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- A 3-Step Process For Working With Your Dreams - by Dreams are a powerful tool in developing deep insight about yourself and your life purpose. They are a priceless source of inspiration and creativity, as witnessed by geniuses spanning the entire range between Einstein and Salvador Dali; both of whom worked with dream and fantasy in their work. ...
Views: 781 - A Baked Potato Can Change Your Life - by It was 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and I was ready for lunch. A powerful craving for a hot, baked potato and a bowl of chili arose within me. Mmmmm. I could practically taste the mouth-watering, sour cream and chive flavoring of that soft, warm, baked potato. I had to have it.
Off I went to ...
Views: 748 - A Balanced Woman - by "What is a Balanced Woman?" I've asked myself over and over again. I have searched for answers. I have asked others. I have surfed the web. But the answers I've come up with have more to do with what a Balanced Woman is not. And then it occurred to me that perhaps through exploring what it is ...
Views: 967 - A Better Tomorrow - by If you KNEW how to obtain resources that others needed, and did NOT share this valuable information with those who requested this knowledge, or simply did not make the effort to locate them to share it, are you a bad person?
Sometimes, in life, for us curious types at least, we learn things of ...
Views: 902 - A Blessing Will Come - by Something will happen with or without you.
If you follow in a path that is proven to have some specific result, you increase the likelihood of what happens to you.
Whether the result will be favorable to you or not, depends on what, or to be more specific, WHO you choose to follow.
To ...
Views: 793 - A Blueprint for Effective Presentations - by Presentations skills are the lifeblood of a successful executive. No matter how good a business person is technically, if he cannot communicate his qualifications to be hired or his findings once retained, his success will be limited.
Effective presentations start with effective preparation. ...
Views: 810 - A Book Summary: Good To Great - by This article is based on the following book: Good to Great "Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don’t" Jim Collins, co-author of ‘Built to Last’ Random House Business Books, London 300 pages
Explore what goes into a company’s transformation from mediocre to excellent. Based on hard ...
Views: 742 - A Change Of Place Would Do You Good - by Place has such tremendous power over your life. Each of us is shaped to almost a frightening extent by the company we keep and the places we frequent. Often, places hold their subconscious hold upon us long after the events that occurred there have faded into the distant past.
If your thought ...
Views: 816 - A Contented Life - by Do you have a contented life? For the most part, are you happy?
What makes you think you are happy or not happy?
When are you content?
Where are you when you feel most content? Is there a special time or place when you are most content? How often does this happen?
Why would you say you ...
Views: 5628 - A DEAD-END BOOK COVER, A LAPIS LAZULI MOMENT, A SACRED SUNRISE - by A creative dead end can produce wonders.
That was proved to me once again in a most dramatic way. It involved the cover design of my new book, a provocative biblical novel, titled, “Abraham, The Dreamer / An Erotic and Sacred Love Story.”
I had submitted my thoughts for the cover design to ...
Views: 1560 - A DIFFERENT ROUTE? - by How do you see yourself?
However you answer this question, you are RIGHT!
Unbelief is always the problem when good folks like yourselves do not achieve what you ultimately want. Do you trust the vision for your life which is just crying out in the back of your mind to bring into a realistic ...
Views: 868 - A Disciple (What is it?) - by A willingness to learn, communication back and forth with adult to adult conversation.
Broken communication patterns indicate the beginning of a declining and failing relationship. Once animosity starts, it always continues to increase, unless serious two-way reconciliation resolves the issues ...
Views: 872 - A doctor's script - by Have you ever wondered why doctors have such notoriously bad handwritings? It often seems as if the words in their prescriptions have to be guessed at rather than read.
One explanation is that doctors tend to write quickly - a tendency that is undoubtedly increased by years of note-taking at ...
Views: 923 - A Fat Loss Recipe That Will Guarantee YOU Success Both Physically and Mentally - by GUEST ARTICLE! Okay Ladies! Guest Article Number One Is Here! You Bet Ya! Here It Is! A Fat Loss Recipe That Will Guarantee YOU Success Both Physically and Mentally Written Exclusively By former Ms Interior Italia BC and now currently Miss British Columbia, Canada. May I introduce you to Nadia ...
Views: 1271 - A Few New Ideas For Developing Relationships. Excerpt from "101 Ways To Romance A Pretty Woman." - by A Few New Ideas Here:
Some Do's:
A. Always keep a good sense of humor.
B. Read novels. That way you will have a new topic of discussion every time you meet. Become a story teller.
C. Talk about the things that are most important to her, but don't be judgmental or give advice unless ...
Views: 1080 - A Four-Letter Word That Gets EVERYBODY'S Attention - by "I saw the word 'free' used effectively in an ad recently," ETR's editor Charlie Byrne told me.
"Jimmy Buffett is coming to town, and there are MANY tickets for his concert being offered on eBay. If you look at the listings, you'll see 'Buffett Tickets for Sale!' . . . 'Jimmy Buffett -- Good ...
Views: 1097 - A Great Letter for Playing the Personals for Love, Sex, and Romance With Single Women - by Dear...
Let's become good friends, then...Hope for a beautiful relationship.
I feel that before we can have a good relationship, we must put forth the energy and time it takes to first become good friends. Friendship is one of the most important building blocks of a good relationship. To me, ...
Views: 773 - A Healer's View of AIDS - by We are each an energy system. Energy flows through our being, and is directed by our consciousness. When we are healthy, or in balance, the energy flows smoothly. The flow of energy is regulated by seven energy centers, called chakras.
Any illness or disease can be described as an ...
Views: 803 - A HOT!, HOT!, HOT! Topic - by As most of you know, every Monday, MSN.com publishes another one of my Suddenly Single Match.com columns. These can always be found at: http://msn.match.com/msn/article.aspx?articleid=8581&menuid=7&lid=428
Many of these columns hit a nerve! A recent one generated tons of orders for my ...
Views: 1094 - A Human Machine? - by The Process which leads to making your dreams and goals real needs to be fun.
Otherwise, you will be labeled a social outcast by everyone who knows you ;-)
My passion is to create balance in my own life and once achieved, share with others how I did it.
If you set goals that are sincere ...
Views: 789 - A Journey to the Soul of Your Business - by For the small business owner marketing truly is the soul of the business.
I know, I know, a little heavy this week, but why own, operate, and slave over a business if it can't enhance every aspect of your life?
Look, this year over 1 million people in the USA alone will start businesses and ...
Views: 852 - A Joyful Holiday - by ‘Tis the season to be jolly
Or so the tradition goes.
Yet my head is simply spinning
And my list just seems to grow.
If only I had more time to shop
And another whole month to cook.
If only I dared to change some things,
Instead of doing holiday-by-the-book!
What if those cookies never ...
Views: 961 - A lesson from Tiger, Focusing on Your Core business! - by As Tiger Wood’s sank his last putt to win the 2000 US Open by 15 shots, promoting some to suggest that the USGA ought to flight future tournaments, a thought crossed my mind. While David Dvaul takes time off to go snowboarding or Phil Mickson reminisces about how great it is to spend time at ...
Views: 1306 - A Lesson to Myself - by All around me people are forging ahead with life, working marrying, having children - their children marrying, having children ..........
"Are there lessons to be learned? Are there tangible rewards?"
I don’t have the answers but I do know I’m not where I want to be, not a chance! By now,I ...
Views: 1141 - A Life of Balance - by I believe in the balanced lifestyle. I believe it is important to follow the middle way. This is also known as the straight way or a philosophy of not too much and not too little. In balanced living we act in activities that bring us fully aware of our highest calling or purpose. Our highest ...
Views: 776 - A Life of Choices - by We have a lot of choice in what our lives will or will not become. We have a life to live in order to make one choice. That choice is an ongoing journey based in love or based in hate or fear. That choice is ours. It takes many of us an entire lifetime to pick a race track and make the choice to ...
Views: 871 - A Little Known Secret That Helps Anyone Be A Hero - by Have you ever been in a meeting where you are all trying to come up with a solution, but no one can? Everyone is looking at their papers, or gazing into space, or shaking their head in puzzlement. No one knows the answer, and they're pretty sure they're not going to come up with one any time ...
Views: 831 - A Message from the Big U - by I am your confidant. You can tell me anything at all and I will always understand and love you. I know that you always do your very best and that sometimes your fears get the best of you. I know that you have come a long way and have grown and matured in immeasurable ways. To me, you are a ...
Views: 753 - A Mindful Adventure - by "The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." - Lao Tze (570-490 BC)
The journey began at Miraval - Life in Balance, an all-inclusive Resort and Spa located in the beautiful foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains just outside Tucson, AZ. I chose Miraval for some of the same ...
Views: 1835 - A Modern Day Vision Quest - Is It for You? - by “This moss is cool and soft to the touch, as I rest upon
it. The voice of the wind ruffles my hair, while the nearby stream
serenades me. If I understood their words, what would they be saying?
Cloud gazing?. there’s a dragon ?no, a buffalo?
Haven’t done this since I was a kid……?
Where did ...
Views: 4227 - A Mother's Epiphany - by A few of my childhood friends are radiating love, joy, and nervousness like never before, which could only mean one thing: they’re pregnant for the first time.
In my conversations with these friends, it’s all I can do to not get teary when they talk about how excited they are for the baby’s ...
Views: 987 - A NEW APPROACH TO OLD MEDICINE - by "What do they smell like?" is the question I often get asked when I display my bottles of flower essence formulas at a healing arts fair. I explain that there is no smell because the contents in the bottles is vibrational medicine---pure healing energy.
"What does that mean?" is usually the ...
Views: 1094 - A New National Holiday: Stepparents Day - by A New National Holiday: Stepparents Day
By Beth Bruno © 2001
There are millions of unsung heroes and heroines in our midst, men and women who deserve recognition but get a bum rap instead. Who are they? They are people like me.
When I met the man I eventually married, he brought two ...
Views: 6405 - A new perspective on wealth creation on the Internet - by I. Introduction
II. The problem of traditional economy
III. The long term solution
IV. A paradigm for wealth creation
V. Evaluating Internet opportunities and wealth creation programs
I. Introduction
This manuscript will show how to understand and then evaluate business opportunities ...
Views: 900 - A New Way of Looking at Life - by Excerpted from The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent.
For complete details, visit http://www.SelfGrowth.com/hicksbook.html
Contrary to what many of our physical friends believe, life on planet earth is at its all time best.. And getting better! This powerful and accurate statement is not only ...
Views: 598 - A New Way to Conquer Addictions - by Anyone who’s tried to quit smoking knows how very, very hard it can be. Even when you really want to stop, cigarettes sneak up on you and the next thing you know, you’re inhaling. Or worse, you realize that you just smoked a cigarette and put it out without even noticing.
For many, stop-smoking ...
Views: 1022 - A Newbie Guide - The Absolute Truth About Internet Marketing - by Helping people and giving Newbies "No Holds Barred" advice is what makes me tick. I'm no Terry Dean earning an income that allows him to buy a forest but I have been marketing online since 1998 and I know which way is up!
Here's an email, modified to be an article, that I send to Newbies ...
Views: 713 - A Note About Stress in Your Children - by The Best Years of Their Lives?
Today, Kids Know All About Stress!
The truth is…I don't know how Norman Rockwell's family did it. The Cleavers? Cunninghams? The Berenstain Bears? What I DO know is: "That was then. This is now". Parenting, the process of providing safe passage for another ...
Views: 1017 - A Painful Reminder - by "Black Thursday" was the headline that splashed across my province's newspapers recently. It was the day the government announced major job cuts in the public sector. My little city was one of the hardest hit.
Many people who were certain they had "job security" experienced a major jolt of ...
Views: 762 - A Path by the River - by As a journalist and reviewer in the field of contemporary spirituality I receive an almost daily deluge of books and other media that promise me accelerated enlightenment, total wellness, and sure-fire, karmically sanitized methods to achieve personal wealth and power. If even a fraction of ...
Views: 1230 - A Perfect Moment - by "Can you cuddle with me?" he asks. It's 8:35 p.m. It's more than a half hour past his bedtime and school looms tomorrow. This is after the nightly ritual of stalling. First pajamas which are too itchy, they need to be changed. Then the bathroom rituals, peeing and brushing of teeth and washing ...
Views: 772 - A Person of Value - by A shift in focus from getting to giving not only feels great, it also has practical, positive benefits in every area of life, including physical, spiritual, emotional, relational and financial.
Physically, studies show that givers are healthier. Spiritually, they are more in tune with the ...
Views: 1038 - A Perspective - by There is not much I can add to the images we are inundated nearly ad nauseam. They are powerful and they are important. We have a new America as of September 11, 2001 due largely to the coverage by the media of an event that happened far from most Americans individual homes. In recent history we ...
Views: 754 - A Powerful New Therapy for Relief From Trauma and Intrusive Memories - by EMDR, a powerful new therapy modality, is becoming more widely used by therapists, as more and more people have experienced its ability to help them change painful emotions and self-limiting beliefs. With this modality, people are finding that they don't need years of psychotherapy to get the ...
Views: 3820 - A Powerful New Way to Use "Why" Questions - by To start making dramatic changes in your life, transform the way you use questions that begin with "why." IBM Founder Thomas Watson, Sr. is quoted as saying "the ability to ask the right question is more than half the battle of finding the answer." "Why" questions are uniquely powerful in that ...
Views: 745 - A Powerful Vocabulary Will Change Your Life - by Studies show that your word-power determines your earning power, your skill in self-expression determines your status in life.
The link between your vocabulary and your income is universally recognized. Researchers have discovered that college students with the lowest vocabulary scores usually ...
Views: 4577 - A Prescription for Wellness - by The vast majority of the workshops I am asked to conduct throughout Canada and the U.S.A.have to do with humor and wellness. It is quite obvious to me that a huge number of people in business, the professions and in private life are unwell.and want to do something to improve the situation. ...
Views: 739 - A Prescription to Laugh: Healing Through Humor And Laughter - by A cheerful heart is good medicine."
- King Solomon (Proverbs 17:22)
King Solomon gave us one of the earliest recorded accounts regarding the healing power of humor and laughter. In the 1300's, surgeon Henri de Mondeville reportedly told jokes to his patients in the recovery room. In the ...
Views: 5747 - A Quick Course in Creativity - by This quick course in creativity is designed to give you a platform to stand on as we look at the various ways you can handle home, social and workplace situations, job-search details and career-path decisions.
Let's examine what creativity might look like. Here are
some of the ways in which ...
Views: 759 - A Renaissance In The Making (Book Excerpt) - by Negative Self-help, Subhumans and Acting Abnormally…What Is It? It’s a hard-hitting, tell it like it is, no holds barred revolutionary approach, with solutions, to why most people fail at self-improvement and motivation attempts. SAD, but true, the more attempts made the less effective next ...
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