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- Focus Your Light - by © 2002 Elena Fawkner
Remember when you were a kid how you could make paper catch fire by focusing the sun's rays with a magnifying glass? You'd look over your shoulder at the sun, get the angle of the rays just right, and move the magnifying glass until you could see a small circle of bright ...
Views: 698 - 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: 698 - It's More Than Just Learning - by American author Alvin Toffler said, "The illiterate of the future are not those that can not read or write. They are those that can not learn, unlearn, relearn."
By now we should all be aware that in order to improve one's position in life, we must continue to learn new things. But in order to ...
Views: 698 - 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: 698 - Because I Choose To - by Copyright © 2004 T.D. McKenzie. All rights reserved.
For many science fiction fans, 2003 was the year of The Matrix, where we saw not one but two sequels released in the same year: The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions were follow-ups to the sleeper hit The Matrix, which was released ...
Views: 697 - Did you ask life for a Snickers and get a Milky Way? - by You set out on the path toward your dreams long ago and now, here you are years later and you still haven’t reached your goals.
Frustrating! It’s like the candy vending machine scenario that we’ve all heard about or dealt with. You put the right amount of change in and you selected F2, which ...
Views: 697 - So What? - by * So what if I am confused, I can seek clarity.
* So what if I feel overwhelmed, I can always change my point of focus.
* So what if I am upset that I didn’t know that sooner, I know it now.
* So what if that didn’t turn out okay, I gained new knowledge and wisdom from it.
* So what if I ...
Views: 697 - 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 ...
Views: 697 - Flying to the Top - by It started out well enough. I was talking to my two older brothers about the last six months of my life. We do not see each other often. In fact, twice in a calendar year is amazing! I got very excited at the prospect of telling them all that has been happening in my life. There have been so ...
Views: 696 - Compassion, Part 2 - by Having compassion toward others is a gift of connectedness you give yourself and a gift of presence you give others. While difficult to define, compassion is a way of being, and you will see the definition emerge among the three concepts presented here.
1. Compassion involves seeing others as ...
Views: 695 - Pain - a tool for growth - by A few months ago I had a miscarriage.
As the doctors preferred it to be the natural way I had to look at pain (physical and emotional) straight in the eye.
With each contraction, pain took over my whole body for a few seconds. Once this wave was over a wave of emotional pain took its place. ...
Views: 695 - The Top 7 - How Well do you Speak? - by The ability to speak well can enhance your career, clinch a sale, sell a point of view and increase an executive's productivity. Coach Sandra Schrift, founder of the first national speakers?bureau in San Diego, shares a few insights on making a presentation.
1. The most important objective of ...
Views: 695 - Transition Management - by In the past, changes (societal shifts, disasters, mergers, plant closings, promotions) were relatively infrequent and took place within an environment that gave people time to adjust to the new situations. But in today’s world, the nature of change itself is in a word - changing!
Today’s rate ...
Views: 695 - 7 Keys of Producing A Self-Published Power Book - by What is a Power Book? It’s a self-published book that rivals any house-published book. It’s a book that looks, feels and reads like a book that has the power and potential to become a New York Times Bestseller, but it was produced for a fraction of the cost, time and effort. A self-published ...
Views: 694 - Calling Your Energy Home - by Do you have the energy to sustain a full and balanced life (what I often refer to as "your bigger game"), or do you sometimes suspect that if your dreams came true you would be too tired or scattered to sustain them?
Two reasons we run short of energy are leakage and lack of focus. These ...
Views: 694 - Change or Be Changed - by George was 53 when he had his first attack. He'd smoked for almost 40 years, was badly overweight, had an extremely high fat diet, and handled stress poorly. This warning shocked him into joining a smoking-cessation program. George and his wife also learned about healthy eating and improved ...
Views: 694 - Everything I ever needed to learn about - by NO! Not me ! I wasn't ready for this; I am only 47 and way too young. The day that I always feared had become a reality. My son actually wanted to play baseball during the summer of '99. I had heard horror stories about what became of parents who drag their kids to little league baseball games ...
Views: 694 - SOMETHING YOU WORK FOR - by Your success in any endeavor will be the direct result of the personal giving of yourself. As an example ... the word Sacrifice is defined by Webster as 1: an act of offering to deity something precious; esp : the killing of a victim on an altar 2: something offered in sacrifice and 3 a: ...
Views: 694 - 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: 694 - WHY DOES SHE ALWAYS BRING HER KID ON THE DATE? - by Hi Doc,
I am smitten with a beautiful redhead who has a three year-old daughter. She told me from the beginning that she wasn't looking for anyone because she didn't want anyone telling her how to raise her little girl. Apparently, she had had a bad relationship with her daughter's father, ...
Views: 694 - Allergies Take Over Phoenix - by Hostages held by Pollens and Molds!
This might sound like a tabloid feature, but sometimes it seems too close to truth. What can we do to fight these problems without buying into the local drugstore and all their expensive "remedies"? This article will have two parts. Natural easy ways to fight ...
Views: 693 - Real Estate Agents: The Top 10 Strategies for Dealing With First-Time - by Depending on your marketplace, up to 75% of the buyers are first-time home purchasers. If you're looking for some strategies to reduce "first-timer jitters," try the following.
1. Recognize that "first time jitters" are almost always due to fear. When clients are fearful, ask them if there's ...
Views: 693 - The Mindset of “Job Security” Can Be Killing Your Best Resource - by When it comes to managing knowledge, learning from past mistakes, and capitalizing on the hidden knowledge and the wisdom of people, organizations historically have not done that well. Instead of building human portals and mediums that connect and unite people, and creating safe environments ...
Views: 693 - 9 WAYS TO GET THE MOST OUT OF LIVING YOUR LIFE PURPOSE - by You have finally clarified what your life is about, you know who you are and what your life purpose is. You have even created a life purpose statement. Now what? How do you get the most out of the work you've done. How do you have your life purpose shape your life? This list will help guide you ...
Views: 692 - Does It Really Matter? - by We are all involved in this game called life and we will have our challenges and successes. One thing that will have great bearing on our attitude and lives is how we treat those challenges and successes.
Have you ever had one of those days where nothing seems to go right? What was your ...
Views: 692 - FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS (from the book, Words of Life) - by There are many types of communication we can share to develop a stronger relationship with family members. Each relationship is unique and has special features. We may choose to share special branches with specific members of the family. The extended family is also important.
1. With whom can I ...
Views: 692 - How to Tackle Challenges That Make You Feel Overwhelmed - by How To Tackle Challenges That Make You Feel Overwhelmed You have most likely heard it said, many times over, that the best way to tackle a large project or task, is to break it down into small tasks. There is a saying that I saw on a small poster many years ago that read, “Life’s hard by the ...
Views: 692 - Success is Okay! - by Did you know that it's perfectly alright to be successful?
It is.
It's also entirely okay for you to have found the perfect job, to be in the ideal relationship, to not have to worry about money, to be able to spend your time "playing" in the garden when you want, or go to your kids' early ...
Views: 692 - Want To Relax and Sell More? Nurture Your Creativity - by Often you try one tip, then another, then a few more, only to see your business holding steady or slipping backward. Unfortunately, only the most savvy entrepreneurs see the real problem that his holding them back.
You can't be successful until your true, inner creativity is free. While this ...
Views: 692 - Little Known Way To Gain Trust, Drive Traffic To Your Site And Generate Instant Sales - by The short story I'm about to tell is responsable for thousands of dollars in sales. Are you interested ?
I was watching a show on TV today when the station suddenly displayed a little circled white 'P' in the botom-right of the screen (signalling something was to be advertised)
The hosts ...
Views: 691 - How DO you become successful on the Internet? - by Everyone on the Internet is looking for the ultimate get-rich- quick scheme. At least that is what the people selling the ultimate get-rich-quick scheme would like you to believe.
Which one is the 'ultimate'? Well, if you hear them tell it, theirs is, of course.
"Turn $5 into $50,000,000,000 ...
Views: 690 - The Positive Power of Quitting - by I'm a big believer in quitting. I think it's a good thing. You should do more of it.
Yes, I did say quitting and -- yes -- I did say you should do more of it!
Sound odd? I'm not surprised. Maybe it's that neat-o 'survival instinct' of yours kicking in. Or maybe after years and years of ...
Views: 690 - The Value of Creating Your Own Journal for Your Thoughts, Feelings and Experiences - by The famous guided imagery expert and author of the "Goddess Within," Susan Castle, is quoted as saying,
"Journalling helps you grow, and flow. It helps you get in touch with who you really are...your essence. It helps put you in touch with the Dreamer in you. It nourishes your Dreamer. ...
Views: 690 - Train Hard and Count your calories - by Has it been a while since you have made a real difference in your physique? Are you twelve weeks out and prepared to give up some of that muscle that you created all winter? Want to know the about the ultimate growth supplement?
Food and calories, there is it, the answer plain simple and ...
Views: 690 - Feel - by Recently I had a conversation with a friend about relationships.
She told me she does not have a relationship and has not had one for the last few years. I asked her if she was complete with her divorce and the relationship right after that. She said she had no feeling left about her old ...
Views: 689 - TOUCHING - by Have you touched anyone today? A few weeks ago, I started to think that I'd like to write an article entitled "Touching". At that time, I had no idea how to go about it, but the title kept parading in my mind. That same week, a friend of mind called me to let me know about a great event that had ...
Views: 689 - Community - local, national and global - by I’ve known the subject of my second column for a few days now, but I am going to pretend. I am going to pretend that I wrote this column prior to 9/11/01. I am going to pretend that my subject of community is perfectly appropriate as we settle into the shorter days of fall and the transition of ...
Views: 688 - How to Develop, Listen To, and Trust Your Most Valuable Resource - by Your intuition has incredible power to "see" and "hear" and "feel" beyond your normal 5 senses' abilities. What I mean is that your hunches, those little messages that we all receive, have incredible ability to fuel our Life's Dreams and help us move beyond our so-called limitations.
Your ...
Views: 688 - Thousands Enter Internet Wilderness Daily - by Ever wondered what it feels like to walk alone through the African bush in the midday sun? If you remember the first time you surfed the Internet, you will have a good idea.
Not long after you begin you are totally disoriented, take the wrong turns and are not sure where to go, or how to get ...
Views: 687 - What's Hard to Find, But Always With You - by To create a wonderful life, you first need to make a choice: will you use your thinking to help yourself to the happy, fulfilling life you wish for, or will you allow the often haphazard, random ideas we gather over time to non-consciously run your life for you? What you think leads directly to ...
Views: 687 - Building Your Image in China - by China's media is booming creating opportunities for marketing-savvy businesses. But many companies have little understanding of how to harness the power of the media in the world's most populous country. Managing Director of 8M Media & Communications Thomas Murrell shares 10 Success Tips for ...
Views: 686 - 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: 686(2 votes) - How To Offer Individual Praise Without Undermining Team Efforts - by A lot of discussions lately are centered around teamwork and leadership. This is especially an issue after all the leadership scandals that have been brought to light in corporate America this past year. Due to major layoffs, and the loss of exceptional brainpower, there is a huge need for ...
Views: 686 - Love it or Lose it - by A lot of people have lost their jobs due to offshore outsourcing. There is a deeper spiritual issue at play here. Many people who worked in these “Level 1” support positions took the job because it was there. Were they really happy about the work they were doing? Sure, it paid the bills, but did ...
Views: 686(2 votes) - The Transforming Power of Mirroring - by What is Mirroring?
In this millenium, we have new sources of power that drive technology at ever increasing speeds. As rapidly as we expand the horizons of our technological forces, we move away from a source of power that exists within all human beings.
The power to transform, to catalyze ...
Views: 686 - This Side Of The Rainbow - by I recently took a ride to the video store to select my evening’s entertainment. A dramatic thunderstorm was passing over as I made my way across town in the middle of late afternoon rush hour traffic.
The sky was dark and the rain was coming down in torrents. I made my way into the store ...
Views: 686 - Time Management Is All About Relationship - by Why are young children immune to the stress and anxiety of time pressure? Sure, they don't have a lot to do and they are not pressured by everyone around them to produce on a deadline. Consider the possibility that there is a more basic reason.
Time has not yet become the child's adversary. ...
Views: 686 - Been There; Done That - by “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure.”
General Colin L. Powell
In October 2000, I bought my first Internet marketing program to promote. I paid $20.00 for the program; $179.40 for an autoresponder for one year; $64.99 to be ...
Views: 685 - Smile Power - by There is power in a smile. The simple act of moving the corners of the mouth upward has the ability to touch the hard hearted and lighten heavy burdens.
Smiling is both evocative and affirming. A smile evokes a response from the one smiled at and affirms their place in the universe. A smile ...
Views: 685 - Your Challenge is to Achieve ! - by Several years ago I read the book "The Achievement Challenge - How to be a 10 in Business". The authors, Don Beveridge Jr. and Jeffrey P. Davidson outlined ten specific activities and personality traits hat will help you reach that goal. In this article, I've given examples for each of these ...
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