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- Transformational Income: Seeking Employment - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Sara DillingerNapoleon Hill, in his classic Think and Grow Rich, delineates the attributes of a leader and those factors that cause failure in leadership. These sections, and his advice on developing a “Master Mind” group are moving us toward the goal of selling ourselves. For many of us, that means applying ...
Views: 695 - Retirement Living - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2011 from Elsa ThomasRetirement Living is becoming a popular lifestyle in today’s day. It is more of a western concept that is gradually being pervaded globally. There are people who have already taken a retirement living and would want to continue with that. On the other hand, there are people who are considering ...
Views: 706 - Transformational Income: Leading to Failure - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2011 from Sara DillingerJust as there are specific traits or attributes of successful leaders, there are also factors which will sabotage one's leadership efforts and lead to failure. According to Napoleon Hill, these negative factors are a catalog of what NOT to do: 1. INABILITY TO ORGANIZE DETAILS Mastery of ...
Views: 664 - Five Retirement Mistakes That You Can Avoid - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2011 from Kerry HookWhether you need to supplement your income, are facing forced early retirement, or just got fired there are some things that you can do to explore new sources of income. Naturally, if you’ve been a wage earner all your life you may not have thought of alternatives to the traditional ...
Views: 965 - Tips for Looking Good at 50 - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2011 from Elsa ThomasAging…we wish the process could be stopped forever! After all, who doesn’t wish to stay young and beautiful forever? But alas! Stopping the aging process on the whole is a distant dream, but then, this doesn’t necessarily imply that you can’t look good at fifty. Life doesn’t stop post ...
Views: 774 - The pros and cons of downsizing your home after retirement - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2011 from Ann HarrisonI've been thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of downsizing to a smaller home after retirement. This is what I've come up with so far... Advantages The first and most obvious advantage is that, if your existing home is worth a lot of money because of its location and size, ...
Views: 6910 - Sci-Fi Collecting Suggestions To Search Available Options - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2011 from Corine R. VegaWould you like to begin a sci-fi collection? If so, you are definitely not alone. Science fiction collecting is actually a well-liked hobby that's enjoyed by individuals of all age groups. 1 of the numerous causes of this popularity is merely because it is fairly simple to purchase science ...
Views: 665(1 vote) - Collectibles Of Sci-Fi: Tips To Find Availables On Sale - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2011 from Michelle C. SantanaSci-fi collecting is certainly a hobby that is enjoyed by individuals of every age group, also as a hobby that's enjoyed by people all everywhere around the world. Science fiction collectors are individuals who specialize within the collecting of science fiction merchandise. Although many sci-fi ...
Views: 819 - Transformational Income: Plan To Succeed - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2011 from Sara DillingerSteps One Through Five Let’s recount the steps toward riches that Napoleon Hill lists in his classic book, Think and Grow Rich. 1.Desire 2.Faith 3.Auto-Suggestion 4.Specialized Knowledge 5.Imagination The Sixth Step: Planning Now we come to the sixth step: ...
Views: 2350 - Transformational Income: Two Ideas - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2011 from Sara DillingerA Secret Shhh! I’ve got a secret to share with you. Well, actually, it is not a ‘secret’ at all. As Napoleon Hill points out in his classic Think and Grow Rich, Nature, herself, advertises it on the earth on which we live, the stars, the planets suspended within our view, in the ...
Views: 801(5 votes) - A New Tool for the Families of Older Drivers - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2011 from Matt GurwellIs your loved one experiencing diminished driving skills? Are they becoming lost in familiar places, bumping into curbs, mailboxes or scraping the sides of the garage when they back out? Have they been involved in a minor parking lot fender-bender or do they complain about being honked at? ...
Views: 1259(2 votes) - Transformational Income: Imagine - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2011 from Sara DillingerImagine there's no Heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may ...
Views: 736 - Achieve Your Goals And Dreams By Challenging Your Comfort Zone - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Marquita HeraldGoals and dreams have the power to keep you young at heart well beyond your 50’s. Unfortunately very few people get much further than stating their goals and too often become trapped in the reality between their plan and the boundaries of their comfort zone. According to Psychology Today 45% ...
Views: 1181(3 votes) - Individual Retirement Account - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Elsa ThomasAs talk about matters related to employment and retirement, one of the significant topics to mull over is Individual retirement account. Let us start by simply defining it. An Individual Retirement Account is synonymous to a savings account, where the taxes are not levied on the funds at the ...
Views: 743 - Transformational Income: What You Need to Know - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Sara DillingerA Simple Solution “It’s a simple solution…you change one thing, and suddenly you’ve changed everything.” —Rebecca Onie, founder of Health Leads, which places student volunteers in urban clinics, assisting patients with housing, food, legal aid and other basic needs. The quote above caught ...
Views: 679 - How To Build A Better World: Auto-Suggestion - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Sara DillingerAuto-suggestion “I think I can”, that mantra of the Little Engine That Could is auto-suggestion. Auto-suggestion is the communicating link between the conscious mind, where thought takes place, and the subconscious mind, which is the seat of action. More simply put, you cannot do anything ...
Views: 1014 - How To Build A Better World: Examples - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Sara DillingerI have a relative that sends me a subscription to Guideposts for Christmas every year. Call me a snob, but having studied theology and because I really enjoy the tough mental workout that it takes to do theology and make sense of it, I tend to be somewhat dismissive of Guideposts. Its ...
Views: 866 - How To Build A Better World: Believe - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Sara DillingerSuspend disbelief/Extend belief It is said that nature abhors a vacuum and I believe that the same is true of the human mind. When we suspend disbelief, we have to do it wisely and put something in its place lest we become credulous fools. So what do we put in place of disbelief? The ...
Views: 713 - How To Build A Better World: Suspend Disbelief - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Sara DillingerInspiring Stories Remember the story of Edwin C. Barnes, who had a burning desire to go into partnership with Thomas Edison? It didn’t happen right away, but it did happen. What about U.R. Darby? Do you recall that story? He and his uncle gave up and quit digging for gold just three feet ...
Views: 824 - ***Boomers: Are You a Realizer? - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comFor the last few months, we’ve been talking about the transformation from the “Type A” to the “Type R” personality; the “R” standing for “recreative” in the dynamic, formative sense. Our thesis is that modern Americans, upon retirement, have unprecedented opportunities to craft a new “self”. We ...
Views: 2213(1 vote) - ***It’s Like a HEET Wave! Why Boomers Should Consider a Health and Education Exclusion Trust - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comAs many Boomers (particularly those of us here on the East Coast) muscle through the effects of the latest summer heat wave, I thought it prudent to bring attention to another type of HEET – the Health and Education Exclusion Trust! Be the Lifeline! Without a doubt, legacies begin to form ...
Views: 3784(1 vote) - 8 Ways to Win Over a Boomer Boss Or Colleague - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Cheryl CranI have been hearing from Gen X and Gen Y that they are experiencing more communication breakdown than ever before with their boomer bosses and colleagues. Gen Xers are experiencing high levels of frustration because their boomer bosses are not planning on retiring any time soon. It also appears ...
Views: 1781 - How To Build A Better World: Never Give Up - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2011 from Sara DillingerHow To Fail Without Really Trying Thomas Edison, with whom Edwin C. Barnes was so determined to work, once said that “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” A case in point is cited in Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich”. I ...
Views: 863 - Mother & Daughter Reunions: The Holidays - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2011 from Angela WurtzelMothers, Daughters and Eating Disorders A series of articles dedicated to nurturance How do a mother’s own attitudes toward herself get passed to her children? Girls naturally identify with their mothers and this identification can become disturbed when a mother acts in ways that are ...
Views: 1135 - Potty Training Is Useful For Your Baby - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2011 from Keneth RussellPotty Training is useful for your baby. It is very much needed for your baby to learn doing potty. They are so much convenient and easy to learn. Your baby can easily adopt them. They are very much useful for the children. They are very much helpful for the parents to provide their children ...
Views: 673 - How To Build A Better World: "Think and Grow Rich" - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2011 from Sara DillingerDoes the world revolve around money? My son, currently a stocker (that’s s-t-o-c-k-e-r, not s-t-a-l-k-e-r) at Walmart, was listening to NPR at breakfast one morning recently and bemoaning the idea that everything seems to revolve around money. It does seem that way at times. We have just ...
Views: 824 - Retirement Gift Ideas - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2011 from Elsa ThomasTimes have changed! So have the retirement gift ideas. Today, the thought of gifting silver or gold coated watches, with name and date of the company engraved on it seems dated. Though a traditional one, these are more old-fashioned gifting ideas. At the same time these ideas were much more ...
Views: 1824 - How To Build A Better World: Leaving On a Freight Train - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2011 from Sara DillingerFood For Thought Have you ever thought about thought? Think about it. In my current recreational fiction (I have several great American novels in various states of completion), I have a character say that words are just the sounds that thoughts leave behind. I think this is true even of the ...
Views: 962 - I am Woman... I can do Anything! Or is that Everything? - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2011 from The Footprint of a WomanAs women we truly believe that we can do anything which is true but we get lost in trying to do everything. We are trying to fill so many roles, those of our past and those of the future we want. For those women in the baby boomer era, they are dealing with a lot of confusion and guilt – who ...
Views: 1328(4 votes) - ***Boomers Building Self Esteem in GrandChildren - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comSelf esteem is how we feel about ourselves and our behavior reflects those feelings. As grandparents, we can help our grandchildren develop a high sense of self esteem. This will affect their ultimate happiness and success in life. How do we go about promoting Self Esteem? * Whenever ...
Views: 3239(1 vote) - ***Intergenerational Conflict in the US Workforce - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comFor the first time in history, we have four – some people argue five – generations in the workforce: the Traditionals, Baby Boomers, Gen X and Gen Y. The normal stresses in the workplace are being exacerbated by the fact that the leading edge of the 79 million Boomers born between 1946 and 1964 ...
Views: 2684(1 vote) - ***Baby Boomers: Self Care is Core - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comHow many times have you said in parting with someone in conversation “Take care”. Quite a few colleagues end their e-mails with “Be well”. A friend of mine often says to me “Have a positive day”. Take care, be well, and have a positive day. Tall orders for a perfect life. Self care is a ...
Views: 3861(4 votes) - Helps For Parents With Baby Potty Training - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2011 from Keneth RussellThere is hard rule about such training. You must know some facts before imparting such training to your child. In most cases little babies are found to show their disliking in taking such training. It is noteworthy here that baby girls are found to be quick learners than baby boys. So, the ...
Views: 636 - Stress Hormones And Their Relation To Alzheimers Disease - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2011 from Gloria Hao SchneiderOur bodies are hard-wired by nature to react to stress in a way that was originally meant to protect us against perceived threats from predators and aggressors. The "fight-or-flight” response is our natural alarm system, and a normal psychological and physical reaction to stress. Many of the ...
Views: 1751 - ***The Voice That Quivers in Your 40's Will Be Twice As Bad in Your 80's - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from Nancy DanielsOne of the most embarrassing characteristics of the speaking voice is the wobble or the quiver, reminiscent of a turkey. While it affects women more so than men, it may happen when you are nervous or when you are giving a speech or presentation, for example. However, a voice that shakes can ...
Views: 3546(1 vote) - Are you who you look like? - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2011 from Carolyn Bates“She can’t possibly be that smart, she’s too pretty.” “He’s too old to think he can do that.” “She wasn’t raised to really work.” “Doesn’t he know that he’s handicapped; there’s no way he’ll be able to get there.” “My years won’t let me try that.” “I’ll stand out too much if I do or say ...
Views: 1573 - Not your Same New Year's Resolution - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2011 from Carolyn BatesNo more New Year’s resolutions!! No more thinking about projects to finish, exercise classes to start or diets to loose that same ten pounds. Baby Boomers, parents, career professionals; we all strive for better health, less stress, being more organized. A great solution for a Great New Year ...
Views: 1290 - Any Changes In Your Life Lately? - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2011 from Vic BoxwellHow many years have you lived in the same location, attended the same church, associated with the same neighbors, belonged to the same clubs, and so on? Where can you go to meet some New People, and make some New Friends? Well, the answer is quite simple... Over Fifty Is Now.com Is ...
Views: 828 - 401(k) Retirement Plans - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2011 from Elsa Thomas401(k) retirement plans are defined as special kinds of accounts that are funded through pre-tax payroll deductions. You can invest the funds in bonds, stocks, mutual funds as well as other assets. Over and above, they aren’t taxed on any dividends, capital gains or interest. Congress introduced ...
Views: 762 - How to Build a Better World - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2011 from Sara DillingerINTRODUCTION If that title seems a little grandiose, let’s take it down a few notches. Do you remember reading “The Little Engine That Could” by Watty Piper when you were a child? Or maybe you remember reading it to your children or grandchildren. THE VALUE OF OPTIMISM AND HARD WORK The ...
Views: 1008(1 vote) - Facial Exercise Beats Facial Surgery - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2011 from Cynthia RowlandReality shows that feature face lifts and makeovers using surgery and injections still attract viewers who are most likely interested in the thrill of seeing participants improve their appearance. Maybe there is a vicarious nature to watching these shows; perhaps there is a secret wish that the ...
Views: 1562(1 vote) - Retirement Savings Calculator - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from Elsa ThomasPlanning to lead a stress free life post retirement? Now, if you have answered a ‘yes’ then make sure to count on retirement savings calculator. This is because this form of calculator helps you in early retirement. In general, you will find them online, but then not all online resources are to ...
Views: 795 - Some Important Tips For Potty Training Girls - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from Keneth RussellIn most cases it is found that girls can easily take up the habit of potty training properly. Still to make a baby girl more efficient such Potty Training Girls, parents have to follow some effective steps and tips. Potty training girls are considered an important lesson that every parents ...
Views: 687 - Women in Retirement: Know Your Benefits in Retirement - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from Judy JuricekPlanning for retirement is definitely a busy and exciting time filled with decisions. There are so many things to do and decisions to make but there is one thing that you need to make sure you know and benefits (such as life, health, dental and other insurance). Good news is that, for most ...
Views: 1169 - ***Baby Boomers: Finding Love—How to Know When You Have It and How To Keep It - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comAs relationship professionals, clients regularly ask us how they can tell if they are in love. If you were to ask 100 people, you would likely get 100 different answers. Attempting to define the emotion of love with words is like trying to catch water with your hands—just when you think you have ...
Views: 3519(5 votes) - ***Boomer Travel: Chiapas Runs Hot and Cold - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comSome half-million people live in the balmy Mexican city of Tuxtla Gutierrez, and tonight it looks like every one of them has shown up at a downtown square known as Marimba Park. Surrounded by dancers, musicians are beating out hip-shaking salsas, merengues and socas on the wooden slats of their ...
Views: 2279(1 vote) - ***Do You Believe? - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.com* Do you believe that we are born with passion and purpose; to live through our hearts and not just our brains and logic? * Do you believe that we are meant to love, to be connected to and to honor ourselves first? * Do you believe that we deserve to be loved, to be supported, to be ...
Views: 3455(4 votes) - Where Are The Best Stores To Get Baby Einstein On Sale? - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2011 from Bryan CañonBaby Einstein products don't promise to make one's child smarter. However, they do encourage and help to develop a newborn's native curiosity. Baby Einstein products are intended to gently stimulate a child's visual, aural, and tactile senses, and introduce them to the rich world’s music, art, ...
Views: 884(1 vote) - Retirement Fun - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2011 from Elsa ThomasThey say, “All work and no play make Jack a dull boy”! What about a time when you have worked enough and want to take a pause. Most people think when you have worked for continuous stretch of time, retirement would be synonymous to inactivity. This is certainly not true. There is something ...
Views: 760 - Top best Baby products - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2011 from James PeterThe birth of a baby fosters a new lease of joy and happiness not only by their parents, but for the whole family. The return home of a new life into this world and an addition to the family makes for a perfect reason to celebrate as well. However, remember that a newborn is thin and tender at ...
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