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- Your sacred space - by Many of us have a place in our lives where we feel especially free and creative. They are places we retreat when we want to recover from a bad day, celebrate a good day, think through a knotty problem, or write the first draft of our next chapter. Some people head for the hills and the parks, ...
Views: 1066 - Being Single - 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: 1065 - Book Excerpt from <i>ting!</i> - by It was raining the next time Tony ran up the stairs to meet in Hermilla's office. He noticed the soft sounds the drops made on the windows that soothed him. He was looking forward to today. These authentic conversations were like the beginning of a new adventure to him and although he couldn't ...
Views: 1065 - Penta’tude – the five ‘tudes of your success - by In 1941 Major General Hugh ‘Pat’ Casey designed the Pentagon in only three days. Construction began thirty days later and sixteen months after that on January 15, 1943 this now world famous office building was completed. The Pentagon is the headquarters for the United States Department of ...
Views: 1065 - Shifting Your Attention When You Get "Stuck" - by This article discusses of one of the most powerful tools for handling discouraging situations. This tool is 1000 times more powerful than any diet or supplement.
It is critical to be aware that your mind is the most powerful machine in this universe for creating the reality you desire. ...
Views: 1065 - Success and Communication - by Everything we do in life requires communication. Personal and business success often hinges on how well we understand others and how well they can understand us. If one of the objectives of communication is achieving a shared understanding, what can you do to become more effective when ...
Views: 1065 - Your Self Image - How to get a healthy one! - by The Man In The Looking Glass
"When you get what you want in your struggle for self and the world makes you king for a day Then go to a mirror and look at yourself and see what your face has to say for it isn't your father, or mother or wife who judgement upon you must pass the one who means ...
Views: 1065 - The Predicament of the New Rich - by They are the object of thinly disguised envy. They are the raw materials of vulgar jokes and the targets of popular aggression. They are the Newly Rich. Perhaps they should be dealt with more appropriately within the academic discipline of psychology, but then economics in a branch of ...
Views: 1064 - Write Down Your Goals! - by Like umbrellas and pens, unwritten goals almost always end in loss!
Written goals are catalysts, transforming agents for success and achievement. You will achieve far greater and more consistent results when you take the time to write down your goals.
Writing goals sets off a chain of events ...
Views: 1064 - As the World Turns - by If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following.
There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
8 would be Africans
52 ...
Views: 1063(1 vote) - Change Your Writing, Change Your Life - by Do you want to make a change? You can, and very easily too.
Did you know that your penmanship tells a lot about you? If you are flamboyant, your writing will be flamboyant also. If you draw within yourself, your writing will be small, self-contained.
Therefore, it stands to reason, if you ...
Views: 1063 - Fate, Chance & Destiny - by As a professional Tarot Reader I get asked, almost daily, about fate, chance and destiny: “Can I choose my fate or is it predestined?” My answer? Well, fate, chance and destiny are a part of all our lives, so are free will and Karmic lessons.
Free Will
The future is malleable and ...
Views: 1063 - Socrates Revisited - by Your life thus far, has been the *tutorial* for what is to come. In other words, all your experiences have been preparation, learning and guidance for where you are now and what you will do next.
Some of us might think ... "If THIS is Freedom, Give me slavery!" with regards to your life, the ...
Views: 1063 - The New Paradigm That Built a $100 Million Online Business - by Untitled Document
Six years ago,
Agora Publishing decided to test a theory - to see whether the same
methods used in running a successful publishing business offline could
be translated into running a profitable online business.
Did ...
Views: 1063(1 vote) - Let it Begin With Us - by Last week, I found grace. It was right there, alongside homemade brownies and a box of Legos.
September 11th spawned some overwhelming feelings. I was so distracted by them that, for two days, I forgot to buy dog food. The first night, we got creative and concocted some high-protein solution ...
Views: 1062 - NEGOIATING WITH THE INSURANCE ADJUSTERYou and I. M. Strong, the adjuster from Granite Mountain Insurance, are sitting at your kitchen table in an attempt to settle your motor vehicle accident claim.
Strong is all wound up and on the offensive, rambling on and on about how your injuries weren't serious. His typical pitch usually ...
Views: 1062 - Stop Wasting Time - by Life is often what happens to you along the way when you have planned otherwise because there are time wasters out there to throw you off the track. Your performance may not always match your intentions. To help you to increase your productivity each and every day, both on and off the job, here ...
Views: 1062 - Tell people how to treat you well - and they will - by Another ‘Save Your Marriage’ free monthly E-zine brought to you by Trevor Barre – Life and Relationship Coach.
Issue 11/2001
TELL PEOPLE HOW TO TREAT YOU WELL – AND THEY WILL
Let me run something by you that is so simple, most of us miss it.
We all want our partners to be there for us, ...
Views: 1062 - Adrift - by In 1982 Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank. He was out of the shipping lanes and floating in a life raft, alone. His supplies were few. His chances were small. Yet when three fishermen found him seventy-six days later (the longest ...
Views: 1061 - Finding God Despite His Children - by One of the major TV networks recently did a special report on TV evangelists featuring two well known ministries. I watched in fascination and in horror as actual footage and quotes from their programs revealed numerous accounts of deceit and fraud. The first evangelist, a "faith healer" ...
Views: 1061 - How to Guarantee a GREAT Day Every Day! - by I have a standing interview every Monday morning on a radio station in the southeast that I enjoy very much. You can imagine though that it can become routine. So to make it a little more fun, the host nowadays doesn’t even tell me the topic before we go live on the air – that puts some ...
Views: 1061(1 vote) - Overcoming Adversity in Sales - by Do you wish you could close sales faster? Are there times when you dream of landing a huge multimillion-dollar account? After you lose a client do you ever think, “I wish I could keep my clients forever?” And at the beginning of every month when your commission feels like zero, do you wonder, ...
Views: 1060 - Your sacred space - by Many of us have a place in our lives where we feel especially free and creative. They are places we retreat when we want to recover from a bad day, celebrate a good day, think through a knotty problem, or write the first draft of our next chapter.
Some people head for the hills and the parks, ...
Views: 1060 - 14 Ways To Create And Keep Your WebSite Trustworthy - by Have you ever visited a web site and been attacked by screaming pop-up ads, gotten lost in a clutter of banner ads, had things flash and go boom? And have you ever visited a site that was informative, easy to navigate and generally pleasant to peruse?
Which site gained your trust? Which site ...
Views: 1059 - Advertising Secrets I Learned From The Kirby Vacuum Cleaner Man - by I was just sitting here at my computer (as usual) when my husband walked in and announced, “There’s a man here to see you? What? I wasn’t expecting anyone. “Who is it? I asked. “Some guy who wants to speak with my wife.? OK, my husband was home so I knew I was safe. I ventured outside to see who ...
Views: 1059 - Energy Seeds - by "With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see."
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
As a child I watched my Dad plant tomato seeds every spring in our little backyard garden. And as spring turned into summer I couldn't help but notice these seeds turning into bountiful tomato ...
Views: 1059 - Beyond SMART Goals - by These days, everyone seems to be talking about SMART goals. That is, goals that are:
............Specific
..............Measurable
................Achievable
..................Rewarding
....................Time-based
However, making a goal SMART is only the first step in making that goal ...
Views: 1058 - Finding The Time - by How often have you heard yourself say, "if only I could find the time?" Yes, our lives are full and fast-paced, but we seem to find the time for certain activities–the ones we consider important. Why is it that regular exercise and writing that book get put off endlessly while work, commuting, ...
Views: 1058 - 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: 1057 - Essential Safety Tips For These Times - by 1. Think through and determine where YOU and each member of your family are at, in regard to danger awareness and denial. Discuss this topic in an effort to increase everyone's awareness.
2. Ask yourself and each member of your family to rate themselves on their KNOWLEDGE about possible ...
Views: 1057 - Inflate Your Sales With Balloon Replicas - by Whether you know the term or not, you’ve probably seen “inflatables” many times before. These are the gigantic balloons that are shaped like company logos, mascots, characters or symbols. They hold some real power when it comes to promotion and almost always increase sales when used. ...
Views: 1057 - Oh Lucky You! You've Already Won the Greatest Lottery of All - by How dare you ever say such things as:
"With my luck . . ."
"If it wasn't for bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all."
"I never win anything."
You are lucky! You are a winner! You've already hit the jackpot in the greatest lottery of all.
What's more, I can prove it.
Before I do ...
Views: 1057 - Write Your Own Check! How to set your own income and then achieve it. - by If you want to be the best, find out what the top people do and then do it yourself. The top three percent of Americans in all fields, act as if they "own the place." They look upon everything that happens in their companies as though they own one hundred percent of the stock. They take ...
Views: 1056(1 vote) - Discernment - by To discern: to perceive (something obscure or concealed). The American Heritage Dictionary, Second College Edition.
The word "discernment" showed up in my thoughts and conversation several years ago, connoting a way of perceiving the right course of action when right choices are not obvious. ...
Views: 1055 - Four Reasons to Quit You r Job Right Now! - by "For long decades we were shackled by that system under which no worker could quit work of his own accord¡¦it was an insane piece of daring to protest in the place where you lived or worked." Alexander Solzhenistyn, The Gulag Archipelago
1. Quitting your job as freedom of expression
Quitting ...
Views: 1055 - Give-and-take: Really a Recipe for Success? - by A woman once visited a counselor to ask a question about her marriage. I have a funny feeling that you might not be especially impressed with the answer she was given.
All the same, I'll take my chances. I think my shoulders are broad enough.
I stand by the counselor's response 100%.
The ...
Views: 1055 - I've Learned - by I've learned --
that you cannot make someone love you.
All you can do is be someone who can be loved.
The rest is up to them.
I've learned --
that no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back.
I've learned --
that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy ...
Views: 1055 - Whose Standards? - by By whose standards do we live our lives? Much depends on the circumstances in which we find ourselves.
One who is drowning has no use for water, whereas another dying of thirst in the desert would give everything and anything for a sip of water.
A wealthy individual has no need to find a few ...
Views: 1055 - Break Free Now - by Every outstanding achievement starts with a minority of one. When Mohammed Ali announced I am the greatest, only he believed it. And he believed it from the marrow of his bones. Then he prepared himself. He practiced, drilled, rehearsed. Just as you are to do. He strengthened his muscles as he ...
Views: 1054 - Use Yur New Years Eve Bash to grow Your Sales / Business Career - by Sales Tips: How to Use your New Years Eve Bash to Grow Your Sales or Business Career.
You can have some real fun with this. Enjoy.
The New Years Eve party is a once-a-year terrific opportunity to open new doors into your future, your sales career and income, your business, and that of your ...
Views: 1054 - Your Feminine Heart: A New Era of Love (Book Excerpt) - by Moving Beyond Feminism: The New Era of Love & Spiritually Enlightened Women
Women today have entered every facet of industry and business. But the industrialized world is a different place than it was forty years ago. We have evolved. In breaking through the shackles of limitation to gain ...
Views: 1054 - Consciousness: -The Origin of Your Personal Power! - by In order to acquire and maximise your success in life, hold on to it and build upon it, you must first need to understand the true origin of your personal power.
The origin of all power comes from your consciousness. It is the first and most vital area for anyone to understand if they are to ...
Views: 1053 - How To Reverse-Engineer The Buying Process - by The term reverse-engineering is quite familiar to some, but not to all. It’s the process of analyzing a finished product, or the end result of a work process, in order to determine the way in which it was made or completed. Reverse-engineering is usually done to replicate a product or process, ...
Views: 1053 - 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: 1053 - The Myth of the Earnings Yield - by A very slim minority of firms distribute dividends. This truism has revolutionary implications. In the absence of dividends, the foundation of most - if not all - of the financial theories we employ in order to determine the value of shares, is falsified. These theories rely on a few implicit ...
Views: 1053 - Coping with Tragedy, Loss, and Grief - by We live life as whole persons, but we experience and process it at the Four Levels of Mind, Emotion, Body, and Spirit.
* At the level of the mind we try to understand the events of our lives. We attempt to make sense of things.
* Our hearts hold the positive and negative emotions about the ...
Views: 1052 - Effective Planning - by PLANNING
Good planning efforts have their impact on results.
We all understand the importance of planning, but the extent and depth, to which we plan, is not the same.
We would be surprised that Japanese spend as high as 40% of their time on an average on planning. Even before we go ahead ...
Views: 1052 - Love & EQ--The "Geek" we all, eh, love... - by You know one...you might have one working for you... you may even be in love with one...or, maybe you is one...
Affectionately, we call them geeks, nerds or techies. Yet, any of us can fall into this category when we're stressed, spending too much time in our heads and particularly in the left ...
Views: 1052 - A 21st Century Survival Tool - by A new millennium is as exciting as a New Year but much bigger. In the past a number such as 2000 seemed so big and far away. Now the year has come and gone and has been forgotten. Ten or fifteen years ago it was hard to visualize what it would be like in the year 2000 and beyond. Some of us ...
Views: 1051 - How Do You Measure Success? - by When someone asks you if you are successful, how do you answer? How does one measure success?
You are a Mother and a housewife who decided to try something new, challenging and rewarding. So you start an online business. You work hard for 6 months and your income is just starting to trickle ...
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