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- Stuck? Get Out of Context! - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Anton Elohan ByersEvery bit of our potential lives outside what we think is possible or probable, outside of who we think we are. The natural self is hidden away behind a false self, and we miss it primarily because we simply don’t know it is there, having been fooled by the puppet show we have been buying ...
Views: 1001(2 votes) - 5 Ways to Remain a Company Asset Using Feng Shui Principles - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Pat HeydlauffAre you an asset or a liability to the survival of your company during this economic downturn? No matter who you are or what your job description is, you’ve probably thought “Am I the next to go?” You don’t have to be so worried about losing your job, if you flip your thinking. “Think ...
Views: 1075 - How to Make Money with a Self-directed IRA - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Menno SpijkstraMaking money is what’s on the minds of everyone with ambition, in the material/financial aspect that is. Living a life of comfort, free from the burdens of financial worries alike, is the kinda life that nobody would refuse. A self directed IRA is one “tool” that you can use to make that dream ...
Views: 710 - Transforming an "I Can't" Attitude Into an "I Can" Approach - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Loren FogelmanEvery man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. Alphonse Karr How often have you been unable to make progress on a specific issue? You feel stuck. You are aware of the problem. You even know what you ought to be doing to make a ...
Views: 1374 - Success Boosters and Busters for Entrepreneurs - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Susan BrownI am always on the hunt for powerful strategies for success and I have found some of the best success tips in the strangest places. I recently discovered three tips while watching the auditions for the television program, So You Think You Can Dance. I saw that those who dared to dream, set ...
Views: 1389 - Dog Clothes: Looking Good, Feeling Good - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Menno SpijkstraHow much do you love your dog? How far are you willing to go for your pet? For some very much, and very far. Some owners feel that providing the basic needs of their pet, such as a doggy bed, grooming products, and food isn't enough. They love making their pets feel special, and what better way ...
Views: 1408 - Energize Your 5 Senses - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOur weekly theme of keeping up your energy is almost over! If you're going to energnize yourself, you might as well utilize all five of your senses. Here are my tips and tricks for making your entire body energnized, one sense at a time. See * When I close my eyes, I imagine the blank space ...
Views: 1516 - It's The Next Mile - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaCaptain Edward James Smith, known as E.J., was the most experienced of the White Star Line masters. He had over two million miles of safe experience—a long and admirable career. And he was the one selected to captain the maiden voyage of the Titanic, the largest, most luxurious passenger ...
Views: 663 - To Accomplish Things That Are Literally Out of This World - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Ted CiubaThanks for following along with me on my mobile office through the state of Florida! Previously, we were in Walt Disney World. As I write this we're at the Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida. Listen, we just got out of a presentation—a 40-minute IMAX film, one of those 3-D things ...
Views: 680 - Taking a Logical Approach When Approaching Spirit Communication - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsNaturally when I first started having visions of those in spirit, I thought is was my imagination. But as the years went by and I had more and more visions, and people understood that these visions were of people they had known and had since passed on, I began to believe that my visions were ...
Views: 1174 - Different with Design - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaThere's a scientist who studied Olympic swimmers—he studied them very much in depth, and he studied their records of progress, because they came from the ranks. But of course, by the time they're Olympic swimmers, they're way exceptional. As Weick and Browning note, "Olympic swimmers modify ...
Views: 664 - What Credit Crunch? Financing Alternatives in Today's Tough Credit Environment - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Tracy EdenWith the credit crunch in full force, many small businesses are finding it harder and harder to land a business loan. Even business lines of credit are being squeezed tighter-often yanked right out from under companies that have long established histories with financial ...
Views: 650 - Seeds: Unstarted - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsPeter Kingsley is the author of three books and numerous articles on ancient philosophy, including Ancient Philosophy, Mystery and Magic, In the Dark Places of Wisdom, and Reality. He has written extensively on the pre-Socratic philosophers Parmenides and Empedocles and the world they lived ...
Views: 809 - Quality Content for Effective Ezine Marketing - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Menno SpijkstraFor online marketers, writing online magazines serves as a good channel for them to further improve their marketing strategies. With ezine marketing, you are able to send out write-ups related to your niche and in a way promoting your products or services. In this case, you don’t only promote ...
Views: 668 - How to Let Go of Guilt - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsNowadays the recession is not only depleting our finances, but is triggering guilty feelings like surviving a job layoff when a colleague or friend has been let go. You might be surprised to learn that it’s not just a crime or a lie that makes most of us feel guilty, rather happiness and fun. ...
Views: 738(2 votes) - Sit in a Room and Read--and Read and Read! - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMoyers: “How do we know these things [how experience bliss]?” Campbell: “I’ll tell you a way, a very nice way. Sit in a room and read--and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the ...
Views: 680 - How to Be A Modern Goddess -- According to a Man - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOne question arises whenever I pronounce the distinctly un-pithy title of my book for women - ‘The Tao of Dating: The Smart Woman's Guide to Embracing Your Inner Goddess and Finding the Fulfillment You Deserve': "What qualifies you to write this book?" Well, nothing really. See, I actually ...
Views: 625 - Know Yourself - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsApril is Stress Awareness Month! Do you really think anyone out there that is not aware of stress? Stress is literally killing us, our families and our planet. STRESS is THE EPIDEMIC OF THE 21ST CENTURY. Our only hope for treating this disease is recognizing and managing it in our daily lives. ...
Views: 668 - Motherhood and Alcohol: When is it Il Fino on the Vino? - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere is a growing body of research that shows that women who are stay at home moms are drinking more alcohol than their working mom counterparts who juggle multiple roles. So I found myself asking, “why is that so?” Why isn’t the stress of being so overly committed to both home and career ...
Views: 974(1 vote) - Scrambled Memory Dream, Or Was it Really Granddad with That Cell Phone? - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMargaret Ruth gives her impressions of the Reader’s dreams about family members who have passed. dream Question: I was curious if you could help explain a dream for me? Last night was the first time in a very long time I dreamt of ones who have moved to the other side. The main part of the ...
Views: 1162(1 vote) - Why Only a Loser Would Want Someone to Fail - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe may not always agree with others, but why would we want them to fail? What makes us want to put someone down? There must be another way! Rush Limbaugh has repeatedly said he wants President Obama to fail, as well as his administration and its agendas for economic and healthcare reform. He ...
Views: 1046 - Social Brain Stimulus - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsCommunication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing. Rollo May We are wired to connect to each other. Daniel Goleman’s new book, Social Intelligence, has uncovered new research on social neuroscience has identified brain cells, termed mirror neurons, which ...
Views: 605 - Meditate Like The Beatles - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAccording to Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the two remaining members of the Beatles, Transcedental Meditation helped stabilize their band. (Read more about it here.) They will be performing at a concert on Saturday to raise funds for the David Lynch Foundation, an organization dedicated to ...
Views: 590 - Mortgage Acceleration Made Easy - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Garry RichardsonWouldn't it be nice to be debt-free? The American dream of homeownership has traditionally come with a 30-year mortgage. Add to that credit cards, car loans, college tuition, and the average consumer is drowning in debt. Over the last few decades this has become our way of life, buy now, pay ...
Views: 1510 - Letting Go or Holding on to Love - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I have a question about letting go and holding on. I recently ended a relationship with someone who I care dearly about. There is no doubt that my love for this woman is clear to the both of us. During our relationship I learned that this woman has difficulty expressing her love and ...
Views: 2007(1 vote) - The Woe is I Economy - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHas anyone else had it with the woe is I economic reporting? Yes, I understand that the world economic situation is precarious. Yes, I understand there is much higher unemployment in the United States right now than in the recent past. Yes, I understand that the Obama administration has chosen ...
Views: 611 - Is Your Family Getting Enough Vitamin D? - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDear Friends, I originally wrote this post back in February. Still, whether it is the bitter winds of winter or spring's April showers that are keeping you indoors, it pays to make sure that you and your family are getting enough of the sunshine vitamin. Enjoy! Who knew that a week at Disney ...
Views: 1036(1 vote) - Al Fresco vs Al Desko - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsFor some people, by choice or circumstance, work is life, office is home, and desk is the dining table. For others, for whom work is just work, and office isn’t home, the desk is still often times the dining table. Whatever you do for a living, chances are that work has become a setting in which ...
Views: 1038 - Have total control over body and mind - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Greg FrostWe are living in a state of flux. We are living in a state where we are in total un control of your mind and our body. This statement comes from the very fact that we are no longer a focused, organised and empowered race of humans walking on this earth. Why do we say this? We say this because ...
Views: 4344(2 votes) - Early Morning Meditation - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWaking up and going to sleep are the in-between times, the times when our malleable consciousness has the opportunity to shift and change and adjust. What we think and repeat and process and do in these moments can set up the tone of our day, or even reprogram our mind and our state of being. I ...
Views: 768 - Poetry for the Soul - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWith National Poetry Week upon us, I'm reminded of my favorite poem: "Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood," by William Wordsworth. The poem is long (you probably figured that from the length of the title), written over a two-year period. It's the fifth stanza that ...
Views: 680(2 votes) - A New Vision of Parenting - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt's an honor for me to be a new Intent voice for parenting and family issues along with Barbara Nicholson, my friend and co-author, who will post separately. My passion is centered on the parent/child connection, that most sacred and spiritual bond. For over fifteen years we have been working ...
Views: 679(1 vote) - Satan's Loosening Grip - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe future appears to be global, and if we want to thrive there, the concept of "pure evil" has to be discarded. As fuel for hostility, nothing is more combustible. After 9/11, angry mobs massing in Baghdad against the U.S. weren't just seen as unemployed young Arab males — they became symbols ...
Views: 986 - A Concise Guide to Detoxifying Your Body the Most Effective Way - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAh, spring time! One of the most beautiful times of the year. After a dormant winter, plants, flowers and animals breathe new life in the world around us: budding, sprouting, growing. Rain showers wash the earth and make everything new. Wouldn’t it be nice if it were that easy to refresh and ...
Views: 649 - Redefine Wealth & Happiness on Your Terms! - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt’s a new world out there today, and we are all faced with the question of what that means for our own lives, careers and futures. The facts can’t be denied. The economy is crumbling into pieces, people continue to lose jobs, and savings have been wiped out. Every time you turn on the news or ...
Views: 989 - Be Happy 'Round the Clock - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHow do you achieve happiness, the kind that lasts all day? Robert Frost wrote, “Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.” While this is a beautiful aphorism depicting the spirit of the human condition, there are many concrete strategies to assist you in making happiness go the ...
Views: 716 - The Fear of Appearing Dumb: Intelligence Speaks for Itself - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe universal need to be accepted by others can be a barrier that prevents us from being ourselves around them. When we fear that the people we encounter will perceive us as inept or unintelligent, we frequently try to flaunt our grasp of large words or clever witticisms or our professional ...
Views: 2434 - No Housework Day - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse.“ ~Quentin Crisp I have bunches of hobbies, obsessions, and pastimes and I’m guessing that you do, too. But to my detriment, I never remember how to relax. I’m always working on a little of this-and-that, and I just love-love-love a ...
Views: 942 - Trying to Do it All - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2010 from Renee UrsemI have come to the realization that I can’t do it all. No matter how organized I am, how many lists I make, or how well I manage my time, I will never be able to do all the things in the time that I have. I have felt this way for a while. Years. Probably most of my adult life, but more ...
Views: 1342 - What's in My Garage? - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2010 from Renee UrsemLast summer I moved into a new house. We sold our 1288-sq. ft. home, which I had lived in for 13 years, and moved into one that is almost twice the size at just under 2300 sq. ft. Many people might have been tempted to just box up their belongings and move. After all, a bigger house means ...
Views: 1311 - How to Take One Step At A Time To Achieve Personal Goals - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Sarah GoodmanWhat is a personal goal? Most people do have personal goals but have never written them down or heard themselves say them out loud. You can not achieve a goal unless that achievement is something you were striving for. A goal is only random thoughts until you give yourself the opportunity to ...
Views: 784 - Get Rid of Fleas in Your Home Naturally - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Misti SandefurIt's that time of year again when those annoying little bugs called fleas decide to invade your beloved pet. Fleas are not only a nuisance to your pet, but they can become a bigger problem when they decide to feed off you and also make their way into your carpet, bed linens and furniture. The ...
Views: 1284 - Being in the Now - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Jennifer HowardFor over 20 years, I have been working with clients, both as a psychotherapist and spiritual teacher. There has been a lot of recent attention given to the topic of “being in the now” and “being in the present moment.” This experience can be life changing, lasting minutes, hours, days, a ...For ...
Views: 9795(3 votes) - Network Marketing Training: Where Learning Online Marketing Is Made Easy - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Darcy JohnNetwork Marketing Training of past years is dead! Web2 network marketing is the new way. Old style mlm has deceased! Old MLM Training Measures Going to opportunity meetings and training sessions along with a bit of assistance from your sponsors was 'the' network marketing training of 'old ...
Views: 938 - Top 12 Attributes Of Effective Leaders - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2009 from Sharon MikrutHave you ever wondered why some individuals make great leaders yet, no matter what they do or how hard they try, others fail at leadership? Most likely, it’s because great leaders share a common set of attributes that inspire others to follow them. If you want to be a leader in your field but ...
Views: 1293(1 vote) - ***C-Level Selling -- The First Rule for Handling Gatekeepers and Blockers - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Sam ManferAlways assume you'll be blocked and rarely will you be incorrect. Suppose you meet with someone -- your initial contact – and you get along well. She or he likes what you have to say. She or he sees the benefits. Everything seems fine. What typically happens next? Well, you might ask for ...
Views: 1840 - The Psychopathology of Normal - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from William Berry“What we call normal in psychology is really a psychopathology of the average, so undramatic and so widely spread that we don’t even notice it ordinarily.” This is a quote by Abraham Maslow, the theorist who gave us the idea of the hierarchy of needs (once your basic needs are met you begin to ...
Views: 2457 - The Essential Checklist - Before Leaving The House For The Airport - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Kristine PolleyHave you ever gone on a trip and discovered once you’ve arrived at your destination, that you forgot to pack a much-needed item from home? And sure enough, when you return home, you find it’s exactly where you put it - out on the kitchen counter in plain sight so you wouldn’t forget to pack it! ...
Views: 9499(3 votes) - Success Requires Action - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2010 from Barrett Clemmensen Powell"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly" ~ Robert F. Kennedy “Success is connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” ~ Conrad Hilton If you want accomplish anything in life you must commit to it and commitment ...
Views: 1818 - Living the Dream! - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2010 from Barrett Clemmensen PowellLiving the Dream! You hear people say it and you read the words of others who write about it – but are you DOING it? Are you living the dream? More specifically, I have two questions: first, do you have a dream or dreams, and second, are you ready to live your dream(s)? My friend ...
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