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- Authentic Knowing comes with Experience. Part 4 of the 5 Steps to Mastery - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2013 from Cris BakerThere's a great divide between theory and practice. You get information from outside, and mental investigation enables you to understand it. But authentic knowing is far more than just understanding. The next step to mastery is to get your own experience, the energy you put into practice makes ...
Views: 987(3 votes) - Be Happy With the Best Tools for Success - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2010 from Liz CopelandWhatever changes you want to make in your life you will find some aspects of change easy and some aspects of change difficult. The easy bit is working out that you need to change. That increasing sense of frustration, that growing sense of unease or just a general awareness of unhappiness, ...
Views: 935(2 votes) - Be Trustworthy, follow the Golden Rule - its Context can Change Your Life! - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2013 from Cris BakerDisappointed is not the word for it! Not at what his email contained, but at what it didn’t say. Charles was a new friend, we'd met on a personal development course. He was American, I'm English Canadian, and we’d connected. He told me he was a real estate investor. “I do it both for ...
Views: 1914(1 vote) - Be Wild and Bloom! - by Submitted on May 20, 2011 from Nancy BishopJust before black-fly season arrives in May, I like to wander into the woods to see the early spring wildflowers poke their heads up from the forest floor. Some of my favorites are the pitcher plant and Dutchman's-breeches. If you look closely at the pitcher plant you can actually see the ...
Views: 605(1 vote) - Becoming an “Inner Winner” in Your Sales Career - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2010 from Jack SingerApply the Secrets that Sport Psychologists Use With Elite Athletes to Skyrocket Your Sales Performance By Jack Singer, Ph.D. Matt is a sales manager with a computer software company. His sales people have the responsibilities of generating new business by making “cold calls” and following ...
Views: 1008(1 vote) - Becoming ONE with the Inner Guru . . . Or How to Make Saturn Your BFF - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2014 from joan pancoe“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” CARL JUNG Attention, seekers: Saturn is moving into Sagittarius on December 23rd, 2014! This means we are entering a new two-and-a-half to three-year-cycle that is most positive and ...
Views: 1567(1 vote) - Beginners’ Guide to Social Media Marketing - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2019 from Sunderbharathi ReddiarIf someone told you to guess, how much time do individuals get to spend on social media, how much do you think it would be? Social media usage is made up to 28% of the time we get to spend on the internet. It considers this remarkable since more and more of your life activities are happening ...
Views: 420(1 vote) - Being a Foreigner or Being at Home - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2013 from Behnam BakhshandehSince my arrival in the United States in April of 1986, it become my new home… it was not easy, it is twenty seven years of ups and downs, failures and successes, sadness and happiness…but overall it was fulfilling. It came together, I’ve arrived, I am home. I don’t think leaving ones home ...
Views: 977(1 vote) - Being Successful By Being Yourself - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2011 from Adam BenedettoBecoming who you are meant to be is to set yourself up for success in life. It is allowing yourself to become not only the best possible you, but activating all the initiative related to your success. If we live our lives in the dark, pretending to be happy because we see success in a certain ...
Views: 621(1 vote) - Being vs. Doing - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2011 from Behnam BakhshandehBEING Vs. DOING As part of the book “Conspiracy for Greatness” by Behnam Bakhshandeh We all are experts in DOING. By the way, just DOING is not enough for us; we have to DO IT GOOD, or DO IT RIGHT! Take a look around, you are either good at what you DO or you go to school to become ...
Views: 1846(1 vote) - Being Your Personal Best Starts with Self Care - by Submitted on May 22, 2015 from Kate SinerI learned after years of working my tail off that if I did not take care of myself one of two things was going to happen. Either I was going to lose my health or I was going to lose in terms of my results. Self-care became my battle cry where as before I would sneer a little bit at people that ...
Views: 1362(1 vote) - Believe in Yourself! - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2010 from Cheryl HealeyHave you ever set a goal that seemed over the top for you? Did you ever wonder if it was possible? That’s what I did in more than one area of my life on quite a few occasions in the past. Then I began the inward jousting battle toward accomplishment. Can I accomplish it in the timeframe I ...
Views: 669(1 vote) - Belonging: Do Some Peoples Childhoods Set Them Up To Believe That They Don’t Belong? - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2019 from Oliver JR CooperIt has been said that when someone feels as though they belong to something else, it will have a positive effect on their mental, emotional and physical health. When it comes to what they belong to, this could involve being part of a family, a group of friends or to a religious group. This ...
Views: 237(1 vote) - Beneficial Cost of SEO Services Programmed by Wildnet Technologies - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2012 from John SilverstoneThe manner of Online Website ranking is all about the search engine to rank your Business website on the top under Google, Yahoo and Bing. SEO Services India organization is now has a large opinion in this consideration. Our Country has developed into a genuine navel of Outsourcing. There is ...
Views: 1044(1 vote) - Benefits of social media optimization services - by Submitted on May 13, 2011 from John SilverstoneSocial media optimization services can turn out to be quite useful when it comes to search engine optimization and marketing. You can get these services in the form of web logs, pictures, videos, pod casts and Internet forums. Overview Talking about Social Media Optimization Company ...
Views: 770(1 vote) - Best Foot Forward - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2012 from william nicholson jrI recently wrote a self-help book for teens titled, "Best Foot Forward - A Teen's Guide To Study Skills, Motivation, and Good Health." This a powerful book for this age group. The intention of this book is to empower today's youth to make for a brighter tommorrow. It is a must read. To get more ...
Views: 657(1 vote) - Between Tolerance and Complacency: A Fine Line - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2013 from Yol SwanHow tolerant do you consider yourself? And how much of your true feelings and needs do you sacrifice in the name of tolerance? If you look it up on the dictionary, tolerance is filled with positive definitions and intolerance only with negative descriptions. Yes, I know, respecting other ...
Views: 1885(2 votes) - Big O - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2005 from Fran BriggsGrowing up, I remember my Dad had some really great friends. They had the most amazing, positive and magnetic energy. Arguably, they were also among the "coolest" of their time. One in particular, is not only admired by me, but by countless others who affectionately know him as, "Big O." ...
Views: 976(1 vote) - Bottled Lightning: Skin Your Knees On Eternity - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2015 from Frosty WooldridgeAt the beginning of my presentations on “How to Live a Life of Adventure” at high schools, colleges, civic clubs and church groups, my first words exclaim, “I live a spectacular life!” (Sometimes, you must express that “bottled lightning” with a kiss, a sport, a dance, a job, a moment, or ...
Views: 538(1 vote) - Boundaries: Can A Lack Of Boundaries Cause Someone To Lose Themselves Around Others? - by Submitted on Nov 26, 2015 from Oliver JR CooperWhile some people are able to maintain their sense of self when they are around others, there are going to be other people who are unable to do so. However, even though this is what is taking place, it doesn’t mean that someone realises what is happening. Part of Life For example, if ...
Views: 1160(1 vote) - Boundaries: Can A Lack Of Boundaries Cause Someone To Take On Other Peoples Problems? - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2016 from Oliver JR CooperAlthough one can have the need to live their own life, it doesn’t mean that this is what takes place. Instead, one can find that they have the tendency to get caught up in what is taking place around them. As a result of this, it is going to be normal for them to ignore their own feelings ...
Views: 942(1 vote) - Boundaries: Do People Need To Have Good Boundaries When They Are Sensitive? - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2016 from Oliver JR CooperWhile some people have boundaries, there are others who don’t have them, and this is going to cause them to experience life differently. However, although one doesn’t have them, it doesn’t mean that they will realise this. Instead, they can simply carry on with their life and continue to put ...
Views: 1120(1 vote) - Boundaries: Why Do Some People Believe That They Always Have To Say 'Yes'? - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2016 from Oliver JR CooperThere are some people who say ‘yes’ from time to time, and then there are others who more or less always say it. One way of looking at this would be to say that the people who fall into the second group are going to be in a better position. This is because they can be seen as people who ...
Views: 956(1 vote) - Boundaries: Why Do Some People Have No Boundaries? - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2013 from Oliver JR CooperTo be human means to be vulnerable and so it is incredibly important that we look after ourselves and don’t allow people to compromise who we are. Physically we are vulnerable and this also applies to our mental and emotional sides. Each one of these needs to be looked after and protected from ...
Views: 3340(1 vote) - Breaking Free From a Toxic Environment - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2013 from Yol SwanAna (not her real name*) came to see me because she was having second thoughts about her job and relationship and was looking for direction. She had the desire to switch to a holistic career and had taken some reiki classes. She also remembered being able to see people’s auras when she was a kid ...
Views: 1007(3 votes) - Breakthrough Fears To Have The Life You Truly Desire - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2011 from Marion LicchielloAs a coach, I come across numerous clients with different areas of life needing clarification or improvement. No client is exactly alike yet everyone has similar issues or thoughts to work on or work through. They all have a common thread. The number one reason a client comes to me is Fear. ...
Views: 811(2 votes) - Broken Heart First Aid: Self-Help for Those First Few Weeks - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2011 from Anne Whitehouse PhDThe person you hoped to spend your life with has left you, for whatever reason. Your heart is broken. Initially, that pain and heart-ache is unbearable and you don’t know how you’re going to get through the next minute, let alone the next day. Obviously you need to go through a grieving ...
Views: 1103(1 vote) - Can the Police Respond Instantly to Every Emergency? Part 7 in The Right Response? - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2013 from Cris BakerThe only thing that stops a spree shooter is a bullet. The sooner he gets that bullet, the less innocents and vulnerable children he gets to slaughter. How long does Emergency Response Take? The police do a difficult job, often in very difficult circumstances. David Thweatt, Superintendent ...
Views: 1064(1 vote) - Can This Networking Group Help Me Build My Business? - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2010 from Alvah ParkerSo many of my clients tell me they go to a networking meeting or two but give up because nothing happens. My response is usually that you must give the group a fair trial. Building relationships takes time so you will need to attend a few meetings of one organization to see any progress. That ...
Views: 921(1 vote) - Can You Both Be Right? How? Part 2 in the Disagreements series - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2013 from Cris BakerYou disagree. Yet this exploration has found that there's nothing wrong in disagreeing with others, disagreement is entirely natural as well as very common. Although disagreements may be inevitable, understanding that they are not inherently irresolvable will change your life. The good news is ...
Views: 897(2 votes) - Can You Scientifically Attract Money & Wealth? - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“Can you “Scientifically” Attract Money & Wealth or Is It Bull? My friend’s daughter was 21, and always complaining about the absence of money in her bank account. “Paycheck to paycheck, behind in the rent, & worse, always thinking of the “Lack” of funds. I hate my life, and I see “debt” ...
Views: 1436(1 vote) - Can You Spare Some Change? - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2004 from Fran BriggsDid you know that many of us are just as uncomfortable when a stranger us asks us for "some change" as we are when we ask ourselves for change? Human Beings are creatures of habit and the familiar. We have a propensity to engage in that which is predictable and involves minimal risks. The ...
Views: 1698(1 vote) - Change Your Life - What's Holding You Back? - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2010 from Liz CopelandYou may have set our New Year’s resolutions and are determined that this year it will be different. But take yourself forward to December 2010 - will you be looking back on this year the way you looked back on the last one? Will your dreams and goals be recognised? Will you be looking back on ...
Views: 938(1 vote) - Change Your Perspective to Become More Effective! Part 2 in the Self-Sabotage Series - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2013 from Cris BakerWhat do you actually know? is the age-old question of philosophers and statesmen. A good answer, but not the only answer, is that you know what you have learned and experienced in the past. How can you know if you haven't learnt it, or remembered that experience? Which implies your mind only ...
Views: 1030(1 vote) - Child Abuse: Why Do Abused Children Idealise Their Parents? - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2015 from Oliver JR CooperAlthough there is no such thing as a perfect childhood, that doesn’t mean that everyone is treated in the same way. There are going to be some people who were treated well on most occasions and there are going to be others who had the opposite experience. In this case, one would have been ...
Views: 1588(1 vote) - Choices - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2012 from Patrick IrvineLife is choices and there is no way around that. From the moment you wake up to the moment you go to sleep your entire day will be filled with choices that you have to make. Even if you decide not to make a choice you are still making a choice. But the question you should ask yourself is: ...
Views: 943(1 vote) - COMING ATTRACTIONS 2016: How to Be in Paradise while there’s Panic on the Planet - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2015 from joan pancoe“Wise beings can be peaceful in the midst of chaos, experiencing delight in the changing play of forms.” RAM DASS Dear One, Have you noticed that, when we witness people, places and things being destroyed elsewhere on the planet (courtesy of the internet, social media and the ...
Views: 951(1 vote) - Commit to constantly increase your value - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Andrew HortonWhatever you are earning or capable of earning is related to the value you add to any organization or individual. Stop thinking about how much money you get each month, either from the profits earned in your business or a salary you earn from your job. Shift your mind away from money earned and ...
Views: 1348(1 vote) - Committing To Excellence - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2012 from JODI NICHOLSONBy Jodi Nicholson Success starts with desire, perpetuates through a positive attitude and belief, and is achieved by commitment to excellence and perseverance. “Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather ...
Views: 3657(1 vote) - Confidently Tapping Into Intuition with Introspection - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2013 from JODI NICHOLSONIntuition is used to describe our thoughts, feelings and preferences that come to our mind, heart and even our gut quickly without much reflection or contemplation. It is inside and internal. Intuition is simply a “knowing” of something to be true or false without any factual evidence, and it ...
Views: 1338(1 vote) - Conscious Capitalism - by Submitted on Nov 01, 2010 from Steve McAllisterNot too long ago, the European Union pledged to enforce trade restrictions on countries that do not comply with their efforts to reduce their greenhouse gasses and help to prevent climate change and global warming. Many hoped that America would have been the leader in this endeavor and taken the ...
Views: 822(1 vote) - Consensual Sex or Rape? Part 1 of the Truth on Assange - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2013 from Cris BakerHas America declared War on Assange and WikiLeaks? The disclosures by Australian journalist Julian Assange and WikiLeaks have clearly upset America. Yet the right to expose shameful US government secrets is protected by the First Amendment's rights to free speech and press freedom. As ...
Views: 1759(1 vote) - Consider the Flea - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2010 from Donald Loyd,“. . . The flea when jumping accelerates 50 times faster than a space shuttle. Although fleas cannot fly, they can jump over seven inches high and thirteen inches long, that is about one hundred and fifty times its own length. Without its outer shell it would get smashed by the velocity of the ...
Views: 2099(1 vote) - Continuous Personal Growth - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2016 from Mitra ShahidiContinuous personal growth involves a lifelong of reflecting, connecting, and learning which enhance our understanding of who we are, the world around us, and provide us with more and better opportunities to improve our quality of life. To be able to improve we have to accept that something ...
Views: 532(1 vote) - Conventional and Authentic Knowledge, the Powerful Difference. Part 5 in the Personal Power series - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2013 from Cris BakerConventional Knowledge The previous articles in this Personal Power series discussed some differences between the logic of the outer world and the intuition of the inner world. You've seen how something can be both right as well as wrong, rather than either right or wrong. This resembles the ...
Views: 1059(1 vote) - Conversations with V! - Connecting & Cultivating a Woman's Intrinsic Value - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Val McLeodWhether we call it a woman’s intuition, mother wit or simply common sense, women definitely have an internal wellspring of wisdom. We have an amazing capacity for insight and awareness. This wisdom is not that which we receive through academic matriculation, but it is intelligence that emits ...
Views: 1037(1 vote) - Conversations with V! - How You Can Enjoy an Enriching, Enduring Relationship - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Val McLeodIn consideration of the myriad challenges to having an enriching and enduring relationship, it seems practically oxy moronic to use “healthy, romantic and relationship” in the same context. As a human relations expert, I am often asked, “Is it possible to have an “ideal relationship / ...
Views: 1174(1 vote) - Conversations with V! ~ Love - Work It Out! - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Val McLeod“There is no excess to love” Ralph Emerson Getting regular exercise is important to our physical and psychological well being. Even though it had been a while since I last exercised, in my desire and determination to continue achieving my fitness goals, I recently started to work out ...
Views: 907(1 vote) - Coping with Critics - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2014 from Tina TessinaNo one likes to be criticized, fairly or not. It’s always difficult to deal with, and it can hurt. Because I’m a writer of books and columns, and because I’ve lectured, appeared on radio and TV, I am sometimes recognized in public. I’m glad I’m not more ...
Views: 964(1 vote) - Core Values Lead to Personal Empowerment - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Lori Anne ChanceAre core values just a buzz term or do they have the power to change your life? Take a look at how you can achieve personal empowerment and become who you were meant to be by using your core values for positive life change. Learn to Love Your Core Values Let’s start at the beginning: ...
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