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- How You Can Avoid Summertime Injuries - by Most sports-related injuries occur in the summer months as we begin to involve ourselves in a variety of outdoor activities. Unfortunately, many of us did not keep our bodies in shape over the winter and thus are susceptible to a variety of injuries during the summer. Activities such as ...
Views: 741 - Got Calcium? - by Brittle bones, caused by osteoporosis, is something all of us need to be aware of and avoid as we grow older. Osteoporosis is a disabling disease that takes decades to develop. Without proper diet and exercise, osteoporosis causes bones to gradually become fragile and weak.
The National ...
Views: 1261 - The Disabling Effects of Seasonal Affective Disorder - by According to the National Institute for Mental Health, approximately 10 percent of Americans currently suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (also known as SAD) and related disorders.
SAD is a disorder characterized by drastic mood swings and depression that occur during the winter months; ...
Views: 960 - The Healthy Facts of Walking - by Walking is one of the simplest and safest aerobic exercise you can do. It will help you strengthen your bones, control your weight, and condition your heart and lungs.
Being consistent in your walking exercise routine is one of the most important factors in developing a healthy physical ...
Views: 12277(2 votes) - Ego Was Given A Bad Rap ... - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2007 from Unity LoveEverything is changing. We are changing. Things that we once believed are changing and the time has come to re-evaluate everything we have come to believe. To be truthful, anywhere separation exists is a place for us to take a closer look … for wherever separation is taught … is a place where ...
Views: 1049 - Self-Inquire Within - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2007 from Michelle MorovatyDear Loved Ones, Welcome to Spirituality Inside and Out the Daily Universal Insights. We love to honor you Soul to Soul. Great day to you all. I love you. I love you. I love you. FOR WE ARE ALL ONE. Say hello to your breath. And please allow your breath to be your breath in the present ...
Views: 738 - The Walking Stick Story and A Lesson Well Learned! - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2007 from Unity LoveAn enlightening story for healers and those who think they constantly need to help others. One day I was coming out of the door of the camper we were living in and I noticed a regular visitor, a walking stick. He had picked an awful place to rest, I thought, right there on my door, he could ...
Views: 2251 - Preventing Your Employees From Failing - by Have you ever noticed what happens when you become suspicious of and unsatisfied with an employee’s performance? Whether you realize it or not, you begin to create a “failure mindset” for them. With time, you stop believing in your employee and a cycle starts that revolves around low morale, low ...
Views: 717 - Internal Competition Can Kill Your Organization - by Competition is believed to be the driver of the Western Economy. Most Western countries believe that competition produces innovation, stimulates thinking, and it is simply characterized by many as the engine of capitalism. In a similar fashion, “internal competition drives business results” has ...
Views: 1013 - Building Better Employee Relations Through Dialogue - by This is a time of historically extraordinary change for most organizations and individuals. We are moving quickly from the Information Age to the Age of Communication. The exceptional turns of business events we are currently experiencing result from the need for communication. While there may ...
Views: 1348 - Keeping Your Team Up When the Economy Is Down - by by Carole Nicolaides © 2001
http://www.progressiveleadership.com
There is nothing like a recession to cause a drastic decline in employee morale and performance. For that matter, it causes a drastic decline in manager morale and performance, too! When lay offs are looming and pay cuts are ...
Views: 651 - Recession Protection: Learn To Brand Yourself For Better Job Search Success - by After the feverish storm of abundant jobs and wealth, corporate America has started seeing and feeling the negative sense of what almost always follows “boom times??a recession. Companies of all sizes are laying people off. So how do you make yourself more appealing to recruiters when everyone ...
Views: 716 - Use Your Knowledge Skills To Improve Customer Service - by We live in an increasingly service-oriented economy. A better phrase might be an “attention-oriented economy? No doubt you already understand the importance of serving your customers well in order to retain their repeat business and referrals. However, the key factor that seems to be ...
Views: 794 - Choose Your Target Audience Because You Care - by As I started my coaching company, I knew that one segment of my target audience would be small businesses. These were the people that I loved working with and for in my previous occupation. I simply cared about these people.
As I began to work on my marketing plan, I went back to take a look ...
Views: 595 - Lie Detection - Trapping A Liar - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2007 from Steve GillmanLie detection may start with watching for signs of lying in a person. But sometimes you have to do more than just listen and watch. Sometimes you have to trap a liar. Here is one of the many ways to do that. Lie Detection - Introduce An Assumption This is a common trapping technique. Here is ...
Views: 6887 - Focus On Soft Skills: A Leadership Wake-up Call - by The rules for succeeding in business are changing daily. Yet people are still asking for the magic formula that contributes to a successful organization. Is it talented, knowledgeable people plus innovative products? That's a great start, but something vital is missing from this equation.
More ...
Views: 775 - How To Offer Individual Praise Without Undermining Team Efforts - by A lot of discussions lately are centered around teamwork and leadership. This is especially an issue after all the leadership scandals that have been brought to light in corporate America this past year. Due to major layoffs, and the loss of exceptional brainpower, there is a huge need for ...
Views: 611 - Expectations At Work Can Destroy You if You Don’t Communicate Them! - by by Carole Nicolaides © 2002
http://www.progressiveleadership.com
Expectations have a powerful impact on our emotions, behaviors, and most importantly, in our performances. Have you noticed what happens when you expect no raise or promotion at work? Most likely you will not get them! The ...
Views: 631 - Turn A Difficult Customer Into Your Ally - by Having spent many years consulting Information Technology (IT) type companies and supervising IT projects I have learned one thing? IT people are very analytical. In fact, they can be down right difficult to communicate with.
I must admit, working with these people is not always easy and many ...
Views: 539 - Your Strengths Are the Path to Excellence - by What is the one strength that - if you worked on it - would make the difference in your profession? Is it your ability to draw pictures? Translate feelings into beautiful visual images? Take words and put them into persuasive sentences? Are you especially clever with numbers? Can you sing ...
Views: 732 - Master the Art of Communication. Part 1 of 2- Using Your Passion To Make A Connection - by by Carole Nicolaides © 2002 All Rights Reserved http://www.progressiveleadership.com
One skill that we should all develop further is effective communication. Communicating clearly to your employees, co-workers, friends, and family is a critical part of your success and your ability to improve ...
Views: 681 - The Mindset of “Job Security” Can Be Killing Your Best Resource - by When it comes to managing knowledge, learning from past mistakes, and capitalizing on the hidden knowledge and the wisdom of people, organizations historically have not done that well. Instead of building human portals and mediums that connect and unite people, and creating safe environments ...
Views: 608 - Taking Responsibility – A Step Toward Progressive Leadership - by Recently, I was asked to facilitate a meeting and offer coaching to 20 executive members at a company’s strategic conference. As I sat quietly and observed everyone in the room, I began to notice that all conversations seemed to revolve around placing blame.
Can you picture the setting? A long ...
Views: 605 - The 7 Deadly Sins Of Progressive Leaders - by Thousands of years ago and miles away in Ancient Greece, Heraclites, a wise man known in the west as “Heraclites the Dark”, said, “Although this truth [self-awareness] is eternally valid, men are unable to understand it. Not only before hearing it but even after they have heard it.” His words ...
Views: 981 - Control Your Emotions and Reach the Top! - by Socrates knew it all along. If you want to succeed in life you must “know thyself.” This is the first step for everything and for anybody who wants to make a difference in his or her life. The ability to listen to our own emotions, wants, desires and needs is as important as listening to others. ...
Views: 656 - Why Most People Will Never Reach Their Goals! - by Customer service is the foundation on which businesses are created. Unless you understand your customers and treat them with respect, you will go out of business. That is a well-known fact. However, too often leaders fail to see that creating high quality products, or delivering excellent ...
Views: 4145(1 vote) - Creating A True Collaborative Environment By Honoring Your People - by We all know the benefits of creating a collaborative teamwork environment. Where we often fall though is in creating and sustaining such a united front. We often hire the brightest people, inspire them to be the very best that they can be and then we forget to do the simple things that will ...
Views: 1479 - Are You Strong Enough To Face Facts: Poor Employee Performance - by Too often, I hear successful leaders say that, even though they meet their objectives and budget quotas, they continually face one major problem; poor employee performance and low interest from their people. They describe this phenomenon as a gap between performance and maximum potential. When I ...
Views: 686 - Are You Strong Enough To Face Facts: Poor Employee Performance Could Be Your Fault Part 2 of 2 - by In Part 1 of this series, we reviewed a case study regarding one client of mine whose company was facing some monumental obstacles in the area of employee performance. In this conclusion, I’ll offer solutions to some of those challenges and provide steps to overcome and move forward.
When ...
Views: 727 - Your Happiness Depends On You ?Not Your Circumstances - by People are just about as happy as they make their minds to be.
-Abraham Lincoln
There are literally thousands of self-help books on this topic and yet I regularly see more and more people who are unhappy. People are still looking to find happiness from anything and from anywhere but ...
Views: 901 - The Dream Killer - by The dream killer was revealed to me in a simple conversation. I was talking to someone the other day, who was very passionate about attending one of our seminars. This person felt that this was exactly the thing they needed to turn their life around. At the height of their exuberance, their ...
Views: 895 - Heightened Perception - by I walked into a warmly lit room in the company headquarters. The space was long and rectangular. In the center of the room was a very expensive timber and glass coffee table. The whole place had the scent of prestige, money and power. If this room had a name, it would have been known as "The ...
Views: 3921 - LIVING IN HARMONY WITH THE UNIVERSE - by "The most beautiful and most profound emotion one can experience is the source of the mystical. It is the source of all true science."
Albert Einstein
In our culture the prevalent belief is that we are separate individuals. The average person believes that they begin and end at their skin. ...
Views: 4574 - HOW TO MAKE YOUR LIFE SOAR - by Fifteen years ago as I walked through Martin Place in Sydney, on the way to my office, I wondered what the hell I was doing with my life. I remember despairing that I would ever find my unique purpose. Even though I operated an extremely successful business that achieved record sales, I felt as ...
Views: 726 - Generation Risk - by Jason is a teenage smoker. He lives with his mother and his two younger sisters. His mother is a nurse who works late many evenings and often on weekends. At age sixteen, Jason is tired of being saddled with responsibilities for babysitting his sisters, who don't listen to him anyway. He wants ...
Views: 1001 - Breathing Freely: The Hidden Key To Vibrant Coaching - by Some experts estimate that we take more than 20,000 breaths each day. Based on that figure, we breathe in and out about 833 times per hour and 13 times a minute. In every coaching session, you are either breathing in, breathing out or holding your breath. So is your client.
How you and your ...
Views: 632 - What's Your "Missing Experience?" - by One of the things that I listen for when I coach is what I call the “missing experience,” an important, life-enhancing experience that is absent for the client. What I mean by that is, the experience itself has yet to take place in their nervous system and body--so they don’t know what it ...
Views: 738 - THE AROMATIC SHOWER - by Using essential oils under the shower is not quite as therapeutic as using them in the bath. Since the water is always running, a lot of the aroma and oil goes down the plug hole!! It is best to use aromatic showers to wake up your mind and body, because it is quite difficult to relax deeply ...
Views: 1470(1 vote) - Refreshing Baths - by Hello there everyone. I hope that you have all had a stress free week!! If you have, then just pamper yourself with my 'recipes' for this week. If you are stressed then let the effective natural products help to sooth your mind and body. After which you will feel pampered too!! We all lead very ...
Views: 1041 - INSTANT BEAUTY BOOSTERS - by Use plain live yogurt to cleanse the skin and remove dirt and make-up. Simply rub it into the skin then splash off with tepid water. Cheap, natural and effective !!
Mix together 15mls (1tbsp), finely ground oatmeal with 30mls (2tbsp) of hot water, gently rub into the skin and then rinse off. ...
Views: 2552 - Aromatherapy - by Aromatherapy is a modern name for the ancient knowledge of healing and improving health using fragrant, natural ingredients. These ingredients, called essential oils, are found in herbs, plants, flowers, fruits and the bark, roots or resins of some trees.
Essential oils give the aroma to the ...
Views: 1058 - Quick setup of your business - by Which course must be taken to setup your own internet-business? This is an often asked question by people who want to start selling their products and services on the internet, but don't exactly know how to act efficiently.
Related to this question are simple and practical things such as: How ...
Views: 489 - Hope for Hopelessness: A Wholistic Approach to Depression - by Ever experience a sense of hopeless for a prolonged period of time? Ever feel like the “dark cloud of gloom?visits you much too often and sticks around way too long? Think that it could be depression rather than the “blues?we all get from time to time? If so, you’re not alone. Depression is a ...
Views: 2118 - Getting a Handle on Money - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2007 from Shawn DriscollToday we’re talking about Money--a BIG topic that I’d like to keep simple. I believe it is critical to get a “handle” on our money issues if we are to truly live the life we imagine (in every area). Money is a powerful resource available to us. Happiness and well being ...
Views: 651 - Use of Comma in English Writing: Quick Guide and Tips - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2007 from Yaron LaviWe all use commas in our writing; we know they’re essential: They separate parts of sentences into clear segments that aid in comprehensible reading. However, for most of us, placing commas becomes guesswork that uses up a significant part of the time we devote to writing. Imagine writing ...
Views: 1205 - Accelerate The L.O.A. Force In Your Life By Uniting Your Conscious Desires And Subconscious Mind. - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2007 from raymond mooreWhatever it is you want to achieve in life, prosperity, abundance or the fulfillment of your dreams, you'll be glad to know that the attainment of these things are possible for those who learn how to apply the Universal Law of Attraction. This law states that anything you want in life, you ...
Views: 736 - The Inspiring Story of Little Goody Two Shoes - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2007 from Michael LevyOne of the Most Popular and Influential Children's/Adults Books of the Eighteenth Century. The History of Goody Two-Shoes was one of the most famous, popular and influential children's/adults books of the eighteenth century. It had an unparalleled status for many years ... It was universally ...
Views: 1033 - How To Choose The Perfect Name Your Info Product? - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2007 from islam ramadanIf you are in the info products business, you must know that the name you give to your product is critical. Choose the wrong name, and you are sure to see a decrease is sales... The name of your info product is vital. Whether it is an ebook, a package including CD & audio or a simple ...
Views: 1526 - 7 Proven Ways to Turbo Charge Your Job Search in Half the Time - by Looking for a new job or contract can be tricky when you’re already in one but need to monitor the job sites and answer the phone during business hours. In fact it’s a real catch-22 that the best time to look and receive calls is during the day when the boss is looking over your ...
Views: 464 - Subliminal Messages- change your life by changing your mind. - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2007 from Vlad StivensonEvery of us at least once wanted to change something in his life. But where is a way to improve something, that seems to be “not improvable”? Probably somebody needs to change his behaviour, so his boss will notice: “This guy is not that looser that I used to see in the office”? Maybe somebody ...
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