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- Oh Those Pesky Bad Habits, Part II - by Okay, now that's you've read part 1 and have your list of good, positive habits together, it's time for part 2 and back to those negative pesky habits again .
What I have discovered that grabs our attention the most are those pesky habits, both small and large, that seem to get in the way of ...
Views: 687 - Oh Those Pesky Bad Habits, Part I - by One of the things I ask every new coaching client to examine is their everyday habits. Why? Basically because good habits strengthen and empower. Negative habits weaken and harm. While positive habits add to our lives, negative habits simply detract, derail and disempower us from truly living a ...
Views: 686 - The Folly of Problem Solving - by Hello, my name is Tom. In this short article I want to convince you that a strategy for getting nice surprises is more realistic than a strategy leading to a predictable outcome.
We are already familiar with strategies of predictability and have called them science, technology and logic. These ...
Views: 946 - Quotes by Glen Hopkins - by Self-perjury is a silent killer. It will wear you down, leaving you lost and helpless, with nowhere to turn.
Be true to yourself and you will find someone to believe in who will never let you down.
- Glen Hopkins *
You’re only fooling yourself if you think you got away with it.
- Glen ...
Views: 3830 - What Motivates You? - by Motivation is something I have been interested in all of my adult life. I have read several books, listened to countless audio and video tapes on the subject, interviewed people who are successful in various areas of life, and done a great deal of self-evaluation.
I must say, to this day, I ...
Views: 708 - Reject Rejection - by How often do you feel rejected? Think about it. The person you asked on a date said “No”, a prospect said “No” to buying the product you sell, and you’re boss didn’t like your ‘great’ idea. The list goes on and on doesn’t it? We all hear the word “No” several times a day, and we have since we ...
Views: 1679 - Persistence - by One of the keys to being successful in anything you do is persistence. Once you have determined exactly what it is you want to accomplish, you must take massive action on a consistent, persistent basis in order to succeed. Think of it like building a muscle. If you have never weight rained ...
Views: 1093 - Fear - Don't Let it Control You! - by Fear. What is it? Can you touch it? Can you hold it? Can you show it to another person? I can almost hear you from where I am sitting. “No, no, no”. Okay then, so you can’t touch it, you can’t hold it, and you can’t show it to another person. The question then is, why? Why do we have fear? Fear ...
Views: 968 - Goals- The Power Line to Success and Achievement - by WHY DO WE NEED GOALS?
Goals give you direction in all areas of your life – Personal, Career, Spiritual, Material, and Contribution
Goals give you a purpose in life. A reason to get up early in the morning and go to bed late at night
Goals will put drive and passion into your life
Not having ...
Views: 860 - Sales Professionalism - by The challenge with too many salespeople is that they decide at first to ‘try?selling for a while. They don’t commit 100% to it as a career because they are afraid of being wholly responsible for the level of income they achieve. I must tell you, though, that the highest paid professional ...
Views: 979 - What You See is What You Get - by H. Jackson Brown Jr. once wrote, “Your mind can only hold one thought at a time, make it a positive and constructive one.” As simple as these words may seem, they are in fact, very true. You see, if you are looking for a way to feel better at any given moment, all you have to do is change ...
Views: 705 - Sitting on Success - by Taking a close look at the different “success formulas? I found that each differs only slightly from the others. Each “formula?represents the method/steps these individuals used to reach they’re goals. It would be my guess, they probably didn’t even have a formula when they started on their ...
Views: 1097 - Never Too Late To Learn--BACK UP! - by It happened to me...
My computer crashed today.
First thought is, "This can't be happening to me"! In my effort to prove that reasoning correct, I reboot. First line of defense. Hmm. Still no response.
Oh no! What now? What will I do without my computer?
I call our computer techie. He ...
Views: 682 - Persevere And Fly! - by "The Wright Brothers created
the single greatest cultural force
since the invention of writing.
The airplane became the first
World Wide Web, bringing people,
languages, ideas, and values together."
~~~ Bill Gates, Microsoft
I had the ...
Views: 724 - Anybody Wanna Buy From "Ol' Shifty Eyes"? - by What makes you trust one person yet not another? I mean "really". Here's how I, a Newbie, see it.
What makes one person's "word" believable? Remember that saying, "A person's only as good as his word"? My Dad always said that when I was growing up, and my husband says it to our two sons.
I ...
Views: 890 - Discovering Your Personal Treasure Chest - by Have you ever wished for the Publishers Clearing House to come to your door one bright and early morning? Or perhaps you bought a lottery ticket, feeling the anticipation of being sent a substantial check every week for the rest of your life? Although you may not realize it, metaphorically the ...
Views: 938 - 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: 1323 - Want to rule your future? - by Where Do They Sell Creativity?
He left us in 1970, but his brilliance still leads us.
Abraham Maslow, professor and serious author, is famous for his Hierarchy of Needs, how we are motivated to act.
In his last book, “The farther reaches of Human Nature”, he instructs us: “The whole ...
Views: 1174 - CHEWING AND SPEEDLEARNING - by “GET THAT GUM INTO YOUR MOUTH!”
If you want to improve your memory and intellect – start chewing while you study. Put something in your mouth and masticate, be it Wrigley’s gum or a Macintosh apple, adults and kids learn faster and remember more than non-chewers.
We are talking about 3rd ...
Views: 2773(2 votes) - WHY ARE THE SMARTEST PEOPLE THE SLOWEST READERS? - by I am a learning freak, can't get enough of it. All day - numbers are my game, but tied for first place is information processing. Lifetime-learning is my lodestar, recreation and mind-expander. I used to keep silent about it, my clients (I'm a CPA and partner in a Miami firm),expected me to ...
Views: 6017 - Chakra's - A Beginner's Guide - by Chakras are the energy centers of the body. Our body is merely a physical vehicle for our soul (or our spiritual being) and our personality and the chakras reflect the energy balance (or imbalance) between our bodies and souls. Each of the seven chakras represent an aspect of our personality. ...
Views: 925 - Meditation - by Meditation is the practice is getting quiet, directing your conciousness and listening. Listening to your body, your spirit, your guides, God or the God force energy. Through meditation you can heal, deepen your concentration, develop your intuition and creativity, listen to your inner guidance, ...
Views: 970 - Ultra Sensitive Men and Abusive Relationships - by We all have difficulty dealing with conflict in a relationship. The ultra-sensitive man's reactions to an abusive relationship aren't different, but they can be more intense. Inside, the ultra-sensitive man is screaming, "Don't you know what you're doing is killing me? Just stop it! If you ...
Views: 4649(1 vote) - What is Love? - by A journey into the unknown
Everyone has an opinion on love, but few are brave enough to define it. This universal and apparently inconsistent emotion seems almost incapable of definition. The Biomatch.com description of love is: The affinity experienced between two people who are naturally ...
Views: 896 - Seeking Wisdom - by Is wisdom something that is magically acquired with the passing of years, a gift received for a fine education, or is it something with which we are naturally born and just lose along the way?
Wisdom is the knowledge that we don’t know everything, that happiness doesn’t come from amassing ...
Views: 1017 - EVEN THE BRAVEST NEEDS A SHOVE - by Life is one great adventure after another for those who will try something new. There are those who consider life a success if they can tip-toe from birth to death and no one notices them. There are others who not only accept challenges, but actively solicit them. Those in the last group are the ...
Views: 1234 - How To Juggle (and Build a Better You) - by Most people know how to ride a bicycle. It's a rite of passage in childhood. But most people do not know how to juggle.
Question: what's the difference between juggling and riding a bike?
Answer: juggling is easier.
Think about it. If you mess up riding a bike, down you go.
If you mess ...
Views: 771 - Understanding Life Themes - by Same old story¡¦.Same s#*t, different day¡¦.Why does this always happen to me? Sound familiar? Do you ever have recurring dreams or nightmares maybe? Recurring experiences? Keep meeting the same kind of people?
The aim of looking at Life Themes is to acknowledge recurring patterns of thoughts ...
Views: 1836 - UNDENIABLE CHANGE - by Do you desire to have what others have?
Some people do not realize how well they are provided for now in the present, and how MUCH opportunity is right there in their midst.
Wanting what somebody else has is insignificant relative to striving toward your purpose for Being.
I was in casual ...
Views: 847 - Believe It BEFORE You See It - by Have you ever noticed that the first one to be creative and risk, climbs to the top of success and achieves the greatest impact on the rest, than those who *only* follow?
Your priorities in life, obviously, need to be put first ... first in how you schedule your time, energy, focus and ...
Views: 943 - Foundation, Freedom & Responsibilities - by Many people are far removed from the original Foundations they were born into. The cornerstones which success is built upon must be secure.
Freedoms come at a great cost. These freedoms once achieved can also be lost.
Set yourself Free from the captivity of debt, spiritual suffering, and ...
Views: 765 - Communally Effective - by Work real hard, then play real hard with joy. Your best times in life are when you are in community with others. It is important to continually build community. The more we get to understand other people, the more we can understand ourselves and grow to become more productive adults.
"To live ...
Views: 844 - Solid Rock - by Do you understand the truth about life and always do what is right ... or at least most of the time?
Knowing the truth will lead to faith and ultimately you will be blessed and the work of your hands will be a successful effort.
Conversely, the opposite will happen.
A Solid Rock is usually ...
Views: 1056 - 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: 858 - THE FRESH PICTURE - by Can you recognize qualities about others, that they do not recognize in themselves? If you did, is it possible for you to use this gift to benefit all related parties?
Each of us possesses a unique gift (at least one), and most of the time, only WE know what it is. If YOU could read minds, you ...
Views: 739 - THE HIGH ROAD - by At Tioga Pass the road crosses the Sierra Nevada's crest at 9,945 feet, California's highest automobile pass. This is not the High Road I refer to.
The High Road is a choice. Robert Frost, an American Poet who lived between 1874 and 1963 wrote about this choice in his *The Road Not Taken*: ...
Views: 765 - An Empowering Alternative - by If there was one thing I could share with you to help you along in your success journey, it would be this ... As far as what you are doing now for your business growth; Are you doing THINGS right?, Or, Are you doing the RIGHT things?
What if what you are doing, you are doing it VERY WELL, ...
Views: 1109 - Imagine Success - by Unless maintained by some outside restraint, expenditures always surpass whatever income is available --Parkinson's Budgetary Expansion Principle
The result of this principle is a well proven Law: If you have a problem with your bills right now, there is no level of income at which you will ...
Views: 937 - The Receiving Cycle - by Do you remember how much others have helped you in your life?
Are you under an obligation to *payback* others for helping you ... maybe not necessarily to the same ones who helped you, but, perhaps to folks who are where you were when you received the help?
Many times, it is important to ...
Views: 901 - Winning is HEAVY! - by Why are people afraid to win?
The reason is that winning is heavy. You have to set a responsibility and set an example ... people try to knock you off.
It doesn't matter what happens, it's how you take it.
One of my very first self-development inspirations is from a 30 minute audio from ...
Views: 890 - Life's Never-Ending Cycle - by Are others in your life at a different level of awareness than you are? Does this impact how you should interact with each person individually?
Have you ever heard about the concept of *reading* a person? When you are physically with, or are just on the phone, or even in email dialogue ... it ...
Views: 986 - Step Up To Legacy - by Are you willing to do whatever it takes for however long it takes, to fulfill your purpose?
Do other people and circumstantial events *water-down* the thoughts which you truly believe in, which you carry around in your heart, mind and soul?
Do the distractions take you off-course or do you ...
Views: 923 - Desires Of The Heart - by What things are done FOR you in life which you take totally for granted?
Do you desire something that belongs to someone else, which you yourself do not presently own?
Desire, much of the time, leads to more desire and entraps us to make poor decisions.
In and of itself, Desire is not bad, ...
Views: 830 - Joy and Laughter! - by I have written articles in this capacity for 2.5 years and I have to say that I don't write for the money.
Years have passed already since I stopped chasing the Almighty dollar. Making money on transactional exchanges resulted in a *coldness* in my heart where I was left with a commission ...
Views: 937 - 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: 923 - What Kind Of Example? - by Are you the example in whom others should follow? Why? I mean let's get personal . . . What do you actually do in life which warrants, or even makes you worthy for another to trust and take guidance from?
In business, we are paid for the value of product and service we provide to others ... ...
Views: 886 - Scientific Success (What You Say) - by Scientifically, Observation has an effect on the results of an experiment.
Similarly, a Self-Fulfilling prophecy is when "a false definition of the situation evokes a new behavior which makes the original false conception come true."
What we say to others and how we articulate our thoughts ...
Views: 875 - What's Good, What's Right? - by It's one thing if you can't, it's another thing if you don't try. Applying what you Know IS Good and Right ... AS LONG as WHAT YOU KNOW is True and Accurate.
How do you know what's Good/Right, True/Accurate?
For me, it comes down to WHY I do things ... Intention. If my deep down intention ...
Views: 830 - Cultivate Your Gift - by Are you prepared with the right attitude to serve others? Is your mind organized in an orderly way in agreement with your most core values and principles?
It is not really possible to continually focus our minds on this orderly way. The way I am referring to is established not by what we are ...
Views: 965 - Predictive Miracles - by Aren't there any other alternatives?
This question points to whether or not you have any options which may be different, hopefully better, than to the way things are now (as in your present circumstance).
My personal philosophy is not to let current circumstance dictate each response. Each ...
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