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- Blood Pressure Basics - by Copyright http://www.health-care-information.org
There are no hard and fast figures which represent a normal blood pressure. And very often doctors and other experts cannot even decide between them what an ideal blood pressure range is for an adult.
However it is usually agreed that somewhere ...
Views: 628 - Escaping the Two-Income Trap - by "The Two-Income Trap -- Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers are Going Broke," by Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi, describes an escalating condition in American family finances:
“…the people who consistently rank in the worst financial trouble are united by one surprising ...
Views: 628(1 vote) - Escaping the Two-Income Trap - by "The Two-Income Trap -- Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers are Going Broke," by Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi, describes an escalating condition in American family finances:
“…the people who consistently rank in the worst financial trouble are united by one surprising ...
Views: 628(2 votes) - Finding Inspiration - by Question: I want to live with greater inspiration. Any ideas?
Answer: Wayne Dyer calls it your ultimate calling. I call it your birthright. But no matter who you talk to about the subject who has given it considerable thought: One thing's for sure. Anyone can live with more inspiration.
I'm ...
Views: 628 - Let Go and Be Happy - by Anyone in the world can learn to forgive those who have injured them, however, great or small that injury may be. I see the truth of this every day. For example, I recently shared my story with a new friend, and a few days later she called to say that my experiences had inspired her to contact ...
Views: 628 - Loving the work that you do - by I must complete this article.
I've been pre-occupied with it for a couple of weeks now and tonight, is the deadline.
I have to make it.
My stress level is rising, and I have become impatient, irritated and angry.
A while ago I chose to add this monthly writing task to my job description.
At ...
Views: 628 - Regrets, I have a few... - by "Gee, I feel so bad. I really should have done this, and when I think back, I really wish I'd never said that to her, and if only I had jumped at that opportunity, maybe I wouldn't be in this situation ..."
Regrets. I don't know many people who are not carrying
around a few. Just thinking ...
Views: 626 - Business at War - by The world has changed and the world of business has changed forever. While commercial targets have been attacked by terrorists before, the WTC attack signaled that it is no longer only governments or military establishments which are the targets of these madmen, but that destroying businesses ...
Views: 624 - OUR BELIEFS ARE LIKE ADDICTIONS - by The week seems to have been quite long for many of us. I am hoping that many of you that have written to me are feeling better. Some one said it was an astrological aspect that hit us all. Whatever the reasons might be, it is important to be aware of the fact that we have choices.
Basically it ...
Views: 624 - Becoming More Conscious - by You are creating your life experience every single day. Your life is formed from what you think about all day long. The beliefs and attitudes that are so habitual that you don't even notice them shaping your experiences. Instead of responding to situations from an awareness of All Potentials, ...
Views: 623 - Do it Now - by It is winter time, a great time for reflection, introspection, hot chocolate by the fire and long conversations with far away friends. Combine that with all the shopping and holiday activity, and business activity can slow down this season unless you are a caterer or you are in a retail ...
Views: 622 - How to get the most from "the best is yet to come"....... - by In 1993, Mary’s life came to an abrupt halt. Fortunately, she didn’t suffer a health crisis, nor did she experience an unforeseen weather catastrophe. Like so many women, she experienced the trauma of a divorce. She had to reinvent herself. Mary was married to a corporate executive, lived the ...
Views: 622 - Internet Jungle Frightens Me - by Hope so this relates to YOU. If not thanks God. Fearand frustration are biggest obstacles towards success.Newbies caught by these two F's results into failureand ultimately quitting.
Tremendous Confusion When Started -- Several Questions...
* How to get started?
* Can I make money online?
* ...
Views: 622(1 vote) - To Be An Effective Leader, Do A Check-up From The Neck Up - by Before we can effectively lead anyone, we must take an introspective view of ourselves. We must do a check-up from the neck up. We must be certain that the thoughts and attitudes we hold are in alignment with the role we perform.
Check Your Vision
As a leader you need to have vision of what ...
Views: 622 - How Can A Virtual Assistant Help Your Business? - by In general, a Virtual Assistant (VA) is someone who performs administrative tasks away from the office of their clients. A VA is the modern day version of the executive assistant or personal assistant.
A VA is usually not an employee, which comes in very handy for many home business owners. If ...
Views: 621 - Become an Energy Banker - by Ask my friends at Wachovia Bank in Florida what it means to be an Energy Banker and they'll be able to sound off the answer quicker than this week's mortgage and CD rates. I recently gave a seminar to 150 of their employees and they learned that how we invest our energy is even more important ...
Views: 620 - Hocus Pocus - magic does exist! - by Lately, our little daughter has been afraid of dragons. Some witches and the neighbor's black dog have also been causing her concern. We taught her the magic spell: 'Jimalaya...Jim!' and since she's been using it, the dragons, witches and even the big black dog, aren't bothering her anymore.
How ...
Views: 620 - Optimizing America - by Do you describe yourself as a positive thinker? We all know that positive thinking can motivate us to be productive, efficient and successful, but have you ever considered that there are varying shades of positive thinking? For example, some positive thinkers think in mediocre terms and are ...
Views: 620(2 votes) - Point of Decision - by How many decisions do you make daily?
Think about that for a moment. Isn't everything a decision? Do I get up as soon as the alarm goes off in the morning, or do I hit the snooze button? Do I wear my pants today, or my skirt? Do we smile or scowl at the people around us first thing in the ...
Views: 620 - The Key To Optimal Health - by During the past 20 years, we have heard a lot about controlling disease through diet, exercise and food supplements, but not much is being said as to how to prevent disease before it occurs. We are all are born with both inherent strengths and weaknesses as part of our genetic inheritance. All ...
Views: 620 - A TIME FOR REFLECTION - by It is hard to believe that the holiday season is almost over. Holidays have always been a time to revel in that special joy that comes from sharing and socializing with family, friends, and coworkers. Just the thought of golden juicy turkeys and gifts wrapped in bright shiny paper is enough to ...
Views: 619 - ARE YOU HAPPY? - by Are you happy with your life? Really? Do you jump out of bed each morning with a smile as wide as Paul McCartney’s lawyers’? Nope? Then we need to have a chat.
The question is: ‘Why not? Why aren’t you that happy?’
Ok maybe using a lawyer is not a great example but you can see where I am coming ...
Views: 619 - Success For The Internet Home Business Begins With Motivation - by Some of the perks of conducting a business via the Internet are independence, autonomy and financial freedom. Generally speaking, these are the advantages that most entrepreneurial spirits desire which become the impetus for beginning one's own business. Although there are several qualities that ...
Views: 619 - Don't Give It Up! Give It TIME! - by Network Marketing takes time and effort. It's not always a piece of cake! In fact, we've got to start thinking more in terms of it being a marathon and not a sprint!
My husband Clif runs marathons. I know how much time and training it takes for him to be able to do this! He did not just wake ...
Views: 618 - Internet Jungle Frightens Me - by Hope so this relates to YOU. If not thanks God. Fearand frustration are biggest obstacles towards success.Newbies caught by these two F's results into failureand ultimately quitting.
Tremendous Confusion When Started -- Several Questions...
* How to get started?
* Can I make money online?
* ...
Views: 618(1 vote) - The Ultimate Secret: 4 Steps to the Passion of Your Soul - by I have a secret, too. In all of the excitement about attracting your desires, this secret has been sadly overlooked. And it is the foundation for true fulfillment.
The Ultimate Secret
Here is the ultimate secret: Works that come out of the passion of our souls make a huge difference in the ...
Views: 618 - Transformation - it is all about questions - by Have you ever noticed that the older you get, the fewer friends you have, the fewer new things you experience, and the fewer risks you take? The result? Less ecstasy! In actuality, it doesn't make sense. Instead of expanding as you grow, you shrink. When you can relate to this scenario, it is ...
Views: 618 - Your Reasons To Be Thankful Abound - by Tracking our things to be thankful for - Everyone of us has many things to be thankful for. The problem is that we don't always see this to be true. Me included :-). Therefore; playing something as simple as the thankfulness game can do wonders to get us track. This is something that takes ...
Views: 618 - How A Simple Mirror Can Make You Successful In 28 Days! - by I know what you are thinking right now. “How should a mirror help me to become successful?” “Is that possible at all?”
Well, I can tell you – it is possible!
Let me explain what you have to do.
Everyday, for the next 28 days, stand before a big mirror and with the following exercise, learn ...
Views: 617 - Are You Happy? - by Are you happy? This question is likely to bring either a defensive response like `Of course I am!’ or a bemused reply of , `No, should I be?’
Happiness is such a simple, natural concept and yet it seems so hard for the average person to attain. ,ost os us are really bad at being happy!Why on ...
Views: 616 - Changing Your PartnerRelationships are never perfect, and rarely do perfect partners come together. At some point in every relationship, partners want to change something about each other.
The following are three schools of thought on changing another's behavior and an alternative to each one. You will find the ...
Views: 616 - Magnetic Fields as a Form of Energy Medicine - by Just imagine, reaching into the body and healing an imbalance without touching anything. This is what medical magnetic fields do. This is the essence of energy medicine. These magnetic “waves” are the future medicine. Magnetic field devices becoming available to the public deliver fields to ...
Views: 616 - Do Men who Understand Women have a Game Plan? - by Guys, are you dating someone special and you don't want to lose her like all the others? Are you getting bad vibes because your girlfriend of six months only gets migraines when you try to kiss her goodnight at her doorstep? Does it bother you that your wife is meeting too many perverts in chat ...
Views: 615 - Don't Ever Give It Up! Give It TIME! - by Network Marketing takes time and effort. It's not always a piece of cake! In fact, we've got to start thinking more in terms of it being a marathon and not a sprint!
My husband Clif runs marathons. I know how much time and training it takes for him to be able to do this! He did not just wake ...
Views: 615 - Soothing the Worrywart - by Soothing the Worrywart
Dr. Beverly Potter
Worrying is good because it helps you to anticipate danger before it arises, identify - possible perils, come up with ways to lessen the risks, and rehearse what?ou plan to do. But there are some people, worrywarts, who get?tuck in identifying ...
Views: 615 - A New Way of Looking at Life - by Excerpted from The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent.
For complete details, visit http://www.SelfGrowth.com/hicksbook.html
Contrary to what many of our physical friends believe, life on planet earth is at its all time best.. And getting better! This powerful and accurate statement is not only ...
Views: 613 - Boost Your Online Sales By a Whopping 789%! - 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 ...
Views: 612 - Life Lines - by "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."--Winston Churchill
Churchill knew of what he spoke. From birth, he contended with factors that could lead to failure.
He was a stocky boy with red hair who stuttered and had a lisp. He did poorly in school. He ...
Views: 612 - Are You Storing Up Trouble? - by Like me, you've probably been offered a fair old number of these by now.
And, if you're like most people, chances are you maybe own at least one or two.
They always seem to put in an appearance at just the right (or wrong) moment...
It might be Saturday and you've just seen the clothing ...
Views: 610 - Intuition, the Key to Agility - by You are facing a tough choice about which direction to go in a workplace problem. Management wants the results immediately (meaning that your work should have been done yesterday), yet you don’t nearly have all the information you need to make a comfortable decision. You will have to take a ...
Views: 610 - Act as If - by We can only control our attitude and actions. Each of us has a choice each minute, of each hour, of each day, how we will think and act. The bottom line - “what we give out will surely return, be wise” Try a smile or kind gesture. It only takes a moment and will show results immediately. ...
Views: 609 - Triumphing Over Tough Times - by Right now many people are facing tough times. Life as we once knew it has changed and we may find ourselves confronting situations we have never dealt with before.
While we might not be able to control things that are occurring in the world, we can control how we react to what is happening. ...
Views: 609 - What Does Our Work Mean? – Meaningful Participation in an Age of Uncertainties - by The only happy people I know are the ones who are working well at something they consider important.
Abraham Maslow
Everyone I know likes to think that what they are doing matters and that their contribution makes a difference. This is the essence of meaningful participation – making a ...
Views: 608 - Enlightened parenthood is all about giving - by For a long time I wished to write about parenting. However, every time I began I felt as though I was trespassing upon sacred ground. Then, the other night, whilst I was reading my daughter "The Giving Tree" from her favorite bedtime book, I found the right symbol for what enlightened parenthood ...
Views: 606 - Red Rock Lesson - by “Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear.”
—John-Roger and Peter McWilliams
As part of my personal journey and commitment to live a fulfilled life I embarked on a spiritual pilgrimage to deepen my self-understanding and to ...
Views: 606 - The Power of Beliefs - by The way that we think,the ideas that we nurture,the patterns of thought that we possess all impact directly on the results that we achieve in our lives.We are told that each one of us has about 10000 different thoughts a day,the question to ask is what control do we exercise over our thinking ...
Views: 606 - 7 Ways to Ensure A Very Cool Day from Start to Finish - by 1) Set a Relaxed Tone. Give yourself plenty of time and space in the morning. Avoid waking up, jumping in the shower, throwing on some clothes, and dumping coffee in your lap while weaving through traffic. If you begin your day burning adrenaline, you've set the tone for a stressful day where ...
Views: 605 - Deeply Rooted - by In a Wildlife Preserve outside Savannah, I experienced a scene like out of "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak. I went on a walk through a Spanish Moss covered dense wood within the swamp. The unusual collection of birds sang a symphony as they gathered there on the sunny May morning. ...
Views: 604 - Doing the work that you love - by As a child, I remember my father, sitting in his room, surrounded by his books, writing. His work was his love. Later in his life, when most people have retired, he was up early in the morning, busy with his work. It gave him, both a meaning to life and kept him young.
My mother never liked ...
Views: 604 - Surviving the Transition Zone that Accompanies Change - by To significantly change in our lives, our subconscious minds and our belief systems must change. As these changes occur, we find ourselves in a transition zone, a place of the unknown, the lull, the fog, the void, the dead space. It is like being between first and second base on unsafe and ...
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