"A god, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite and turns the hair gray." - Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)
It does a lot more than that, Benjamin! The harm that worry causes in our lives has been well documented by ... Views: 856
Worry for Success
Worry can spark action if you worry and realize a plan of action needs to be initiated-- and you act. Under those circumstance worry is serving you well.
Worry can spark your imagination. Sometimes having a cerebral cortex is not much fun. Imagination can litter our internal ... Views: 736
Do you know what *The Zone* is? The Zone is a place where you are in control, you are on top of the situation, you are succeeding effortlessly. Can you remember a specific time and place like that: at work, in sports, at home, or whenever?
Remember it fully. Step into that experience, and as ... Views: 804
Remember reading about England’s wars? Where the men who fought used a shield for protection? That shield was thick, a barrier that kept them from being physically harmed.
Wouldn’t it be neat if you had a shield today for things that hurt you on the INSIDE, a barrier that kept you from being ... Views: 810
Life is a series of moments......either you live them or live life suspended!----without the joy of today and the feeling of accomplishment that no one can give to you. You must earn it!!!!
Why do you think so many people feel empty regardless of the money, sex, fame, looks,etc? They do not ... Views: 1207
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WOULD YOU TAKE THE STAIRCASE OR THE ELEVATOR???
DON'T TAKE THE SHORTCUT!!!
Written by Darren Roberts
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We all want to be successful in our own ... Views: 1167
Before you reach out to help others, please look to your own emotional condition. No one is immune to the pain and horror of terrorist attacks.The people around you may be suffering and needing help. Yet, you also have experienced an emotional trauma.
Consider these suggestions for preparing ... Views: 729
The abrupt and shocking attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon by terrorists has left many adults and children feeling sad, frightened, bewildered and helpless. How can teachers help their young students feel more secure, more stable and capable of positive action?
Providing ... Views: 952
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You've been asked to speak in public about yourself, your community, the national debt, world hunger. Terrific! You envision success resulting in more speaking gigs, but you experience panic resulting in a loss of words and ideas. Suddenly you're ... Views: 1238
Like umbrellas and pens, unwritten goals almost always end in loss!
Written goals are catalysts, transforming agents for success and achievement. You will achieve far greater and more consistent results when you take the time to write down your goals.
Writing goals sets off a chain of events ... Views: 1008
It’s that time of year again, the time for optimistic thinking and resolution making. If you are not mindful, another year will pass you by taking with it your dreams and aspirations. Have you ever wondered why you can’t seem to make forward progress in your life? It is usually because you have ... Views: 1606
Each new year is laden with possibilities like the pages of a new journal. At the beginning of a new year, many of us make resolutions. However, we often make the resolutions quickly with very little thought as to what is or isn’t working in our lives. As a result, the resolutions usually fail, ... Views: 452
When you try to get someone to do something -- your boss, your employees, your Congressman, your landlord -- get right to the point. Start off with your "bottom line," the action you want taken; then lay out the whys and hows.
An action request is not a mystery novel, where you find the ... Views: 705
What is distracting you from your Dream? Will you regret later on in life not going for it?
Return, Revisit to your Dreams, the hopes you once took the time to write down, praying that one day you would gather the strength, courage and persistence to make this life worthwhile. Keep them out ... Views: 781
Virginia Satir, pioneer in family therapy, was the first to describe a healthy, happy family and the poor coping strategies of families caught in dysfunction. Nowadays everyone seems to come from a dysfunctional family that dealt with the hard knocks of life by creating more confusion and pain. ... Views: 5491
I still get a kick out of the looks of disbelief I get when I tell people that as a vegetarian I absolutely eat bacon cheeseburgers every chance I get. They tell me "I know what a vegetarian is--it's someone who only eats a bunch of vegetables and weird stuff like tofu". Or "you can't be a ... Views: 1281
What would constitute a miracle in your life? . . . A million dollars? . . A great family vacation? . . A new car? . . A physical healing? . . Someone's love? . . a 50-pound weight loss? Whatever it is that you consider your miracle, KNOW THAT IT CAN COME TRUE!
This is not necessarily meant to ... Views: 862
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: 707
Yin Yang is the ancient, Chinese symbol for balance. It depicts the strong attraction and complementary nature of opposites. Just as magnate and metal attract, while oil and water repel, we too are subject to these laws of nature in our relationships. For example, we have all met people for whom ... Views: 2691
You may not think of your relationship with your doctor as a dance, but it is. When you and your physician are in step with one another good things happen. Your doctor listens to you, makes a diagnosis and offers information about your condition and its treatment. You feel free to ask questions, ... Views: 624
You may well question the statement made in the title of this article. There are many who feel they have little or no control over their lives. That things happen to them which are totally beyond their control.
We all have control of our lives. No one else controls our thoughts or our ... Views: 821
We humans are a funny, funny breed. We spend our entire lives working and working and working to acquire ‘stuff? We buy and surround ourselves with the biggest, fanciest this or that when all the while what we really need and want is something you can’t buy anywhere. The thing we all spend our ... Views: 636
You are not responsible for the background and circumstances that may have influenced who you are, but you are responsible for who you become.
As I have said before, “we need to learn from our mistakes.” Not only that, but we need to learn from others mistakes. All to often I hear people say, ... Views: 4868
Did you know that the United States Environmental Protection Agency reports that:
Indoor air quality is on average two to five times more polluted, and sometimes 100 times more polluted, than outdoor air!
Well, I've lived my adult life by one simple rule: I don't put anything unhealthy into ... Views: 1011
I always believed myself to be this open, enlightened father in relation to my daughter, Thom. I was genuinely convinced that during the first 4-year period of her life, I had not made any significant errors that had adversely affected her growth and development. She's a happy, bright and ... Views: 591
It is true: you are what you eat, you are what you think
It is our choice, our choice solely to become whatever we wish to become through the power of our thoughts and through what we consume within our bodies. Most human beings do not understand that it is vital to watch what we each think ... Views: 760
Years ago, I discovered that the critical people in my life, who loved to pick at me and tear me down, were just echoing the condemning voices in my head. I'd spent so much time distracted, defending myself against those outer critics, that I hadn't addressed the real issue, how I felt about ... Views: 839
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: 854
Why are people not getting in shape, losing weight and keeping it off, and reaching their goals? It's because they're not being told the "truth" and their not being given the "facts."
The truth is that America is more overweight now than at the turn of the century because:
They consume over ... Views: 727
How is your family life? How is your business life? How is your love life? And how is your personal health? Would you like to see improvements? Here’s how to improve all four areas DRAMATICALLY.
Many self-help books have been written in the specific area of how to improve the quality of your ... Views: 1069
Really, you can never remember, because . . . Why?
Because you haven't tried hard enough, or made it fun, that's why. We all have an excellent memory, we just don't exercise it. It's certainly NOT because we can't. Not if we're like everyone else.
You haven't lifted a 50 lb. weight either, ... Views: 1031
What is the greatest Job in the world?
Working for yourself, setting your own hours, going to bed and getting up when you want, living where you want, no boss barking on your back, no time clock to punch in, no rush hour traffic, doing something satisfying and rewarding with your life, helping ... Views: 716
Have you been divorced in the past, just recently or just about to go ahead with it? Was it your own decision and choice or his/hers against your own wish? Whichever the case, it is possible to divorce your spouse. It may be hurtful, stressful, difficult or even quite relieving but it is ... Views: 707
Have you been divorced in the past, just recently or just about to go ahead with it? Was it your own decision and choice or his/hers against your own wish? Whichever the case, it is possible to divorce your spouse. It may be hurtful, stressful, difficult or even quite relieving but it is ... Views: 932
Have you been divorced in the past, just recently or just about to go ahead with it? Was it your own decision and choice or his/hers against your own wish? Whichever the case, it is possible to divorce your spouse. It may be hurtful, stressful, difficult or even quite relieving but it is ... Views: 729
Have you been divorced in the past, just recently or just about to go ahead with it? Was it your own decision and choice or his/hers against your own wish? Whichever the case, it is possible to divorce your spouse. It may be hurtful, stressful, difficult or even quite relieving but it is ... Views: 3361
Overloaded with work? Feel you need help with time management? You’re not alone. The push is on today to do Overloaded with work? Feel that you need help with managing your time? You're not alone. The push is on these days to do more, more, more, more. So in frustration, you turn to time ... Views: 829
What makes some sales professionals standouts and others merely competent? I'll give you a hint, it's not the products they are selling.
Top sales professionals have an edge. They know how to develop sales presentations that deliver not only the benefits of their products, but the best of ... Views: 888
My e-zine, Tame Your Brain!, is dedicated to showing people how to live their lives successfully. However, I felt that death should be dealt with, too. We have an opportunity to make one last contribution. Let’s make sure we make it our best.
Are you going to die . . . soon?
Hm. That’s a ... Views: 1015
After 20 years of study, we've discovered what we believe to be the real secret to "happiness and achievement," but it cannot be described in a headline so please read this letter carefully
I have to teach you something in this letter. Once you understand it, you have a key that Paul Scheele ... Views: 1026
I once participated in a small workshop on public speaking. Each of us was presented with the goal of deeply connecting with all eight attendees. We were to speak from the heart on a specific topic, and the audience was to connect back with the speaker. And while the workshop was indeed ... Views: 711
The meaning behind this one simple childhood utterance can literally change your life...almost overnight.
Here's the scenario. Little Tommy intentionally pushes little Suzie. Suzie runs to the teacher and exclaims "Tommy pushed me on purpose!" Of course, Tommy gets punished for his act. You've ... Views: 1030
When someone we care about is in danger, it is only natural to want to do something. Our hand reaches out automatically when a loved one loses their balance and is about to fall. Parents, understanding they are protecting their teen from the consequences of facing the world on their own, tap ... Views: 13117
Several years ago I was listening to a radio interview of a famous multiple award-winning actress. She’d been in the business a long time--in movies, on stage and in television. She was and still is admired and respected by her peers as well as the general public.
The interviewer asked her ... Views: 830
It is what it is - not what is programmed into us.
If you are going to be programmed at least know it for what it is.
Whether it be religion, politics or what ever belief systems you have bought into.
.............At least know that you are programmed and have bought into it.
We are ... Views: 1067
As a Minister, Spiritual Teacher and one who is fortunate enough to be clairvoyant, I am often involved with the "death" process. A strange expression? Not really. You would not object to my saying the "moving process" in regard to your relocating. You rully accept the various steps that have to ... Views: 590
If a magic fairy had visited me as a young girl and told me I would be a journalist when I grew up, I would have said, “No way!” That was the last vocation I could ever imagine for myself. The evening newscasts frightened me with their macabre scenes of violence and atrocities. I would flip ... Views: 836
You've had this happen to you at one time or another: You make a funny comment to a friend or family member based on something silly you've just been thinking about. Instead of laughter, you get frustration, maybe even a hostile reaction.
"How could they react that way?" you ask. "My intention ... Views: 741
I get many questions from people about how meditation can be used to attract wealth into their lives. People are often disappointed to find out that the solution involves work, and I don’t just mean going to their day jobs. In order to bring money into your life, you have to be ready to accept ... Views: 800
We live in a jet-fuelled world where relaxation is a luxury. There’s always something to do at work, around the house, with the family or out and about around town. So, when can you find time to relax? Truly relax?
In this day and age, you have to make time to unwind, whether it’s a few minutes ... Views: 3006