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- WHAT YOUR GLASSES REVEAL ABOUT YOU: Exploring the Mind/Body Connection to Vision - by More than half of the people in the United States need glasses or contacts to see clearly. And the other half expects that as they get older, they will, too.
Even though poor vision is the largest health-related epidemic affecting Americans today, even though younger and younger children are ...
Views: 987 - If You Respect Them, They Will Buy - Closing the Sale - by We've all had the unfortunate experience of being convinced by a pushy salesperson to buy something we weren't sure we wanted. You may have really wanted the product, but after being pushed into buying it, you don't want it anymore. You either return it or you never patronize the store again. ...
Views: 986 - Is there anything new under the sun? - by While reading the Bible, I am always fascinated by the character of Solomon, the great king. His ambitions were pure. He asked God for just one thing - wisdom, and in addition to marvelous wisdom, he received tremendous wealth and worldwide fame. His writings inspire me to seek God's wisdom and ...
Views: 986 - Step Back to Succeed in Decision Making - by All of the greatest leaders in world are man-managers. Without exception, they command respect from those who work with them and for them. Some managers may rule with a rod of iron, others with a softer approach, but the key trait consistent in all great leaders is their charisma.
Charisma is ...
Views: 986 - Stress Reduction to Cultivate the Neutral Mind - by Everyday we find situations, people and encounters that
seem to cause our bodies to tense and our breathing to
shorten. It isn't always easy to see that we contribute to
the stress which we experience.
Remember it is much easier to nip something in the bud then to deal with stress after it ...
Views: 986 - The Road Map Of Life - by If you were going to drive to somewhere unfamiliar – whether cross country or just across the city - what would be the first thing you would do? Map it out? And then after you mapped it out, would you never look at the map again? Not likely.
More likely, you would refer to the map often, to ...
Views: 986 - The Top 10 Reasons to Hire a Business or Executive Coach - by 1. TO KEEP UP
You can't solve tomorrow's issues with yesterday's strategies. An experienced Coach helps you develop the capacity to handle the increased complexity of your world.
2. TIME
The Executive Business Coach is trained to help you identify what's important now and in the future as ...
Views: 986 - Dealing with Day-to-Day Stress the Ayurvedic Way - by These are truly stressful times we live in. Body, mind, heart and spirit are all subjected to the ravages of day-to-day stress. Worries about security, economic difficulties, emotional trauma-stressors like these can take a toll on health and longevity if not addressed in a timely fashion.
To ...
Views: 985 - 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: 985 - You Can Change - by Stanley Schachter was puzzled. A researcher at Columbia University, Schachter was well versed on the studies of weight-loss and smoking-cessation programs. According to the research, only 10 to 30 percent of the people who participate in those programs are still slender or nonsmoking one year ...
Views: 985 - Brotherly Love - by We are concerned with your understanding relevant to these concepts you term "brotherly love". Therefore, we shall examine the elements and the nature as our consciousness is capable of understanding.
The term is applied in a poor manner within your language. Certainly, man must seek the ...
Views: 984 - Judgments - by It’s funny how most of us assign a value to almost everything. We ask, “How was your day?”, “How did you sleep?”, “How is your job?”, “Did you have fun last night?”, “How is your relationship?”, “How are you doing?” All of these questions are designed to make the person being asked assign a ...
Views: 984 - Meditation 101 - by Modern Day Goddess Inner-Wisdom Realization
You can experience an inner-peace, self-love and outer glow by awakening yourself through meditation.
Dear Diary:
I’ve realized my daily meditations have become an inner spa for my body, mind & soul. The other day, a friend I hadn’t talked in a few ...
Views: 984 - The Dream Killer - by The dream killer was revealed to me in a simple conversation. I was talking to someone the other day, who was very passionate about attending one of our seminars. This person felt that this was exactly the thing they needed to turn their life around. At the height of their exuberance, their ...
Views: 984 - How to Create Your Own Gold Rush - by Prospecting: Uncovering qualified opportunities through various methods in an effort to advance potential clients in the sales process
Firm date, firm time. In the world of sales, there's an old cliché that nothing happens until someone sells something. Not true. A better saying:
"Nothing ...
Views: 983 - How to How to Avoid Home Business Scams - by The email inboxes of net-savvy parents are often flooded with home business scams.
We're prime targets. We know our way around a computer keyboard, and we love to spend time with our kids, so we're marked for every home-business opportunity in the book.
And it's true: a lot of us would love ...
Views: 983 - Eating Disorder Early Recovery: "How Do I Begin?" The 84,000 Ways - by How a person begins to get help in recovering from an eating disorder depends on:
1. what form the eating disorder takes;
2. how entrenched it is;
3. what kind of social supports are available;
4. what financial resources are available;
5. how accessible the person is to deep ...
Views: 982 - How to Worry-Write - by "The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater their power to harm us" - Voltaire
Worry today is almost an epidemic - about 60% of patients consulting their family doctor have anxiety as the cause of their distress. We certainly have a lot to worry about, but perhaps we worry too much. ...
Views: 982 - Letting Go of Fear in the Face of Tragedy - by During this week of earth-shattering events, we were blessed to be at a gathering with 250 like-minded souls. Along with these people, we spent much of that time sending love and healing energy to those affected by the terrorist attacks, while praying for peace.
So the question is--How do you ...
Views: 982 - Living With Spina Bifida - by I grew up with a birth defect known as spina bifida, a disability that affects my sense of balance, causing me to walk with a limp. Not only does it affect the function of the legs, but it also has an impact on the kidneys, causing them to deteriorate.
The disability has had its ups and downs. ...
Views: 982 - Mining Your Diamonds - by I consider Sept 21, 1991 as the day that God gave me a second lease on life. I call this portion: Adele, The Sequel. In this journey of self discovery and exploration,(let me add that it is not over yet!), I have learned that deep within me, and deep within all of us, we have these buried gems, ...
Views: 982 - THE "SYSTEM" GIVES YOU THE WINNING EDGE WITH WOMEN - PART ONE - by Success Coach - by Guys, are you dating someone special and you don't want to lose her like all the others? Are you getting bad vibes because your girlfriend of six months only gets migraines when you try to kiss her goodnight at her doorstep? Does it bother you that your wife is meeting too many perverts in chat ...
Views: 982 - Tough Decision? Ask the Power Question - by We've all had the experience of pulling the right string and watching a knotty tangle unravel all at once.
When you're standing at a fork in the road -- or wondering where to turn off a traffic circle -- asking the right question can be equivalent to puling he right thread.
Let's say you're ...
Views: 982 - Why Romance Dies - by Romance is how most relationships begin. We anticipate being with our partner, give flowers, write cards, shower each other with attention and affection, stage seductions, etc. But somewhere down the road, the romance begins to fade. It happens so often that it seems ordinary, expected, natural. ...
Views: 982 - Living 'ON' Purpose - by We live in an instant world where events are beamed to us as they happen, pain relief is guaranteed within minutes and immediate results will enhance our life if we use a breakthrough product. Rapid change occurs at blinding speeds, which allows no room for thought. We must act or lose ...
Views: 981 - Shatter! - by You can use this technique for many bad habits, but today we will concentrate on the bad habit of biting your fingernails. Ready? Make a picture in your mind of YOU biting your fingernails. NO, WAIT, change that! You know why? Because I don’t want you to *shatter* anyone, much less yourself, and ...
Views: 981 - Three Keys - by Okay, we've all read the book and magazine titles: "Five Secrets to Having Absolutely Everything You Ever Wanted Without Really Trying," or "Success in Three Easy Steps." And there is certainly value in many of those books, magazines and seminars. There are secrets that successful people use to ...
Views: 981 - Emergencies -- How Organized and Prepared Are You? - by Being organized is frequently about saving. It's about saving time saving money and saving those things that are precious and important to you so you will readily have them when you want them in the future.
How prepared and organized are you to save those important things when an emergency ...
Views: 980 - KEEPING A JOURNAL- ONE OF THE THREE TREASURES TO LEAVE BEHIND - by If you're serious about becoming a wealthy, powerful, sophisticated, healthy, influential, cultured and unique individual, keep a journal. Don't trust your memory. When you listen to something valuable, write it down. When you come across something important, write it down.
I used to take ...
Views: 980 - Personal Freedom - by Many singles express concern about losing their personal freedom once they get into a relationship. They often cite this as one of the reasons they are still single. After all, no one likes to be told what to do or to ask permission to do something. This is true in most areas of our lives and ...
Views: 980 - STIR UP THE MAGIC IN YOUR LIFE - by Amazing things happen when we start to follow our dreams. Our lives begin to open up and evolve in ways that are even better than we imagined. Unexpected ideas, opportunities, or solutions seems to appear just as we need them, making our journey feel more effortless...and more exciting.
I call ...
Views: 980 - Communication Skills - by Communicating is one of the most important things a couple can do together to keep their relationship strong and full of vitality. In fact, without communication there is no intimacy in a relationship. Intimacy -- or literally "in-to-me-see" -- cannot exist without both partners revealing ...
Views: 979 - Design Your Own Success Formula - by In my work as a personal coach, I often encourage people to set goals that stretch out them of their comfort zone and that truly inspire them in an irresistible and compelling way. I ask them to forget what they think they "should" do and design goals that feel great.
What would you like to be ...
Views: 979 - Emotional Preparedness for Disasters - by In disasters, often the Red Cross and other relief workers have all they can do to tend to the physical needs of the injured and the homeless.
Often, people's emotional needs do not get addressed. There are just not enough people available to deal with all the stress.
Even the relief workers ...
Views: 979 - Memories, Meanings, and Lessons for Life - by Some places just feel like home even if you've never lived there. I can feel calm settle over me as I turn from the highway and see St. Joseph Convent perched in its solid position above the Pennsylvania Dutch countryside. Its three-story arms spread across the hill as if embracing the furrowed ...
Views: 979(1 vote) - Self Employed women May Have LESS Stress Than Women in Corporations - by Women tired of hitting the glass ceiling might find that the ground floor holds less stress and more opportunity. A new study on executive women finds that those who are self-employed are less stressed than those who aren't.
A pair of researchers at the University of California at San Diego ...
Views: 979 - Ten Great Ways to Achieve Those Goals - by TEN GREAT WAYS TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS
It is a sad fact that only a very few people know exactly where they are going in life. Only a very few ever bother to make a decision, set down on paper a list of goals, and then go for them.
The rest drift aimlessly through life, just following the ...
Views: 979 - Double Your Living! - by I want you to know the beauty of life.
I want you to AWAKE, and see that people want to connect with you. I want you to finally realize how desperately you want to connect with other human beings, and then........and then........
To distinguish, to see clearly, the 100 barriers we ...
Views: 978 - Share Your Best Life Story With The World - by =====================================
(c) Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved http://www.thenetreporter.com
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When most people sit down to write a book, they expect itwill take months to complete the job. They envision workingendlessly and toiling over every ...
Views: 978(1 vote) - She's Not Just Another Pretty Face - by One day Annette Gantz saw a lady driving a big pink car. Seeing that pink car eventually became the beginning of a tremendously satisfying career for this Wheeling, West Virginia resident.
After finishing high school, Annette spent 11 months as a missionary in Thailand. The experiences she ...
Views: 978 - Your Daughter's Self-Esteem - Ideas to Help Her Flourish - by Browsing the parenting section of my local bookstore, I was astounded by the array of books on the shrinking self-esteem of adolescent girls. As the mother of three daughters, the oldest approaching adolescence, I figured I’d better pay attention. I bought all the books I could carry and drove ...
Views: 978 - 7 Rules For Ezine Advertising Success - by True: Ezine advertising is one of the most effective form of advertising available online . . .
The most important thing for every advertiser is to find targeted market for his product. That's exactly what ezines has to offer. A targeted market. There are so many ezines out there covering so ...
Views: 977 - CURING FOR THE COLD AND FLU SEASON - by How does the body heal? How does it know when to stop healing? The directions are obviously inside somewhere. We just need to activate the directions. Here is something that works. This is an easy way to start boosting the immune system with directions for healing such things as those lingering ...
Views: 977 - Finding Motivation: Or What to Do When You Don't Feel Like Doing Anything - by “The measure of your success usually comes down to who wins the battle that rages between the two of you. The ‘you’ who wants to stop, give up, or take it easy, and the ‘you’ who chooses to beat back that which would stand in the way of your success - complacency.” -Chris Widener
In all ...
Views: 977 - How Do I Start a Home Business? - by © 2002 Elena Fawkner
From time to time (at least once a day actually) I'll get an impossible-to-respond-to email that says something like, "How can I work from home?", or "I want to start my own home business. Please send info." or even, "Please send free info.". Naturally such vague, ...
Views: 977 - Preparing for the Best Year of Your Life: Cleaning the Slate - by Imagine waking up each day knowing that you have a clean slate on which to create the life you desire. Your past is behind you, your tasks are up to date and your projects are complete. What could you accomplish if there were no unresolved issues, projects or relationships to divert your ...
Views: 977 - 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: 977 - 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: 976 - Dynamic Marketing: Seven High-Powered Success Strategies - by Marketing is about results. Key to achieving results is your ability to be adaptive and forward-thinking --involved in a process that lets you evolve your marketing campaign as new information enters the picture.
People who achieve great results from their promotional efforts understand the ...
Views: 976 - HOW TO REDUCE THE TRAUMA OF WATCHING THE WTC CRISES - by "Teaching someone how, and when, to associate or dissociate is one of the most profound and pervasive ways to change the quality of a person's experience, and the behavior that results from it. Dissociation is particularly useful for intensely unpleasant memories."
Richard Bandler - Using Your ...
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