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- Living Purposefully: Making thoughts and actions count - by What does it mean to live purposefully? Simply put, it means that we live each day as though it may be our last chance to make difference in the lives of others or in our own lives. It means that we decide to make our living meaningful and focus our energies on accomplishing our goals. Living ...
Views: 712 - The Power of Planning Ahead - by copyright Jan Jasper 2000-2002
People suffer needlessly by postponing tasks until the last minute. A lot of tasks we race to finish at the 11th hour could be completed with ease if started early enough. You don’t feel the need to start doing your taxes in January—what’s the hurry? There’s ...
Views: 712 - Unleash the Potential of Booklets to Market Your Business - by Does writing a booklet make you an 'authorlette' ? It sure does. That is one of several key reasons to write an informational tips booklet - author status as an expert on your topic. It takes much less time, money, and stress to write a booklet than writing a full-length book, and can bring as ...
Views: 712 - A Newbie Guide - The Absolute Truth About Internet Marketing - by Helping people and giving Newbies "No Holds Barred" advice is what makes me tick. I'm no Terry Dean earning an income that allows him to buy a forest but I have been marketing online since 1998 and I know which way is up!
Here's an email, modified to be an article, that I send to Newbies ...
Views: 711 - Ego - my part in his downfall - part one - by I had set out for my retrospective stroll through the day as I usually did at around the time when sleep hasn't quite shown up yet but is clearly fast approaching. When the eyelids are drooping but still prepared to box on for a bit.
It had become a source of comfort to me this review of the ...
Views: 711 - Healing Blade - by I stood, spade in hand, preparing to dig in the moist soil. My plan was to widen the edge of the garden to make space for still more perennials and annuals. I stood on the shovel, putting my weight behind the long blade, and pushed into the soil. Pulling back the sod, I noticed an object exposed ...
Views: 711(2 votes) - Healing Blade - by I stood, spade in hand, preparing to dig in the moist soil. My plan was to widen the edge of the garden to make space for still more perennials and annuals. I stood on the shovel, putting my weight behind the long blade, and pushed into the soil. Pulling back the sod, I noticed an object exposed ...
Views: 711(2 votes) - SETTING GOALS (Part Two) - by What is really important to you right now in your life? In other words, what do you really value?
The main headings are: PEOPLE- THINGS- OTHER, e.g.. career. Also finances. That word money.
Areas of goals- These can be divided into short, medium and long-term; these respectively being six ...
Views: 711 - A Word About Estrogen - by As should be clear by now, progesterone and estrogen are closely interrelated in many ways. Progesterone is a precursor in the normal biosynthetic pathway for estrogen. They are often antagonistic; and each sensitizes receptors for the other. Our understanding of progesterone will be enhanced if ...
Views: 710 - FABS Part 1 and 2 - by Have you heard of the FABS? The FABS are quadruplets; they are not identical but they are very, very similar! The FABS are: Fear, Anger, Blame and Shame. This quartet love to arrive, uninvited, at people's houses and literally stay forever. They will certainly stay as long as you allow them to; ...
Views: 710 - Multilevel Marketing--A Business Revolution Is On Its Way - by No business model in history has been the victim of as much inaccurate, misleading, and incomplete coverage as multilevel marketing. And little wonder: Multilevel marketing (MLM) is a radically different way of doing business from what you'll find in companies located on Main Street, USA.
As ...
Views: 710 - BODY CHAT! - by Ever wonder why there are times you experience body pain and other times you don’t? Ever wonder why there are mornings you wake up feeling tight all over and other mornings you feel free and flexible? Then there are those times when you’re in conversation with someone and suddenly the topic ...
Views: 709 - Healing Blade - by I stood, spade in hand, preparing to dig in the moist soil. My plan was to widen the edge of the garden to make space for still more perennials and annuals. I stood on the shovel, putting my weight behind the long blade, and pushed into the soil. Pulling back the sod, I noticed an object exposed ...
Views: 709(1 vote) - How to be Successful - by Dream big dreams.
Have a goal and plan to achieve.
Love doing what you do.
Listen to the advice of your spouse/partner.
Seek help from those whose skills you don't have.
Believe you are a winner, or one who CAN be.
Work smarter, not necessarily harder.
Fly with the eagles, don't scratch with the ...
Views: 709 - Living With Intention - by There's an interesting thing that happens in our lives when we decide on goals. We feel crisper and sharper. Our sense are honed. We begin to measure the world by a different barometer.
Most of us are accustomed to mundane goals and how to measure them: Lose weight; get on a scale. Save for a ...
Views: 709 - Rebound Effect - by I have observed a particular painful relationship dynamic. By addressing this dynamic, I hope to prevent it from happening in your current or future relationships. I call this dynamic "the rebound effect."
Let's observe this dynamic in action by looking at a love relationship in progress. ...
Views: 709 - Unleash the International Potential of Booklets - by Does writing a booklet make you an 'authorlette' ? Yes, it does. That is one of several key reasons to write an informational tips booklet - author status as an expert on your topic. It takes much less time, money, and stress to write a booklet than writing a full-length book, and can bring as ...
Views: 709 - When You Know What You Want, You Get What You Want - by You know what you want out of life, right? You may quickly answer, “Of course!” but take a moment to really think about this. Can you write down exactly what it is you want? Most of us think we know, but when we sit down and try to write it down, we draw a blank. Others may know what they want ...
Views: 709 - Getting the Most Enjoyment from the Holidays - by Our lives are busy all year long. How do we fit those things that we do once a year in an already overcrowded schedule? How do we fit in more time for shopping, wrapping, decorating, cooking, planning, partying, travelling? It's no wonder the holidays bring additional stress to many.
Here's a ...
Views: 708 - Healing Blade - by I stood, spade in hand, preparing to dig in the moist soil. My plan was to widen the edge of the garden to make space for still more perennials and annuals. I stood on the shovel, putting my weight behind the long blade, and pushed into the soil. Pulling back the sod, I noticed an object exposed ...
Views: 708(1 vote) - Stress is a Laughing Matter! - by "We don't laugh because we're happy - we're happy because we laugh!" William James:
Laughter is great stress medicine. Like intense exercise, it increases brain levels of calming substances such as serotonin and endorphins - it's natural prozac! Feeling tense and uptight? Hold the valium, ...
Views: 708 - Ten Keys to Free Your Mind - by Our thinking defines our reality. Nothing is more powerful than the human mind and it's ability to create. Often our thinking creates thoughts which disempower us, however. Following these ten points one can experience greater clarity and joy; see more opportunities and possibilities. Free Your ...
Views: 708 - AS THE SONG TITLE SAYS, GIRLS: "STAND BY YOUR MAN" - by Hi Doc,
Got a stumper for you. I met my fianc? at a time in my life when I was financially set, carefree, and had lots of time to shower her with attention. I asked her to marry me and move to Missouri to be with me (she lives in Rhode Island). True - she had to give up a job, her family and ...
Views: 707 - Finding Yourself Is An Inside Job - by Discovering your own truth is brutal at times, because it means being totally honest, and not making excuses for what seemingly ends up being your blurred vision of self. I'm sure rose-colored glasses have their place, but not in the journey to self which requires a wide screen and consistently ...
Views: 707 - FROM TRAGEDY TO TRIUMPH - by The world changed on September 11, 2001.
It’s not that the world is any more dangerous than it was before; it’s just that we’re intimately more aware of the evil and danger that exists.
What can we make of all this? Opinions abound, but we all hope that this horrible tragedy will provide ...
Views: 707 - GET WHAT YOU WANT! - by I've probably learned as much from my kids as I've taught them--maybe more. I learned this particular lesson from my oldest son, Mike.
The year was 1994. Mike was in the Marine Corp and home on a short leave. I was in the throws of buying my first "real" computer. I'd been using personal ...
Views: 707 - Making Difficult Decisions with Ease - by Have you ever struggled to make a decision? Do you sometimes base your decisions on what you think you will get as a result of a given choice? For instance, "If I take that job, I will have more money, and when I get more money then I can stop worrying about my bills."
The problem with a "If I ...
Views: 707 - Overcoming Your Fear of the Unknown - by We fluctuate between two extremes in our daily lives-the known and the unknown. The known is our comfort zone, a path where we are contented, and yet confined. When we operate in the known, we anticipate, plan, control, and limit ourselves by creating boundaries.
The unknown, while more vague ...
Views: 707 - The Next Best Thing - by I'm the first to admit that I spend a lot of time helping people focus on goals. How to define goals, set goals, and get goals.
But goals are not the be-all and end-all of personal development.
They're just another useful tool we can use to help us get from where were are to where we'd like ...
Views: 707 - Conflict Resolution - by Conflict by nature is difficult. And yet conflict is a normal, natural aspect of any relationship. In fact, conflict handled well is healthy and can improve, even add to a relationship, leaving both of you feeling heard and understood. It is only when people handle conflict poorly that the ...
Views: 706 - SPIRITUALITY: JUMPSTARTING A CYCLE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION? - by There is a general consensus that spirituality is good for you. This may be the only point of agreement about spirituality these days. Traditionally associated with religion or the occult, spiritual belief and practice in the 21st century are variously and personally defined. There is much ...
Views: 706 - "Balance" is a Myth - by Balance is a myth. There, I said it out loud. To many, this is heresy. But let me say it again: there is no such thing as achieving balance in one's life. It cannot be done. Balance, as we tend to use the word, is a concept constructed as an ideal in theory, but as a self-defeating goal in ...
Views: 705 - The Three P's of Success! - by Starting and building an Internet business is not an easy task. There is the never-ending learning about promotion, marketing, website design and building, technical problems, HTML, cgi, java; the list goes on and on. There are a few things you should think about when you are planning your ...
Views: 705 - 10 Top Ways to Manifest a Life of Creative Flow - by Take a moment and hold fast to a vision of life continually in the flow. Meandering down the river, and even enjoying when the rapids get rough! Knowing in your heart and soul that the one consistent piece of the puzzle is that you remain in the flow mindset.
1. Take time daily to set your ...
Views: 704 - Analze and Drive Your Organizational Enterprise - by What is a "Revenue Critical" Employee?
There has been such a focus on cost reduction in recent years that many organizations take the employees who bring in revenue for granted. A Sales Person is Revenue Critical because if sales force production slows, then cash flow is negatively impacted. But ...
Views: 704 - Attracting Healthy Relationships - by I have often said that there is no one in my life that I don’t want there. In consideration of the thousands of people that I’ve encountered over the past half century, I’m pleased to report that no one who chooses to come around me is abusive, resentful or parasitic. Of course, it wasn’t always ...
Views: 704 - Begin Your Day in A Prosperous Way - by I AM DESERVING OF ALL THAT IS GOOD is a wonderful affirmation to begin your day.
Let's break this down a bit and dicuss what the affirmation really means and how it can empower you.
I believe there is great power in the words "I AM". These words make a situation or circumstance true for ...
Views: 704 - Inside You Lies Greatness - by A seed of vast potential
A place beyond the ego mind
A place so rich and fertile
that you can smell its rich fragrance
like after a cool summer rain
You can feel this pulse of life
as it pulses through you
This infinite part of you knows
like a beacon in the night
It guides you on your ...
Views: 704 - What can the Internet REALLY do for me? - 12 KEY BENEFITS - by In my conversations with business people i've noticed a surprising lack of understanding about the Internet and its potential for their business. Most know it is important for business in general but dont really know why. Few really understand what it can specifically do for their organisation, ...
Views: 704 - 10 Tips to Getting Out of Your Own Way - by 1. Face Facts: YOU may just be the bump in the road that's slowing you down.
Often the most difficult step in getting out of one's own way is recognizing that you are indeed, in it. When you encounter problems in achieving your goals, carefully consider whether or not you are the source of ...
Views: 703 - Having Trouble Motivating Others? Try WIIFM - by Recently my fourteen-year old son Matt dressed up as Santa Claus and attended a Christmas caroling event for one of my professional organizations. Was my son excited about the idea of spending one of his evenings singing to seniors instead of being with his friends? Not really. Then how did I ...
Views: 703 - Developing self-belief - The 9 step process - by To achieve any goal in life, you must believe you are going to be successful. If you do not, you are likely to fail. For each your goals, in your heart of hearts, do you really believe you will achieve them? If the answer for any of them is no, the following 9 step process will help you to ...
Views: 702 - Dream Interpretation for Healing: An Exercise In Patience and Self-Love - by "The greatest book of study is that of your own, written by the soul upon time and space - that of your dreams."
~ From the book Season of Changes, Ways of Response
Using your dreams for healing and soulful direction is a process in patience and self-love that is well worth the time and ...
Views: 702 - Self Growth - by In various writings about emotional issues in people’s lives, you have probably seen reference to the term polarity, as well as the term shadow. One way to notice when we have a polarity within our own life situation is when we have a fixed negative viewpoint about our situation. When we do, it ...
Views: 702 - The A-C-T Formula for Positive Change - by "You can't change what you don't acknowledge and it's hard to change what you don't measure." Few people would say they don't want to make changes in their life. No matter how good things might be going, we want to make them better.
And yet, we resist change—sometimes consciously and often ...
Views: 702 - The lighter side of New Year's resolutions - by Here it comes again, that time of year when we plan our resolutions for the coming year, looking forward to a fresh start. Here is our chance to start again, to do it right this time, to have another shot at success... at glory...
Tradition states that you make resolutions on New Year's day to ...
Views: 702 - Thoughts Run Our Lives - by The major function of our subconscious mind is to take orders! What kind of thoughts are we sifting through our subconscious on a daily basis? When we worry about having enough money, love, work, we're we're not giving orders...we're focusing on "lack" which will surely produce more of the same. ...
Views: 702 - Could You Be Increasing Your OWN Stress Level? - by WHAT, EXACTLY, IS "STRESS"?
Simply put, stress is a signal that something needs to change. It's the body-mind's innate response to internal and external factors that disrupt normal functioning or disturb emotional, cognitive or physical well-being. Perhaps you've heard stories of, say, a 5' 2" ...
Views: 701 - The Secret Law of Attraction - by Well, it’s not really that much of a secret anymore. Many of the cast members of the movie “The Secret” have been on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” “Larry King Live,” and “Ellen.” But what is it really?
There are two ways to look at this. One is ...
Views: 701 - Give Up to Get Love - by Many times when people want to attract their ideal partner, they often make a list of things to do -- action steps, if you will -- that will help them meet "the one." They add new activities into their routine, join dating services, write singles ads. They may start an exercise program or buy ...
Views: 700 - The Qualities of Skillful Leadership - by If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself. Leadership is the ability to attract someone to the gifts, skills, and opportunities you offer as an owner, as a manger, as a parent. I call leadership the great challenge of life.
What's ...
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