Inspiration Articles

We definitely live in a different day and time. The new mentality, even the new corporate mentality seems to be self preservation at all costs. It seems to me that there is no such thing as customer’s rights anymore. Business is designed to make all of the money it can possibly make regardless of the satisfaction of the customer. It used to be that when you purchased an item you purchased it on your own conditions. That just doesn’t seem to be the case these days.

Special thanks to the RED CROSS... This past week I had the pleasure and the HONOR to attend the 12th annual Real heroes Breakfast, put on by the Syracuse American Red Cross. It is an annual tribute to some of the community’s local heroes. Their tagline ‘Ordinary people…Extraordinary Courage. In an instant, real people become REAL HEROES.’ The program was quite impressive, and I walked out of the room feeling very good, and proud. Proud of my fellow courageous humans. Pumped up that I have the chance to hear some chilling, some tear jerking, and some downright brave stories.

Article Title: from www.sharefaith.wordpress.com Author: Craig Lockr Key words: spiritual, spirituality, inspiration, faith Web sites: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4 http://goo.gl/vTpjk (and/or http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=la_B005GGMAW4_sr?rh=i%3Abooks&field-author=Craig+Lock) https://www.createspace.com/pub/simplesitesearch.search.do?sitesearch_query=%22craig+lock%22&sitesearch_type=STORE(paperbacks) and http://www.creativekiwis.com/index.php/booksrnr

“Self-confidence gives you the freedom to make mistakes and cope with failure without feeling that your world has come to an end or that you are a worthless person.” – Anonymous Self-confidence comes with the feeling that you are in control, that you are above the fray and that no one can hurt you physically or emotionally. It’s a state of mind that some people enjoy on an almost constant basis while, for others, it may only be felt on very rare occasions.

The other day I read about an acquaintance, another author, I know who was featured in The New York Times. As I came upon the story, try as I might to fill my mind with the bird songs and daisies of good will, I felt sandpaper scrape my soul. Immediately, her shiny success became my failure. Jealousy stung me like tear gas, laced with longing and sadness. Yes, of course, I’d much prefer you think I’m someone who levitates on my good desires for everyone else. And, really,

Dwelling mentality on the objects of sense leads to attachment to them. From attachment arises desires and from desire anger from anger springs forth lack of discrimination which leads to loss of memories. From loss of memory ensues the destruction of intelligence, and the destruction of intelligence results in decay? rnThe term mental illness is a relatively vague term. It indicates certain variations in our day to day behavior which would generally be considered abnormal un

The word inspire to the ancients had reference to being of divine origin or God breathed. The modern definition includes filling with or creating within someone the ability to feel or do something, to animate someone. If the ability to inspire is a gift from God, then it is truly a divine power if used to benefit others. Being inspirational and being able to improve the lives of others is a power we all possess. Almost anyone can create in others the ability to feel or do

Article Title: How to Cultivate Seeds of Greatness in your Life by Dr Dennis Waitley (from Inspirational Books) Submitted by Craig Lockr Web sites: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4 http://goo.gl/vTpjk (and/or http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=la_B005GGMAW4_sr?rh=i%3Abooks&field-author=C...) https://www.createspace.com/pub/simplesitesearch.search.do?sitesearch_qu... (paperbacks) and http://www.creativekiwis.com/index.php/books The submitter’s various blogs (with extracts from his various writings: articles, books and new manuscripts) are at

Who are you With If you have an allegiance anywhere in life where does that allegiance happen to be? In other words who are you with? True allegiance is the closest thing possible to guaranteed success. When you are close to a person or thing that thing becomes the very fabric of your own being and you become one. When you are one you will do whatever it takes to prevail in that thing because you will guard it according to your own sense of survival.

There is a proliferation of self improvement products and services in the marketplace these days. Courses, workshops, books, e-books, classes, teleclasses, videos, audio tapes, CD’s, DVD’s etc. And there appears to be more coming all of the time. Some people go from one book to another, one ...

This past weekend my family and I had the PLEASURE and HONOR to attend a Farewell Ceremony to 70 Soldiers who are being deployed to The Iraqi Freedom mission. Courtesy of the family and friends of the 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion, US ARMY, Mattydale N.Y. To witness this LIVE, was an ...

Prior to that… let me share my thoughts. It starts out ROUGH but has a GOOD FINALE. What is it with the car business? We all know the stereotypes. Slick, sly, sometimes scamish. With all the competition for business and the trend of everyone touting the “best customer service”, one would ...

I am sure most of you have already heard that what we focus on expands, but have you really experienced that in your own life? Have you really noticed it, because if you did, you would be very diligent about where you put your attention. Have you been tuning into the news with its stories of ...

Thought is the magnetic force. It attracts the opportunity in the form of conditions, circumstances, luck, resources and people to realize what one wants in life. Whatever you are in your present life is because of your thoughts and what you will become in future depends on where your thoughts take you. Your life is a reflection of your inner thoughts. That is why; do dare to think big, if you want to make your life big.

Article Title: What's the Difference betwee Religion and Spirituality? from https://beyondthezonespirit.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/whats-the-difference-between-religion-and-spirituality/ Submitted by: Craig Lockr Category (key words): Religion, Spirit, Spirituality, "Spiritual Thoughts", The Spiritual Path, "Inspiration", "Inspirational Thoughts", “Empowerment” Web Sites: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=la_B005GGMAW4_sr?rh=i%3Abooks&field-author=Craig+Lock http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4 http://goo.gl/vTpjkrnr

Yesterday we talked about the Stock Market jitters and, if they were justified? Today we will look at some important factors in finding a GOOD, QUALITY STOCK.nn(Note: for those curious, I have been an active investor in the Stock Market for over 20 years and have subscribed to the famous ...

Positive thinking is not all that’s involved in leveraging the Law of Attraction. There’s actually quite a bit more to it than that. Luckily managing the Law of Attraction is not our job, but the universe’s. There’s just way too much involved. That’s why ...

“It is better to perform one’s own duties imperfectly than to master the duties of another. By fulfilling the obligations he is born with, a person never comes to grief. No one should abandon duties because he sees defects in them. Every action, every activity, is surrounded by defects as a fire is surrounded by smoke.” ~ Krishna from The Bhagavad Gita rnSo, we’ve established the importance of following YOUR dharma and not someone else’s. Sweet. Now, what about if y

It's getting to be that time of year . . . filled with proms, graduation parties, and wedding bells. But, for some young people, there's a big emptiness because "that very important someone" won't be there for them due to deployment, illness or death. So, what can we do as a "stand-in" to help make the big day special? Encourage with an inspirational gift . Instead of the common gift card, think about giving a unique piece of jewelry, a special photo, a "blank journal," a kee

As I began to get this article together I realized that I don’t really know what my goals are. Yes I have goals but they are not specific so I guess that I am writing this article for myself as well as you. It is important that we have a clear picture of what our goals are and the direction that we want to go.

Article Title: Summary of the Book "Say 'YES' to your Potential" Part One (by 'Skip' Ross with Carole C. Carlson) from www.youcanbeachampion.wordpress.com Submitted by: Craig Lockr Category (key words): Success, Personal growth, Skip Ross, Motivation, Life purpose, success principles, spiritual, inspiration, Web sites: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4 http://goo.gl/vTpjk (and/or http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=la_B005GGMAW4_sr?rh=i%3Abooks&field-author=Craig+Lock)

Dear High Achiever:nnKNOW THYSELF. Yea right, what a paradoxical aphorism that is.nnI’ll save you the time and trouble looking up “paradoxical” and “aphorism” in your thesaurus.nn• Paradoxical means self-contradictory. (I’ve been there before).nn• Aphorism is a statement expressing an opinion or general truth.nnI’m going to assume you are a student of self growth and personal development since you subscribed to this double opt-in newsletter on your own accor

Steve Jobs - Mobien Technologies The Apple founder birthed the personal computer, was banished from his empire and then saved it from ruin. Along the way, he changed the way we work, play and communicate.rnOn a foggy, cool day in January, Steve Jobs and Apple are bidding to change the world again. Jobs sits comfortably in a leather chair in front of a rapt San Francisco auditorium crowd, a large video screen tracking his hand movements on a thin, slate-looking object resting

What is cognition? Cognition is the act of knowing or thinking. It includes the ability to choose, understand, remember and use information. Cognition includes: Attention and concentrationr Processing and understanding informatio Memory Communicationr Planning, organizing, and assemblingr Reasoning, problem-solving, decision-making, and judgmentr Controlling impulses and desires and being patientr How does TBI affect cognition and what can be done about it? for the full article see https://headbraininjury.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/cognitive-problems-after-traumatic-brain-injury/rnr

I really enjoy what I do for a living but there just don’t seem to be enough hours in the day to get everything done. I am self employed but I have to figure out ways to get more productive and squeeze more work into my day so that I can make a better living. I honestly need to add a full time employee but I can’t afford one right now so I just have to make do with what I have which is me.

2010 has been a rather challenging year for many if not all of us. 2011 gives us a light at the end of the tunnel, there are rumours of it being gentler on the soul and the spirit. I see 2010 as The Tower in the Tarot, The Tower tears away all our senses of security and forces us to face our fears completely, however it comes after the Devil, which is a place of being stuck in unconciousness, so you can also see the lightening striking deep into the Tower and blowing it apart as the strike of enlightenment and the beginning of freedom.

Awareness of human creativity as a fundamental human trait can boost human trust in a big way. How could the awareness of being creative possibly contribute to our confidence? If we look at what is not creative - repetition, routine, inertia, assembly lines and mass production for example - we ...

FIFTEEN DYNAMIC PRINCIPLES TO MAKE YOUR WILDEST DREAMS COME TRUE : HOW TO PUT AWESOME POWER INTO YOUR LIFE from http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Sixteen_Dynamic_Principles_to_Make_your_Wildest_Dreams_Come_True_by_Dr_RH_Schuller.html © Copyright Dr RH Schuller, Hour of Power Submitter's Note: This article was largely based upon a mostr

Many will say that if a leader is not visibly causing movement all of the time he or she is not in charge. I believe that a leader is effective and in charge when that leader has the group moving in the right direction. If a leader has a group moving to accomplish a goal then that leader is effective. Now some leaders are more effective than others and their groups will move faster and with more passion but others are in charge also.

If you want to win in life you have to get your mind right. When I make this statement I think about the movie entitled “Cool Hand Luke.” For those of you who don’t know, this movie was about a prisoner who was on a southern chain gang. Luke was the one convict who refused to conform to the established system. The warden had to tell Luke to get his mind right because he wouldn’t go along with the program.

Do you have a dream that keeps resurfacing yet you ignore it or immediately dismiss it? Why do you push it away? Do you think it is too grand? Do you shy away from it because of what other people might think about you and what they may say, "Who does she think she is?" Recently someone complained about their job to me. I asked, What do you really want to do? After a bunch of "I don't knows", he shared that he wanted to open up an artsy downtown cafe/restaurant. He smiled when

Do you set goals for yourself? Sure you do. But do you set good goals? Have you achieved many of the things that you want in life? If not, how goal setting technique may need a little polishing. This month’s article is about how to set a clearly defined goal that will work for you to help ...

I am not here to tell my life story, explain all the mistakes I have made (which have been many), or to drag on and on about everything I have been diagnosed with. I am simply here to tell how I overcame the hurt, the pain, the addiction, and everything else that has, in the past, been put on me by others and put on me by myself. I have been run through the mill by men, friends, drugs, alcohol, and even some of my family, but most of all by ME. I was a product of the decisions (the good and the bad) that I made. Hello, my name is Keli, and I'm an overcomer. I was raised in church.

Self image is a combination of who, and what, we think we are. It is a mixture of pictures, thoughts, feeling, beliefs and ideas that we have about ourselves. Self Image is the way we habitually think of ourselves. Self image can be both positive and negative. We may see ourselves as good at sports, but not good with computers. This would mean that our Self Image in regard to sports was positive, but my image of myself about computers would be negative. Whether each of these

Even if you are late in the last period of the game you can still win. Never give up on the possibility of scoring no matter how bad things may seem to be. Sometimes all it takes is a good bounce of the proverbial ball to turn things around. If you are in the right position you can be the one who catches it.

As I write this article I write it knowing that setting and keeping goals is my own personal weakness. I have a definite sense of direction and work diligently but I know that if I wrote my goals down and followed a systematic plan to accomplish them I would do much better. When you break your goal down into a list of steps tp follow to get where you want to go you will do much better. Good intentions are just that but they must be accomplished with some sort of a detailed plan. The plan serves to keep you on track. You should follow the steps but don’t end up being a numbers cruncher.

Sebastian Ravitz, who is a graduate of the Chapman University, has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and advertising. Because of Sebastian’s optimism and integrity, his peers elected him onto the Conduct Review Council at The Bay School of San Francisco, where he was able to review multiple cases with the other students on the council. This was the beginning of his leadership journey as he learnt very quickly how to decisions that affects other students, in terms of good

I often write about the role of focus and vision in manifesting your dreams of effortless success. I know that folks are so often anxious to take action - and I’m all for taking action, even MASSIVE action - BUT (and I know all my clients know I usually forbid the use of the word “but”) BUT, actio ONLY works when it comes from a place of focus and vision. That’s why you have to start with the inner stuff before you take action. Otherwise, you will most likely be taking actio

By: Amanda Bailey – Author and Founder of Confident Results There is a little known secret for success. Well, it may not be a secret but, it’s not common knowledge either. This one secret is so powerful; it will do more for you in a short time than almost anything else. This success secret will: • Increase your own experience and confidence • Sharpen your business and personal skills • Create real progress in your business and your life • Add instant and valuable support networks • Give you honest feedback, advice and brainstormingr

Improvement is a Lifelong Process

Fear is a natural feeling and we can’t avoid it. The one thing that we can learn to do is control it when it happens. If we can learn to control our fear we can take a bad situation and turn it around for our good. Fear is a natural reaction which was given to us in order to help us to overcome adversity or escape from danger. Fear is not pleasant at all and the biggest danger is allowing ourselves to be overwhelmed by it. Fear can be one of the best things that ever happened to us if we allow it. It can also be one of the worst if we fail to control it.

Most of us know that our children will need to know how to read when they grow older. Reading will lead to some of life’s greatest pleasures. Do you remember reading the beautiful love letter your spouse sent you? Do you remember reading your favorite novel? You certainly realize that you can gain new knowledge and be inspired by reading, your doing it now.

I have settled for a lot less tha I should have on too many occasions in my life for me to count. When I look back at the things that I should have fought for I realize how much that I have lost over the years and I’m sure that you do also. Sometimes we can become complacent with our situation in life and begin to accept the status quo. I have done this and missed out on opportunities because I lost my hunger and my drive to be successful and when the opportunity had played itself out I was left holding the bag.

We try to fill the emptiness we felt with things that makes us happy. We wanted to get rich to buy the things we want. We wanted to be a good spouse to please our partner and make him happy. We wanted to be a good father or mother to make our children proud and happy. And when everything turns out not the way we wanted, we despair and we become depressed. Why is depression so common? Because we depended our happiness on the people around us. When our spouse tries to fill his

https://craigswritingarticles.wordpress.com/2016/09/23/craigs-articles-on-inte et-marketing-and-writing-for-the-www/ Some of Craig's other Wordpress blogs are at https://craigsblogs.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/craigs-list-of-blogs-updated-sept-2011/ enjoy PPS “If the doctor told me I had six minutes to live, I’d type a little faster.” The various books* that Craig “felt inspired to write” are available at http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4 http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=la_B005GGMAW4_sr?rh=i%3Abooks&field-author=Craig+Lockrnr

Reasons Why Companies May Rebrand Companies do rebrand for so many reasons, however, Here are the top 7 reasons why companies change their brand name 1. Company acquisition or merger: If a company is being acquired by new owners or merging with an existing company that calls for a rebrand. 2. Globalization: when a company wants to go international and another company which bears the same name exists, they might strongly consider rebranding.

One of the greatest things to learn in life is independence. When growing up as children we have to depend on our family for survival reasons and the early teaching of life’s ways. We learn to adapt to changes through the ups and downs of our life as we proceed to grow up and mature. ...

What I have noticed lately, is that things don't always seem to happen for the reasons we think, and that can be perfect for us. I started several projects in the last few weeks, that did not work out the way I thought they would, or the way I wanted them to, thank God. Because they did not ...

I’m not tooting my own horn here but one thing that I am learning is that life is much easier when you learn how to correct yourself. One thing is certain and that is that either you can keep yourself straight or life will straighten you out. Now I know that there are turns, knots, quirks, and curves in my own life. The beauty of me realizing that I have problems is that I know that there are places in my life where I need to be corrected.

The words we speak and think hold great sway over the kind of life that we create for ourselves. Many people live their lives plagued by negative thoughts and never even realize this. They tell themselves and others that they are doomed to fail, not good enough, or not worthy of love, yet they are amazed when their reality starts reflecting these words. Just as the subconscious mind accepts as truth the critical statements we tell ourselves, however, it is also equipped to in