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- Neat Networking - by Networking is a major Time Management tool helping us to learn from others, getting introductions more easily, and saving precious resources of time and money in the process. I have accumulated five “Neat Networking?suggestions that might help.
1. Make the list. There is power in writing ...
Views: 1036 - Procrastination Paula - by It’s Monday, and oh, how Paula hates Mondays. “Blue Monday? “It’s a jungle out there and a rat race? she reminds herself. In fact, she has a bumper sticker on her car that reads, “I just had a whole week’s worth of Mondays?
As Paula arrives at her desk, she notes the other slogan she has ...
Views: 1137 - TOP FIVE TIME MANAGEMENT MISTAKES - by In my thirty years as a Time Management speaker and consultant, I have observed a lot of what we can and should not do to increase our daily results. Time management is not necessarily working “harder”, but rather, “smarter”.
And to accomplish significantly more in our days, we need not ...
Views: 1103 - 5 Steps to a Productive Meeting - by It is said that on an average day in the United States, there will be 17 million meetings. (It makes you wonder how anything ever gets done!) A meeting is two or more people getting together to exchange information. What could be simpler? Yet, it is one of the biggest institutional time wasters ...
Views: 1091 - CONTROL THE FREE-FALL - by Do you sometimes feel a little bit out of control during your workday, wish you had more time to do the really important things or feel like you are doing a lot of wheel-spinning on non-productive items? You are not alone. Eighty-five percent of people in the workplace have similar complaints ...
Views: 1262 - Control the Free Fall - by Do you sometimes feel a little bit out of control during your workday, wish you had more time to do the really important things or feel like you are doing a lot of wheel-spinning on non-productive items? You are not alone. Eighty-five percent of people in the workplace have similar ...
Views: 986 - Teens and Sun Damage: How Safe Are You? - by You are young and out having fun with your life. You are not thinking about growing old or getting so called “old people’s” diseases like cancer. However, the harsh reality is that young people do get cancer. The American Academy of Dermatology sites that Melanoma, the most deadly form of skin ...
Views: 2609 - Finding the "ME" in a World of "WE" - by I graduated from college with the world at my finger tips. The problem ever since has been figuring out what in the world I want to do. I am thirty years old and I have a resume full of jobs yet nothing I would call a career. Where is my focus? What does this say about me? “ That I don’t cut it ...
Views: 902 - LET YOUR SPIRIT GUIDE YOU - by Human beings suffer. We suffer because we have forethought and we’re not afraid to use it. We believe that we have the power to look into the future and control our destiny. We become so busy preparing for the future that we miss the here and now of our lives. We feel that we can only be happy ...
Views: 2939 - Affirmations for Compulsive Overeaters - by 1. My worth as a person is not diminished in ANY way by my body size or my eating patterns.
2. I will love myself no matter what my eating patterns are.
3. I will judge my days not by what or how much I eat, but by the accomplishments I have made and the love I have given.
4. My life is a gift, ...
Views: 4585 - Consider Yourself Challenged - by In your lifetime you will reach many “forks in the road.” There are times when you must choose which path to take but other times your path is chosen for you. In times like these you might be afraid, scared what your future holds. It’s the old saying “the devil you know versus the devil you ...
Views: 1454 - Single? Married? Find Your Soul Mate - by Single.
The word congers up so many meanings. Webster's Dictionary describes single as -being the only one; unmarried; unique; solitary, for one person or thing. To someone in a bad marriage the word would mean peace. To another, being in an unhappy relationship, single would be seen as ...
Views: 962 - Minimize The Waves Of Divorce - by Divorce drops into our private pond and creates waves that last beyond our lifetime.
We must make ripples instead.
Divorce is never envisioned when we give birth to our children. They were conceived in love. We had full intentions of keeping that love strong always. As pre-divorced parents ...
Views: 981 - YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR LIFE DRAMATICALLY - by How is your family life? How is your business life? How is your love life? And how is your personal health? Would you like to see improvements? Here’s how to improve all four areas DRAMATICALLY.
Many self-help books have been written in the specific area of how to improve the quality of your ...
Views: 1128 - Lasting Emotional Freedom Is Now At Your Fingertips - by New discoveries now allow rapid freedom from the effects of trauma, anger, fears, phobias, depression, anxiety, stress and other emotional issues. Unwanted emotional pain from rape, accidents and war are often eliminated in one session, sometimes in a matter of minutes. While the process is not ...
Views: 966 - Margarine Vs. Butter - by For many years people have debated the merits of guns vs. butter as symbols of spending on military might or domestic comfort. Since 1869 another political debate has gone on, this one concerning the merits of margarine vs. butter. In that year a French food chemist succeeded in making a ...
Views: 1300 - Turn Up Your Light - by Installment #15
The Law of Attraction
The Law of Attraction can be used to facilitate success through a positive paradigm of integrity, ease, enthusiasm and co-creation rather than the all-too-familiar negative paradigm of hard work, struggle, stress and manipulation. This paradigm shift ...
Views: 1233 - Herbal Allies for Pregnancy Problems - by Wise women believe that most of the problems of pregnancy can be prevented by attention to nutrition. Morning sickness and mood swings are connected to low blood sugar; backaches and severe labor pains often result from insufficient calcium; varicose veins, hemorrhoids, constipation, skin ...
Views: 2269 - Strengthen Your Immune System! Herbal Allies to Help You Avoid the Flu! - by Winter is when we are most likely to catch a cold or the flu. With Susun Weed's help, you can prepare yourself with herbs and home remedies to avoid infection and to build a strong immune system.
Ms. Weed prefers safe antibacterial herbs such as echinacea, usnea, or poke root, which not only ...
Views: 1242 - Healthy Bones The Wise Woman Way - by Every woman I know is concerned about osteoporosis. Frightening stories equate it with broken hips, bent spines, wheelchairs, and death--things we all want to avoid. What can we do? Should we take calcium supplements? hormones? Fosamax? Can we rely on our green allies?
The Wise Woman tradition ...
Views: 1098 - Nutrition - by The biochemical and energetic nutrients which we digest, absorb, and metabolize from foodstuffs are the foundation of all cellular activity in the body, including growth, repair, reproduction, resistance to disease, and maintenance. Good nutrition is critically important to every form of life we ...
Views: 1205 - The Maligned Dandelion - by Each year Americans spend millions on herbicides in an effort to keep their lawns and gardens free of weeds, the most notorious of which is an innocuous little herb known as dandelion. Every Spring the bright yellow flowers seem to appear everywhere, popping up overnight—flowers that soon ...
Views: 1331 - Ephedra - Friend or Foe? - by Chinese ephedra (Ephedra sinica), also known as desert herb or Ma Huang, is a plant with a PR problem. Ephedra is a powerful herb which grows mainly in Mongolia and the bordering regions of China. It has been used in Chinese medicine for at least 5,000 years. It is the herb from which scientists ...
Views: 1817 - All in A Dog’s Way Can Make You More Sales - by Dogs are great teachers of how to sell easier and better. And if you think about a dog’s life, it’s an easy one. Some dog behaviors can serve as models for do’s and don’ts for salespeople.
Dogs mark their territory.
Do what you can to stand out in your industry or in your working geography. ...
Views: 937 - Sales Myth or Reality: You Be the Judge - by Let’s challenge a few myths. You know what myths are. Lately we are seeing the changeover of “Hi, I’m with the IRS and I’m here to help you,?from myth to reality. Okay so it won’t take over night. Another business myth is that confident statement spoken by a customer, “My check is in the ...
Views: 1024 - The Silent Sickness That Robs Your Bones - by When you look in the mirror, it doesn’t come into view. Just imagine, you could be twenty, thirty, forty or older and it could afflict you. People who look at you don’t see it. When it does finally surface on the outside for any human eye to see, the harm may be irreversible. The scary part is ...
Views: 1270 - You Too Can Be Victorious In Christ - by My diagnosis is Major Depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder. Having such a diagnosis is overwhelming to say the least. We hear the words of the diagnosis not quite understanding what it really means and how it will impact our lives. I slowly but assuredly ...
Views: 1528 - New Years Celebrations Around the World - by All around the world people celebrate the coming of a new year and time with traditions from their country. Although the celebrations are not always held on the same day, they often include traditions of religious celebrations, special prayers and blessings, beautiful costume parties and parades ...
Views: 3784 - Creative Story Book Reading - by A child development specialist once told me that if you can read a book to your child in less than 3 minutes you wasted your time. What? You mean I can't race through it and get the story over with!
Real quality reading time should include your child asking questions, pointing at pictures and ...
Views: 1694 - How to Have an Office Romance - With Your Mate - by When my wife Athena was working outside of the home we would meet at her office to go have lunch together. One particular day she was away from her desk when I arrived and I had a feeling she wouldn't be back for 5 or 10 minutes.
I spied a small packet of yellow sticky notes on her desk and ...
Views: 1114 - Love Builds a (Gingerbread) House - by It has been our tradition these last few years to create a gingerbread house for Thanksgiving.
The first year I got a bit carried away and decided to create a gingerbread mansion. It was a couple of stories high and had wings and high pitched roofs. I designed it from scratch and made ...
Views: 946 - Forgiveness, Healing and Peace - by We're all still reeling from the events of 9-11! The physical damage we're shown daily is incomprehensible, the loss of life horrific. We are just beginning to understand some of the economic ramifications, and we wait with mixed emotions for the specifics of our government's response.
It's ...
Views: 1001 - When A Loved One Is Addicted - by "How can I get my husband (boyfriend, partner, mother, father, son, daughter, brother, sister, friend) to stop drinking (using, etc.)?"
It's amazing how often those of us who are known to be in a 12 Step Program get asked this question. The amount of pain in the world because of addiction is ...
Views: 1039 - Let's Make Chapter 5 Gender Neutral - by Many 12 Step meeting open with a reading of a portion of Chapter 5 from Alcoholics Anonymous, the original source for all 12 Steps, which was written in 1935. Back then, it was understood that 'he', 'him,' etc. were meant to include both male and female.
Since then, of course, we've come to ...
Views: 1053 - All 12 Steppers Need Original Source Material - by No matter what 12 Step group you belong to, or what addiction/dysfunction you're dealing with, it's imperative you use the original 12 Step source material as well as whatever literature your group provides.
The 12 Step Movement continues to grow, addressing all sorts of issues. Unfortunately, ...
Views: 1186 - Gratitude is Empowering for 12 Steppers! - by You've heard it at meetings, "Have an attitude of gratitude."
It's one of those sayings that gets tossed around and is often greeted with a moan or rolled eyes because it sounds so sappy. Often the mind-set behind the resistance goes something like this:
"Ok, sure, I'm grateful that I'm ...
Views: 1549 - Disease or Not? Does It Matter - by Questions about the disease theory of alcoholism and addiction surface quite regularly, and usually it's forgotten that it was the American Medical Association who attached the label to drunkards in the first place. AA, while certainly open to the notion has, for the most part, preferred to ...
Views: 1060 - Powerfully Recovered! How Can She Say That! - by The idea that one can become powerfully recovered in Alcoholics Anonymous or other 12 Step group often raises eyebrows, and even ire. After all, some argue, the First Step says we're powerless, and everyone knows alcoholism is an incurable disease. Surely that must mean we are perpetually ...
Views: 1280 - Asking for Help is a Powerful Act - by I don't know about you, but in spite of years of recovery, I still have trouble asking for help. I don't mean asking for help in the Program - that's almost second nature now.
No, I'm talking about asking for other kinds of help - on the job or when I have something that's really to heavy for ...
Views: 1225 - Stop the Negative Self-Talk - by Have you ever listened to what you're telling yourself? You know, those almost unconscious mental messages you give yourself all the time as you move through your daily life.
Take a moment and listen to what you're saying to you. What sort of messages are you sending to yourself? How would you ...
Views: 1095 - Recovered or Recovering? - by No matter what 12 Step Program you're in, you've probably heard that you're always recovering, never recovered. It's one of those ideas that is repeated over and over again.
It's a myth! A myth that probably got started in Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and has spread to the other organizations ...
Views: 1199 - The Jungle and the Lion - by After the downfall of the Soviet Union, the world has become a unilateral zone with an unbalanced proportion of power and authority. The United States, which then emerged as the only super power in the world, introduced as well as imposed a new World Order in the world. This World Order had ...
Views: 1078 - Rut Busting! How you got into a Rut and how to Get Out! - by Introduction
WordNet defines a rut as a groove or furrow (especially in soft earth caused by wheels) or a monotonous routine that is hard to escape; as in "her job made her feel that she was stuck in a rut".
What is this thing that we call a rut? Is one man's rut another man's rapture?
I. ...
Views: 1094 - Looking into Yourself: the power of Introspection - by Have you ever wondered what part you might have played in a quarrel? In a communication breakdown? In a misunderstanding? Don't feel bad or be surprised if you answered "no".
Why? Why is it easier to say that the problem is the "other guy" and not us? It seems to be inherently easier to say ...
Views: 11260 - A Simple Paper/Pencil Temperament Test - by A first step toward discovering your natural temperament type.
Are you naturally outgoing? Do others consider you outgoing?
If you are outgoing, are naturally talkative? If so you are most likely an "I" on the DiSC scale.
Influence
contacting people
making a favorable impression ...
Views: 2647 - FAQs on Assertiveness/Confrontation - by Why do I have so much trouble confronting people?
Oh, get over it. No, I'm just kidding. While we seem to return to temperament over and over again, it is true that outgoing cholerics (see FAQs on Temperament and Personality) and critical melancholies find it easier to confront than ...
Views: 5956 - FAQs on Non-Verbal Communication/Body Language - by I don't understand this stuff about non-verbal language. I say what I mean - how does the way I say it make a difference?
A recent article in Discover magazine on how we recognize faces said that we have such powerful brain "circuitry" for facial expressions that we insist on seeing faces ...
Views: 6390(1 vote) - FAQs on Self Image/Self Concept - by Just what is my self-image? Is it different than my self-concept?
Self-concept or self image is that internal picture we hold of ourselves - it's who WE think WE are. The amazing thing is that often others hold different pictures of us that don't agree with who we think we are. Each of us ...
Views: 3865(1 vote) - FAQs about Temperament and Personality Types - by A. Can you change your personality? You cannot change your basic temperament styles but you can influence your behaviors and thereby your personality. The biggest mistake I've seen is someone who has "put on" behaviors that were not theirs' naturally until it has become habitual. It is almost ...
Views: 16796 - Temperament and Personality - by Who you are, how you got that way, and how to live with others who aren't like you.
Introduction
I. Temperament defined
Your temperament is like an artist's canvas. It is your basic inherited style. It is the fabric underlying who you are. Generally speaking, two of the basic temperament ...
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