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- "Balance" is a Myth - by Balance is a myth. There, I said it out loud. To many, this is heresy. But let me say it again: there is no such thing as achieving balance in one's life. It cannot be done. Balance, as we tend to use the word, is a concept constructed as an ideal in theory, but as a self-defeating goal in ...
Views: 694 - The Myth of Balance - by Balance is a myth. There, I said it out loud. To many a Coach, this is heresy. But let me say it again: there is no such thing as achieving balance in one's life. It cannot be done. Balance is a concept constructed as an ideal in theory, but as a self-defeating concept in reality. It allows us ...
Views: 767 - Aftershocks - by We are still reeling from the events of September 11, 2001 and may be doing so for some time. This doesn¡¦t even take into account any military action which seems imminent. On a personal level, as well as on a consciousness level, we are feeling the emotional "aftershocks" of a day of great loss ...
Views: 997 - September 11, 2001 A Day We Will Never Forget - by It's about midnight on September 11, 2001. This morning when I woke up I assumed the day would be filled with the normal stuff of my life - walking my son to school, checking e-mail, coaching, working on the launch of my site. The important things? After 9:00am it all changed, forever. Like ...
Views: 898 - 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: 762 - High-Tech Stress: Get Healthy from the Inside-Out - by Stress and other unhealthy symptoms can easily come upon us in uncertain times like these. Combined with what is (or often seems to be) a much faster pace of life, it’s no wonder that most of us from time to time can lose perspective on our jobs, our careers, our relationships - even our lives ...
Views: 736 - Emotions are the Dashboard of Your Life - by How many of us put on a happy face to conceal the real sadness, anger, or jealousy we feel? Most of us hide our real feelings many times a day for fear of being judged, being inappropriate, or appearing petty.
Ironically, by resisting our negative feelings we are resisting our own happiness. ...
Views: 1911 - HOW TO BEAT THE OLD ADAGE "EXPERIENCE NEEDED"! - by The first step is to find a company that is willing to employ you. This is not a easy as you think. For one thing you will come up against the old adage 'have you got any previous experience'. The obvious answer is NO! because you have just left school, college or university. So how do you get ...
Views: 715 - YOUR CAREER PROSPECTS - by Every year there are thousands of you young men and women, who are leaving school or college with the sole object of starting your working careers. The biggest problem that you face is, choosing a career that you truly love, and enjoy.
Unless you find an occupation that you love, and are ...
Views: 713 - Career Propects - by Every year there are thousands of you young men and women, who are leaving school or college with the sole object of starting your working careers. One of the biggest problems you face is, there are just not enough good career opportunities available for all of you. That in itself is bad enough, ...
Views: 728 - YOUR CAREER PROPECTS - by Every year there are thousands of you young men and women, who are leaving school or college with the sole object of starting your working careers. One of the biggest problems you will face is, there are just not enough good career opportunities available for all of you. That in itself is bad ...
Views: 770 - Top 7 Steps For Creating Unlimited Success This New Year - by New Year's is traditionally a time for resolutions--when we vow to live our lives better than we have in the past. Unfortunately, we treat our resolutions as wishes made on stars. We declare them and then simply hope they'll come true. Well, it takes more than wishful thinking to change our ...
Views: 707 - Surviving the Transition Zone that Accompanies Change - by To significantly change in our lives, our subconscious minds and our belief systems must change. As these changes occur, we find ourselves in a transition zone, a place of the unknown, the lull, the fog, the void, the dead space. It is like being between first and second base on unsafe and ...
Views: 585 - Ask and you shall receive! - by I have discovered a secret so powerful, I just had to share it with you. Do you desire for more out of life? Do sense that there is more to life than what you are presently experiencing? Recently, I was evaluating my own life. Simply reflecting back on all the things I have experienced in the ...
Views: 716 - 10 Winning Strategies for Life! - by 1. Get an early start.
The earlier you start at preparing for the life you want, the better off you will be.
2. Develop a road map.
"You will never get to where you want to go unless you know where it is you are going."
3. Don't reinvent the wheel if you do not have to.
If you have an idea ...
Views: 707 - Are You Enjoying Your Journey? - by Are you living the life that you truly want and enjoy? Many people tell me: “Larry you always look so happy and fulfilled.?I normally respond: “I am having the time of my life!!!?
I truly enjoy doing what I do. I have always loved talking and traveling. Now, to get compensated for something I ...
Views: 838 - 8 Ways to Strengthen Your Intuition - by 1. What Does Your Intuition Tell You?
Your intuition can contribute "quick and ready" insight. Too often we discount the role of intuition in decision-making. Begin to pay close attention to what your intuition is telling you; it could lead directly to positive changes in your life.
2. How ...
Views: 888 - INTUITION TIPS - by 1) WHY IS INTUITION IMPORTANT?
Your intuition can contribute "quick and ready" insight according to Webster's dictionary. I define intuition as "when you know something, but you don't know how you know it." Too often we discount the role of intuition in decision making. Begin to pay close ...
Views: 1303 - THE TOP TEN STEPS TO A SUCCESSFUL LIFE - by 1. MAKE YOUR INTUITION YOUR ALLY
How does your intuition speak to you? Do you receive information in words, feelings, a body sensation? Do you just know? Ask your intuition questions and pay attention to the answers and act on the information you receive.
2. PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT BRINGS YOU ...
Views: 712 - THE TOP 10 STEPS TO GUILT-FREE LIVING - by Too many people live in a state of constant guilt. They feel guilty if they spend a cent on themselves. They feel guilty if they are not constantly at the beck and call of someone else. They feel guilty if anything goes wrong in the life of any of their loved ones, because, somehow, they should ...
Views: 1349 - Top Ten Ways to Attract Prosperity - by "The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives." - William James
1. Be Clear About What You Want
What would your life look like if you had all that you wanted? Sometimes in the midst ...
Views: 657 - Get up and Get Over it! - by Ok. So life has thrown you a curve ball. You have fallen and your feel like you can’t get up. You lost your job, your money and your honey. What do you do? My advice is: "Get up and Get Over it!" Yes, you read right. Let me say it again, "Get up and Get Over it!" When will you realize stuff ...
Views: 670 - The Top 10 Things You Will Be Glad You Did Today! - by An investment in yourself is one of the greatest investments you can ever make. Invest time today to replenish yourself. Try one or several of the following:
1. Take a long relaxing walk.
2. Read a short inspiring story
3. Take a soothing bath in your favorite scented bubble bath or bath ...
Views: 815 - Top 10 Lessons every person should know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - by Saturday, December 29, 2001 was my Birthday. I thought I would do something different this year. I want to give YOU, as a gift from me, the Top Ten Greatest Lessons I have learned so far in Life. I hope you enjoy them. Let me know what you think.
1. If your life is a mess, it is your ...
Views: 678 - Want Success in Business? Hire Your Intuition! - by (c) Intuitive Consulting and Communication, Inc.
In today’s fast-paced environment, decisions need to be made swiftly and accurately. While many top executives won’t publicize it, intuition is a key part of their decision-making success. Once thought of as the domain of the "gifted few," it is, ...
Views: 1691 - The Ultimate, Proven Principles for Success - by In a day and age when most people are striving for success, wouldn't you like to know what are the time-tested, proven principles for success? If there were some proven success principle that can improve the quality of your life, would you give them a try? I sincerely believe that every person, ...
Views: 629 - Breakthrough: Guaranteed Secrets to Create an Extraordinary Life! - by Would you like to know the amazing secrets that millions of Americans use to live an extraordinary life? If you knew the time tested, proven, secrets that can produce the life you have always dreamed of; would you use them?
Imagine driving your dream car. Living in your dream house. Working in ...
Views: 707 - Top Ten Ways To Use Your Intuition to Make Winning Decisions - by "Follow your heart." "Listen to your inner voice." "Trust your guidance." It all sounds so easy. But what do you do when your inner voice sounds like your inner critic, or worse, your inner child run amok!? How can you learn to depend on your intuition to help guide you to the right ...
Views: 761 - Gain Serenity & Peace From Within!!! - by _________________________________
GAIN SERENITY AND PEACE WITHIN
Written By: Darren Roberts
Copyright ?1998, All Rights Reserved
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1) LOOK FOR "ABUNDANCE" IN EVERYTHING
When looking at things in "abundance" you will begin to see opportunity where beforehand ...
Views: 730 - Why Personal Development Is So Important!!! - by ___________________________________________________________
WHY PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT IS SO IMPORTANT!!!
Written By: Darren Roberts
Copyright ?1999, All Rights Reserved
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This week I am adopting a slightly different format. Instead of ...
Views: 3971 - The Concept Of Personal Development - by __________________________________________________________
THE CONCEPT OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Written By: Darren Roberts
Copyright ?1999 All Rights Reserved
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When you first think of the two words pinned together; "Personal ...
Views: 950 - Would You Take The Staircase Or The Elevator??? - by ______________________________________________________
WOULD YOU TAKE THE STAIRCASE OR THE ELEVATOR???
DON'T TAKE THE SHORTCUT!!!
Written by Darren Roberts
Copyright ?1999, All Rights Reserved
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We all want to be successful in our own ...
Views: 1251 - Remove The Clouds From Your clear Blue Sky! - by ___________________________________________________
REMOVE THE CLOUDS FROM YOUR CLEAR BLUE SKY
Written By: Darren Roberts
Copyright ?1998, All Rights Reserved
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To operate at your optimum in a forward direction you may need to organise many ...
Views: 1098 - Top 10 Ways To Generate Brilliant Ideas - by Here you will find ten of the best methods I have used in my organisation for idea generation. They have worked for me very well. I now share them with you. I trust they will assist you in your endeavours as they have done with mine.
DR
DEFINE THE PROBLEM
To generate ideas to solve ...
Views: 1094 - Ten Excellent Ways How Failure Can Be More Beneficial To You Than Success! - by _______________________________________________
"Ten Excellent Ways
How Failure Can Be More Beneficial To You
Than Success!"
Written By: Darren Roberts
Copyright ?1998, All Rights Reserved
Five Of Which;
Very Few Conventional Marketers Would Have Ever
Thought ...
Views: 2252 - WHY FAILURE IS SO POPULAR - by _________________________________________
"WHY FAILURE IS SO POPULAR"
Written By: Darren Roberts
Copyright ?1998, All Rights Reserved
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Success! Failure! Apart from the spelling is there a further difference? Naturally! One gives you what you want and ...
Views: 1119(1 vote) - Journey to a Clutter-Free Life - by Clutter, clutter, everywhere. Help! You want to declutter your home or your office, to make your life less stressful and more comfortable. How do you do it? Where do you begin?
The best place to start is by gaining a new perspective. How many years have you had your clutter problem? You can ...
Views: 2213 - poK - by In Beelzebub's Tales, Gurdjieff refers often to the "crystallizations of the consequences of the properties of the organ Kundabuffer" (poK). This special crystallization is not defined specifically, but by-products of it are listed as "pride, vanity, self-love, egoism, self-conceit, swagger, ...
Views: 1083 - in your midst (zephaniah 3:14?20; luke 3:7?18) - by do you ever notice how the last pew is the most full? it is a physical reminder of how uncomfortable we are with people looking at our backs, that is, what is behind us, our past or our history. it is more comfortable, or self-calming, to sit in judgment in the back row, knowing no one can see ...
Views: 1213 - No More Barbie Doll Image - by Personally speaking, I feel that regardless of size, it’s all in how you feel about yourself and how you carry self. Self love and self image have a lot to do with how others view you. I am a confident person, therefore I may not recognize what others would feel is discrimination based on my ...
Views: 893 - The Path To Objective Happiness - by Who is a net value producer and who is a net value destroyer?
The creation and exchange of value is the root of all happiness. The love of earned value is the root of all Producers who create more value than they consume. The love of unearned value is the root of all Destroyers who consume more ...
Views: 729 - Introduction to the Fourth Way - by Introduction to the Fourth Way
I have long thought to write a short commentary answering the question so often asked of me, "What is the Fourth Way?" While the subject in general requires much study to begin to understand, I now am ready to lay out the aims, or goals, the practical process, ...
Views: 914 - Identifying Stress: Why Good Health Leaks Away - by Most of those who are open to the so-called alternative or complementary therapies are familiar with the many studies showing how stress is related to disease and dysfunction. Stress could be defined as a force that strains or deforms, in our case it hampers our ability to stay balanced and ...
Views: 907 - Why You Should Aim For The Stars - by __________________________________________
"Why You Should Aim For The Stars"
Written By: Darren Roberts
Copyright ?1998, All Rights Reserved
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Our upbringing, schooling, tertiary education, family, work colleagues, community, friends; virtually all of ...
Views: 1115(1 vote) - Gratitude as a Path Toward Love and Happiness - by Because life continually requires us to attend to problems and breakdowns, it gets very easy to see in life only what is broken and needs fixing. But satisfying relationships (and a happy life) require us to notice and respond to what is delightful, excellent, enjoyable, to work well done, to ...
Views: 765 - Four Intensely Visual Prayers of Comfort and Forgiveness - by In this time of tragic loss, sorrow and anger, let us turn to the light deep within our hearts and let us take care not repeat the actions and feelings of those who have wounded us so terribly. Here are four intensely visual prayers that I wrote some years ago. I hope they bring comfort to all ...
Views: 1263 - Knowing Myself Through Collage - by These collages are not about art. They are not meant to be framed for a gallery. They are about me - my likes, my fears, my regrets, and my dreams. I spent my life focusing on others ?trying to please them. I was interested in their opinions, likes, dislikes and desires. I never spent any time ...
Views: 2859 - Our Closet Memory - by He was my first born. He was my baby. He was so incredibly bright, sweet and unique. He was 19 years old.
There's nothing that could have prepared me for this day or kept it from hurting. I just wasn't ready. But he was. So I helped him move.
After 19 years of knowing where he was all ...
Views: 656 - The Vessel - by The people who received this vase to care for, did not know anything about caring for a vessel from a Master. They were
very busy and they didn't have time to polish it and keep it cleaned out. But they did make sure that the vase was always kept in a place where it would not get broken.
...
Views: 642 - How to Make Bankruptcy Law Fascinating! - by In 1979 I went on my first temporary assignment as a legal secretary. I didn't think much about it. All I knew was that the temporary agency paid me $8 an hour to work in a law office versus $5 an hour working in a "non law" office. Over the next 20 years I continued to look at working in the ...
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