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- Willpower is Way Overrated! The REAL Science-Based Secrets for Persistence and eliminating Procrastination - by If I were to ask you, what was the most important characteristic forovercomingprocrastination, for persistence, and long-term achievement, what wouldyou say? Willpower? That would not be an unusual answer, but it wouldbe wrong.
Willpower is vastly overrated as the leading trait used ...
Views: 3317(1 vote) - The Power of Love Bringing Peace to your Life through this Simple yet Powerful Life Force - by “Love is the fruit in season at all times and within
reach of every hand.”
Mother Teresa
When I began my television news career many years ago, I remember a co-worker I’ll call George who seemed to hate me. I was an experienced radio journalist when I was hired as a producer for a ...
Views: 1125(1 vote) - Are You Too Critical? - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2010 from Kathy Thompson"Are You Too Critical?" First of all, Criticalness breaks up more relationships, than anything else. And that criticalness is usually over the children or money! Criticalness can be seen in eyes that slant down. They notice anything that is out of line and can spot problems ...
Views: 6042(1 vote) - Male Infertility and Glutathione - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2004 from Priya Florence ShahCopyright © 2004 Priya Shah Are You Half The Man Your Father Was? It is a well-known fact that sperm counts have dropped by half in the last 50 years, and that modern men have 20 percent less semen volume than their fathers (BMJ, 1992, volume 305). A recent report from researchers in ...
Views: 4883(1 vote) - How to Help Someone on Crutches - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2004 from Susan DunnThis is from my personal point of view, having just broken my ankle, but what other point of view is there? People have offered to do every one of these things for me, and I’m so grateful and will be passing it on. I should preface this with the fact that I’ve offered people help from ...
Views: 1453(1 vote) - Can A Coach Help Me with This? - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2004 from Susan DunnIf you’re stuck with something you’d like help with and no one else comes to mind, you might try a coach, and here’s why: Coaching developed to fill a need that wasn’t being met. Actually it developed to meet a number of needs that weren’t being met, and it’s still evolving. If there’s ...
Views: 1188(1 vote) - Tips to Manage Stress - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2004 from Susan CrealIt’s Monday morning, the alarm screams in your ear, you jolt out of bed. You quickly shower, feed the cat, let the dog out, and try to convince your child he has to get up for school. You have an important presentation to give, so you get out your best suit. While putting your nylons on, you ...
Views: 1527(1 vote) - Let It Be - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2004 from Gabriel RaamThe authentic person does not try to be the executor, the mover or the causing factor of his life. He is rather a listener and a responder to his life, thus, allowing that which is bound to be - to be. He does not wish to be the playwright of his life, but rather the pen and the paper. His wish ...
Views: 1072(1 vote) - Wake Up Human Being! - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2004 from Gabriel RaamThe Grand Sleep "We are asleep...Our lives are like a dream. In the better hours, we are awake enough to realize that we are dreaming. We are mostly in deep sleep. I cannot wake by myself! I try. The dreaming body moves, but my real body does not move, unfortunately this is how it is." ...
Views: 1311(1 vote) - Book Excerpt - Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2004 from Yolanda CardenWhy We Love: The Evolution of Romantic Love The fountains mingle with the river, And the rivers with the ocean; The winds of heaven mix forever, With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine In one another’s being mingle:-- Why not I with thine? ...
Views: 3182(1 vote) - Book Excerpt - Core Performance: The Revolutionary Workout Program to Transform Your Body and Your Life - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2004 from Yolanda CardenThe Foundation: Building Your Pillar of Strength We have a tendency to think of movement as starting from the limbs. If we reach out to grab something or step forward, we think of those motions as originating with the end result -- we've reached out; therefore, we've used our arms. We've ...
Views: 1258(1 vote) - Excerpts from Healing From Surgery: A Mind-Body Approach - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2004 from Mary KraemerBy the words we say, and the thoughts we think; we become a participant either consciously or unconsciously, and influence our outcome. I have written the guide to ‘Healing from Surgery: A Mind-Body Approach’ because I want to empower you to become an active participant in your health journey. ...
Views: 3377(1 vote) - ‘From Perception to Reality’ - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2004 from Rahim PoonjaniPeople’s behavior and judgment is based on their perception, they don’t see reality it self. They interpret what they see and call it reality. ~ Rahim Poonjani Read this Article to understand: - The process of perception - Internal and external factors, which influence the process of ...
Views: 19944(2 votes) - Looking for love - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2004 from Laura Schlessinger© 2002 WorldNetDaily.com From the Klickitat Wildlife area of Washington state comes this startling fact about gray squirrels: It seems that male squirrels are eager to mate two-thirds of the year, while females get passionate for less than a day … actually, for six hours. This is the ...
Views: 2181(1 vote) - Tough life for stay-at-home moms? - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2004 from Laura Schlessinger© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com One of my recent callers came up with what I'm sure she thought was the singular most legitimate reason for not being a stay-at-home-mom: "... it's not all enjoyable." I kid you not, she actually said that, followed by, "... and I just don't seem to be able to do ...
Views: 3638(1 vote) - Practice the Seven Secrets of Sales Success - by Excerpted from Brian Tracy's Be A Sales Superstar, published by Berrett-Koehler
There are seven secrets, or principles, of sales success. They are practiced by all the highest paid salespeople every day. The regular application of these principles is virtually guaranteed to move you to the top ...
Views: 9390(1 vote) - Write Your Own Check! How to set your own income and then achieve it. - by If you want to be the best, find out what the top people do and then do it yourself. The top three percent of Americans in all fields, act as if they "own the place." They look upon everything that happens in their companies as though they own one hundred percent of the stock. They take ...
Views: 1046(1 vote) - Job Number One How to unlock your powers to achieve greatness in selling - by Fear is and always has been the greatest enemy of mankind. It is the greatest obstacle to success in your life and your career. It is both subtle and devastating. It works on you, deep in your subconscious mind, causes you to see the world negatively instead of positively. To achieve great ...
Views: 1331(1 vote) - Accessing Your Intuition - by It has been said that men and women start to become great when they begin to listen to their inner voices. Your intuition is your direct connection with infinite intelligence. Intuition is so powerful that it has been studies and written about by the greatest men and women of history for ...
Views: 2427(1 vote) - A Balanced Life - by According to psychologist Sidney Jourard, fully 85 percent of your happiness in life will come from your personal relationships. Your interactions and the time that you spend with the people you care about will be the major source of the pleasure, enjoyment and satisfaction that you derive ...
Views: 2615(1 vote) - Why You Need a Plan to Succeed with Women - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2004 from Don DiebelTo succeed with women you must have a plan. You just can't leave things to chance and hope some gorgeous babe is going to drop out of the sky and jump your bones. You've got to come up with strategies to meet and approach single women. You can try all kinds of plans. Dating services, ...
Views: 1398(1 vote) - Twelve Winter Blah-Busters - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2004 from Susie CortrightFeeling stuck in a never-ending winter? Declare an early spring with these quick ideas. 1. Bust a friend's blahs. Take her out for coffee or a glass of wine, or offer to take her kids while she enjoys an hour or two alone. Such a simple gesture will brighten your own day as well. 2. Indulge ...
Views: 1900(1 vote) - Santa Claus made me smoke - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2004 from Ian ClarkWHY SANTA The reference to Santa Claus may seem bizarre. I was trying to think of another marketing campaign as successful as the Tobacco companies. By successful I mean being able to get into the very fabric of society in a way that seems normal and matter of fact. There were two that sprung ...
Views: 1438(1 vote) - The Instinct to Heal: Curing Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Without Drugs and Without Talk Therapy - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2004 from Yolanda CardenCopyright © 2004 David Servan-Schreiber Animals Can Heal Us, Too At the hospital where I practiced in Pittsburgh, other physicians often asked my advice before discharging a depressed elderly patient after bypass surgery or hospitalization for a fractured hip. Usually, I was the last person ...
Views: 3227(1 vote) - Open, Full and Imperfect: What You Must Know About Your Heart - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2004 from Maya FrostLast Friday was National Wear Red Day, an intentional opportunity to wear a red dress as a symbol of awareness of the fact that heart disease is the number one killer of women in America. I didn't wear a red dress, but I did get my very first electrocardiogram. I wish I could say that I had ...
Views: 1230(1 vote) - Matching Your Outsides With Your Insides - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2004 from Melanie VotawCopyright 2004 We all expect ourselves to act on what we believe is right and avoid those actions that we deem as wrong. Sometimes, though, we don't live up to these expectations. Why? The primary reason is the failure to carefully examine our beliefs about right and wrong – or what I will call ...
Views: 1236(2 votes) - The Four Seasons of Publicity - Building an All-Year Publicity Machine - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2004 from Bill StollerIf you’re like most publicity seekers, you probably think oneproject at a time. You’ve got a new product coming out in April,so you send out a release in March. You’ve hired a new executive,you’ll put out a release when she’s on board, etc. For hard-core publicity insiders, though, there’s a ...
Views: 1803(3 votes) - Press Releases Can Increase Search Engine Positioning - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2004 from Karon Thackston© 2004 http://www.copywritingcourse.com When you write a press release, what is your ultimate goal? No doubt, getting the information to as many publications and on as many Web sites as possible. The focus lies in moving outward… taking the press release to as many *other* sources as ...
Views: 1061(1 vote) - What You Must Know If You’re Taking a Cruise - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2004 from Susan DunnBeing a coach, I speak on cruises. I took my first cruise about 4 years ago. I asked a friend who’d cruised a lot what I needed to know and she said, “Nothing. Just have fun.” I disagree. Having cruised many times since then, I’d like to pass on some tips I wish someone had told me, to help ...
Views: 4506(2 votes) - PICK YOURSELF UP - AND GET GOING AGAIN - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2004 from Roy BurtonThere are very few of us, if any, who have never gone through a period when everything seems to have ground to a halt, when ideas have dried up, when our friends have abandoned us, and when life in general seemed to be going down the tubes. It would be so easy at this time to wallow in a trough ...
Views: 1547(1 vote) - Freedom From Self-Defeating Behavior (an excerpt from "Beyond Dependency" an e-book - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2004 from Guy FinleyAn angel has two wings. On each of these wings is written one of these two words: YES and NO. As we are about to learn, these two simple words represent special principles that are the wings of spiritual freedom. For instance, we must learn to say YES to self-study, prayer, meditation and ...
Views: 2192(1 vote) - Love is in the air - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2004 from Giuditta Tornettafrom her book “Joy In Birthing: Daily Inspiration for a Natural and Painless Childbirth” I confess -- I am bizarre! I look for places where I can feel that love is in the air. Sometimes I go to the airport arrival gate just to bask and be in the presence of love. Looking at people’s ...
Views: 1232(1 vote) - What the Smart Vacationer Knows - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2004 from Susan DunnVACATION 101. It’s about having fun, peace of mind, not working and not worrying. Do these things and increase those chances! And remember that the watchword today is not that it changes, but how fast it changes. PACK THOSE “SMALL” THINGS. They get really "large" on a trip. The nail ...
Views: 1487(1 vote) - Ladies, Is Your Valentine the Cheating Kind? - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2004 from Ruth HoustonAccording to statistics, 50% to 70% of men cheat on their mates. What type of man is most likely to cheat? Ruth Houston, infidelity expert and author of Is He Cheating on You? - 829 Telltale Signs says, “Some men are more likely to cheat than others. You can tell by looking at certain things ...
Views: 1336(1 vote) - Dynamics of Bioenergy Medicine & Healing - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2010 from Michael CohenRaphaYad Bioenergy Healing is the dynamic technique that is at the cutting edge of Bioenergy Medicine and Healing. Throughout a persons life emotional and physical traumas as well as conflicts impair the connections in their body. These in turn cause blockages and cellular degeneration, ...
Views: 2999(1 vote) - One-Minute Wake-Ups - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2004 from Susie CortrightWe all get frazzled. We all get overwhelmed and snappy. And we all need to re-center before we share that feeling with the rest of the world. Here are a few one-minute "wake-ups" that will help you to re-focus on what's important. - What are you thankful for? List as many "gratitudes" as ...
Views: 1319(1 vote) - Taking Control of Your Life - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2004 from Donna KarlinAre you looking in a specific place? Expecting something to happen? What energises you.....makes you feel alive? Life is yours. It isn't what happens to someone else, it's what happens and how it happens to you. And, no matter good, bad or indifferent, it's how you process the experience and ...
Views: 3750(2 votes) - Public Speaking for Powerful Women - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2012 from Doug StevensonThere were three men and three women at the Story Theater Retreat in Colorado Springs last weekend – a nice balance of energies. Each of the six participants came to develop their stories for presentation to a business audience. Interestingly enough, two of the female participants shared a ...
Views: 1731(1 vote) - How to Add Humor to Your Presentations - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2004 from Doug StevensonWhere did we learn that we have to be serious all the time to be taken seriously? In my experience, it’s just not true. As a speaker and trainer, I know that when people laugh, they learn. After coaching over 500 students on their stories and presentations in my two and a half-day Story ...
Views: 2610(1 vote) - Strategic Storytelling for Business Presentations - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2004 from Doug StevensonPeople remember the stories! You can give a presentation that’s a dazzling display of your vast intellectual knowledge, but when all is said and done, people remember the stories. Studies about how adults learn show that memory is formed when a person’s attention is engaged over a sustained ...
Views: 4961(1 vote) - The Joy Of Living In The Zone - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2004 from Keith VarnumWhat do people want most in the world? What is the most sought-after goal? From the moment we awaken to the moment we close our eyes at night, what is it we seek every minute of the day? We want to feel good. The primary motivation behind every action we take is the desire to feel happy. Even ...
Views: 1351(1 vote) - Stopping Time - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2004 from Keith VarnumSix hundred feet straight down! Nothing to break the fall. I've got to switch channels. I don't like my chances on this station. Infused with youthful caprice, I mused to myself about my predicament. Enjoying the intense body rush of imminent danger, I was torn between prolonging the joy-terror ...
Views: 1069(1 vote) - What Went Wrong? When Relationships Go From Hot To Cold - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2004 from Antoinette (Toni) ColemanEverything was great. We had been dating for 6 months. We shared the same interests, felt very at ease together, had (often) discussed future plans and had even spent some of the holidays together. Our relationship seemed right on track and just right in general. Then, without warning, he ...
Views: 2048(1 vote) - Fitness Focus: Overcoming Obstacles - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2004 from Laura TurnerIf you’re like me, the quest to be in shape, manage weightand overall well-being, at times, feels overwhelming. And,as if the quest to be fit isn’t hard enough, there’s often other obstacles to overcome: health issues, time management,mustering up courage or energy. Even if you’ve beenexercising ...
Views: 1053(1 vote) - Asclepius and dream Healing - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2004 from kerry kousiounisThe Greeks had a wonderful marriage of the scientific and their belief in the supernatural (or that which is beyond the rational). When somebody could not be cured by the modern medicine, the physician would acknowledge this and would then look towards Asclepius or the gods. Asclepius was the ...
Views: 5157(3 votes) - Humor, Optimism, and a Laugh at Getting Older - by The great American comic George Burns once opined, “You can’t help getting older, but you can help getting old.” I, too, believe that looking at getting older with humor is a miraculous opportunity to laugh and stay young at heart.
I wrote my first book, “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To ...
Views: 1584(1 vote) - THE PERSONALITY’S BROKEN LEGS - by It is important to begin to realize that our personality is just like our body. It is not our true self, but rather a vehicle, or "mental body", through which our true self, the soul, is expressing itself. We tend to be more detached from our physical bodies than from our «emotional body» or ...
Views: 1103(1 vote) - TWELVE STEPS TO CONSCIOUS LOVE RELATIONSHIPS - by (The basic ideas of this article are inspired by the work of Gay and Katherine Hendricks)
We can move toward a conscious love relationship by committing ourselves to consciously working toward that goal. We need to clearly understand what kind of relationship we want to create and be willing to ...
Views: 1121(1 vote) - The SIX Common Myths in Personal Development - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2004 from Danish AhmedMythology can be intriguing to study. The stories that are portrayed in myths may be fictional, but there is usually some truth that has allowed the story to be passed down from generation to generation. That's what "myths" are -- they are not completely true or completely false. Here we will ...
Views: 1169(3 votes) - Rules Of Onfluence - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2004 from Ian NorthcottHello there, This is part one of a series of articles written for my newsletter called "Lifeskills". If you would like the follow up emails please email me at inorthcott@lineone.net and I will forward them to you.(Put "Self Growth Laws of Influence" in the title. I would like to thank Dr ...
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