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- Success or Satisfaction? - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2013 from Morrin BassIt is an adventure, writing an article on my special presentation Success Or Satisfaction. Everyone wants them both, success and satisfaction. And everyone questions, is it possible to have them both? But nobody thinks that satisfaction is possible along with success. I know many people ...
Views: 1337 - Failure is Not Fatal! - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Pat MussieuxI know that, for many people, the number one fear in life is supposedly public speaking! In my opinion, right 'up there’ on the list, is the fear of failure! I hear this all the time and it drives me crazy. "Don’t be afraid to fail. Don’t waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from ...
Views: 1336(1 vote) - Living in the Problem? Try Living in the Solution! - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2013 from Noelle NelsonYou’re annoyed. You promised yourself you would lose that weight, go to the gym, get in shape to join your friends in a much vaunted walk-a-thon. Yet here you are, six months later, one month away from the walk-a-thon, and you’ve only lost a couple of pounds, your trips to the gym are spotty at ...
Views: 1336 - Surrender Negative Attitudes Into Ones Of Gratitude - by Submitted on Oct 03, 2012 from Kimberley CohenWhat creates, or is creating, a negative attitude in your life? Perhaps you are worried, concerned, or frustrated about your financial situation, your child, your relationship, your health or someone else’s. Maybe you are doubtful about your present or future circumstances, or angry or ...
Views: 1336 - Build Trust and Rapport: Avoid Criticizing and Complaining - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2012 from Ellen PatnaudeWhen it comes to building trust and rapport, there are seven basic principles that we have found to be key. The first of those is as follows: Avoid Criticizing and Complaining Any behavior that is negative will inherently go against the spirit of building trust and rapport with someone. ...
Views: 1335 - Don't STUFF Anger, Rage and Upsets - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from Frederick ZapponeWe are brought up in a STUFF IT society. In other words, it is more important to be politically correct and look good than it is to tell 'our truth' even if our truth is upsetting. Because we are brought up in a STUFF IT society there are things that people stew about for years then one day ...
Views: 1335 - HOPE, Never Lose Hope - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2015 from John Carinci**Hope** (Excerpt from John's New Book "AWESOME SUCCESS PRINCIPLES") “There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow.” --Orison Sweet Marden I watched the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. The hosting city was Sochi, in ...
Views: 1335 - Self Hypnotism Should Be Taught To Employees, Students, Armed Forces Personnel, Medical Personnel and others! - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2011 from Charles HiceYears ago, I wrote to a Psychiatrist about Self Hypnotism, and told him that I thought that self hypnotism and bio-feedback was same thing, but without a machine. He said,that I could teach the subject, but not call it bio-feedback, which I understood. You can not damage your brain, and it ...
Views: 1335 - Success and Loss - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2009 from Geoffrey CanavanMy brother was diagnosed with cancer in May. By June he had passed away. Initially the situation was one of horror, shock, sadness and anger but as we went through the weeks and as his failing health became more evident, we also realised that anything we needed to talk about would have to be ...
Views: 1335(3 votes) - Are You On a Rhinoceros Path? - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2010 from Val WilcoxLet me tell you a little story about a rhinoceros in a zoo: This rhinoceros had a small enclosure where he paced along the same path day after day until he wore a path in the dirt. The zoo keepers felt sorry for him and expanded the enclosure to give him more space to move around in. After ...
Views: 1334(3 votes) - As the Paradigm Shifts: O is for Obligation - by Submitted on May 28, 2012 from Rosie KuhnOne evening as I was laying in bed, preparing for a restful night of slumber, a voice from inside my head said: “I want to live my own life?” I was shocked with this outburst as I am one of the most independent individuals I know; I live a thousand miles away from my husband, on a secluded ...
Views: 1334 - Seeing Things In A New Light - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2016 from Michael RobeySeeing Things In A New Light - This Can Change Everything “The way we see the problem is the problem.” You need more than natural light to live a truly successful life If we can just see things in a new light … in an elevated way … it will make all the difference. In a real ...
Views: 1334 - Smart Women Get Away - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2009 from Joy ChudacoffI'm in Park City, Utah on a family vacation having a wonderful time. Guess what? I initially didn't want to get away for a family vacation. I mean it's not that I didn't want to go to Park City. I love Park City. It is a peaceful, cozy town nestled between some magnificent mountains. It's not ...
Views: 1334(3 votes) - The Choice for Change - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2012 from Geoffrey CanavanEvery time a report card came home Ellen knew that, no matter how well she did in her exams, the same three words would appear at the bottom of the page. Her teachers always felt that she ‘could try harder’ but in fact she really was doing her best and trying her hardest. Every day after ...
Views: 1334(1 vote) - 4 wealth generation belief to achieve financial freedom - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2017 from Sultan MorbiwalaHave you ever thought what wealth generation belief do millionaire have? How do they think that leads them to large scale wealth generation? Learn this 4 wealth generating belief that will change your life. I had though about it for some time and read many books related to success by ...
Views: 1333 - Business is Not About Being Liked by Everyone - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2011 from Kathleen HanaganYou have a big dream in your heart to get your message out to many people, and are terrified of the exposure, so you keep yourself a well-hidden secret, all the while knowing you could do more. This is a far too common situation for sensitive and spiritually-minded people, for many reasons, not ...
Views: 1333 - Develop a Good Perspective About the World - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2008 from Todd HicksEnvy, prejudice, racism, anger and intolerance are major problems. Some of us want to be like others or wish we had what they have due to envy. Some of us prejudge, fear or hate others because they look or appear to be different from us. We tend to spend at least some time being angry at ...
Views: 1333 - How to Discover the Courage to Be Fiercely You - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2018 from Parvati DeviOne of the pivotal quotes that shaped my life growing up was from one of my favorite musical icons, David Bowie: “The worst trick God can play is to make you an artist, but a mediocre one.” Internalizing my version of his message, my motto became through high school and university that I would ...
Views: 1333(1 vote) - New Year Resolutions--Getting Into the Right Mindset - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2016 from Estra RoellAre you one of the majority of people who, with the best of intentions, set new year resolutions, only to have them fading into distant memory by the end of January? Research from the University of Scranton found that just 8% of people achieve their New Year’s goals. So, what is the ...
Views: 1333 - Success and Who You Are - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Geoffrey CanavanSometimes circumstances give us an opportunity to reflect on where we are and to choose once again how we want to live. Having run a very large business, employing close to a hundred people and turning over many millions, I found myself in a situation where the business no longer existed and my ...
Views: 1333(2 votes) - When Leadership Veers Off Course - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2012 from Asa BeaversIn case you’re wondering, leaders make mistakes too. Leaders can veer off-course just like anyone, sometimes creating havoc in their wake. They’re human just like you and I, but the difference is, they chose to put themselves front and center. Whether leading a large company or institution, a ...
Views: 1333 - Entrepreneurs: How To Deal With Difficult Days - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2015 from Margie BeiswangerWhen the going gets tough, the tough go do something fun. Listen, it is highly likely that you'll have days that are less fluid than others. Days that present challenges. Days where you want to throw your computer out the window and auction off your first-born. When you own your business, ...
Views: 1332 - Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2015 from Lisa PerryThe cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. -- Joseph Campbell When I was very young, if I was I was learning something new and didn't catch on right away, I always pronounced my dislike for that thing right away. If it didn't come easily, I wasn't interested. I was a pretty ...
Views: 1332 - Accept Yourself As You Are, You Never Get It Done and You Can't Get It Wrong. - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2016 from Chris SpinkAccept yourself as you are, you never get it done and you can't get it wrong. The second secret to manifesting your dreams and desires is to learn that you will never be finished and you will always happily want to manifest new experiences. Imagine receiving everything you want right now and ...
Views: 1331 - Let Questions Find You - by Submitted on May 30, 2013 from Behnam BakhshandehLet Questions Find You Building or Surviving This is an excerpt from upcoming book “Anatomy of Upset” by Behnam Bakhshandeh It is very common for us to make decisions when we are upset. When you are honest with yourself you can see how many times you had made some decisions in face of ...
Views: 1331(2 votes) - Take the Time before the Time Takes You - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2016 from T. Renee RichardsonAloha! The mainstream western mindset, aka monkey-mind, aka mundanitude, continues to suck the vibrancy out of intelligent, creative, sensitive souls who try albeit in vain, to fit into it. The resulting rise in health crises both physical and emotional, coupled with the current spiritual ...
Views: 1331(1 vote) - Why We Speak About Things We Do Not Practice! - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2015 from Dr. Mona AeyshaLoot at the following statements given by some of the parents for their own children: Example 1: I am not happy with my kids when they do not conform to my standards of life. I want them to become a gentleman like keeping values that I possess. I want them to choose the paths of life I ...
Views: 1331 - How to Benefit from the Recession - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2009 from Heather LoewenTake your mind off the money and do something! Everyone should know by now that a small group of individuals controls the economy, but they don’t control you. They don’t control your mind, your heart, your soul or your reason to be. What they do control is the Federal Reserve, the major banks ...
Views: 1330 - Positive Mental Attitude - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2017 from Mitra ShahidiWe control our mental attitude by positive attitude not by rules. Change your mental attitude, and the world around you will change accordingly It is our own mental attitude which makes the world what it is for us. Our thought make things beautiful, our thoughts make things ugly. The whole ...
Views: 1330 - The Coat Button Cure - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2010 from Hannah KeeleyI was once a prisoner of perfection. If I couldn't mop the entire kitchen floor perfectly, I wouldn't do it at all. If I couldn't declutter my entire closet, I wouldn't clear out anything. See, here's the deal with perfection. Some people may look at a cluttered, messy home and think, 'well, ...
Views: 1330(1 vote) - ***Salesman-of-the-Month Must Go - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2008 from Kevin BurnsI have been noticing in my daily newspaper these past few weeks, the sheer volume of ads touting various car dealerships’ Salesman-of-the-Month awards. Now, as much as the next guy, I understand the value of recognizing employees and their contributions. And I also get that, especially as ...
Views: 1329 - 6 Benefits of Living a Purposeful Life - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2018 from Estra Roell“The great courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past so that we can live our dreams.” ― Oprah Winfrey We all have a calling in life. We are here for a reason and the dreams we hold inside us give us direction. But so often we push ...
Views: 1329 - Why Developing Leadership Skills is Important to the Success of Your Business - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2013 from David & Lisa BoyleDue to the competitive nature of the world today, Developing Leadership Skills are crucial to the success of any business. True leadership cannot be appointed or assigned, Developing your Leadership Skills is the only way to get people to follow you. There is a common misconception that ...
Views: 1329(1 vote) - Does a Road Trip Parallel a Life Journey? - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2010 from Joyce Shafer, Book DoctorDo you ever wonder if you’re on the right road of your life? If this is or has been your experience, how did you manage yourself? A friend and I took a road trip using her GPS to get us from New York City to Louisiana. We wanted to beat the anticipated July Fourth traffic, so left Thursday ...
Views: 1328(2 votes) - Hunting for Treasure - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2011 from Vickie GriffithEver hunt for treasure when you where a child? Remember the thrill of the hunt, anticipation of the prize and the exhilaration when you found the treasure. The treasure might not have been anything more than a shiny rock or small toy. The size of the prize did not matter--it was the value that ...
Views: 1327 - Mark Twain's Secret Book - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2013 from Joe VitaleIn 1891 members of The Authors Club of New York came up with a terrific idea to raise funds for a permanent home for their meetings. I love their idea and want to share it with you. You could adapt it for many uses today. Plus there’s a lesson in prosperity here for you. Let me ...
Views: 1327(1 vote) - The Baby Whisperer Vol 6: Living in Conscientiousness - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2011 from Joan Marie WhelanAlong your life’s journey, I am sure you have met many significant people; possibly you’ve fallen in love and have been willing to open yourself up to taking the next step in your life by becoming vulnerable to another. How magnificent it is to open yourselves up to an extension of yourselves. ...
Views: 1327 - A Woman in Transition…From What to What? - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2010 from Deborah HayesGail Sheehy wrote the book Passages several years ago about how the body goes through ‘passages’ every 7 seven years or so. As it matures it evolves from infant to child, teenager and young adult to adult, crone and so on. With each of these life transitions changes are made and difficulties ...
Views: 1326(1 vote) - Building a Life of Significance: How can I Help YOU? - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2017 from Julie DohertyToday is a Stress Free Day for Myself and My Darling husband. So after cleaning up the house I decided to have a candlelit bubble bath. Allowing my thoughts to float away. Well float they did but not quite away. As long as I can remember it has always been my dream to make a difference in the ...
Views: 1326 - Do You Practice Self-Help or Shelf-Help? - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2009 from Joyce Shafer, Book DoctorYou invest in a book or program to improve something about you or your life. Do you take what it offers as far as is appropriate for you or as far as the bookshelf? Does this pattern show up in other areas of your life? We all have things in our lives we move forward on with no problem, ...
Views: 1326(3 votes) - In the Holiday Spirit, or Maybe Not! - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2014 from Rossana SneeThis is it—the time of the year when you’re either ecstatic, start decorating the day after Thanksgiving, buy an ugly Christmas sweater, put up lights like the Griswold’s, listen to Christmas music on the way to and from work, and are completely infused with the holiday spirit. Breathe! Or you ...
Views: 1326 - Secrets to Stop Self-Sabotage: The Mindset Key to Higher Earnings and Career Success - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2012 from Sarah HathornAfter they hear my personal story of how I rose to a senior executive position with a Fortune 100 company in record time, many of my clients ask how if it’s also possible for them to step up their game and make a lot more money fast. The answer is yes, but it involves some critically ...
Views: 1326(2 votes) - Are People Born Positive Or Can It Be Learned? - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2012 from Kimberley CohenHave you ever wondered how people stay so positive when they are met with adversity? Maybe they have some special power, or were born that way, or their brains work differently, or they aren't really as optimistic as they may seem. What I have come to realize over the years, and something ...
Views: 1325 - Obsessed With Success: A Lesson From American Idol - by Submitted on Jun 19, 2012 from Debbie LaChusaI recently heard another American Idol contestant was kicked off the show for reportedly lying about his past. It seems nearly every season the show disqualifies a contestant for glossing over life details that violate the show's rules. But as we know, in Hollywood, skeletons always come out ...
Views: 1325 - THE GREMLIN MONSTER - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Adrienne MarksThis monster, for that truly is what it is, sabotages us in so many ways. This Gremlin Monster is the voice that wakes you at 3 in the morning with scorn and doubt and puts fear into your brain and tells you how you can’t do something, or why you shouldn’t do something. This voice can be ...
Views: 1325 - How to improve self esteem - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2010 from Aernout ZevenbergenSelf esteem are the set of values we place on our own personality. We can also see it as the mixture of capabilities we want to display to the world out there: family, friends, colleagues, and clients. But self worth also is the means with which we present ourselves to ourselves. Self worth is ...
Views: 1324(1 vote) - The Extinction of the Male! Really? - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2014 from Dr. Elsbeth Meuth, EdD & Freddy Zental WeaverIn a recent conversation a scientist friend of ours mentioned that researchers have indicated the extinction of the male within a thousand years or so. This had our heads churning. What would need to change in order to divert the reality of such a prognosis? Here is what we came up with: For ...
Views: 1324(1 vote) - Tips on finding time for yourself to gather perspective - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2012 from Katherine LevineFinding time for yourself can be difficult. Here are some exercises that, once learned, don't take long, and can really have a positive impact on your day. Tip one: Calming Breath is a basic Take a Break Strategy. When tense or annoyed we often take a quick breath in and then forget to let ...
Views: 1324(2 votes) - Valuing Values - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2013 from John JohnsonAnne Marie worked hard to finally secure her coveted, hi-profile dream job, one which had glamour, power, and prestige attached to it. The job gave Anne Marie the ability to influence the direction of politics and policies in the USA and around the world. It also kept her at the office until the ...
Views: 1324(1 vote) - Measures of Success - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2015 from Ulrike Berzau MM, MHS, PT, FACHE, www.UlrikeBerzau.comMoney is not the only Measure of Success Considering money as the only success measure can be very discouraging, especially when we start a business or new venture, join a networking marketing company, or go through changes and business expansions. When I hear the frustrations from my clients ...
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