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- 7 Surefire Steps to a Positive Attitude - by Attitude, as you have heard many times, is everything. That theory has been written in thousands of books, spoken to millions of people, and driven deep into your mind. Why? It's true.
Your attitude is your own personal filter for everything that happens to you, around you, or within you. What ...
Views: 612 - Getting Organized With Index Cards - by Index cards are wonderful for helping you get organized in so many different areas of your life. And the best thing is, they're so inexpensive! Here are just a few ideas:
1. GOAL SETTING:
Perhaps you've always wanted to take a cruise, or learn a new language, or plant a garden. Goal setting ...
Views: 1148 - 5 Steps to a Positive Attitude - by Being in a good mood is not difficult. It does take a little work, and it also takes responsibility. Because it's better to be happy than upset, putting yourself in a good mood is definitely worth it.
Even the happiest of people find themselves in a bad mood now and then. Others unfortunately ...
Views: 5533 - Get Organized for Halloween: 10 Spooktacular Tips - by Ghosts, witches, goblins and black cats . . . yes, it's Halloween once again. Here are 10 tips to ensure this holiday is a fun one for your and your family.
1. MAKE A LIST.
Make a checklist of everything you'd like to do for Halloween--such as making/getting costumes, having a party, attending ...
Views: 1214 - 10 Ideas to Help You Remember - by You are busy and you have tons of things to do. How can you possibly remember it all?
Having a sharp memory recall can be as simple as finding ways to help jog your memory throughout the day. Here are 10 quick ideas:
1. WRITE IT DOWN.
With the amount of things you have to remember in any ...
Views: 1160 - Finding Time to Exercise - by Can't seem to find time to exercise. Try building a little bit each day into your daily routine.
1. Skip the escalator and elevator. Take the stairs.
2. Park at least a block away from work or get off the bus/train a few stops early. Walk the rest of the way.
3. Rather than meeting with a ...
Views: 1090 - Declutter Your Home in 11 Easy Steps - by Feeling overwhelmed at the thought of organizing your home? Start on a smaller scale instead and it will be a whole lot easier.
For example, instead of starting with the entire house, commit to starting with one room.
Follow these 11 steps, and you're well on your way to an organized home: ...
Views: 863 - Saving Time by Asking Why - by Once upon a time, a child stood and watched her mother prepare the annual holiday ham. The mother carefully cut each end off the ham before placing it in the pan.
The child asked, 'Mother, why do you always cut the ends off the ham?' The mother replied, 'Well, that's the way my mother always ...
Views: 1539 - A Very Close Call - by Steve is a stock broker, working on Wall Street. He catches the subway at 7:00a each morning and works a full and stressful day, trading for his clients.
After the stock market closes for the day, he goes to his office and continues working . . . researching, handling paperwork, catching up on ...
Views: 902 - Getting Organized: 5 Secrets To Help You Get Started - by One of the most common questions I get on the subject of getting organized is, 'Where do I start?' This is an excellent question because if you just dive in without taking some time to plan, there's a good chance that you're going to get overwhelmed, and the job is not going to get done. Here ...
Views: 953 - Your Most Important Appointment - by An appointment is simply a mutual agreement to meet with someone at a specific time.
You set appointments with doctors, dentists, lawyers, accountants, contractors and hair stylists, just to name a few. Usually, appointments that are set actually take place. Even when you do have to cancel an ...
Views: 934 - Addition by Subtraction - by There are so many things to do. And so little time.
I'm sure you often find something that piques your interest and you say to yourself: I'll have to add that to my schedule.
Hmmmmmm. If you think about that statement for a moment, you'll realize that you really can't ADD anything to your ...
Views: 937 - 3 Steps to Reaching Every Goal - by Having goals in our lives is important. For some, merely creating goals brings about a positive change. When you make a goal, you are creating an exciting challenge for yourself. To make sure you meet that challenge with the right tools, you will need to do three things.
1. WRITE IT DOWN
The ...
Views: 5059 - Life, Death and the Truth of the Matter - by Now, my boys are at an age where death is a really scary concept. Of course they have been told our religious beliefs about death, but it is still very much an unknown. They have never experienced the death of a friend or family member. We can't try comfort them and by explaining that death only ...
Views: 863 - My Very Own Rose - by Prior to heading into the house, I noticed our roses were also out in full force, so off we headed to gather flowers for the dinner table. Now, before you become too impressed, I must confess I do not have my sister's talent for nurturing plants. I am convinced the reason for the rose's success ...
Views: 817 - 5 Steps That Will Allow You To Take Charge Of Your Life - by Do you find yourself setting goals and then not following through on them? You start, then get sidetracked. Before you know it, you have fallen back into your old pattern and given up on your dream once again. If this sounds like you, don't give up. Read on...
For the first 38 years of my life ...
Views: 1075 - Is Cow-Thinking Controlling Your Life & Business - by With all the sensationalistic, gloom-and-doom type hyperbole and half-truths we constantly hear on the mainstream media these days (even if we are just scanning the channels for a quick 15-minute break ... as I often do to catch a breath), I couldn't help but remember a very funny (sad, but ...
Views: 927 - Traumatic Stress/Crisis Intervention Techniques and Tips - by This "how to" guide highlights key questions and concepts, illustrative vignettes and intervention strategies for understanding and responding supportively and therapeutically to individuals grappling with post-traumatic effects after Tuesday's "Day of Terror." The five areas outlined are: 1) ...
Views: 969 - The Mystery of Practice - by A few years ago for my 40th birthday, I gave myself the gift of voice lessons. The first several weeks were a rude awakening. I, who had always loved to sing, couldn't open my mouth properly, articulate vowels correctly, or command my tongue to occupy its assigned position at the bottom of my ...
Views: 957 - Make and Keep Commitments that Matter - by I often explain coaching by telling people that I help clients "make and keep the commitments that matter: to themselves, their families, their work, their communities."
Honest assessment of our motives and of what we have to gain or lose by our actions is the key to making and keeping the ...
Views: 911 - The Black Hole Where Your Dreams Belong - by Do you know a lot about what you DON'T want? If so, beware. The gravitational pull of negativity is extraordinary, and you may well manifest your incredible power by attracting a nice fat black hole where your dreams belong.
This image occurs to me as I reflect on a conversation with a ...
Views: 3404 - Self Care, Whether You "Deserve" It Or Not! - by Is self-care something you practice based on how well you have behaved or performed lately or how much you have left to do? If so, you run the risk of running out of gas in the middle of the night on a deserted highway.
The image is vivid, yet it can still be difficult to care for ourselves ...
Views: 981 - Play Your Bigger Game - by "Shine your life like a light."
That line from the Indigo Girls captures what I mean by playing a bigger game.
The players in what I term the "bigger game" are individuals and organizations who are ready to step out of a paradigm in which inspiration and compensation come from outside sources ...
Views: 907 - Co-Creation - by It occurred to me as I was driving up the highway to buy berries at a local farm that all creation is co-creation. I’d been musing about the difference between times of ease and forward momentum and times of struggle. At the risk of oversimplifying things (and keeping this week’s quotes firmly ...
Views: 941 - The Power of Stories - by 2. WORKING THOUGHTS: Powerful Stories
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"That’s the story of my life."
"What’s your story?"
"I want to hear the whole story."
"The rest of the story."
"That’s his story."
"A likely story."
These phrases attest to the power of story. Stories shape our ...
Views: 670 - Calling Your Energy Home - by Do you have the energy to sustain a full and balanced life (what I often refer to as "your bigger game"), or do you sometimes suspect that if your dreams came true you would be too tired or scattered to sustain them?
Two reasons we run short of energy are leakage and lack of focus. These ...
Views: 756 - Top 10 Ways to Upgrade Your Life - by Goals are the plateaus we arrive at en route to our vision. Some of us have personal goals while others have business and career goals. We also have political and spiritual goals. For maximum momentum towards the realization of your goals, "try on" the following approaches for quantum leaps in ...
Views: 1052 - "Even Tiger Woods has a coach" - by What do Tiger Woods, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan and several Fortune 500 executives have in common. THEY ALL HAVE A COACH. Coaching has come a long way since the late 1980's. It is not just Tony Robins and high priced seminars anymore. It seems that every fifth person you meet these days is ...
Views: 1354 - Life at the Margins - by As many of you know, in recent months my husband and I bought a new home, built an addition on it, and moved our household and my business. Any one of these is a significant undertaking, and in experiencing them all within a few months' time, I've learned again about the importance living with ...
Views: 875 - Money: Love It or Leave It - by If I had a dollar for every business owner or professional I've worked with who had a love/hate relationship with money, I would be a very rich woman indeed. The fact is, if you are ambivalent in this area, you might as well close your doors today and save everyone the agony of watching you ...
Views: 933 - Clarity about Clutter - by I'm an organized person-just ask anyone who knows me. In spite of my talents at organization, clutter loomed its ugly head during our recent move.
You see, I'm committed to making the most from what I have and I can find a use for practically anything. As a result, I'd turned our home and my ...
Views: 985 - What Do You Want? - by I've been exercising my "wanting muscles" for the past six weeks and I am amazed at the results.
As is often the case, my personal process and what's going on with my clients is very much in synch. I've watched two clients get the jobs of their dreams after they became crystal clear about what ...
Views: 896 - Bow to Failure (It? Not What You Think) - by If you're like most folks, failure comes with negative judgments, and you have a variety of ways to dodge both the judgments and the bad feelings that come with them. You hunker down, often hunching your shoulders, pulling your energy in, and perhaps adopting an apologetic posture as if to say, ...
Views: 949 - Discernment - by To discern: to perceive (something obscure or concealed). The American Heritage Dictionary, Second College Edition.
The word "discernment" showed up in my thoughts and conversation several years ago, connoting a way of perceiving the right course of action when right choices are not obvious. ...
Views: 1111 - Work That Works for You - by About 25% of my clients are working on career change issues. Some know what they want to do, but don't know how to get there. Others are faced with the difficult realization that (at 20, 30, 40 or 50 years of age) they still don't know what they want to do when they grow up.
This excerpt ...
Views: 879 - The Art of Time Management - by Time.
That's the primary focus for my own coaching call today as I contemplate how I will find time to get this newsletter written, edited and laid out in time for it to reach you in a timely fashion. Not to mention where the time for updating The Bookstore at Coachladybug.com where the Bedside ...
Views: 1001 - Meeting the Enemy--and It's You! - by How often have you started a fitness program, decided to learn a new skill, promised yourself to paint your living room or finish a landscaping project, only to encounter seemingly endless resistance? Sometimes the resistance is generated internally; sometimes it comes from external sources such ...
Views: 725 - American Artists Raise Funds for the Kolkata Free School - by Submitted on May 18, 2007 from Linda WielandWith American newspapers today reporting the news that gas prices have topped $3 per gallon all over the U.S., 25 dollars doesn't mean much anymore--it won't even pay for a full tank. But to an orphan in the slums of Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta) it means the difference between a ...
Views: 2391(1 vote) - Sharing some Thoughts on the Power of Faith - by Submitted on May 18, 2007 from Craig Lockrticle Title: Sharing some Thoughts on the Power of Faith (Updated) Author: Craig Lock Key words: spiritual, spirituality, inspiration, faith Publishing Guidelines: We hope that the following article may be informative and helpful to your e-zine readers, or on your web site. If it encourages ...
Views: 651 - Sharing some Thoughts from the book' The Richest Man in Babylon' by George S. Clason: The Ten Steps to Wealth - by Submitted on May 18, 2007 from Craig LockArticle Title: Sharing some Thoughts from the book' The Richest Man in Babylon' by George S. Clason: The Ten Steps to Wealth Submitted by: Craig Lock Category/Subject: Money, Finance, Financial Success, Money Management, Financial Independence, Wealth, the Path to Wealth Web Site: ...
Views: 1443 - 7 Tips For New Puppy Owners - by Submitted on May 18, 2007 from Eric LetendreThere is nothing quite like a new puppy. A few weeks after you bring your puppy home though the kids are not as interested and your puppy becomes very mobile, and if you’re not careful they can become very destructive. That’s why I have put together a list of 7 steps that can greatly help you ...
Views: 1296 - Why Teens Act Out (Book Excerpt: from Dear God I Have Teenagers Please Help!) - by I remember my teenage years all too vividly, and, for the most part, I put my parents through a living hell.
I rebelled, acted out, stayed out all night, tried drugs, cut school, lost my virginity, and was deeply unhappy during that phase of my life.
You may wonder what triggered it all inside ...
Views: 897 - Setting as a Character - by Submitted on May 18, 2007 from Yolanda Carden“Everything happens somewhere” -- Pieter Haag Where does your book take place? Of course, on one level, it takes place in the hearts, minds, and imaginations of your characters. On another level, it might take place in Omaha. Or Venus. Nicolson Baker once set an entire novel (I ...
Views: 1316 - Holy Grail of Happiness - by Submitted on May 18, 2007 from Alice GreeneThe promise of happiness and contentment can feel very allusive, yet it can be found in the one thing that many people resist: regular exercise and healthy habits. Think about it, of all the people you know who is the most upbeat, energetic and content? I have found they are primarily the ...
Views: 1876 - Tantra: The Art of Divine Sexual Union - by Submitted on May 18, 2007 from Steven SadleirThat which caused life within us is us. The life force energy, or spirit, that animates our own existence is an expression of the consciousness that lies at the very core of our being. The same spirit that is causing my heart to beat is also causing yours to. This underlying spirit is creating ...
Views: 1392 - Graduation Gift Ideas: 4 Unique Graduation Gift Ideas For Your Special Graduate - by Submitted on May 18, 2007 from Lesley MattosGraduation, whether it’s from kindergarten, high school, college, medical or law school, is a significant and memorable accomplishment and one that should receive special recognition. The challenge for friends and family members of the “honoree” is finding a graduation gift idea that is ...
Views: 1298 - Creating A Money Mind-Pattern - by Submitted on May 18, 2007 from Janet SwerdlowDo you want more money right now? Do you have the mind-pattern to attract it? This is the key that only the wealthy know! They always have plenty because their mind-patterns only know wealth. There is not a doubt in their minds of who they are, what they have, and what they will have. Do you ...
Views: 877 - Is Love A Choice? - by Submitted on May 18, 2007 from Raphael WettensteinWhile exploring the answer to this question I came across a definition in Wikipedia on-line: Love: Love is a profound feeling of tender affection for or intense attraction to another. It is considered a deep, ineffable feeling shared in passionate or intimate interpersonal relationships. ...
Views: 1398 - What Is Past Life Recall? - by Submitted on May 18, 2007 from Raphael WettensteinHave you ever contemplated the question: " who am I, why I am here, what is the purpose of my life?"... Most of us did at one time or another. The answers you got from " self talk " were not satsfying, there`s something more which you could not put your finger on. Where is the answere then? ...
Views: 986 - The Definition of Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude - by Submitted on May 18, 2007 from Charlene ProctorA positive mental attitude is the belief that one can increase achievement through optimistic thought processes. A positive attitude comes from observational learning in the environment and is partially achieved when a vision of good natured change in the mind is applied toward people, ...
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