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- The Top 7 Reasons You Don't Have Time For What's Important - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2013 from Jennifer HazlettOne of the most common challenges I hear from small business owners is that they do not have enough time to focus on what's really important in their business. In order to solve this problem you first have to determine why this is a challenge. Once this is clear, you can look at strategies to ...
Views: 1463 - The Trap of Perfectionism - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2014 from Darlene LancerPerfectionism is an addiction, meaning we’re repeatedly unable to stop our perfectionist behaviors. Like other addictions, perfectionism varies in severity and can have negative consequences. It harms our self-esteem, make us unable to accept other people’s differences and their mistakes and ...
Views: 1881 - The Ultimate List Of 30 Good Habits - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2021 from Dr.Purushothaman KollamEvery day you make choices. Those choices create your thoughts and actions. Your thoughts and actions develop your habits. And your habits define your life. If you examine many of the activities of your day, you will see they're actually good and bad habits you've developed over the ...
Views: 466 - The Ultimate List Of 30 Good Habits - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2021 from Dr.Purushothaman KollamEvery day you make choices. Those choices create your thoughts and actions. Your thoughts and actions develop your habits. And your habits define your life. If you examine many of the activities of your day, you will see they're actually good and bad habits you've developed over the ...
Views: 426 - The Undercurrent - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2014 from Debra PayneWhat drags you down? I'll share what does it for me. My negative thoughts can attack me on even the best of days. They are so persistent and so effective that I have come to call them The Undercurrent. The Undercurrent is a quiet, unseen, and vicious tug that is always running just beneath ...
Views: 1360 - The Universe Inside Your Brain - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2008 from Ted PayneThe title of this article has been named after a chapter in the powerful personal development and business development book called “The Answer” by John Assaraf and Murray Smith. This book has had such a positive impact on my business and personal life that I felt compelled to share what I have ...
Views: 978 - The Virus - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2020 from Pearls of WisdomHave any good things come from the virus situation? It sounds awful to say this but I think yes there has. It is an awful and terrible situation and there have been many deaths, stress, upset, negative changes, worry and chaos caused by it, many have lost their jobs, many have lost their ...
Views: 883 - The World Is Changing... Are You? - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2011 from Michele LandersThe world is changing at lightning speed. We know this and since everything is our mirror, I wonder how many of us are reflecting this change internally? Are we embracing new ways of doing, seeing and being in our world or is it the same old, same old? Are we waiting for our lives to change ...
Views: 1299 - The Worry Wagon - by Submitted on May 31, 2007 from Bradley Ann MorganAs we were in the San Jose airport this month, we were joined for coffee by two women executives laden with overstuffed briefcases & cell phones. In our subsequent conversation of where they were headed, we repeatedly heard issues of concern besides just their business worries. I heard the ...
Views: 1686 - Them Dang Creepers! - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2012 from Luc DespresHave you been letting your limiting beliefs control your actions or lack thereof? Here's what I've learned lately.... If you're not filing your mind with what it needs to uproot those dang creepers (Limiting Beliefs), you'll find yourself falling back into old habits and beliefs that are ...
Views: 1052 - There is Good News - If You Look For It - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2011 from Mike RobbinsAs someone who is very interested in current events, sports, politics, the state of our economy and world, and more - I pay a lot of attention to the news (sometimes more than is probably healthy for me). I read newspapers, check out various news sites/blogs, watch TV, and listen to the radio. ...
Views: 912 - THERE IS NO BLISS IN IGNORANCE - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2012 from Julia JamesThe old saying “ignorance is bliss” stems from a poem by Thomas Gray and suggests that if you are happiest being ignorant, then just stay ignorant. I beg to differ. There is a lot of pain and effort involved in ignoring information that might challenge our habits and behaviours. If you have ...
Views: 2206 - Things That Happy People Do Not Care About - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2014 from Cecile PeterkinIf you are serious about becoming a better and happier person, what’s important is that you keep your focus on your main goal, which is to be happy. Once you find your own happiness, you will instantly be a better person in every aspect of the word. Finding what can make you happy isn’t the ...
Views: 1461 - Things To Consider Before Using CBD For Sleep and Anxiety - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2023 from Angulena BobesCBD, or cannabidiol, can potentially treat various health conditions, such as chronic pain, epilepsy, and anxiety. It is a non-psychoactive compound obtained from the hemp plant that does not induce intoxication. Therefore, many people use CBD as a natural remedy to treat sleep and anxiety ...
Views: 429 - Things To Do While Watching TV; That Will Help You To Organize Your Life - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Jan HaynerYou can do all of those small chores and be finished in no time at all, instead of counting days to get a job done. Stop saying that you don't have any time to get your work done, now you can count how many TV shows it will take, for you to reach your goal! How many times have you said, "I ...
Views: 2606 - Think like Superman... - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2008 from Dan RobeyI want you to start thinking like you are Superman. Sound Crazy? Sound a little nutty? It's powerful. It's based in quantum physics science. It will change your life. Read on..... If there was any person real or fictional whose qualities you could instantly possess who would that ...
Views: 2862 - This is how to break bad habits - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from M.Farouk RadwanUsually a person decides to break a bad habit after he gets a positive charge of motivation which lets him try to change his bad habit immediately. Thinking that will power and persistence is all what’s needed to break the habit the person tries to use them both to stop the habit but he ends ...
Views: 1217 - This is the Most Powerful Hijacker of Your Healing Path - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2019 from Sheryl PaulWestern culture places a premium on feelings in the form of moods. While we diminish the importance of experiencing difficult emotions like sadness, disappointment, frustration, fear and jealousy, we worship at the altar of moment-by-moment impulses. This sounds like: I don’t feel like ...
Views: 836 - Thoughts Are Creations - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2011 from Roger QuevillonQuote: Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965) "The role of the physician is to amuse the patient long enough until nature does the healing" Listen instead of reading the article below Sit back and relax, it might take a few seconds for the audio to start. Click on these words ---> "Thought ...
Views: 1571 - Thoughts on Resilience - Part Three - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2013 from Rita SchianoWe all need reminders of the strengths we have. And we can cultivate resilience by embracing these three directives: by knowing what you have, by knowing who you are, and by knowing what you are capable of doing. -- What You Have: strong relationships and connections to others, structure and ...
Views: 1576 - Three Steps to Release Emotional Stress Eating - by Submitted on May 11, 2012 from Aila Accad, RN,Emotional eating is a common response to stress. Do you find yourself reaching for comforting foods when you are stressed? You may also find that the harder you try to control emotional eating, the worse it seems to get. When you understand the forces behind emotional eating, you can see why ...
Views: 2470 - Three Strategies for Behaviour Change - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2021 from Dr.Purushothaman KollamSelf-improvement is a constant process. Everyone wants to bring changes to their lives that will help them improve their lifestyle but often struggle. Developing or maintaining good habits requires behaviour change. However, people often tend to stick to a particular kind of method or lifestyle ...
Views: 624 - Thumbsucking - A Book Review - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2007 from Colleen LangenfeldAs a mom with four children, all of whom were thumbsuckers when small, and all of whom stopped the habit in different ways at different ages, I understand the frustration many parents feel when trying to help their young child overcome this habit. "David Decides About Thumbsucking" by Susan ...
Views: 2105 - Time Management 101: Stop the Distractions! - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2014 from Porschia Parker-GriffinWhat is the number one reason people give for NOT doing something? I don’t have enough time! You have big ideas and made plans to start a meaningful project, but you can never find the time to get it done. Days, weeks, and months fly by but there hasn’t been any action taken to move you closer ...
Views: 1401 - Time Management Tips and Habits Give You More Time and Still Reach Business and Personal Goals On Time - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2021 from Leon EdwardThe interactive world we reside in permits a lot of diversions. At the office, there are interruptions by our colleagues or our partners in addition to calls from our family at times always important and many times a priority to address. There are our own vices sometimes searching phones, email ...
Views: 1477 - Tiny Habits That Reveal Your Personality, According To Science - by Submitted on Jun 19, 2021 from Dr.Purushothaman KollamEverything we do in our daily lives reflects our personality. Even the smallest of activities which may seem insignificant provide meaningful insight into our personality. As per psychological research and expert opinion, our daily habits are a reflection of our personality. Let us look at the ...
Views: 606 - Tips for Falling Back in Love with Your Business - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2016 from Jaynine HowardWe all hit that brick wall at times where we are no longer jumping out of bed each morning excited to start our day. When you find yourself lying in bed dreading to get up and start your day you know it is time to do some self-reflection and find out what is zapping your energy. Retreat from ...
Views: 1462 - Tips On Safe Running - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2008 from Sharon Sharon SamrajPeople go for running, jogging or walking either for the purpose of exercising or for sports event. To ensure safe running and to prevent running injuries, plan the running program properly. The warm-up and stretching exercises are a must before you start running. Do the stretching exercise ...
Views: 860 - Tips to Choosing The Best Beauty Training Courses - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2022 from punit shuklaThe greatness business is a creating industry with spas salons and lodgings merging brilliance drugs generally through the world reliably. There is more makeup artists in Lucknow salons and spas opening generally speaking each day, with more people taking advantage of these organizations to keep ...
Views: 557 - To Do or Not To Do? - That is the question. - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2011 from Dragan SimicDo you make use of a To Do List? Is everything on the list always done and on time? I doubt it. Working with a to do list does of course have its benefits. It allows you to focus your attention on tasks needed to be fulfilled. By organizing the tasks you can create balance in your life ...
Views: 780 - To improve your life you must live in the moment. - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2011 from Ray Clements“Everything is the result of something else. To have, what you have not; you must do, what you do not.”-Zor Like most of Zor’s advice, the quote mentioned above is simple enough to understand yet extremely difficult to apply. The problem lies in the basic structure of our minds, for it is ...
Views: 868 - To Sleep or Not to Sleep: The Economy’s Effect on American Sleep Habits - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsPeople are not sleeping well these days. My clients complain about it, my friends complain about it, and even my parents complain about it. As a former insomniac, I thought I should give some tips in today’s blog about how to resolve this important issue. Lack of sleep ages the body like no ...
Views: 811 - Today I Resolve to Make the Most of My Time - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2011 from Jef MenguinI look around and I saw that there are people live happy and fruitful life. I believe these people are my best models and not the book authors who give 1001 techniques on time management. I must observe them. I must listen to what they say. The practitioner is the real expert. People who ...
Views: 1491 - Too Quiet to Think! - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2011 from ruth davisIt's too quiet to think! This is what so many of my clients tell me when I ask them to sit in stillness. They are uncomfortable. Fidgety. There is nothing to distract them from the silence. Even with all of the scattered thoughts running through their minds, it becomes too quiet to ...
Views: 819 - Too Self Aware - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2012 from danae matthewsRecently I have begun encountering a defense mechanism that is unlike any other that I have seen before. More and more people in my life have started to employ its use and after much thought and consideration I have equated its use to pop culture and bad parenting. Despite these truths its ...
Views: 1268 - Top 10 Ways to Boost Self-Esteem and Confidence Levels - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2020 from Przem MoskyWhen I first started researching, I found hundreds of websites and books that tried to teach people how to raise their self-esteem levels. All of them started with the inner voice or the inner critic we all have inside of us. I didn’t believe that silencing that inner critic and turning it ...
Views: 812 - Top 5 Habit Tracking Resources - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2015 from Melissa PringleIf you are trying to improve yourself or achieve a goal, you will want to know these top 5 habit tracking resources. Remember it takes more then 21 days to form a habit, it takes about 6 weeks or longer to do something without thinking about it, only if it is done every day at the same ...
Views: 1095 - Top Reasons You Need To Become More Emotionally Intelligent - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2017 from Lisa smithKnowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is a strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich" - Lao Tzu Emotional intelligence is the buzz word in the psychology, business & HR world today. The ...
Views: 1116 - Top Trending Best PS4 Games - by Submitted on May 24, 2021 from touseef ur rehmanGreatest PS4 Games For This Christmas If you are after the best PS4 games of all time, you've come to the right location. Within the following article, you are going to see a top collection of the very best PS4 games of all time, irrespective of class or era. However, even when you're looking ...
Views: 614 - Transformational Income: Causes of Failure - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2011 from Sara DillingerYou shouldn’t let all these causes of failure discourage you. Think of it this way: they are like termites. They might be eating away at the foundations of all your efforts but once you know that they are there, you can take measures to eradicate them. With that little pep talk out of the ...
Views: 878 - Transformational Income: If - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2011 from Sara DillingerLong before Napoleon Hill wrote his book Think and Grow Rich, long before the Great Depression that inspired Hill’s earnest book, long before World War I, Nobel prize laureate Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem entitled IF: If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and ...
Views: 801 - Transformational Income: Mind Your Ps and Qs - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Sara DillingerWhen I was a kid, we children were told on occasion – usually special occasions – to mind our Ps and Qs. When I was younger, I thought those initials referred to peas and carrots and I could see the sense of minding the Ps. Peas were sneaky little dickens and would roll off your fork and scatter ...
Views: 771 - Transformational Income: Persistence - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2011 from Sara DillingerHave you ever gone on a diet or started a new exercise routine? Were you successful at losing all the weight you wanted to lose or building the muscle or strength you wanted to build? If so, why? And if not, why not? What was the most important factor in the success or failure of your diet or ...
Views: 796 - Transformational Income: What's Holding You Back? - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Sara DillingerIt is a part of life’s tragedy – and unfairness – that millions of men and women earnestly try, work hard, and yet fail while only a few people succeed. The old saying that “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer” seems true. In preparation for his book, Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon ...
Views: 940 - Treat your small business to a make over - by Submitted on May 31, 2011 from Heidi DeCouxA thriving business relies on both people and systems. You’ve recently acknowledged your administrative professionals for the important role they play in your business. Now it’s time to assess the contribution that your systems have given and maybe spend time giving your systems a minor ...
Views: 910 - Try these Habits to become Smarter - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2021 from Dr.Purushothaman KollamBecoming a smarter and better person is a usual dream in our life. We are growing up in our mind and body every day. Every day we are gaining more experiences and we are also changing ourselves and we are becoming better and better. We usually think that getting smarter is a very easy thing that ...
Views: 433 - Tune In - Give The Gift Of Listening - by Submitted on May 05, 2008 from Josh PerezThink of a time you were conversing with someone. As you talked with them you noticed the lights were on, but nobody was home. You may say they were in la la land or daydreaming. When was the last time you got the blank stare from someone? We have all probably experienced chatting with a friend ...
Views: 958 - Turn Activity Into Effectiveness - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2011 from Andrew HortonHere is a plan to multiply your effectiveness and efficiency that at first glance seems very simple and just plain common sense. Unfortunately just because something is common sense, it is not often common practice. The reason I present this plan to you, is to help you to multiply your ...
Views: 1247 - Turn your business (and speaking) around - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2016 from Kathleen GageIt’s amazing when you cross your own invisible line from, “Ugh! I have to do this,” to “Wow! I get to do this!” Such is the case with running. Never, in my wildest dreams, did I think I would enjoy, let alone love, running. But I do. A LOT! So much in fact, I regularly participate in local ...
Views: 1126 - Turn your Natural Rhythms into a Cycle of Success - by Submitted on May 24, 2011 from Andrew HortonTurn your Natural Rhythms into a Cycle of Success Keynote Inspirational Speakers We operate best when we allow our bodies and minds time to recover after intense periods of effort. If we try to operate at high levels of intensity for prolonged periods of time without allowing time for ...
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