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- The Land of In-Between - or - the End of Marketing and the Beginning of Sharing - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2009 from Lori Kirstein, Speaker/"Emotional Linguist", Author, ActorThe days of selling are over. We can no longer afford it, neither financially nor personally. It is time to take a trip to the Land of In-Between. The old times of spiritual escapism - leaving the family, leaving the "world" - no longer serve. The newer times of immersing oneself so ...
Views: 1316(1 vote) - Singapore Zoo Night Safari - Your Nocturnal Dose of Adventure - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2009 from Peter JosephA trip to Singapore is synonymous with loads of fun and frolic. Adventures galore at this mystical place in Asia, where nature and science combine to put forth the most interesting fusion of culture and modern day wonders. Although Asia is widely famous for its large reserves of greens and wild ...
Views: 1327 - Power and Sexual Arousal in the Abusive Relationship - by Submitted on May 25, 2012 from Roni Weisberg-RossWhen we think of children who have been sexually abused, we think of fear, anger and violence. Most sexual abuse survivors talk of the terror and disassociation surrounding the abuse. Many still feel that way as adults and don’t enjoy sex now, even in a loving relationship. But there are ...
Views: 2116 - Exploring Chakras - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2009 from Sue HeldenbrandThe definition of the word chakra is a spinning vortex of energy. It is a Sanskrit (ancient language) word that means wheel or disk like. Our chakas are energy centers in our bodies that are constantly receiving energy from our surroundings and environment. Everything that has ever ...
Views: 3523(2 votes) - Simple Prayers Today versus Spiritual Meditation - What is the Difference? - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2009 from Cindy L. HerbMany of us communicate with God. Some choose to say they pray, while others use the word, meditate. Is there a difference, and if so, what is it? Prayer Word is derived from the Latin word precari, meaning: to entreat (which means to beg, or passionately request); or ask. Webster's ...
Views: 1658(2 votes) - Drink Yourself Beautiful! - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsRadiance can emerge from each and every one of us. In order to allow it to do so, we must first provide a sanctuary from modern day assaults. Providing a much-needed sanctuary is actually inexpensive and result-oriented, a fact that is sometimes shocking to even the most impatient and monetarily ...
Views: 567(4 votes) - Exercise Routines for Women over 40 - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Perry PermannExercise routines should be selected corresponding to age and particular demands. Women over 40 face special challenges - their exercise routines should include strength training, cardiovascular exercises and flexibility training to cover all these challenges. All too often, a workout is only ...
Views: 3474 - Law of Attraction: Train Your Mind - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2009 from Gabriel PatlashenkoFor many people worldwide, the Law of Attraction is a very confusing concept. Thoughts become things: what are thoughts anyways? Like attracts like: What does that mean? In order to succeed with the Law of Attraction, you need to train your mind. At the end of the day, there are two things that ...
Views: 1555 - Family Communication is Possible by Trusting Your Teen - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Alicia BowyerTalking to teens and family communication is very important while raising your family. What's interesting is that your teen wants to communicate with you as much as you want to communicate with them. Make as much time as possible to do this so you know what is happening in your teens ...
Views: 2518(2 votes) - Child Daycare Dos and Don'ts - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Alicia BowyerWhen deciding on different forms of child daycare, there are many important things to consider. I struggled for quite awhile with my daycare decision when I went back to work after my first child but settled on a daycare center. I like the laws that the government has in place that public ...
Views: 2998(1 vote) - 10 Reasons to Have a Family Mealtime More Often - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Alicia BowyerWhen was the last time you had a family mealtime together? I don't mean sitting in the car munching on burgers from the drive-through. I mean sitting down at the table and sharing a home-cooked meal. If you can't remember when you last enjoyed a family mealtime, make plans to have them more ...
Views: 3056(1 vote) - One Key Missing Piece: Early Thoughts on the Obama Plan for At-Risk Homeowners - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI am pleased to see the Obama administration attempting – much more aggressively than the Bush administration ever did – to help (3-4 million) at-risk homeowners stay in their homes through a variety of loan modification initiatives and incentives which are designed to lower the at-risk ...
Views: 621(2 votes) - The Question of Free Will - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I have enjoyed reading your books, and some similar books, and have felt comforted and reassured that if I only used my free will I could do anything. It has also been a burden of cause, when it seemed like it 'didn't work', or maybe I did something 'wrong' or maybe I didn't listen ...
Views: 794(5 votes) - An Organized Home Creates a Happy Family - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Alicia BowyerKeeping an organized home can be a bit tricky if you have young ones around the house like I do. Some days it feels like you just cleaned up one room and a few minutes later it looks like the Terminator has been in there! But keeping your home clutter free can actually save you time because you ...
Views: 2573 - A Life Of Service: For Love, Money or Both? - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe recession may not only be changing household budgets and habits, but also challenging longstanding gender roles. The New York Times reported that 82 percent of the job losses in the recent months have befallen men. For many households this means that women who once were full-time ...
Views: 949(2 votes) - Today's Astrological Forecast: The Relationship Zone - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsVenus, the Planet of Love, turns retrograde today, a six-week event that only happens once every two years. The area of our lives that will be affected most? Our relationships! This is true for everyone, but it's doubly so for anyone with Aries, Cancer, Libra or Capricorn prominent in their ...
Views: 744(3 votes) - O Be Joyful - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYears ago, I spent several summers solo camping in Colorado’s high country. The destination? A high altitude campsite in a valley called “O Be Joyful.” For a few short days, the circle of mountain peaks and pine scented air was my universe. To me, everything about it was joyful. Today, with ...
Views: 918(2 votes) - Discover Your Life Purpose - Change Directions to Find Purpose and the Joy of Life - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2010 from Cindy L. HerbMany people question their life purpose after enduring something very painful or surviving a horrific event. Any number of things can trigger the question. How many of you have lived through one or more of the following trials? Rape, sexual abuse, childhood abuse, incest or domestic violence; ...
Views: 1937(2 votes) - Business Strategies from the Yoga Mat - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAs the president of a communications firm with a twelve-year daily yoga practice, it’s been extraordinary to see how the lessons I’ve learned from my teacher and the practice have benefited my work. The following are three ideas, phrases, and strategies that can benefit your business and smooth ...
Views: 885(4 votes) - Embraceable You: Comparing Yourself To Others - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYou are unique. There is no one else like you in the entire universe. In honor of your unique self, it is good to acknowledge and embrace the special qualities that make you the person that you are. One way to do this is to not compare yourself with other people. It is human nature to want to ...
Views: 1419(1 vote) - ***Weak Leaders Try to Use Money as a Motivator - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"Managers tend to use compensation as a crutch. After all, it is far easier to design an incentive system that will do management's work than it is to articulate a direction persuasively, develop agreement about goals and problems, and confront difficulties when they arise." — Michael Beer, ...
Views: 1553(4 votes) - ***Organizational Changes to Deal with Whirlwinds of Change - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"The world is moving so fast these days that anyone who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it." — Elbert Hubbard, 19th century American editor, lecturer, and essayist My library is full of books chronicling, charting, and categorizing the major changes societies, ...
Views: 1253 - ***Paradoxical Balancing Acts in Organization Improvement - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart go together." — John Ruskin, 19th century English critic, artist and social reformer Too often, we see the world in narrow binary, either/or terms. Odd or even, closed or open, introverted or extroverted, individual or group, ...
Views: 1341 - Bad Life: Key to Happiness, Love, and Depression - Finding a Solution When Life is Not Working - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2009 from Cindy L. HerbHave you found that your life has not turned out as idyllic as you once imagined? Is it not working? Are you unhappy, feeling sad, depressed, unloved, unfulfilled, angry or all alone? Moreover, do you think you are the only one who feels life is not working? The media gives overwhelming ...
Views: 2191(2 votes) - How Would I Invest a Small Amount of Money in the Stock Market? - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Shaun RosenbergIf I only had a small amount of money, say $2,000 to invest in the stock market what strategy would I use to make a good return while at the same time limiting risk? The answer seems pretty simple when I think about it. I would still be trend trading because it offers you such a great ...
Views: 904 - ***Why Most Change Programs and Improvement Initiatives Fail - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"I can't say I was ever lost, but I was bewildered once for three days." — Daniel Boone, American frontiersman and pioneer Many team and organization change and improvement efforts are lost or badly bewildered. Decades of studies have consistently shown that 50–70 percent are failing. There ...
Views: 1462(8 votes) - Helpful Heavenly Angels among Us - Is it Possible They Are Guiding Us? - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2010 from Cindy L. HerbWe have all heard stories about mysterious angels who have appeared in times of crisis, helping humanity with support or constructive messages. According to a recent Washington Post article, which cited a 2008 survey by Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion, over half of ...
Views: 2381(4 votes) - ***Visions Provide the Energizing Context to Reach Our Goals - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon." — Konrad Adenauer, first chancellor of post war West Germany Like mission and vision statements and values, goal setting and visioning labels often get confused and used interchangeably. Generally that doesn't matter. ...
Views: 1216 - ***Timeless Leadership Principles in a Changing World - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without noticing. A truth is something that everybody can be shown to know and to have known, as people say, all along." — Mary McCarthy, author and critic I write these words as I sit in ...
Views: 1544(34 votes) - ***Timeless Leadership Principles - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhile interviewing the legendary Jack Nicklaus, a reporter once remarked, "Jack, you have had a spectacular career. Your name is synonymous with the game of golf. You really know your way around the course. What is your secret?" Nicklaus replied, "The holes are numbered!" If only leadership ...
Views: 1422 - Rape Victims: Deal with Guilt and Shame - Release Anger and Heal Pain through Personal Journaling - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2010 from Cindy L. HerbChild abuse stories, including those by victims of physical abuse, rape and sexual abuse, can be very compelling. Others are likely to be shocked when you tell them about your story of abuse. However, if you take an attitude of observation, instead of judgment, you too can write about your ...
Views: 4453(2 votes) - ***This Crazy Period of Constant Change is Normal - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely." In the middle of a meeting with a few colleagues I caught myself saying, "Once we get through this crazy period and things get back to normal..." Then it hit me. I had been saying something like that for at least a year or two. As we ...
Views: 1205 - ***Technomanagement: A Deadly Mix of Bureaucracy and Technology - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"The practice of management is badly misunderstood by management scientists who confuse thinking with merely being logical." — Ted Levitt, Thinking About Management Far too many organizations are ruled by bureaucrats and technocrats either in management or staff support roles. One of their ...
Views: 1184 - ***Successful Change Flows from Learning, Growth, and Development - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"Leaders in learning organizations are responsible for building organizations where people are continually expanding their capabilities to shape their future — that is — leaders are responsible for learning ." (his emphasis) — Peter Senge, The Leaders New Work: Building Learning ...
Views: 1286(15 votes) - ***Successful Change and Improvement Needs Balanced Improvement Planning - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"A foolish cabin owner eventually lost his cabin to the rot that set in through the leaky roof. When it was raining, he couldn't fix the roof. When the sun was shining, he was too busy outside doing other things — and the roof didn't need fixing then anyway." As Yogi Berra would say, "It was ...
Views: 1131 - ***Stop Managing and Start Leading - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesAsk any group of managers if they view themselves as an elite within their organization and you can be sure they will deny it. You'll hear comments such as: "I have an open-door policy" and "I take pride in always being accessible and approachable." And in most cases, these managers will ...
Views: 1046(1 vote) - ***Steering Our Leadership Wheel - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"The winds and waves are always on the side of the best navigators." — Edward Gibbon, English historian Leaders look beyond the current situation – beyond what is, to what could be. That's why leadership is all about change. It's why leadership is action, not a position. Growing our ...
Views: 1736 - ***Soft Skills, Hard Results (Part 2) - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"We should take care not to make the intellect our god. It has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. It cannot lead, it can only serve." - Albert Einstein There's not a lot we can do about the processing power between our ears. For the most part, we're stuck with whatever ...
Views: 1393(24 votes) - ***Soft Skills, Hard Results (Part 1) - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesLeadership deals with the world of emotions and feelings. It is more of an art than a science. Like artists, leaders have the ability to share their vision of the world. Leaders influence our perceptions and help us look at situations in new ways. These skills – and the leadership principles ...
Views: 1333(28 votes) - ***Nurturing Change Champions - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"Whenever anything is being accomplished, it is being done, I have learned, by a monomaniac with a mission." — Peter Drucker, Adventures of a Bystander When we look back at the successful team or organization changes we've been involved in, most — and certainly all major ones — were driven by ...
Views: 1217 - ***Navigating Change and Adversity - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"Embrace change" is a useless platitude mouthed by managers or motivational speakers who have not thought through its full implications — or they are masochists who enjoy suffering. Changes that bring new opportunities or propel us forward are easy to embrace. But many changes look quite ...
Views: 1196 - ***More Change Demands More Leadership - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"Leadership is about coping with change. Part of the reason it has become so important in recent years is that the world has become more competitive and more volatile...doing what was done yesterday, or doing it 5% better, is no longer a formula for success. Major changes are more and more ...
Views: 1309 - ***Mastering Change Through Continuous Growth, Learning, and Improvement - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"When you're through changing, you're through." — Bruce Barton, American advertising executive, author, and politician To master or thrive on change, we need to embrace perpetual growth and development, continuous learning, and constant improvement. That's the stuff true change leadership is ...
Views: 1282 - ***Management vs. Leadership - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"Leadership and management are two distinctive and complementary systems of action. Each has its own function and characteristic activities. Both are necessary for success in an increasingly complex and volatile business environment...strong leadership with weak management is no better, and is ...
Views: 1682 - A Healthy Attitude Towards Sex - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from S RileyHaving a healthy attitude towards lovemaking makes all the difference to the experience. You can be in exactly the same lovemaking position as someone else but ultimately it’s the mind that creates the experience. If the mind is saying: ‘I wish this would finish’, you may have some sort of ...
Views: 5579(1 vote) - ***C-Level Selling - The Most Powerful, Yet Least Used Sales Questions - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Sam ManferStatistics show that more than 75% of sales calls end without the sales person asking for commitment. Believe it or not most customers buy rather than sales people asking for the order. The purchasing discussion usually goes something like this, "Send me a proposal." Then there's some ...
Views: 2540(1 vote) - Zac Sunderland - Around the World Alone & Only 17 Years Old - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Kathi Calahan, Career CoachHe’s a globe trotting Sagittarius who sailed solo out of Southern California on June 14, 2008 at the age of sixteen, spent his 17th birthday at sea and returned to Southern California July 16, 2009. Zac Sunderland set a world record for the youngest person to sail alone around the world. What ...
Views: 1892(1 vote) - 10 Generic Book Club Questions to Jump Start Your Discussion - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Molly LundquistYou’ve been all over the web. You’ve searched every book club site you can think of, but you can’t find a reading guide with discussion questions. Not a good sign - especially because it’s your turn to lead the book club discussion. So now what do you do? First thing - don’t panic. Second ...
Views: 4114(1 vote) - How to Lead a Book Club Discussion - 7 Great Discussion Tips - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Molly LundquistOh, dread. It’s that time of year again: your turn to lead the book club discussion - not exactly something you relish. In fact, you’re beginning to lose sleep…you’re pacing the floors and pulling out your hair. Okay, not that bad, but still…you wish you could just pass on this one. ...
Views: 2536(3 votes) - The Difficult Book Club Member - What To Do? - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Molly LundquistThey’re the members who talk too much - interrupting some, taking forever to get to the point, loving the sound of their own voice. They dominate the discussions. And sometimes (gasp!) they’re the ones who keep up the social chat while you’re trying to hold a serious book discussion. Or ...
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