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- Personal Success Tips - Create A Whole Lot Of Passion, Power and Purpose! - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonLive according to your purpose, and you'll discover a natural passion for life; and within that, you'll feel a great deal of personal power. If you want to feel totally empowered, learn who you are and be 100% of you 100% of the time! You may need to do some soul-searching and uncovering in ...
Views: 940 - Personal Success Tips - Creative Self-Expression - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonHow is your self-expression going? Are you able to set and keep your boundaries? Are you asking for what you want? Are you letting people know if they are meeting your needs? And where are you having difficulty carrying out your self-expression? Better yet, why is it so important to do all ...
Views: 2471 - Personal Success Tips - Don't Let Your Barometer Direct Your Compass - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonHuh??!! Let me explain...A barometer is used to measure atmospheric pressure. This pressure change helps weather forecasters to predict what weather conditions might be forthcoming. Barometric conditions are always changing; therefore barometric measurement is always fluctuating. A compass, ...
Views: 1053 - Personal Success Tips - Out Of The Box And Into the Land of Possibility - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonIt is time for you to set yourself free and allow some discomfort in so that you may fully embrace your greatness... I know “out of the box” is one of the most used up clichés out there, but I couldn’t find anything better. If you live in the box you live a life of predictability, ...
Views: 1490 - Personal Success Tips - R U Cre8ive E-Nuff 4 U? - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonYou may have to get your secret decoder ring to decipher the title. Get it? Well, are you? Do you have enough creative outlets and enough creative expression in your life? I’ve heard that if you suppress your creativity it will go directly to your hips! Creative, which comes from the word ...
Views: 1015 - Personal Success Tips - The ABC's Of Success - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonI like to make things simple, like the ABC's. It makes it easier for me to remember and therefore, live that way in my life. I'd like to share my ABC model with you. A stands for Attraction; more specifically the Law of Attraction. The Law of Attraction states that like energies attract each ...
Views: 932 - Personal Success Tips - The Deeper Your Roots, The Sweeter Your Fruit - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonRoots and fruit...one of my favorite life philosophies. I believe we are all very similar to trees in a metaphorical sense. We have our “fruit”, which are our results. These results are based on our behaviors in that our behaviors, or actions, are what create our results. We have feelings ...
Views: 1433 - Personal Success Tips - The Mood - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonI recently went to one of the local home improvement stores to buy some lighting items for my office. Since I am not an electrician, I was looking to have the “experts” at this store assist me in this endeavor. Upon arriving and having gone to the lighting department, I was confronted with a ...
Views: 1385 - Personal Success Tips - Wu-Wei Techniques (Verbal Kung-Fu) - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonThe Wu Wei principle is to yield to an oncoming force in such a way as to render it harmless and at the same time, change its direction by pushing it from behind instead of resisting it from the front. When there is a conflict between two or more people, conditioned response is to cope by ...
Views: 4499 - Putting CBT Into OCD - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonIf your first thought about the title was, “That sounds boring.” you might be right. But if you knew that over 2 million Americans were affected and afflicted by Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and chances are you know at least one of these people, then you might be more ...
Views: 1350 - Random Acts of Kindness and Pay it Forward - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonYou can actually push the envelope in your life a bit more by practicing good deeds for no seemingly special or specific reason. One very powerful action and attitude you can embrace is the practice of random acts of kindness while also creating the pay-it-forward system of living. Random ...
Views: 2225 - Relationship Success Strategies - Are You V.I.P. or S.A.D. - It's Up To You - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonI was preparing for a couple of presentations for the Women On the Way (W.O.W.) program at our local St. Petersburg College (my A.A. /A.S. degree alma mater). I am always honored to go back to my old “stomping grounds” to do presentations, but even more so for this group, as most of the ...
Views: 1497 - Relationship Success Strategies - We Can't Continue to Do What We've Been Doing! - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonStatistics also show nearly one third of American women report being exposed to some type of abuse at the hands of the significant other in their committed relationships. In reality, one out of every three is a grossly conservative figure, since the vast majority of abuse is never reported. ...
Views: 1021 - Relationship Success Strategies - What Is A REALationship? - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonWhat is a REALationship? A REALationship is one that has openness, honesty, integrity, individuality, growth, passion, and intimacy. It is easy to be in denial, superficial, and distant. I teach people to have deeper and more REAL relationships ----> REALationships!!!! In school we learned ...
Views: 1291 - Relationship Success Strategies- Chooser Versus Choosee: The Power of Choice - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonAre you letting people influence your life in a way that’s negative? Do you isolate yourself out of fear of getting hurt? Are you clear about acceptable and unacceptable behavior in others? Are you happy with your boundaries? Review the following list of unhealthy boundaries. Check off any ...
Views: 1356 - Relationship Success Strategies: Are You Accepting Or Settling? - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonWhen you know what you have to have in a relationship, not only are you going to feel more fulfilled when you have it, you’ll also find the relationship more sustainable. As a result, the relationship will have a higher likelihood of lasting and it’ll be less stressful because your relational ...
Views: 911 - Relationship Success Strategies: The Apples in the Apple Pie - Knowing What You Got to Have, Want to Have, and Absolutely Will N - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonWhat do you have to have in life? What are those absolute, non-negotiable essentials for you? When you settle for nothing less than those essentials, you’ll find all your inner needs met. The problem is our culture has become very used to settling for less. This outcome, as I see it, ...
Views: 1145 - Relationship Success Tips - Boundaries: No Bull Allowed - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonDo you have unwanted bull in your life? You know what I’m talking about: Those annoying people who want to control, dominate, and manipulate you for their own best interests. Those people who love to get into power-struggles and arguments with you and you are left feeling depleted and ...
Views: 982 - Relationship Success Tips - We Just Don't Know What We're Doing in Our Relationships! - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonTo stop all this dysfunction and improve our relational intelligence we must all be willing to subscribe to philosophy and practice of healthy relationship choices and the skills which will support those healthy choices. This starts with you knowing yourself first and foremost! How? Well, ...
Views: 913 - Relationship Success Tips: Getting The Love by Finding The Safe Harbors From Life's Storms - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonWhen I was about 12, I watched one of the old Clint Eastwood westerns where he plays the role of the hardened cowboy: Very little emotional expression, very few words, a tough-as-nails attitude, an occasional fight, some woman to fall in love with him and then, at the end, he leaves town to ...
Views: 895 - Relationship Success: What is a REALationship? - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonWhat is a REALationship? A REALationship is one in which you have openness, honesty, integrity, individuality, growth, passion, and intimacy. This begins with the relationship you have with yourself. Start by answering the following: • Do you know and live your life purpose? ...
Views: 1031 - Relationships - We Can't Continue To Do What We've Been Doing! - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonWe can’t continue to do what we’ve been doing! Statistics also show nearly one third of American women report being exposed to some type of abuse at the hands of the significant other in their committed relationships. In reality, one out of every three is a grossly conservative ...
Views: 551 - SMART Goals - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken Donaldson“People don’t plan to fail; sometimes they just fail to plan.” One of the major steps of Stress-less Success is to the create goals that reinforce the vision you created in the first step. The most effective method of goal-setting that I know is the SMART Goals model. SMART ...
Views: 1851 - Success Coaching 101: Inspire Your True Essence - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonOne of the essential qualities you need to heal from old, self-limiting beliefs is the permission to be unique and different. Give yourself permission to be the true you. What truly inspires you and motivates you? What is it you feel the most passionate about and what are you most driven ...
Views: 767 - The ABC's Of EMDR For PSTD - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonHope you’re not overwhelmed with the acronyms…just trying to save some space! So…what exactly is PTSD? It stands for Post-traumatic stress disorder. PTSD develops after an ordeal which involves some form of trauma. The person who develops PTSD may have been harmed or harm ...
Views: 1122 - The ABC's of Success - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonA stands for Attraction; more specifically the Law of Attraction. The Law of Attraction states that like energies attract each other. Positive attracts positive and negative attracts negative. Therefore, if you are putting out negative energy you will therefore attract negative energy into your ...
Views: 906 - The Law Of Attraction - You Gotta Live Large! - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonHow big can your life be? What I’m asking is: How big is the space you live your life in? What restricts you from growing as big as possible? Is there any chance you’ve already outgrown your old old life? Just how big is your life, and how big can it be? As you’re pondering those ...
Views: 530 - The Rite of Your Right to Write (Just Doing the Write Thing!) - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonOkay, now that I’ve thoroughly done my little play on words, let’s take a look at the power and magic that comes out of writing. Whether you are writing goals, to-do lists, or your life vision; healing letters to yourself or others; journaling; or just some creative expression, you make your ...
Views: 685 - The Roots And Fruits Philosophy Of Life - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonOne of the biggest barriers to living fully in your spirituality and in your life is an ever-so-deeply-conditioned, limiting, and self-defeating belief system. This is the core and the root of self-destructive behavior, sub-satisfactory results and negative thinking. Over the years of ...
Views: 956 - The Singles Scarcity Myth - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonBeware singles...you are about to be invited into a deception regarding the singles scene in your local area. According to the 2006 “Best Cities for Singles” research from Forbes.com (http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/3/06singles_Best-Cities-For-Singles_land.html ), your home town may ...
Views: 963 - Transform Addictions For A Life Of Passion, Power And Purpose - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonLive according to your purpose, and you’ll discover a natural passion for life; and within that, you’ll feel a great deal of personal power. If you want to feel totally empowered, learn who you are and be 100% of you 100% of the time! You may need to do some soul-searching and uncovering in ...
Views: 840 - What Goes Down (Sometimes) Comes Up Again - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonThis is about the law of gravity inverted...sorta. Nature always strives to create balance, which is otherwise known as homeostasis. Examples would include day and night; high tide and low tide; summer and winter; and, of course, up and down. Gravity, however, seems to create a skewed ...
Views: 867 - What is Your Dharma? - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonLiving your life on purpose allows your personal compass to direct you toward fulfilling your life purpose. When you’re on your intended path, you’re in dharma, which is an old Sanskrit word which Webster’s Dictionary defines as: an individual's duty fulfilled by observance of ...
Views: 3434 - Winning Success Strategies: The Same Actions Will Always Get You The Same Results! - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonThe ego-driven smaller self tends to live in the predicting-the-past-and-forgetting-the-future mode. What this refers to is the tendency to believe the past will always repeat itself in the future and therefore, no real change can happen. The ego tries to compensate by making you feel as ...
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