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- HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR CREDIBILITY AND BOOST YOUR CAREER: GET A BOOK PUBLISH - by For years, I've told my clients et. al. that one of the ways to improve their credibility and boost their careers was to get published. It certainly has worked for me. Start with an article or two or three or ten, and at some time go for a book.
Often, here's what folks say to me, "You know, I ...
Views: 777 - Pearls of Wisdom for Your Career - by Most of us-regardless of age, color or sex-want successful careers. We build our minds and values as we find our passion and discover what it takes to become successful, how to get success and how to keep it. Our minds decide the quality of our lives.
Often, I hear people say, "This isn't the ...
Views: 777 - A Life of Balance - by I believe in the balanced lifestyle. I believe it is important to follow the middle way. This is also known as the straight way or a philosophy of not too much and not too little. In balanced living we act in activities that bring us fully aware of our highest calling or purpose. Our highest ...
Views: 776 - Cardio - by We've all heard this term before. Cardio, short for cardiovascular, referring to aerobic exercise, is extremely beneficial to everyone. It is an extremely important tool in the battle to be fit. Many people hate cardio because it is intense. This usually results in a lack of cardio in many ...
Views: 776 - Faith Does Move Mountains - by It never ceases to amaze me.
There you are going about your normal day and you suddenly realize that you're very worried about something. It sort of creeps up on you when you feel the muscles in your shoulders bunch up and you can't seem to get enough sleep, no matter how hard you try.
Do ...
Views: 776 - Finding a Better Relationship through Tarot - by Querrant: "It's near Valentine's and I'm not in a relationship!" or possibly worse, "My relationship is on the rocks!" In either case, "Oh, Tarot Master, what is the instant fix?"
Tarot Reader: "Hmmm, I seem to have misplaced my magic wand. I don't suppose you would accept some guidance on ...
Views: 776 - Has Everybody Heard? Nutrition Makes a Difference! - by Well, I suggest that it's time we all do SOMETHING to make a positive change in our eating habits. Just a beginning. Even something as simple as adding one piece of fruit to your diet every day. Did you know that studies have found a lower risk of cancer among those who eat more fruits and ...
Views: 776 - I'm Not Crazy. I'm Just Not You! - by Has anyone ever told you that you were crazy for trying something or thinking something, or even doing something? What they are really saying is that what you are doing is something they would never do, therefore it must be crazy. Not true. It simply doesn't work for them. They are merely ...
Views: 776 - Managing Self in Time - by Time management is an interesting notion. It implies that we can own or control it. Time itself is part of the three- dimension glue and I don't believe that we can actually "do" anything to it, much less manage it. What we can manage is ourselves in time - our awareness of what we're doing and ...
Views: 776 - Should you give up or keep going? - by Many of us are influenced by the sports ethic: Never give up! When a basketball team is down by 20 with 30 seconds on the clock, the players never stop working. The spectators might be filing out, and the winning team might bring in the bench players, but the game goes on.
If your game is a ...
Views: 776 - This Is My Play, I Am The Director - by For the last (you fill in the blank) ___ years, you have let others produce, direct and do everything but star in your play. You starred, but only as you were directed, from your parents, your teachers, your friends. Some good, some not so good.
From now on, wouldn’t you like to do the ...
Views: 776 - 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: 776 - Why Should You, Build an Internet Business? - by Attitude, as you have heard many times, is everything. That theory has been written in thousands of books, spoken to millions of people, and driven deep into your mind. Why? It's true.
Your attitude is your own personal filter for everything that happens to you, around you, or within you. What ...
Views: 776 - About Changing Habits - by Some important things to consider about the habits we want to change:
~~habits are difficult to change and yet they can be changed
~~sometimes its best to take major steps and change a habit (i.e. either you're a smoker or not smoking)
~~many times making "adjustments" works best (i.e. you ...
Views: 775 - Best Resources For Tax Information - by Where can a business owner obtain tax information? When you don't know what questions to ask, it's very helpful to take some classes, and read a few articles prior to visiting with a CPA. Enjoy these resources:
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
The IRS has the best free classes around! Call ...
Views: 775 - Growing the Leader in Us - by For what we've discovered, and rediscovered, is that leadership isn't the private reserve of a few charismatic men and women. It's a process ordinary people use when they're bringing forth the best from themselves and others. Liberate the leader in everyone, and extraordinary things happen.
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Views: 775 - Handcraft Your Life with Appreciation - by We don't usually think of appreciation as a powerful tool, yet it is key in our desire to handcraft a life of choice. This is a key learning that I received from a master teacher on my recent vacation in Peru.
It was easy to feel and express appreciation while I was away on a fabulous ...
Views: 775 - How Great Newsletters Adapt To Perfectly Match Their Readers! - by ============================================================
Getting Your Newsletter Read
How Great Newsletters Adapt To Perfectly Match Their Readers
By Michael Green
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One exciting feature of newsletters - frequently ...
Views: 775 - Relationship-Making - by Do you know how to establish a new relationship to guarantee that it will meet all of your and your partner's relationship needs?
Most people don't know how to do this. As a result, most relationships go through a predictable cycle:
=> Honeymoon: 1 week to 3 months
=> Struggle: Up to 3 ...
Views: 775 - THE MECHANICS OF WISHES - by Here is how our physical world works. When we wish for something, that energy goes out into the world and every suitable person around us is given the opportunity to make it happen. The one who follows his intuition and provides our wish, goes through a kind of metamorphosis, because of this ...
Views: 775 - Handcraft Your Life of Choice - by Now more than ever in human history do we have the opportunity to deliberately handcraft a life of choice. This is particularly true in developed countries, and this capability continues to spread faster than ever as our world communication systems connect people to a planet-wide community.
As ...
Views: 774 - How to get more sales from your website NOW! - by The fundamentals of business are the same online as they are offline. Making income and profit is vital to the success of any business. How are income and profits generated? By SELLING products.
Is your site selling your products?
If you answered no, why isnt it? Weak copy, poor ...
Views: 774 - 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: 774 - Putting Lipstick On A Pig - by Technology can help tremendously with time management, and many examples of this are seen everyday: It can make changing calendar appointments effortless. Also, with the click of a button, many people can be emailed an announcement of a meeting change. Potential uses are enormous. But, time and ...
Views: 774 - THE MYTH OF CULTURAL PRIDE - by To assume the proud mantle of our culture or heritage is to perpetuate a lie. Each of our lives is lived in the camp of the enemy, so to speak. If you were an Arab who hated Jews in your last life, you are probably a Jew in your current one. Which heritage are you supposed to take pride in? ...
Views: 774 - A Great Letter for Playing the Personals for Love, Sex, and Romance With Single Women - by Dear...
Let's become good friends, then...Hope for a beautiful relationship.
I feel that before we can have a good relationship, we must put forth the energy and time it takes to first become good friends. Friendship is one of the most important building blocks of a good relationship. To me, ...
Views: 773 - A Spiritual Approach to Holiday Blues - by For most American adults, the period from Thanksgiving though New Years is a difficult time. We seem to be plunged into a virtual reality somewhere between a carnival and a nightmare. The streets and the malls are filled with lights, holiday melodies, and glittery ornaments. We are deluged by ...
Views: 773 - America’s Tragedy: The Leaders Challenge - by As the country struggles with the tragic events of the past week, leaders everywhere are struggling to make effective decisions. Our office is working overtime, taking phone calls from leaders and employees in search of direction for themselves, and for their teams.
Now, more than ever, we ...
Views: 773 - Faith: Building a Bridge to Your Life's Dreams - by "In the Indiana Jones movie, The Quest for The Holy Grail, Indy finds himself at the precipice of a bottomless chasm. On the other side of the abyss stands the sacred temple in which the cup of Christ awaits him. Indy has searched the entire world for the Holy Grail, defied all kinds of rats, ...
Views: 773 - 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: 772 - Choosing The Right Home Business For YOU - by © 2002 Elena Fawkner
Pay any attention at all to your email inbox and you'd be forgiven for thinking that the only way to run a business from home is on the Internet. Sure, many people are running spectacularly successful Internet-based home businesses. Many, many more are doing so even more ...
Views: 772 - 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: 772 - Excerpt from "Creating Your Ultimate Destiny" - by What is the meaning of my life? What is the purpose of my existence? For what reason was I put here on this planet? From time to time, we’ve all asked these questions of ourselves, and perhaps we’ve asked them of our friends, loved ones, or spiritual advisors. And, of course, if you discuss ...
Views: 772 - Following Through On Your Goals - by Following through on goals - Most of us have goals, the question is how many of us actually follow-up and work those goals. What I mean is going a step further then actually recording your goals. With that said the question is how do we effectively work our goals list...
Here are a few ...
Views: 772 - Just Say "No" - by I used to put everyone else's requests and needs first and if there was any time left over at the end of the day for what I needed and wanted to do, that was acceptable. That is until I began to realize that if you and I are going to be effective time managers, we have to stay away from ...
Views: 772 - The Inspiration Factor - by The first thing that an aspiring leader must realize is that they must be inspiring! That is, they must be capable of, and willing to inspire people on to greater things than if the leader were not in their lives.
So, is this too grandiose an ideal for the average local business owner? ...
Views: 772 - To Cause or Not to Cause - by Once upon a time in the land of Be, where everything is the way it’s supposed to be, there lived a young person. We're not sure whether the person was a boy or a girl. Anyway, this person had an amazing talent. Believe it or not they could cause people to do exactly what they were doing.
Now ...
Views: 772 - What's It All About? - by All who ascribe to the belief that we create our own reality must be deeply concerned about the events of 9 11. What do these events tell us about the mass consciousness? What grand purpose does all this death and destruction serve?
All who have been angry with the current economic systems, ...
Views: 772 - Are you ready to go solo? - by Are you ready to start your own e-business?
"Get out there and take risks!" can be good advice -- but you want to take enlightened risks that lead to success. Sometimes your beliefs are indeed self-defeating -- and sometimes they accurately reflect reality. Work with a consultant or trusted ...
Views: 771 - Keeping Your Team Up When the Economy Is Down - by by Carole Nicolaides © 2001
http://www.progressiveleadership.com
There is nothing like a recession to cause a drastic decline in employee morale and performance. For that matter, it causes a drastic decline in manager morale and performance, too! When lay offs are looming and pay cuts are ...
Views: 771 - STOPPING BULLIES IMPROVES SELF-ESTEEM - by Did you know that 6.5 million boys and 3.5 million girls are involved in fights every year on school grounds in America? Plus, 4.5 million students are threatened with bodily harm each year, with almost 2 million students being robbed.
Bullying has become a very serious "Hot" topic today. It's ...
Views: 771(3 votes) - Top Ten Steps to Focus on Achieving What You Really Want - by 1. Write a list of everything you want in all 8 areas of your life. Physical environment, Health, Friends/Family, Work/Business, Partner/Relationship, Fun/Recreation, Personal Development, Finances. When you can clearly see everything you want, your choice of focus is more balanced.
2. List ...
Views: 771 - Yes, You Can Say No - by It is perfectly OK to say, "No." You have permission. Many people do not like to disappoint others by saying, "No." They will tend to acquiesce even when overloaded. Sometimes those with the need to please will agree to do something when it is not in their best interest just to be accommodating. ...
Views: 771 - How to Complete with the Past, Part II - by The first step in being able to attract and create your ideal relationship is to clear the way for it by dropping baggage from your past. Baggage here refers to resentments, hurts and fears towards anyone who was either a role model or participated directly in a relationship with you. Some ...
Views: 770 - Looking Back Helps Us Move Forward - by I find the end of a year to be a time of reflection. For me it is important to formally "complete" the year that is closing so that I can set my intentions for the year that is before me.
I like to sit in the quiet of my living room, a candle lit, some quiet music in the background, a pad of ...
Views: 770 - Take a Break and communicate - by When did you last say something complimentary to your partner? When did you last tell them how you feel about your relationship or life in general? When did you last ask them what they would like from you or tell them what you would like from them? When did you last even have a friendly chat? ...
Views: 770 - The Call to Grow - by At the beginning of one's journey on the path to expanded levels of living and self-awareness, there is often much pain. Grief, depression, frustration, self-pity, and anger--all are common and can act as potential motivators to make necessary changes. In addition, experiences of scarcity and ...
Views: 770 - The Real Goal - by My dad would always talk to my sisters and me about The Goal. I thought he was crazy at the time.
The Goal. The Goal. The Goal.
He didn't mean goals as in "I'm going to increase my business by 20%," he meant that when you go into any situation, you've got to know what is your desired, ...
Views: 770 - Top Ten Tips for Transitions without Trauma - by Life is a series of transitions ?some huge, some small; some chosen by us, and others forced upon us. We experience transitions in all areas of our lives including career, family, beliefs, relationships, physical and emotional states, etc. The process of going through a life transition is ...
Views: 770 - WHERE DO YOU GO FOR YOUR INTELLECTUAL FEAST? - by Pity the man who has a favorite restaurant, but not a favorite author. He's picked out a favorite place to feed his body, but he doesn't have a favorite place to feed his mind!
Why would this be? Have you heard about the accelerated learning curve? From birth, up until the time we are about ...
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