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- Six Daily Motivation Tips - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2008 from Steve GillmanHow do you achieve a more consistent level of daily motivation? Use the following powerful techniques, beginning at the start of your day. 1. Start The Day Motivated Have a morning motivation routine. Experiment a bit and see what gets you going. If it has to be coffee, then so be it, although ...
Views: 759 - Financial Trouble Starts In Your Mind - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2007 from Steve GillmanBlaming financial trouble on outside factors is the norm, but is it the truth? Sometimes. Unexpected things do happen, after all. On the other hand, some people manage to handle the unexpected without any real financial difficulty, right? What are they doing differently? To begin with, some ...
Views: 753 - Creative Inspiration - How To Have It - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2007 from Steve GillmanYou probably like the idea of creative inspiration, that wonderful new idea that pops into you head without warning. The reality is that such bursts of creativity do happen. Einstein claimed he had great ideas come to him while he was shaving in the morning. And then there is the chemist ...
Views: 752 - Two Creativity Tips - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2009 from Steve GillmanThe two creativity tips that follow suggest two of the dozens of basic questions you can ask to increase the creativeness of your thinking. Ask these as you work on something, and you can see more creative results today. 1. A Question Of Purpose Asking certain questions can lead to more ...
Views: 751 - One-Eyed National Health Care - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2008 from Steve GillmanNational health care might be a disaster, due to the cost and the complexity. A government-controlled system also creates agonizing moral dilemmas (read about the eye treatment ruling covered further down). Still, despite my opposition to it, I can see it's a real possibility, and soon. Keeping ...
Views: 742 - Cheap Real Estate - Ten Reasons Why - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2007 from Steve GillmanWhy is there cheap real estate? Is it just that some sellers don't know what their property is worth? Sometimes this is the case, but only rarely. More often a seller is willing to sell for less because it means selling faster or more easily. In other words, sellers will trade a little equity ...
Views: 730 - The Art Of Thinking - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2007 from Steve GillmanWhat do I mean by the art of thinking? It may seem that powerful thinking should simply be logical, and nothing more. The ideal thinker then, might be Spock, the "Vulcan" in the "Star Trek" television show and movies. Of course, if you watch the program, you may recall that the humans aboard the ...
Views: 727 - Memory Tips You Can Use Today - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2008 from Steve GillmanThe following memory tips are for all ages. Although memory loss often comes with old age, that does not mean it is a necessary result of aging. In fact, there are often specific causes, and a declining ability to remember things can be reversed in many cases. Here are some quick tips to get you ...
Views: 725 - A Money Saving Strategy - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2009 from Steve GillmanThere are hundreds of money saving tips I could offer, and many of them might be useful in your particular situation. But there is a strategy for spending less which will make you far more secure than any number of tips on how to buy things for less can. That is what this article is ...
Views: 722 - What Is Evolutionary Economics? - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2008 from Steve GillmanHaven't heard of evolutionary economics? It's not surprising. This is a new area of study that looks into the biological and evolutionary forces that shape our economic decisions. It is related to behavioral economics, another discipline you don't hear much about. The behavioral perspective is ...
Views: 719 - Three Ways To Make Money Writing Ebooks - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2009 from Steve GillmanThere are many ways you can make money writing ebooks. Here are three of them. You don't even need a website for the last two. Ebooks - The Traditional Way It may be a stretch to call something "traditional" in an industry that is only a decade old, but this method is as close as you can get ...
Views: 718 - Mindfulness And Mental Health Improvement - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2005 from Steve GillmanWhat's going on in your head? Until you know, there can be all sorts of problems. Uncorrectable problems. You can't fix a problem that you don't see, right? That is where mindfulness comes in. Mindfulness and mental health are intimately connected. Your mind is busy in there right now, talking ...
Views: 716 - Why An Atheist Can Believe In God - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2008 from Steve GillmanContrary to what many believe, many atheist - if not most - would never say "God doesn't exist." Unfortunately, many dictionaries also have definitions like "Denial of the existence of God," which is a misrepresentation. In fact, if once you understand what atheism really means, you'll see why ...
Views: 716 - Brainpower Games Anyone Can Play - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2008 from Steve GillmanBrainpower games are those games which exercise your mental capacity. My personal favorite is Chess, but there are many others, some of which you probably already play or have played. Here is a look at a few of the more common ones and how they may help your mind. Crossword Puzzles For many ...
Views: 711 - How To Boost The Power Of The Mind - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2008 from Steve GillmanThere are many ways to boost the power of the mind. Some of them are proven by science, some soon-to-be proven, and others that work for one person and not another. That is why I advocate the "shotgun approach" to increasing one's mind power. Unlike rifle shells, shotgun shells have many pellets ...
Views: 710 - How To Make Money Writing Online - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2009 from Steve GillmanThere are many ways to make money writing online. Just one of them will be laid out here. It is one that you probably haven't read about before. Make Money Writing Online Ebooks Okay, you have heard about ebooks and selling them. This isn't quite the usual way to do that however. You do have ...
Views: 707(1 vote) - Get A Raise - Five Steps - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2008 from Steve GillmanYou think it's time that you get a raise from your employer, but how do you go about it? Do it wrong and you may make things even worse. How do you do it right? Try the following five-step process. 1. Make sure you deserve the raise. It may seem too obvious to say that you should do a good job ...
Views: 690 - Experts - How To Use Them - by Submitted on May 19, 2008 from Steve GillmanWho and what are experts? Here is the dictionary definition: "A person with a high degree of skill in or knowledge of a certain subject." Experts know certain things, or know how to do certain things, but they don't know you. This points out the basic problem with habitually relying on expert ...
Views: 689 - Can You Create Wealth From Home? - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2007 from Steve GillmanCan you create wealth from home? You bet you can - and there are more ways to do it than there have ever been before. An example? I'm sitting here in my underwear as I write this, and yes, I do make a good living with these articles and my web sites. Starting an internet business may be one of ...
Views: 685 - Frugality - Three Quick Lessons - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2008 from Steve GillmanWhat is frugality? The dictionary definition of frugal: "Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources." People think of it as simply being "cheap," in the fashion of Ebeneezer Scrooge. I see it as the practice of getting the most for one's ...
Views: 685 - Product Innovation - How To Have Ideas - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from Steve GillmanThe easiest route to creative product innovation is to start with something we already have and ask some simple questions about it to suggest new ideas. For the sake of demonstrating how this can be done, we'll suppose that we want to design a new kind of bicycle. We start by asking a lot of ...
Views: 674 - Travel Writing - What Works Online - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2008 from Steve GillmanIn some ways travel writing online is similar to that in the print world. Readers still want the facts about a location, maybe an interesting perspective, and some useful advice. However, this doesn't mean you can just write the same article for both a magazine and a website. There are some ...
Views: 674(1 vote) - How Self Awareness Leads To Better Brainpower - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2008 from Steve GillmanAt the highest levels, better brainpower cannot be separated from higher self awareness. Your own reactive mind often gets in the way of the clearest and deepest thinking, and you have to see this happening to correct it. Part of the problem is what's sometimes referred to as the "monkey mind," ...
Views: 668 - Luck in the Time of Recession - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from Steve GillmanLuck is not always as random as it appears. There are things that lucky people do differently from others, and ways that they think differently. These "good luck habits" explain much of their good fortune. This is evident even during an economic recession that seems to be hitting everyone. For ...
Views: 659 - Three Common Money Myths - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2008 from Steve GillmanThere are many money myths that can get in the way of your success. Here are three that you may have bought into. If so, it's time to learn some better ideas. Money Myth - You Need Money To Make Money Like most money myths, this one is pulled out as an excuse when a person doesn't want to do ...
Views: 651 - Three Easy Meditation Techniques - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2009 from Steve GillmanWhy look for easy meditation techniques? After all, doesn't good meditation practice take time and effort and self discipline? Perhaps, but before a person is ready to make that commitment he or she may want to have a little taste of what the results might be. In other words, start with one of ...
Views: 646 - Why Meditate - Three Reasons - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2008 from Steve GillmanWhy meditate? You may already understand that it is very relaxing. In fact, try the simple meditation in this article and you'll feel more relaxed in just a few minutes. But there are other good reasons to meditate as well. Here are three of them. Stress Reduction The relaxation effect of ...
Views: 640 - Three Money Making Ideas For Kids - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2008 from Steve GillmanHere are three money making ideas for kids. All of these possible businesses can be started with just a little bit of money. Of course, if the profits are reinvested they can become much bigger enterprises. Fishing Worm Business This might be one of the easiest of these money making ideas for ...
Views: 630 - Bad Credit Rating - A Good Thing? - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2008 from Steve GillmanA bad credit rating is usually considered a problem, but is it always so? Are there circumstances where it can be beneficial? Credit is a tool that has to be handled with wisdom to be of value. Being able to borrow money or get credit cards doesn't automatically make a person able to handle ...
Views: 627 - Personal Finances - Six Steps To Take Now - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2008 from Steve GillmanYou have probably read enough tips on personal finances, and maybe you are still in debt and without a plan for the future. Well, here is simple six-step plan to get you going in the right direction. Of course, like the other tips you have heard, it will only help if you actually use it. 1. ...
Views: 627 - How to Have New Business Ideas - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2009 from Steve GillmanThere are many brainstorming routines and other techniques for creating new business ideas. You'll find just one of them here, but it's a good one. New Business Ideas By Turning Things Upside Down This is a technique for generating truly creative new ideas. It's based on the way your mind ...
Views: 618 - Power - What Good Is It? - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2008 from Steve GillmanWe all want power, although not everyone freely admits it. It is common to think what one would do if he or she was a king or the president. We imagine that we would do good things; better than what is being done now. We think of power in personal terms too, as when we imagine that enough money ...
Views: 603 - How To Write How-To Articles - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2008 from Steve GillmanLearn how to write "how to" articles and it is easy to promote your website. They are one of the most popular types of articles online. Some people will read articles just for entertainment or to learn general information, but everyone wants to know how to do something. Before you start ...
Views: 595 - Getting Lucky - One Way That Works - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2008 from Steve GillmanGetting lucky is about operating in certain ways. You won't get lucky in love if you don't ever talk to someone of the opposite sex. You won't ever succeed in business by just talking about it. These two examples bring us to the first lesson on "luck." Getting Lucky By Consistently Taking ...
Views: 576 - Getting Lucky - A Strategy - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2007 from Steve GillmanGetting lucky is more probable when you have a certain way of approaching situations. This particular frame of mind is the good-luck-generating attitude expressed in the following quote: "If you view all the things that happen to you, both good and bad, as opportunities, then you operate out of ...
Views: 560 - Money Made Us Happier - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2007 from Steve GillmanThe researchers say that money can't buy happiness, but the research says that it can. Why the contradiction? It's all in how you look at the numbers. You may recall a news story or two back in 2006 about money and whether it makes people happy. The headlines went something like this: "Science ...
Views: 552 - Self Help Books - Do They Help? - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2008 from Steve GillmanI recall seeing a study somewhere that suggested self help books don't really help. I believe it looked at financial self help books. If I remember correctly, three or ten years after reading various "get rich quick" and other money-related books, the readers were generally making more money, ...
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