia What is it that you just don’t have enough of? Is it time? Money? Happiness? Success? Love? ...
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