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- Daffodil Heaven - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2007 from Donna WebsterAbout a month ago I received an email from a friend which was a story about a Mountain Daffodil Garden. It was a lovely story and I happened to notice that it was in fact a real place called The Mountain Daffodil Garden in Running Springs, CA. I did a little research and found out it was about ...
Views: 973 - Home for the Holidays - by Be it townhouse, mansion or even the White House, there's no place like home for the holidays. This year, more than ever, we need to create a peaceful and comforting environment for our families and ourselves. If it seems harder to get in the mood for the holidays this year, you are not alone. ...
Views: 810 - Use your senses to create a sacred home - by Your home is a shelter, a safe haven and a place to hang your hat. It is also a reflection of your soul, of who you are and what you value. Your home should be a sanctuary where you can feel nurtured and refreshed. Coco Chanel was fond of saying, "An interior is the natural projection of the ...
Views: 775 - Conscious Life Design through Empowerment - by What happens when you tell yourself, "I can create my life exactly the way I want it, in all dimensions--work, family, relationships, community and the larger world"? How does your inner voice respond? One way to discover this is to divide a sheet of paper down the middle. On one side, write ...
Views: 715 - Defining "the Good Life": Money and Abundance - by Whatever your standards of success are, it's probably pretty certain that money issues are involved somehow. Whether the amount of money you have or earn is a measure of your wealth and success, or a tool to attain your needs and desires, increasing your understanding of your attitude toward ...
Views: 578 - Adopting a New Standard for Stress Relief - by "The proportion of being to doing determines your life character."
--Nelson Zink
So many of us have an accepted standard to be busy, to have too much to do, to rush from one thing to another. We are trying to keep pace with the world's growing expectations for speed and efficiency: overnight ...
Views: 2329 - The Fuel for Movers and Shakers! - by The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion. --Nadia Boulanger
A new lesson in the importance of passion as a powerful, inner source of energy was revealed in my life recently. I am grateful to have had the opportunity for the past several years to pursue a ...
Views: 550 - Why Self Improvement Won't Work for You:11 Steps to Developing Your Own Approach - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2007 from Asma FayyadMost of self improvement coaches share common grounds for building a successful life transformation system. There is an enormous amount of information out there and everywhere tantalizing us, provoking us to make a step towards what we could be some day. Very challenging indeed! Most of us ...
Views: 426 - The Intimacy of September - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2007 from Deborah MartinAh, September. It's my favorite time of the year. My flower garden has dulled to browns and just a few yellows from the lingering Black-eyed Susan. But the backyard along the creek bank is in full bloom with goldenrod and wild aster. Yellow and lavender grace the perimeter. The Shaggy Manes are ...
Views: 729 - Standing Out - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2007 from Deborah MartinAh, February. I look out my window and see nothing but white. Or so it seems in this frozen month. But that's impossible I say and so I challenge myself to see the color. And ever so slowly, the whole host of browns that have been there all along emerges as I notice tree trunks. Then, ...
Views: 732 - Where, Oh Where, Has My Energy Gone? - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2007 from Mary KraemerHow much power, or energy, are you giving away to a situation? Giving away one’s power depletes the body of universal life-force energy. The energy system is the essence of life; it’s also referred to as chi, life force, soul. Our energy system reflects both illness and health. Repeatedly ...
Views: 1483 - The Turning Point - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2007 from Joyce Shafer, Book Doctor“A crisis only becomes a breaking point when we fail to use it as a turning point,” wrote Guy Finley recently. His words, words of others, and inspirational and funny videos that began to fill my in-box were responses to a silent request I made the other day when I came face-to-face with an ...
Views: 551 - Mastering Your Motivation (Part One): Finding Your Inspiration For Change - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2007 from REBECCA JOHNSONMotivation often feels like a mystery. If you’ve attempted to lose weight, eat better, exercise regularly, manage stress or make other improvements in your life, you’ve probably experienced the come-and-go nature of motivation. At first, you feel inspired and driven to do what it takes to change ...
Views: 473 - Dealing with Change in your Life and Career - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2007 from a bDoes the idea of a change in your life or career send you running for the hills? Do you get nervous; feel unsettled or anxious about change? Would you prefer that things just stay the same? Well you are not alone. Millions of people feel the same way you do. Why is Change so Difficult to ...
Views: 2670 - Ten Steps to Electrifying Enthusiasm - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2007 from Ineke Van LintEnthusiasm is the highest level of life energy we can experience as human beings here on earth. Some may say ecstasy is even higher still, but others might counter that ecstasy is not readily available to every mortal on this planet, while enthusiasm can be felt by anyone who discovers his ...
Views: 1068 - Dare to be You - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2007 from MARY KAY BUTTERYOver five billion people now live on this planet and yet no two people have the same finger prints. We all have some basic similarities with the rest of humanity yet each of us is unique unto ourselves. Each of us has his own individual expression to offer to the world. That expression can take ...
Views: 574 - How To Solve Problems - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2007 from Steve GillmanWouldn't it be great if you could solve problems more easily? You can. Problems you have at home, or problems from science, work, or business - you can use special techniques to help you find solutions to all of them. The following is one of the best. A Problem Solving Story I had written an ...
Views: 615 - The Time of Our Life - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2007 from Michael LoungeGuyOur experience of time is subjective, yet we can agree on aspects of it. Everyone knows that an enjoyable weekend vacation can pass in a moment. Being put on hold for 10 minutes can stretch into infinity. Apparently, the way we experience time has little to do with the passing of seconds on the ...
Views: 391 - Reshaping Your Language Reshapes Your Life! - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2007 from Margie WarrellYou probably aren’t aware of it but the conversations you have every day – both the ones you have with yourself (which I call private conversations) and the ones you have with others (public conversations) - have a HUGE impact on your ability to enjoy your life as fully as you would like to. ...
Views: 701 - Is Your Fear of “Stuffing Up” Stifling You? - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2007 from Margie WarrellLast week whilst talking with someone about how they wanted to change career direction they said to me, “I just wish I knew that this was the right thing to do. It feels like the right thing to do but I just wish I knew for sure it wasn’t going to be a mistake”. “Ahh…. join the club” I thought. ...
Views: 687 - Does Your Future Inspire You? - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2007 from Margie WarrellDoes Your Future Inspire You? What goals are you working toward in 2006? Is there something exciting on your horizon that your working toward? And beyond the year ahead looking out to the rest of your life, what do you have a long term goal or vision that excites and inspires you either ...
Views: 967 - Stop Counting Your Failures - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2007 from Kidest MengistuEach day is a new day to make a commitment to your goals. Whatever change you’re looking to make, whatever behavior you’re looking to modify, is a choice you make daily. You cannot make future commitments any more than you can alter past moments. The past is now just a memory and the ...
Views: 655 - 10 Tips to Help Overcome Procrastination - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Jan HaynerWe all have a little bit of a perfectionist attitude in us although we don't admit it. Sometimes we put off a job because we want it to meet high standards (Fear of failure) and don't have a plan (lack of a goals) to execute to get the job finished the right way. Sometimes we put off a ...
Views: 1240(1 vote) - Your Feelings? - by You know...there are so many thoughts and feelings in our lives that really need to be let go of....to be shed...to be released!
For many of them are a lie, or do not belong in our lives at all.
Many of the ways we learned to think and feel as children have a stronghold here and now in our ...
Views: 453 - Making $100 K in 10 days! - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2007 from Danish AhmedFor 10 days in March, a small group of Toronto-area entrepreneurs is going to accomplish the seemingly impossible – create $100,000 out of nothing. 10 days starts Tuesday March 6, at 9 PM EST… Individually, they are all entrepreneurs living in and around Toronto. Regular folks. They love what ...
Views: 790 - Are YOU Your Own Leader? - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2007 from Piercarla GarusiPerhaps you are wondering: what does it mean being my own leader? Well, among the aspects of being your own leader are that you are your own authority, you think independently, you live your life on your own terms, and you are authentic. And this regardless of whether it is popular or not, ...
Views: 583 - The Power Of Persistence - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2007 from Piercarla GarusiI went recently to see the movie ‘The Pursuit of Happiness’; if you haven’t seen it, please go, it is great. It could be the story of so many of us and it is about some of the most important qualities we need in order to succeed and be happy. It begins with a dream...well it is a dream we all ...
Views: 553 - Attitude for Greatness - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2007 from Piercarla GarusiWhat is attitude? It is what you think, believe, feel, expect, act, in relation to yourself, life, people, and your goals. Attitude can be positive or it can be negative; it can be limiting or it can be expanding; if you have a positive attitude, you feel alive, well, loved, happy, liked, ...
Views: 646 - Your Personal Blueprint -- Roadmap to Success or Path to Destruction? - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2007 from Danek KausAre you getting what you want out of life? If you are, you have an inner personal blueprint that works for you. If you are not getting what you want, your blueprint is causing you to self-sabotage, according to Dr. Gordon Wolf, author of “Your Personal Blueprint Creates Your Life.” “Each of ...
Views: 598 - Self-Confidence - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2011 from Keith SonnenbergSELF-CONFIDENSE by Keith Sonnenberg Have you ever been completely self-confident? If you have never been confident in achieving what you set out to do in life, you certainly might ask yourself why. Is it some personal shortcoming? Is somebody else to blame…my parents, my ...
Views: 1095 - Our Educational System has it all wrong. - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2007 from Morgan BryanBefore we can say what is wrong with our educational system, we should define the term.The purpose of the educational system is to: Pass on Knowledge Relate relevant issues to each other Prepare individuals and groups for future situations The passing on of ...
Views: 1086 - 10 Powerful Steps To Abundance - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2007 from Lynnea HagenBE GREAT! I recently received an email from a busy attorney that said simply, "Lynnea, help! I need abundance! Contact me." Hmmm. What's wrong with this picture? He's busy, but he doesn't feel like he has abundance in his life. How often do you feel that way? I believe that most of us yearn to ...
Views: 773 - If You Really Loved Me - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2007 from Noelle NelsonYour new love is such a delight! What passion, what wonderful desire to be with you, only you, day and night, night and day! What a refreshing change from the last few men you’ve dated whose idea of commitment was dinner and a movie on Saturday night, maybe. Since that first blissful day you ...
Views: 678 - The Self Esteem Factor - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2007 from Tamir QadreeDrugs, alcohol, sex abuse, gang and domestic violence to name a few plague many of our communities. All of these are growing in some areas at an alarming rate. Although there is much talk about solutions, sticking together, reaching out, education and programs to assist in community awareness ...
Views: 673 - Creating a Life of EASE by Activating Your Motivation - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2007 from Andrew McCombeMotivation is possibly the biggest determining factor when it comes to creating your life of EASE. Your level of motivation can make or break your plans. That is why it is so important to be clear on the underlying values and feelings that your goals will give you before you embark on achieving ...
Views: 606 - Top Ten Ways To Get Over Yourself - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2007 from Denise TorgersonTOP TEN WAYS TO GET OVER YOURSELF 1. Surround yourself with inspiration. – Quotes, colors, pictures, books. Keep your inspiration visible. In those moments when you are thinking, what’s the point and who am I trying to kid, spend time with the things and ideas that will pull you out of your ...
Views: 653 - Go Deeper, Reach Higher - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2007 from Jon GordonI have a friend who takes inner city children to watch skyscrapers being built. He does this so they can see, first hand, that before even one ounce of steel can be erected; workers and machines must first dig, dig and dig. The children learn a valuable lesson; before a building can soar through ...
Views: 3400(1 vote) - Too Blessed to be Stressed - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2007 from Jon GordonI call it the "Disney Test" and it goes something like this. No matter how much you meditate, breathe, pray and practice emotional mastery the real test of whether you are the master of your emotional domain is how you respond when its 100 degrees in the middle of July and your kids are ...
Views: 2525 - Find Your Learning Curve - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2007 from Katie MattsonWalking down endlessly long, poorly lit hallways lined with gray lockers was never my idea of an exciting place to learn. While I value those years and the knowledge I took with me, I much prefer the lessons absorbed before and after. After all, isn’t life just an ongoing apprenticeship with a ...
Views: 556 - 7 Quick Tips To Simplify Your Life - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2009 from Thea WestraAvoid being road-kill on this super charged super highway called life in the 21st century. There is an increase in the amount of information and activity that bombards us on a daily basis and there is no sign of a slow down. In fact, we can feel its exponential growth. It is time to take charge ...
Views: 1654 - The Imminent Approach of Deadline Failures - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2007 from Aaron PottsHave you ever just had it? You’ve just had enough of your life not wanting to be what you want it to be, and you decide that from this point on, things are going to be different! You set a target date, and you put the intention out there that by a certain date you are going to accomplish a ...
Views: 619 - The simple DNA of Success - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2006 from Earl MannDNA Transcribed from: http://www.earlmann.com Remember, it is your responsibility to expect this to be a great day! Today we’re going to talk about DNA. That thing that makes you who you are, that thing that makes you who you can become, that thing that is coded into the essence of you that ...
Views: 914 - The Party's Not Over - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2006 from Noelle NelsonYou had a great time over the holidays. Your favorite relatives came to town, your holiday dinner was a resounding success (even the roast was Rachael Ray perfect!), your boss gave you a really nice bonus and a couple of extra days off, you didn’t spill eggnog on your party outfit, not once, and ...
Views: 607 - The Greatest Key to Success - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2006 from Barb Elyett"Without discipline, there is no life at all." - Katharine Hepburn Remember being disciplined by your parents when you were a kid? Wasn't much fun was it. Remember the anger and hurt? Remember the sweaty palms, stomping feet, teary eyes and churning stomach? For some reason, discipline ...
Views: 673 - Annette Colby - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2006 from Annette ColbyAs a nutrition therapist, counselor, and healer, I understand that the path to creating a life of greater joy is a mysterious event. Each individual person has the power and control over his or her own healing. No matter how many times you fall, get back up, and then fall again, the most ...
Views: 727 - The Power of Passion - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2006 from Kira WagnerRecently I was speaking with an attorney; talking about their business and what they wanted from their networking. We discussed the idea of focusing their initial dialog on their preferred aspect of their business and an interesting thing happened. When I asked what really set them on fire - ...
Views: 464 - A Teacher's Gift - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2006 from Sally ConnollyA teacher's legacy of positive thinking inspires a student to achieve her dream. Through a new friendship and a chance encounter, a gift multiplies and comes full circle. “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” (Henry B. ...
Views: 566 - Generating ideas to solve problems through the use of brain storming. - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2006 from Gary HadlerThe following is one of a series of articles that I have published recently on solutions to help students, business people and others improve the ways they organise their life an do things. An organised person is much more likely to be a successful person. To see other articles visit my ...
Views: 504 - Keys to Perfecting Your Persona - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2006 from Aaron PottsIf you have ever seen the movie ‘The Matrix’, then you will be familiar with the expression “residual self image”. It is basically the image of ourselves that each of us holds in our heads, and it is such a familiar image to us that trying to envision ourselves in any other way is downright ...
Views: 554 - Why You Can Succeed in this Decade of Entrepreneurship? - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2006 from Erfan HettiniWe live in the most intriguing decade of all time-- The decade of entrepreneurship. A decade that presents a tremendously unlimited number of opportunities for the average person, with unprecedented success rate for the equipped one. In a decade where mergers resulting in layoffs and job ...
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