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- Education Has A Price - So Does Ignorance - by Education is your key to success and advancement in every area of life. However, it is NOT defined by academic qualifications. In fact, all too often, these can form an excellent contrary indicator! Whilst academic qualifications do undoubtedly smooth the way in many career areas, they are by no ...
Views: 1265 - How to Cut Cravings - by Carol Solomon, Ph.D.
There is simply nothing worse than having to ward off cravings all the time. It can feel like you are out of control, or worse, insatiable.
. . . Prime territory for negative self-talk. Cravings can cause you to think that things will never get any better.
Since there ...
Views: 1265 - 10 Things You Can Do To Produce A Quantum Leap In Your Life FAST - by 10 Things You Can Do To Produce A Quantum Leap In Your Life FAST
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We often hear of small actions that can make a dramatic impact on our lives. Here are ten such things which, if done with determination, will produce a revolution ...
Views: 1264 - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT - Change Your Life With a Simple Habit - by Following on from The Training Cycle, readers sent in some very thought provoking requests for cyber coaching. Below you can read selected issues sent in by readers, and the coaching I sent back!
Invitation: If you send your (very brief!) relationship issue/problem to lifecoach@instructor.net, ...
Views: 1264 - Feng Shui & the I Ching - by Many think Feng Shui is a religion or merely Chinese Folk Beliefs. These misconceptions are why most are unaware that Feng Shui is actually an environmental science as complex as Acupuncture. Belief is not required for Feng Shui's elemental remedies to improve your health, relationships or ...
Views: 1264 - Personal Growth tip of the week - by The power of a smile, try this out for just one day. Smile at everyone you make eye contact with today. What do you notice? Isn't it contagious? I've often wondered why people choose to respond to such an intimate gesture. I think I've found the answer. Human beings want to create relationships ...
Views: 1264 - M.B.A. - The 3 Factors of Success - by You will often hear it said that things come in 3’s. My Grandma used to say, “Good news, bad news, and blind mice all come in 3’s.” Well, she was right, and, over the years, I have discovered the 3 most important things needed to be successful.
I’ve found that Motivation, Belief, and Action ...
Views: 1263 - Using Dreams to Heal Depression - by © 2004 by John D. Goldhammer
I refuse to become a seeker for cures.
Everything that has ever helped me has come through what already lay stored in me. Old things, diffuse, unnamed, lie strong across my heart.
– Adrienne Rich
from “Your Native Land”
I remember a client who once told ...
Views: 1261 - 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: 1261 - First step to getting your life back - by Do you often feel that you don't belong to you? That everybody is getting a part of you and you are left with the crumbs. If you are ready to carve a piece in the buffet of life for yourself, but the idea frightens you because it seems too big to undertake, take heart.
Let's start with one ...
Views: 1260 - Spiritual Is As Spiritual Does - by We are spiritual and incorporate a body in the process of being born; we do not incorporate a body and become spiritual. At an early age of our spiritual life we encounter religious beliefs that gives ethical encouragement but does not offer an upward path thereafter. As we progress on this ...
Views: 1260 - Thousands Have Been Laid Off But Millions Are Being Made! - by Read the headlines in any newspaper; catch on your evening news; millions have lost their jobs and many more are expected to be laid off, downsized, or just plain fired! This national, financial cleanse has forced people to look at self-employment as their only option of survival.
A lot of ...
Views: 1260(1 vote) - WHAT STOPS US FROM CLARIFYING OR LIVING ON PURPOSE - by Recently during an interview for The Inside Success Show,(http://www.TheInsideSuccessShow.com), the host, Randy Gilbert, asked me,"What is it that stops people from knowing and living their purpose?"
What a great question, I thought, in part because I knew the answer.
Here are the 4 primary ...
Views: 1259(1 vote) - Communication: WomanSpeak: Women Need Communication Tips Men Already Know! - by Women learn to speak from imitating other women in nearly every culture in the world. Thus, certain lacks and gaps in speech communication haunt women from one generation to the next. Additionally, studies show that male students are often somewhat favored over female students at every ...
Views: 1258 - How To Slash Your Grocery Bills In HALF! - by The "experts" tell me day in and day out that we are in a "recession" and that the economy is "sluggish" and that people are trying to save as much money as possible these days. But, you'd never know it by the money I see people wasting at their their local grocery store and supermarkets!
STOP ...
Views: 1258 - A SEASON OF ABUNDANCE - by As each season moves into its fullness we can access that momentum in our own lives. We can seize and ride the energies of the earth’s progression and access those qualities for ourselves.
Summer brings the richness and abundance of nature’s flow. The trees swell with leaves and begin to ...
Views: 1257 - 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: 1257 - Why midlife career change can feel like getting a divorce - by Most of us are aware that we need to grieve the death of a close friend, relative or favorite pet. We are beginning to learn that other events -- relocation, divorce, illness -- can also be experienced as loss.
Losing a professional-level career can also be a source of grief, anger and ...
Views: 1257 - PHYSICAL, MENTAL & EMOTIONAL SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS' MINDS AND BODIES - by TODAY's PARENTS are faced with several obstacles that seriously challenge our children's health and development. We try to provide our children with a healthy diet, good morals and educational experiences, yet popular culture bombards them with negative influences, such as:
* junk food - full ...
Views: 1256 - How Do You Treat Others? - by When others are angry with you, loving to you, critical of you, and so on, do you treat them the same? We tend to treat others, except those in a position of authority or power over us, the same way they treat us.
Let's say you enter a restaurant expecting great service and a tasty meal. The ...
Views: 1255 - Meet the I Ching - by This article is not entitled 'instructions in manipulating an ancient divination method', or even 'how to use a valuable tool for self-development'. True, the I Ching is both of those things, but I know it as a gentle, wise and strong friend, and this is what ? or whom ? I would like you to ...
Views: 1255 - Body Watch - Health, fitness & nutrition news - by "Women who live for home entertainment as well as home exercise, will want to check out the latest in Yoga offerings. It's a DVD! Your Yoga Practice leads you through 312 different...Yoga sequences from 24 poses. San Francisco Instructor, Jason Moring, keeps the moves at medium intensity, and ...
Views: 1254 - Whispers From Beyond - by THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN
And the jewel in the crown shown brightly from the young man's head. And he walked with the golden light of heaven shining around him even on the darkest days, and his feet were guided by his feet. And he walked the path of luxury, paved with golden stones.
Before long ...
Views: 1254 - Internet Marketing Medicine! - by In today's world, it is an understatement to say that we are constantly bombarded with information of nuclear proportions. The roles of both the consumer and the entrepreneur have become so immensely challenging that choosing a business to buy from - let alone being and remaining in business - ...
Views: 1253 - Customers Want To Take Your Money! - by Many years ago, I ran a part-time resume service out of my New York apartment. My client showed up on time for her first appointment, nervously clutching her old resume.
"Can we just talk for awhile?" she asked.
"No," I said firmly, amazing myself. "If you want me to work on your resume, ...
Views: 1251 - How Do YOU Define Success? - by If you asked me several years ago what the word success meant, I would have answered in a predictable way: Big paychecks. Personal Achievement. Recognition. I had much of what I thought success included at that point: a high-paying job, a nice house, cool vacations. Somehow, though, I was still ...
Views: 1251 - Brag! - by CHAPTER 1
Bragging Myths We Live and Die By
It ain't bragging if you done it.
-DIZZY DEAN
Myth #1:
A JOB WELL DONE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF
It's not my father's workplace anymore, or even the one many of your mothers may have entered in the 1970s or '80s. The days of job security in exchange for ...
Views: 1250(1 vote) - Burn Your Boat! - by Do you allow fear, anxiety and worry to dominant your thinking? Do you find yourself frequently questioning your decision to become a salesperson? Having self doubt or a lack of commitment is emotionally draining and erodes your effectiveness. A truly committed person does not have the luxury ...
Views: 1250 - Making the Grade ... Learning to pass life's tests with ease - by I abhorred tests in college. I always felt unprepared when I took them. However, when I got them back from my professors, I usually made an A. It was funny that I always felt like I lacked what it took to pass the test, yet I always had it. Much like life, it's not the task itself, but how you ...
Views: 1250 - COMMON SIGNS OF BURNOUT - by COMMON SIGNS OF BURNOUT Dr. Beverly Potter
Negative emotions
It's normal to feel frustrated, angry, depressed, dissatisfied or anxious occasionally. But if you're caught in the burnout cycle, you usually will experience these negative emotions more and more often, until they become ...
Views: 1248 - Taking Control Of Your Clutter - by We are all familiar with the old saying a Place for everything and everything in it's place.
Everything you own must have a home. When you think about it you are probably about 95% there. Let's face it, when you come home with the groceries you don't just leave them sitting by the door (the ...
Views: 1247 - Boost your Life with Subliminal Messages – For Free! - by © Bradley Thompson, 2005
The U.S. Government banned them on TV and radio in 1974. They were once famously used to boost sales of popcorn by almost 60%. And today, they’re the subject of numerous Derren Brown-style “mind” shows airing throughout the globe.
I’m talking, of course, about ...
Views: 1246 - Cyberhealing - by Cyberhealing - The future Is Here
Have you ever been ill and wanted to heal in the
comfort of your own home? Now there are Remedies
Created from World and Universe Energy that Heal
in miraculous ways and with NO SIDE EFFECTS.
Energy medicine is very old - at least as old as the
first ...
Views: 1246 - Healing From the Inside Out - by There is a consciousness movement around the world that reflects an advancement in human evolution – a growing recognition, or, more rightly, a remembrance that we are spiritual beings first, and in physical form, second. Many have surged past the limiting belief in body and mind alone, forging ...
Views: 1245(1 vote) - Keys to Telephone Success and Getting the Second Appointment - by Let’s take a critical look at how we use the telephone – and at how you can increase the power and effectiveness of your calls when it comes to scheduling more second appointments with your prospects.
As a general rule the higher up in any organization’s hierarchy you go, the less time you have ...
Views: 1245(1 vote) - Perfect Delays - by "Winning communicators don't strive for perfection, they strive for connection."
Cheers and elation bubbled throughout the room after our presentation skills workshop. Five executives from various professions had successfully made stellar leaps in enhancing their communication skills.
One ...
Views: 1244 - 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: 1244 - Meeting The Unprepared Generation - by I treated myself to a coffee from the kiosk and sought a seat beside a willow with weeping branches already green-tipped. I drew a deep breath of the clear air and rejoiced with Pippa at the break to freedom we had both made.
Lost in my thoughts, I had not noticed that a young woman had seated ...
Views: 1243 - New Online Psychological/Spiritual Self-Help Process - by New Online Psychological/Spiritual Self-Help Process www.theuniversalgenerator.co.nz
Launched: December 2001
The Universal Generator is a new and unique self-help process that goes to the core dynamics of consciousness and spiritual health. It is simple, belief-free and holistic.
The ...
Views: 1243(1 vote) - THE INTERNET ADVENTURES OF STUPIDMAN #1 - by I have know R.H. Jaycox (Jay), the author of Internet Profit Pearls, for over a decade. A while back he asked me to read a pre-final draft (don't know how many pre-s I should really use) of the book. Technically I don't have a clue of what he was talking about but,having lost money through an ...
Views: 1242 - Learning From Scrooge: How The Ebenezer Effect Can Change Your Life - by Advicefor the Holidays … Be a Scrooge!HowThe “Ebenezer Effect” Can Change Your Life This time of year, it’s worth considering severalvaluable lessons we can learn from Charles Dickens’ memorable miser, EbenezerScrooge. In AChristmas Carol, Scrooge comes face-to-face with the effects ...
Views: 1241 - THE ENCHANTED SELF, A Positive Therapy - by I used the case study approach, based on interviews with 18 women who were not in my practice, notes on some of my own clients, and reflections on my own life to document the capacities each of us has to experience. I call this process The Enchanted Self, A State of Well Being, Joy, and ...
Views: 1241 - The Effects of one’s Position About Spanking - by There continues to be a lot of new articles about spanking children. Some write sincerely in favor of spanking and others passionately oppose it. This article questions the wisdom of any position about spanking. It's occurred to me that my position against spanking in some way empowers those who ...
Views: 1240 - Are You Too Busy At Work? - by Are you doing too much at work? Do you find that your hours at work are causing you to eat more, exercise less, and watch your life pass by? Do you spend more time in the office than you do at home? Do you wish there was a better way?
Working all the time prevents you from growing in other ...
Views: 1239 - Assertive Resolutions for the New Millennium - by ASSERTIVE RESOLUTIONS FOR THE NEW YEAR
January 1, 2000 has arrived. One way to prepare for the
Year 2000 is to make a few New Year's resolutions.
A resolution is an assertion that you make to yourself
and sometimes to others as well.
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CHARACTERISTICS ...
Views: 1239 - Developing Effective Life Strategies - by This article is part of a class I taught recently on developing life strategies that work . The class was put together around seven spiritualprinciples that are basic in all of our lives. We also developed specific strategies around each one of the principles involved. The following material is ...
Views: 1239 - Stress and its impact on wellness - by Stress has many definitions due to its myriad of applications. For this description we will be utilizing a psychological definition. So stress is any mentally or emotionally disruptive event either positive or negative( I am placing eustress, happy or positive disruptive event, in this category, ...
Views: 1239 - Promoting Balance in Your Daily Life - by It can be a real challenge to stay balanced with the busy lives we lead today. We're not only trying to juggle our work and home lives, but somehow we manage to find time to exercise, eat right, maintain important relationships, and enjoy our social lives. With all this stress, it's important to ...
Views: 1238 - The Seven Sisters of Success - by I recently had a chance to interview several groups of extremely successful people. A handful are famous athletes, several are nationally known artists, writers or politicians, and all are multi-millionaires. I asked them for the keys, or essential factors that allowed them to accomplish so ...
Views: 1237(1 vote) - 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 ...
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