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- The Stuff Winners are Made of - by Submitted on May 12, 2010 from Gwen ThibeauxI recently had the opportunity to find out what I am really made of (although at the time it didn’t feel like an opportunity; I use the word here only because it sounds much better than saying I was forced to take a hard look at myself, wondering if I really had the “stuff” to succeed, if I ...
Views: 1291(1 vote) - In Search Of Personal Power - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Robert DarbyPower Lost? These days the perception that we as individuals have little power over the quality and direction of our lives is common. As our society gets larger and larger our lives get more and more complicated, which is a kind of trickle down affect as a result of the fact that the ...
Views: 1128 - The Beginners Guide to Affirmations and Visualisation. - by Submitted on May 05, 2010 from Kate IrwinAffirmations and visualisation are sometimes seen as the tools of those self help junkies who meditate at dawn and don't wear deodorant - not really used everyone in daily lives. Affirmations are positive statements which we repeat and write down in order to give the thinking patterns a ...
Views: 4347(3 votes) - Change Your Negative Thoughts and Change Your Life - by Submitted on May 12, 2010 from Kate IrwinHave you heard people talking about positive thinking, telling you to change your attitude and wondered what exactly they meant? Surely thinking positively is not always possible? There are some things that are negative no matter how you look at them?! That is true and positive thinking is ...
Views: 1345 - Why "Staying Focused" is Easier Said Than Done - by Submitted on May 05, 2010 from Steve LevinsonWhat you pay attention to can make a huge difference in your life. It can affect how you feel, what you think, and what you can accomplish. In a very real sense, you are what you pay attention to. A colleague shared with me a great story about the value of controlling attention. An old ...
Views: 5187(2 votes) - The Landscape of Consciousness - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Robert DarbyMind Most of us make the mistake of taking consciousness for granted as we do so many other things. The act of taking things for granted can have really bad consequences because it affectively limits the possibility of achieving a deep understanding of a given subject because we simply don't ...
Views: 1103 - Develop Your Mind-set to Create Success - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Kevin ThoroughgoodA statement we often hear is that “success is a state of mind.” Although many people will tell you that success is achieved through preparation, planning and of course taking action, this is a viewpoint that certainly holds up – but like many other things there are also a number of exceptions to ...
Views: 814 - Awareness and an End to Suffering - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Willie HortonI recently spoke to a client who told me that he was plagued by what I would describe as useless thought – feelings of inadequacy, distractions, negative thoughts, worries, even fears. The first thing that I said to him was that, at the very least, he could count himself among the horribly ...
Views: 2057(1 vote) - Opportunity costs of being scattered in business - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Monique MacKinnonA scattered mind produces scattered results in business. Scattered means: “occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space” and “lacking orderly continuity” (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/scattered). If it is taking you longer than anticipated, expected or ...
Views: 2119(1 vote) - Focus Your Mind – It Will Clear Your Path to Success - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Willie HortonA clear mind is the only state of mind worth being in. It enables you appreciate what’s actually happening around you and places you in a position to act – rather than react, which is the normal response of so-called normal people. A clear and focused state of mind alerts you to the ...
Views: 1909(1 vote) - Meditation And The Tyranny Of Thoughts - by Submitted on May 01, 2010 from Robert DarbyThe Insight The popularity of meditation rises and falls according to the levels of fear, insecurity and uncertainty experienced by any given Human population. But meditation is not like many other disciplines that are less difficult to master, and what makes it so difficult is found in the ...
Views: 1220 - The Joy and Excitement of Living - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Willie HortonYears of psychological research suggests that we are not living life to the full. This research concludes that we go through the motions of daily life, using the faculties of automaticity (to enable us perform almost everything mindlessly), categorization (so that we can pigeonhole every new ...
Views: 1409(1 vote) - Developing Intuition: How to recognize and use your own - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Jim CamutI’ve often heard the advice, always trust your gut instinct. It leads me to wonder, what’s inside my gut giving me all these great answers? Is there a little brain in there controlling biological signals to make me feel weird when I’m about to make a mistake? How come my gut feeling so often ...
Views: 1574(1 vote) - Your Success Depends on Your Intentions - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Willie HortonAre your intentions honourable?! An age-old question asked by prospective fathers-in-law – and one that is at the very centre of whether or not you can achieve the success that you want out of life. In terms of aiming for success, we need to know what we intend to get. Truth is, most people ...
Views: 1564(1 vote) - Summary of the Book "Say 'YES' to your Potential" - Part Four (by 'Skip' Ross with Carole C. Carlson) - by Submitted on May 17, 2010 from Craig Lock"We share what we know, so that we all may grow." * Summary of the Book "Say 'YES' to your Potential" - Part Four (by 'Skip' Ross with Carole C. Carlson) Introduction to this inspiring and uplifting book by Skip Ross: Craig has been studing the ...
Views: 1523 - The Real Deal On How To Start Your Home Based Business Opportunity - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2010 from Daniel HerznerMost of the information you'll find online about home based business opportunities these days will rehash a lot of the same old stuff. You'll hear such things as how great it is to be your own boss, time flexibility, freedom from the alarm clock and so on. You've heard all of this stuff a ...
Views: 1455(2 votes) - Stuck? Put It on the Back Burner - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2010 from M.J. RyanArchimedes figured out how to determine how much gold there was in a crown while lying in the bath tub. While dozing by the fire, Friedrich August Kekule had a dream of snakes that allowed him to understand the structure of benzene. For both of these scientists, the answer came when they stopped ...
Views: 1472(3 votes) - The Power Of Your Vision - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2010 from GERTRUDE J CHAPMANVision is what keeps a person alive otherwise they are just walking around going through the motions. Just like a robot following a certain command. You have heard people say, “I am just going with the flow.” What if the flow is leading them away from their desires? Have you ever found ...
Views: 2319(2 votes) - Staying Motivated through Journey of Achieving Goals - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2010 from Sonia GallagherWhat motivates you? What gets you fired up and your juices flowing? What vision of the future excites you? Being inspired temporarily is easy for many people. However, it is keeping that motivation level up and making changes in life that is more difficult. What is it that changes between ...
Views: 1636(3 votes) - Mind Control Tactics: 3 Simple Ways To Make People Fulfill Your Desires - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2010 from Michael LeeMind control tactics often go by many names. Some call them hypnotism. Others brand them as persuasive manipulation. But whatever you call these tactics, one thing’s for sure: they can help you get more out of your life. However, not everybody takes mind control tactics seriously. To most, ...
Views: 3001(3 votes) - Success Strategies: The Winner's Attitude - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2010 from Mandy & Trevor SwiftHow well have your success strategies served you over the last year? Have you even got any: Take a look back at your life over the past 12 months and tally up the scores. How many times did you 'Win' at something, and how many times did you 'lose'? There is a famous quote by Canadian hockey ...
Views: 1628(4 votes) - ENERGY HEALING SELF-TREATMENTS - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2010 from Michelle MayurThis article will be of great benefit to you, even if you haven’t had any prior experience in healing with energy. Of course, if you are already an experienced healer, the benefits will be even greater. Benefits: • Deep relaxation providing healing on all levels, leaving an enduring sense of ...
Views: 1544(4 votes) - Success Strategies in Business - How To Develop Unstoppable Belief - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2010 from Mandy & Trevor SwiftDeveloping unshakable belief is going to one of your key business success strategies. Many of the greatest people in history had nothing but belief to sustain them in the early days or even years of their endeavours. Mary Kay Ash's mascot for her cosmetics company is a bumblebee. Because of its ...
Views: 1265(3 votes) - What is Your Current Mindset? - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2010 from Frederique MurphyYour success is all about you having the right mindset. Before you can get to work on developing the right mindset, though, you have to understand what it is. Only when you clearly understand it can you become fully aware of your own. Think of your mindset as your philosophy of life. It ...
Views: 3157(2 votes) - How To Become More Intelligent - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2010 from Greg BakerIt may not be that intelligence is a measurable quality. We establish IQ scores, true, but these scores are not set in stone. Our brain is like any other muscle, if it is exercised, it grows stronger and more agile. Therefore, it may not even be accurate to assume that one person is necessarily ...
Views: 7215(4 votes) - The Traumatic Life Experiences of an Artist Can Become an Inspirational and Powerful Creative Voice - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2010 from Carmellita BrownWhen our souls look back and wonder at our life experiences we see some great experiences and some traumatic experiences. As artists these experiences can mold and shape how inspiration flows through us. The traumatic life experiences of the artist can produce a powerful creative voice or ...
Views: 2253(1 vote) - Getting Inner World Under Control - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2010 from Gregg SwansonWe've all heard time and again that "Attitude is everything". In this life we're all playing an inner game of mental causes and an outer game physical affects. The inner game consists of the thoughts, feelings and emotions that we have; our values, attitudes and beliefs. The outer game is the ...
Views: 1316(5 votes) - Book Review: The Real Truth about Success: - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2010 from Dr. Robin RushloBook Review: The Real Truth about Success: What the Top 1 Percent Do Differently, Why They Won’t Tell You, and How You Can Do it Anyway by Garrison Wynn. This is a book that takes a real look at what makes people successful and the fact that what makes them successful is almost certainly ...
Views: 1976(3 votes) - Self- Talk and Its Impact Over Your Success - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2010 from Sonia GallagherWhat is Self-talk? Self-talk is the inner dialogue you have in your mind when you think of doing something, making a decision, or creating change. It is your thoughts making themselves known to you. It is the small voice in the back of your mind that tells you to go for it, to stop thinking ...
Views: 1882(1 vote) - Your Mind and Its Power over Your Success - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2010 from Sonia GallagherHave you ever noticed a trend in the thinking patterns of successful people? Have you ever wondered why it seems like success comes so easily to some people and so difficult for others? It all has to do with your beliefs. People that achieve success in a consistent basis have one thing ...
Views: 1334 - Bank on Exceptionality - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2010 from Oluwatobi SoyomboAs I write this, I think of how many dreamers and wishful thinkers we have in this jet age. Active in my thought now is the number of people trying to be who they are not created to be. I hope it’s not strange to you when children identify someone they want to be like in the future. Can you ...
Views: 1373(2 votes) - Top 7 tips of how to not lose sight of, and realize your business vision - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2010 from Monique MacKinnonWhat is analysis paralysis? What is the negative impact of experiencing analysis paralysis? "Analysis paralysis is "an informal phrase applied to when the opportunity cost of decision analysis exceeds the benefits". It stems from self-sabotaging beliefs, including the following: - Once I ...
Views: 1369(1 vote) - Getting What You Want: A Bicycle Metaphor - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2010 from James AndrewsI ride a bicycle, one of those super light road bikes that you can pick up with one finger. When I first started writing this kind of bike I was, to say the least, very nervous and somewhat tense, holding onto the handlebars tighter than I should. A bicycle of this type is very responsive to the ...
Views: 4092 - Are You Leaving Things Better Than You Found Them? - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2010 from Dr. Robin RushloStarting with this quote today, it has touch my heart and changed my mindset forever. Showing a profit means touching something and leaving it better than you found it.Jim Rohn When you first read this quote, lots of things can come to mind. What comes to mind if you are business for ...
Views: 4729(3 votes) - Now Revealed For the First Time – The “Doing What You Love” Principle - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2010 from Marc-Andre TerriaultI'll tell you this, when you are on your road to success, every day is an exciting day. Every day is special because you love to get up in the morning and say: "Yes! I'm happy to be awake and work on my goals" (or something like that, lol) When you do what you love doing, it doesn't seem like ...
Views: 841(4 votes) - Law Of Attraction And Our Thought Power - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2010 from Avatar TamilmaganThe Law of Attraction takes our thought and then, will turn it into something that which we can feel using our physical senses. The process it undergoes is called manifestation. The Law of Attraction does not manifest randomly, it follows our thoughts. That which we think about the most will be ...
Views: 1304(4 votes) - When it is Essential to be Present! - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2010 from Annika EkThe Beatles song goes "Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans" and it's so true that unless you are truly "home" to experience every moment of your life, it will go by and you won't notice. If you expect life to be smooth sailing you will likely get very frustrated as soon ...
Views: 1092 - Spiritual Law of Attraction - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2010 from Avatar TamilmaganThese days, many people getting to know about the Law of Attraction. Few years ago, it was kept secret even though there are plenty of books that talks about it. There are even Law of Attraction seminars going on. Law of Attraction might seem like New Thought or New Age principle but the truth ...
Views: 1327(4 votes) - Law of Attraction Requires Faith And Action - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2010 from Avatar TamilmaganMost of us have the same understanding about the Law of Attraction; that our thoughts are creating the life that we are going through every moment. So it is necessary for us to learn and master the Law of Attraction to be able to use it to manifest successfully. The real truth about the Law of ...
Views: 1329(2 votes) - "You Owe Me !" The Danger of Entitlement - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2010 from Dr. Robin RushloThere was a man who was very tired of working. He didn’t make much money and didn’t see any chance of making more in the near future. He didn’t like his current living situation, but couldn’t see any way to change it. He had minimal skills and ambition and didn’t think he could make it through ...
Views: 2417(5 votes) - Focus on Positive Thinking - Turning Negative Statements Into Positive Statements - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2010 from Kelli JacobsonThe Universe delivers what you ask for. And you ask for these things via your thoughts. So, suffice it to say, if you are thinking negatively, the Universe is going to deliver negative things. Don't you think it's about time to start changing your thinking patterns right now? You might say ...
Views: 4542(4 votes) - A Lizard Rules Your World - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2010 from Jenny ShihWhether or not you realize it, you have a lizard that lives inside your brain and rules your world. The most primitive part of our brain is called the amygdala. We share this part of our brain with our lizard pals. The amygdala broadcasts survival-related fears to keep lizards alive in the ...
Views: 1486(1 vote) - Acknowledge Your Accomplishments - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2010 from Frederique MurphyIf you have been raised to act respectful and "proper," it is probably been instilled in you at some point in your upbringing that modesty is a virtue. You should not point out all the things you have accomplished or sing your own praises too loudly. Rubbish!;-) Be thrilled and proud of ...
Views: 1450(1 vote) - The Law of Attraction & the Art of Visualization: "Vision Gaps" - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Hope BradfordWithin the channeled material by Lena Lees, Kuan Yin has stated: “See my image, create my image. Understand all my manifestations.” Scientists have been aware of neural lags for a while. They appear in the optical nerve as time gaps (vision gaps). These gaps represent the time interval during ...
Views: 2189(13 votes) - What Snow Can Teach Us About Creating A Positive Life! - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2010 from Thomas AndersonSnow fall is one of the most beautiful sites that this world offers us. It reminds us of the beauty of the world around us because it covers over the dirt and the trash and makes it seem like it never existed in the first place. It’s magical and it can teach us a lot about how we can ...
Views: 2484(1 vote) - Law of Attraction - The New Thought Movement - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2010 from Avatar TamilmaganLaw of Attraction is a principle brought by the New Thought Movement. However it is in modern age, the principle is known as the Law of Attraction. The New Thought Movement originated in United States in late 19th Century causing Spiritual Movement. Although the Law of Attraction principle was ...
Views: 3267(7 votes) - Why Master Telepathy? - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2012 from Danielle DaoustIt can be very useful to be able to get a message across telepathically. In the days before I had a cell phone, I counted on this ability. I recall one remarkable connection when my business partner and I were meeting off the highway, each coming from a different direction, each delayed by ...
Views: 2114 - Upgrading Yourself - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2010 from Clive MillerKnow-how is no use at all when your heart chooses a different direction to your head. It has nothing to do with falling in love and everything to do with unconscious programming and neural chemical response. Stop reading now if you are one of the mythical people who have never found ...
Views: 3654(5 votes) - Changing Behaviour the Easy Way - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2010 from Clive MillerIn Groundhog Day Bill Murray keeps playing out the same situation, over and over, never finding a way to make the outcome different. Do you ever keep making the same mistake? I sometimes have to make a mistake many times before I begin to change my behaviour and react differently. Traumatic ...
Views: 1676(2 votes) - Keeping Self Promises - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2010 from Clive Miller"I am the captain of my fate, I am the master of my destiny" wrote Henry Ford. You may not hanker after his fame or even his fortune, but to have made a difference? Wouldn't we all like to leave a wake behind us? To steer our ship we must have a destination and an idea of how to get there. ...
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