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- Persistence Always Wins - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2005 from Chuck DanesPersistence : Any great accomplishment that has ever been achieved has been brought about and made possible by an all important trait called persistence. Have you ever thought about how many things “might have been” in our world, that don’t currently exist simply because the person or persons ...
Views: 1686 - Stepping Out of Your Sandbox - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2005 from Elizabeth SavinoHave you ever wondered what enables some people to make positive changes throughout their lives while others seem to be standing still in situations that they are clearly unhappy with? What enables some people to take risks and use courage to forge into the unknown to grow and develop in ...
Views: 1276 - How’s This For Lack of Appreciation? - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2005 from Mike MooreI recently met a middle aged woman who had been a manager in a large international company for over 25 years. In all that time she has received positive evaluations and performance assessments from her supervisors. Carol loved her job and worked long hours, seldom missed work due to illness ...
Views: 4357 - Have Yourself an Awful Little Christmas - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2005 from Kevin EikenberryWords are very powerful. In fact, vocabulary has a remarkably high correlation with IQ scores. We use words to communicate our thoughts and feelings. Internally, we use words to think. For both reasons - thinking and communicating - having a strong vocabulary is valuable, and improving our ...
Views: 1155 - The 3 P’s: Perfectionism, Procrastination, and Paralysis - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2005 from Gina HiattDo you set your standards high, but always feel like you've failed? Learn about the 3 "P's" and end the vicious cycle that keeps you stuck and ineffective. The Vicious Cycle Perfectionism, procrastination, and paralysis – one often leads to the next, in a vicious cycle, especially on large, ...
Views: 1609 - Learning From Scrooge: How The Ebenezer Effect Can Change Your Life - by Advicefor the Holidays … Be a Scrooge!HowThe “Ebenezer Effect” Can Change Your Life This time of year, it’s worth considering severalvaluable lessons we can learn from Charles Dickens’ memorable miser, EbenezerScrooge. In AChristmas Carol, Scrooge comes face-to-face with the effects ...
Views: 1290 - What You Should Know Before Trying to Lose Weight - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2005 from Elias ValentinoYou finally decide to lose those excess pounds of body fat. You open your favorite search engine and start looking for the “best weight loss program” or some “magic” pill that will make things much easier for you. You find tons of ads that offer you fast and effortless weight loss in few weeks ...
Views: 853 - I Have a Headache! - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2009 from Gene SimmonsReally. Not a great big skull-splitting headache. Just one of those little low-pressure guys. And I know why. It’s because I’ve been thinking too much. I really need to try to cut back on that. Actually, my headache is not the result of just thinking – it’s due more to what I’ve been ...
Views: 1357 - The Sales Training Series: “Never Wing It” - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2005 from Randy DennisonResearch shows that salespeople will never reach their performance potential without a well defined sales call procedure that they can follow and learn from. "Winging it" on sales calls has grim consequences - lost sales, extended sell cycles, margin erosion and no clear path to improvement. ...
Views: 968 - How to Set Bullet-Proof New Year's Resolutions - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2005 from Curtis G. SchmittIsn't it early to be thinking about New Year's resolutions? Yes, if your M.O. is to flake out like most people. But if you really want to bullet-proof your New Year's resolutions, begin today with my five-step process. 1. Take an inventory or your successes and setbacks in 2005 Don't squander ...
Views: 976 - Money Makes the World Go 'Round - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2005 from Paula GregorowiczCopyright 2005, Paula Gregorowicz and The Paula G. Company I got to thinking about money after a meeting the other day. It is probably the #1 worry people have. I would say health comes first, but it only seems to outrank money if something is wrong, rarely does it come first from a position ...
Views: 1280 - How to Recognize a Child's Questions: Tips for Parents in Identifying Central Auditory Processing Disorder - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2005 from ann smithHow to Recognize a Child’s Questions Tips for Parents: Identifying Central Auditory Processing Disorder “For the first time in my life I know what I what to say, but I don’t know how to say it, “said Leah, my 11 year-old daughter. She was dressed in her favorite purple shirt as we sat on her ...
Views: 1265 - Angels Are Among Us - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2005 from Joseph Mercolaby Carol Tuttle Master Energy Therapist and the author of the best-selling book, Remembering Wholeness: A Personal Handbook for Thriving in the 21st Century. Want to change your world? There is nothing to it when you use the powers of your imagination and the powers of heaven to assist you. ...
Views: 1006 - The Most Important Flirting Sign to Look Out For If You Want To Get More Dates - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2005 from Michael MyerscoughBefore I tell you what it is (I'm such a tease!) there's one very important thing you must know... More important than knowing the flirting sign?! Turning the knowledge of what the flirting sign is into something you can use, easily, naturally and on an ongoing basis. That's what's more ...
Views: 3607 - Top Ten Ways To Be Happy - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2005 from Lenora BoyleI believe that everyone wants to feel happier -- sometimes they just don't know where to begin. So here are ten sure-fire ways to increase your happiness quotient - and achieve your goals more easily than before! 1. Don't expect perfection from yourself or anyone else. Don't forget this is ...
Views: 693 - 5 doorways to building business - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2005 from carolyn campbellWhen all is said and done, building a business is not rocket science. But you must reach out and build meaningful relationships by being very clear about who you are, what you offer and how you offer it. Please do not confuse this with networking. To succeed at creating a business that ...
Views: 1140 - Top 3 Fatal Sales Mistakes: What Not to Do to Succeed in Sales! - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2005 from Colleen FrancisTOP 3 FATAL SALES MISTAKES: WHAT NOT TO DO TO SUCCEED IN SALES! Over the past few weeks, I've found myself on the receiving end of a series of particularly heinous sales techniques - all of which were aimed at getting through a gatekeeper to a decision maker, and all of which ended disastrously ...
Views: 891 - The need to change our behaviour - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Gill WebsterWeight has become an important health issue over the last few years, being overweight brings a number of health problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Weight is a funny thing, for some who need to lose weight because of health they simply do not recognise the need ...
Views: 991 - Exercise Your Face to Look Healthier & Younger - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2005 from Cynthia RowlandDo you have a problem area on your face that you would like to change? Double chin, droopy eyes, jowls, pouches, crows feet or marionette lines? Aging is as sneaky as sun damage and it seems that in a twinkling of an eye, your face can look so different that you might wonder just who is that ...
Views: 1988(1 vote) - Strong Women, Submissive Women - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2005 from Dr. Dennis NederDo you know a sexy, strong woman at your place of work? Perhaps she’s a manager or business owner. Maybe she’s a salesperson that works with your company or she represents a vendor. Do you want to know a little secret about her? She’s very likely demure and submissive in the bedroom! What’s ...
Views: 3661 - Gift Buying Blues - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2005 from Roger CarrWhy does buying gifts have to be so difficult? We have no idea what to buy for some people on our gift list. For others, the only things that come to mind are expensive or impossible to find. We hold a fear that what we buy will not be appreciated or used. Giving money or gift certificates to ...
Views: 1502 - What Is A Healthy Diet? - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2005 from Alan LeStourgeonWhat is a healthy diet? It’s not about counting calories, measuring portions or cutting carbs. You won't really find a healthy diet on the lite menu at your favorite restaurant and you certainly won't find it at the local fast food joint. A healthy diet is all about what you eat rather than how ...
Views: 2062 - The Faith Attractor Factor - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2005 from Arthur LevineThe Faith Attracter Factor Are you making yourself attractive to God? Would you like to make yourself irresistible to God? All you have to do to accomplish this is to become a believer – A Person of Faith. And just as God will be attracted to be by your side, your faith in him will attract ...
Views: 1007 - Your Children are on Their Own Soul's Journey - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2005 from Margaret PaulIn a phone session with Gerald, one of my clients, he expressed to me that he was feeling very sad about his son, Luc. Luc, 29 years old, was not doing much with his life, and Gerald was berating himself for how he had parented Luc. “I should have spent more time with him. I should have ...
Views: 3091 - Meditation Improves Your Attention - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2005 from Joseph MercolaBuddhist monks have claimed for centuries that meditation helps increase attention and concentration. New findings offer support for this notion. Increases Thickness of Brain Regions Researchers at Harvard Medical School examined Westerners who meditated for about 20 minutes every day, but ...
Views: 1104 - Getting Chilled May Bring on a Cold - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2005 from Joseph MercolaGetting chilly may bring on a cold, contrary to conventional medical orthodoxy, which says that there is no connection between developing viral infections and a drop in your body temperature. Paid to Sit With Their Feet in Cold Water Ninetystudents were paid to sit for 20 minutes with their ...
Views: 922 - Being Creative and Self-critical - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2005 from Douglas EbyHealthy criticism can help refine our talents and creative projects in the pursuit of excellence. But when it is based on a excessive perfectionism or an unrealistic self concept, criticism can be destructive and self-limiting, eroding our creative assurance and vitality. Many creative people, ...
Views: 2333 - Why One Woman Identifies With Men - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2005 from Nicolette BeardI experienced my own mid-life crisis at 33 and for the next 15 years transitioned from entrepreneur to college student to helpmate and homemaker to entrepreneur to unemployed to employed to unemployed to commissioned sales to employed to unemployed to NOW. Quite a circuitous route! Yes a plan ...
Views: 1135 - Emotions Are Contagious - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2005 from Kathy GatesI could hear the baby crying all the way outside. I walked into the house where my mother and sister, holding her screaming baby, were both tense, frustrated. My mother had a look of absolute exhaustion and total resignation on her face. I took the baby, patted him, whispered to him, ...
Views: 912 - How To Have High Self Esteem Around Negative People: 3 Key Steps - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2005 from Robert ScanlonA reader recently wrote and asked me this question: "How can a person have high self esteem when living with the negative energy of a partner? How can one keep oneself strong or respond differently?" My response ...
Views: 2226 - Do You Know These Tricks To Help Conquer Food Cravings? - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2005 from Tracy LeeFood cravings are crafty -- they appear from nowhere and hit you just when you least expect them, don't they? And the critical thing is that the way you respond to your food cravings might just make or break your success at weight loss and maintenance. That's why you need simple ways to deal ...
Views: 1559(1 vote) - Never Get Married Because You’re In Love - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2005 from David LevineI’ll repeat that. Never get married because you’re in love. Sounds crazy? It’s not. Let me tell you why. Ever been to a single’s bar? Mosey on over to the one nearest you and watch what happens. When a man approaches a woman in a singles’ bar – or a woman approaches a man – they each know ...
Views: 899 - Being Radiant, Excerpt Know Yourself: A Woman's Guide to Wholeness, Radiance & Supreme Confidence - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2005 from Barbara Rose, Ph.D.Partial Excerpt, Chapter 5 Being Radiant Being radiant is being centered in your divine nature and truth at all times. It is viewing yourself as a spiritual gift and as the creator of your life’s circumstances instead of viewing yourself as a victim of your life’s circumstances. How you view ...
Views: 1447 - Why Should We Keep Our Thoughts Clear? - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2009 from Michael BlitchteinFrom my experience some healings come instantly or in short periods of time and others require patience, persistence and firmness of our faith. Faith in God or Good helps to overcome our worldly trials but often because of lack of the divine knowledge we are not able to see the end of our ...
Views: 1965(1 vote) - Self-Definition: The Only Makeover You'll Ever Need - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2005 from Idara BasseyMaybe it's just me, but the increasing number of reality television shows based on transforming their female participants through plastic surgery has got me concerned. As these hopeful young women stuff, slice, and dye their God-given bodies into a shell of its original packaging, one has to ...
Views: 2142 - Keep Moving! - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2005 from Fran BriggsLast month, I received a phone call from one of my good friends. As I listened, I could tell that, just about everything that could go wrong in her life, was going wrong in her life. And, at the most inopportune time. Or, so I thought. Then she told me, "Fran, I just thought I let you know ...
Views: 1769(1 vote) - Mind Control for The Masses - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2005 from David BarronMind Control for The Masses In his blog and through out his writting, self describe Mind Control Guru, JK Ellis proposes how to use and modify mind control technology to make life better...as well as get control of others. Is he crazy? "The one thing I love most is being able to say ...
Views: 1079 - Powerful words. Easily misleading conversations - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2005 from Lynne Dean"Can you please pick that up for me? –No, not that. THAT!" Yep, I am one of those. One that uses pronoun instead of words. It drives my husband crazy. But hey, he does it too! It’s incomprehensible, it’s incoherent, and sometimes it even creates conflict. There are several ways to communicate ...
Views: 2662 - How to Manage Your Holiday Stress - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2005 from Kim OlverAre you plagued by holiday stress year after year? Do you feel as if you are a victim in all of this? Do you believe that you are the ONLY one in your household who is contributing to the success of the holiday? Let me share with you some ideas for making the holidays manageable. I used to ...
Views: 1194 - A Simple Plan for Starting a Business - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2005 from Steve MajorsA Simple Plan for Starting a Business (by Steve Majors - The Lazy Investor) ---------------------------------------- Starting a business, whether it is a 'small business' where you work out of an office or a 'home based business' you run out of a corner of your bedroom, you can drastically ...
Views: 946 - Build the business of your dreams and go anywhere. - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2005 from Krissy JacksonFrom the outside, things could not look more perfect. You have a great husband, terrific kids, a fantastic house and go on amazing holidays. Why is it, then, that inside you're screaming? Who are you? Chances are you're a bright, educated woman, probably with two or three children, who gave up ...
Views: 1456 - Keep Your Brain Young With Exercise - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2005 from Joseph MercolaScientists have demonstrated that moderately active rats have healthier DNA and more robust brain cells than their less active counterparts. This is the first study to show that lifelong exercise actually decreases cellular aging in the brain. Enjoyable Light Exercise In the study, the animals ...
Views: 887 - The Use of Chinese Herbs for Lyme Disease - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2005 from farah khanA number of Chinese herbs can be useful for the many different facets of Lyme Disease. Lyme Disease is a bacterial infectious disease caused by the spirochetal organism, Borrelia Burgdorferi. It is usually caused by a tick bite. The prevalence of the disease is greatest in the northeastern ...
Views: 2739 - Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Medicines and Herbs - by What is Ayurveda and Its Importance? Ayurveda is a traditional holistic healing. Translated from Sanskrit, Ayurveda means 'the science of life'. ayur means "life" and veda means "science. India system which largely depends on plant support to form major Chunk of its medicine. ...
Views: 1368 - Managing the Income Portfolio - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2005 from Steve SelengutThe reason people assume the risks of investing in the first place is the prospect of achieving a higher rate of return than is attainable in a risk free environment…i.e., an FDIC insured bank account. Risk comes in various forms, but the average investor’s primary concerns are “credit” and ...
Views: 1592(1 vote) - Famous fables about personal psychology - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2005 from Selby EvansAnd the rest of the story. 1. Long-term goals are valuable even if you don’t pursue them now. Where is the value? If you ignore them completely, what will they do for you? If you don’t forget them completely, you are using up some brainpower to keep them. You probably have something ...
Views: 1331 - Are you Scaring away Potential Customers? - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2005 from Michelle DunnWhen you are trying to make that first sale and you ask a potential customer to fill out a credit application and new account form, do they turn around and run to the competition? Are you handing them a pile of paperwork that looks like it would take hours to complete? Author Michelle Dunn, in ...
Views: 1031 - Embrace Change - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2005 from Lori RadunLast Sunday I was sitting in on a class we conduct for newcomers at our church. One of our pastors said, “If we don’t change, we aren’t growing, and if we aren’t growing, we are dying”. Isn’t that so true? If you want your life to remain status quo, then your best guarantee is to resist ...
Views: 1231 - Sell Feelings Not Facts - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2005 from Alan FairweatherI've been hearing for years that a successful business needsto have a USP (unique sales point). The problem is that mostbusinesses find difficulty in identifying what their USP is.And even if they have a USP, eventually they find theircompetitors doing the same thing. So instead of losing sleep ...
Views: 1307 - How Many Calories Do I Need Per Day? - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2005 from Marc DavidHow Do I Calculate Caloric Needs Based On My Goal (gain/loss/maintain)? Listen, figuring out how many calories a day you need to lose weight, maintain your weight or gain weight really isn’t too hard. And with the formula I’m about to give you plus a very cool website, you can easily track ...
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