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- Follow The Formula - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2003 from Peggy McColl“If one advances confidently in the direction of their dreams, and endeavors to live a life which they have imagined, they will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” Henry David Thoreau The quotation included above is my all-time favorite quote. It may only be a few words, but my ...
Views: 1738(1 vote) - Happiness And The Single Person; Changing Myth Into Reality - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2003 from Antoinette (Toni) ColemanDoes the expression "single and happy" sound like an oxymoron to you? Are you weary of others (especially other singles) reinforcing the belief that singles can't be happy? Do you find yourself always planning for the future or putting things off until you "are married and settled? Do you often ...
Views: 1403(1 vote) - SPEED READING AND "ACT-AS-IF" - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2003 from Hal WechslerWilliam James, professor at Harvard, (1842-1910d), at the turn of the 20th century, is an American psychology icon. He has more quotes attributed to him than Mark Twain. A century later his philosophy of "act-as-if", stands up under fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imagery), as a valuable ...
Views: 1525(2 votes) - Plant A Garden in Your Soul This Spring - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2003 from Susan DunnHave you considered having a personal rebirth this spring, recreating your life, planting new seeds to bring about a different harvest? A coach can help you do this. "A garden in the early stage is not a pleasant or compelling place: it's a lot of arduous, messy, noisome work -- digging up ...
Views: 1306(1 vote) - Clutter-Clearing and Your Authentic Self - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2003 from Stephanie RobertsHave you ever felt so discouraged, your life so out-of-control, the universe so unresponsive to your needs and desires, that you couldn't help it: you just had to clean up? By paying attention to these impulses we recognize the deep connection between our personal environment and our innermost ...
Views: 1326(2 votes) - Cultivating Your Self-Esteem - by Your self-esteem is probably the most important part of your personality. It precedes and predicts your performance in almost everything you do. It is the energy source or the reactor core of your personality, and how much self-esteem you have determines your levels of vitality, enthusiasm and ...
Views: 2188(3 votes) - Set Your Goals, Change Your Life & Celebrate! - by Studies tell us that only 3% of people in the USA set goals, and they are among the wealthiest people in the nation! Worldwide the percentage is probably lower. Why so low? There are several reasons, but the one that concerns us the most at Ziglar Training Systems is lack of know-how. When we ...
Views: 5099(2 votes) - The dream I nearly gave up ........ - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2003 from Nicholas Dixon============================================================ Special Requirements For Reprint: Article may be freely reprinted in your ezine, in your e-book and/or on your web site with the authors resource box included and without any ...
Views: 1373(1 vote) - TODAY - A WONDERFUL DAY! - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2003 from hifzur rehmanBelieve me, today is the most wonderful day of your life! You live in today; drink, dine, walk, talk, work and play today. Living today is not enough, make it a wonderful day for you. In order to make your today a wonderful day, get up from the bed early in the morning. While brushing your ...
Views: 1321(1 vote) - Face Your Fears - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2003 from Lisa MartinFear can be broken down into three categories: real (healthy), imagined (thought-based) and worry. Although fear can get in your way by interfering with your hopes, dreams and desires; fear is not always a bad thing. Admitting you’re afraid of something can be quite enlightening. It gives you a ...
Views: 1332(2 votes) - Face Your Fears - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2003 from Lisa MartinFear can be broken down into three categories: real (healthy), imagined (thought-based) and worry. Although fear can get in your way by interfering with your hopes, dreams and desires; fear is not always a bad thing. Admitting you’re afraid of something can be quite enlightening. It gives you a ...
Views: 1823(1 vote) - HELP YOURSELF TO SUCCESS - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2003 from Roy BurtonWHAT DO YOU WANT? What would be your answer if someone asked you what it is you want most from life? Your reply would probably be that you want to be successful. But how do become successful, and what does it mean? After all, there are many apparently successful people who have large houses, ...
Views: 1328(1 vote) - Turn Sadness into Gladness - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2003 from Ted SchreddSadness is the body’s way of telling you how much it misses being happy. Relationships end, jobs are lost, people die, welcome to the game of life. Sadness is a natural reaction to a loss of some kind. Every person on the planet has situations that can bring on sadness. It can be loneliness, ...
Views: 4071(1 vote) - Mind Poo - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2003 from Ted SchreddHave you ever been out in the world and some person or event sends you into a flying hag bag of negative emotions? Or you feel overwhelmed with downbeat thoughts like anger, fear, sadness and all of their cousins, namely guilt, jealousy, revenge and manipulation? This is what my Gramma Schredd ...
Views: 2027(1 vote) - Using Excuses to Avoid Fun - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2003 from Ted SchreddExcuses stop you from having more fun, more love and more good times in your life. That’s the only thing they do. We’re presented with unlimited opportunities to do, see and experience life. Go here, go there, go everywhere. The problem is we just can’t do everything so we say no to plenty of ...
Views: 1700(1 vote) - Who has the most fun and why? - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2003 from Ted SchreddAll kinds of research has been done to see if certain kinds of people have more fun than others. The results? No particular kind of person is prone to more fun. There are lots of happy poor people and plenty of dissatisfied rich people. Race, political or religious beliefs, boy or girl, it just ...
Views: 1765(1 vote) - Tips For Creating Your " TO DO " List - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2003 from Joe McHenryMost successful people use " TO DO " lists. They range from the top CEOs of multi-national companies to entrepreneurs of small businesses. Busy housewives and retired workers - anyone who wants to use their limited time effectively. You can also use these lists to keep you focused on what ...
Views: 3218(2 votes) - Motivation: It's an "EQ" Thing, not an "IQ" Thing - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2003 from Susan Dunn"Motivation is not a thinking word," say John P. Kotter and Dan S. Cohen, in their book, "The Heart of Change." (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1578512549/susandunnmome-20 ) They go on to say ANALYSIS HAS 3 LIMITATIONS: 1. In a remarkable number of cases you don’t need it to find the ...
Views: 1257(1 vote) - Let's Celebrate National Women's History Month! - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2003 from Susan DunnMarch is National Women's History Month and this year's theme is "Women Pioneering the Future". According to the National Women’s History Project, this includes both “pioneering women from US history, who led and won struggles for equality and civil rights, created and advanced educational ...
Views: 1749(1 vote) - The Path to Success: Finding the Confidence to Step Up to Key Moments - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2003 from Nina HamWhether it’s making a prospecting call to a promising business contact, giving an informal “elevator speech” to a networking group, or attempting to close a transaction, there are certain key moments when putting your best-dressed foot forward really matters. Some of life’s fortunate people ...
Views: 1335(2 votes) - The Elements Of A Great Manager - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2003 from Julie DonleyAs you know, being a manager is no easy task. And if you’ve been promoted from a technical position you may not be prepared to meet the demands of your new position. For some, managing comes naturally while others struggle with creating cohesive teams, handling staff difficulties and producing ...
Views: 5648(3 votes) - Getting More Sales From Your Order Page - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2003 from Karon Thackston© 2003 http://www.ktamarketing.com It’s the gold medal of e-commerce. Getting that coveted sale is what every online business owner hopes and prays for daily. It’s why we fight for good search engine positioning. It’s why we battle with our copy, making it “just so.” It’s what pays the ...
Views: 1228(1 vote) - Emotional Intelligence and the Gentle Art of Conversation - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2003 from Susan DunnHaving just returned from a cruise, where I was seated nightly with a table of 10 stranger, I was reminded of the many definitions of ^emotional intelligence.^ When I ask laypeople what EQ means, they respond “common sense,” or “manners,” or “knowing how to get along.” These are good ...
Views: 1828(1 vote) - 10 Emotionally Intelligent Ways to Use Drive Time - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2003 from Susan DunnSafety first whenever you're in the car, but for most of us, it's a pocket of time, and time is what we have the least of. Know yourself. If you're the kind who can't do two things at once, don't. Driving time can be a great source of stress if you let it be, but if you are intentional, and ...
Views: 1297(2 votes) - Face Reading and Adoptions - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2003 from Naomi TickleFace Reading Expert, Certified Coach and Author of It's All In The Face Making the decision to adopt is a huge undertaking. The whole focus is to bring a child into your family to love as your own. Problem is, the child you adopt has a set of birth parents out there who are linked with the ...
Views: 2785(1 vote) - Face Check-Up - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2010 from Kathy ThompsonMirror, Mirror on the wall, who's the healthiest of them all? Here is your handy-dandy checklist for a healthy you. Discover how your face reveals your health. ____1. If you see 12 bloodshot lines in the whites of the eyes, your internal organs are getting weak. ____2. If the ...
Views: 2141(2 votes) - Touch and Affection: Enjoy the Rewards! - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2003 from Paul HannigWe need to touch and be touched. The body's skin needs and hungers for contact. Since touch is the earliest sense to develop in the human embryo, it becomes a major source of physical nourishment throughout our lifetime. When holding and hugging a loved one, contentment soars and the senses open ...
Views: 1723(1 vote) - Making a Difference in an Indifferent World - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2003 from Robert NajemyWe live in troubled times where our peace and safety are often in danger. Most feel helpless and unable to affect the unfolding events in our present world. And yet many are uniting their minds, energy and actions in order to create a peaceful and safe world with dignity for all. Some groups ...
Views: 1767(1 vote) - Talk Your Child Clever - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2003 from Susan du PlessisMost parents can hardly wait for their baby to say its first word. This usually happens between nine months and a year. From about two years, the child should be able to use simple phrases, and by three he should be able to use full sentences. By four, he should be fully able to talk, although ...
Views: 1559(1 vote) - How to Use Humorous One-liners in Your Speeches - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2003 from Mike MooreI find that brief, humorous one-liners tend to fit better into the flow of a speech than longer forms of humor and are much easier to use, especially for beginners. Here are a few examples of one line humor and how I connect them to various speech topics. The first thing I do is take a look at ...
Views: 9210(4 votes) - Death and After Death - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2003 from Phil WalmsleyOnce again I must place a disclaimer at the beginning of this writing. My opinions and/or my truths are mine. I am in no way attempting to force my truths upon anyone. If you happen to accept my truths then please do so. If not, then please reject them. I share with you my truths because I ...
Views: 1564(1 vote) - Letting Go – In my own words! - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2003 from Ashleigh Stewart-GhabiWhat do we mean in healing when we talk about ‘letting go’? Everywhere we turn to get some help in healing, all we hear is people preaching to us “you must let it go!” This probably sounds like a very nice idea to the person who seeks guidance and I do agree with whomever it is that is preaching ...
Views: 1014(1 vote) - Habit Pattern! - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2003 from Joseph GhabiDo you ever wonder about your daily routines? Think about it, from the minute you wake up in the morning until you lay your head down to sleep. Think of the habits you have become accustomed to, or what you have been programmed to do in the morning. For example, taking your shower after your ...
Views: 1506(1 vote) - Your Personal Sexual Revolution Starts Now! - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2003 from clint ArthurYOUR PERSONAL SEXUAL REVOLUTION STARTS NOW Even to this very day, this is the part about New Sex? that BLOWS MY MIND: I too -- when I was 28 and had shared sexual relations with over 100 women ? thought I had done and knew how to do everything in sex? I too thought there was nothing new under ...
Views: 2103(1 vote) - Create a Library of Articles for Automatic Promotion - by Submitted on Aug 21, 2010 from Terri SeymourWriting articles and submitting them for publication is a very powerful promotion tactic. BUT, this can be taken a step further to put your articles on auto-pilot. First of all, you need to get a good fr~e autoresponder such as http://www.getresponse.com ...
Views: 1459(1 vote) - The work of The Bogside Artists - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2003 from William KellyWhen Sir Henry Docwra took over the settlement of Derry in 1600 he began a series of plantations in Ulster that effectively ended the autonomy of the Irish Celts. Henceforth, Ireland would be divided, not only geographically with settlers concentrated mainly in the North, but religiously ...
Views: 2518(1 vote) - Lobsang’s Sand Mandala: Pictures of War and Peace - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2003 from Judith PenningtonWatching Lobsang Samten trickle grains of sand out of a silver funnel into his beautiful mandala is a meditation in itself. He has used solid paints to tint ordinary sand just the right color, and each rich hue sits in little bowls clustered beside this ancient and magnificent Wheel of Life. ...
Views: 1815(1 vote) - The Red Cardinal: A Little Bird Comes to Teach Peace - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2003 from Judith PenningtonLast November, when the red cardinal laid siege to my home, I was amused to learn that he was caught up in the same illusion as so many people: seeing his own reflection in the window, he felt threatened by the "other" bird and attacked a mirror image of himself, bashing his beak and body ...
Views: 5672(2 votes) - What do you believe ? - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2003 from Ian ClarkImagine if you saw the following headline in the mornings paper. How would it make you feel ? ' LANDING ON THE MOON WAS A HOAX ' Virtually all adults not only in the U.S but all over the world accept that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the 20th July 1969 walked on the moon, everyone has ...
Views: 1593(1 vote) - Finding Your Place in the World - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2003 from Norman GilbreathMost people find a place in the world by satisfying certain wants and needs -- of other people! If these wants and needs match your own you are among the lucky few. For the rest of us there is a difficult search necessary, which may not end successfully. To increase the likelihood of success it ...
Views: 2851(1 vote) - Health Insurance for Seniors - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2003 from william pritchettWhen a good friend of mine inquired where he could obtain information about medical insurance for his out-of-state, elderly mother, I told him to try the Internet. He reported back to me about a week later, in desperation: "I am giving up, I am too confused." He had taken on an overwhelming ...
Views: 2069(1 vote) - Manifesting The Right Relationship - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2003 from Nancy PinaMost of us can describe superficial traits our ideal partner will possess; but have you explored what you value in a relationship? Relationships are driven by feelings. When you are with someone who makes you feel good about yourself, the relationship becomes stronger. Ask yourself how you ...
Views: 2696(1 vote) - Case In Point: Building a Web Business Doesn’t Have To Cost a Fortune - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2003 from Karon Thackston© 2003 http://www.ktamarketing.com Ask Bobette Kyle about building a Web business on a small business budget, and you’ll be amazed what she’ll tell you about planning and coordination. By getting to the heart of the online business structure, Bobette saves small businesses lots of time and ...
Views: 1247(1 vote) - Changing Fear into Excitement - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2003 from Ted SchreddFear scares people. That’s what it’s supposed to do; it’s just a matter of how much and how often do we really need to be scared? Basically, there are two kinds of fear. Real fear allows you to save your butt in challenging situations (like being chased by a predator or facing imminent danger). ...
Views: 9346(1 vote) - Think and Grow Rich - Book Excerpt - by CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION: THE MAN WHO "THOUGHT" HIS
WAY INTO PARTNERSHIP WITH THOMAS A. EDISON
TRULY, "thoughts are things," and powerful things at that, when they are mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a BURNING DESIRE for their translation into riches, or other material ...
Views: 2820(2 votes) - Self Talk Shakedown - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2003 from David CameronAs a man thinketh, so is he. Once you realize that your world arises from your thoughts and emotions, that your outer situations reflect your inner state, you start to see a much larger pattern working in your life. You start to understand how your financial, relationship and health situations ...
Views: 1316(2 votes) - How to Achieve Your Goals Effortlessly, Guaranteed - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2003 from David CameronCan you really achieve your money, health, relationship and other goals effortlessly or do you have to struggle? Can move in a way that guarantees that your goals are achieved, or are you at the mercy of luck? Yes, you can achieve your goals effortlessly. As much as your logical mind may tell ...
Views: 2292(3 votes) - You, Michael Jackson, Intent, Detachment and Success - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2003 from David CameronWhatever your opinion of Michael Jackson may be, we can all agree on one undisputed fact: In the history of this planet, few artists have produced more hit singles, gathered more fans or sold more records than he has. That is a fact no one can argue with. I mean, if you can count, you can't ...
Views: 2734(1 vote) - Universal Laws Exposed: What They Are, Why They Are There - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2003 from David CameronThere are some two very simple questions which, once you get their answers, can change your life dramatically for the better. This is so because these two questions relate to absolutely everything that you experience and create in your life. Everything in this universe runs under universal laws ...
Views: 5701(2 votes) - How to Get Something Done - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2003 from Susan DunnEmotional intelligence involves many separate competencies. One of them is compassion or empathy. You might think of it as ^soft.^ Well, actually some people think of emotional intelligence as ^soft.^ Which brings up an interesting point. In the Strengths e-course I offer, I ask the ...
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