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- Failure -- The Bumpy Road to Success - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2010 from Harry Connor JrFailure is an interesting taskmaster. It either wearies us, or it empowers us. Without the lessons failure brings, the successes will be few. John Keats wrote, "Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what ...
Views: 1275(1 vote) - Internet work from home anyone can do.... - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2010 from SCOTT LIFERMuch like the California gold rush back in the day where not many people were enthusiastic about finding gold until the initial few actually gained the Midas touch, the internet has had its share of spam sites, programs, courses and jobs that have cheated many. Don’t let that deter you though; ...
Views: 1346 - "Searching for Dimes" Tip for the Day "Find a Reason to Believe" - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2010 from Patricia ClappThe Boss sings about it. Self help gurus write about it. Setting goals is the ideal way to live your best life and most of my clients get that. However, how do you get to the point where you get that gusto to want to be a goal setting machine? The bottom line is, exactly how do you find ...
Views: 5793(11 votes) - How to Live Life to the Fullest - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2010 from J. AcobEach of us has our own way of life, "indifferences" as they call it. But the reality is that even how different we are and the way we live, there are universal truths, values and principles that are governing our world. These truths are both simple and general that if you try to learn and apply ...
Views: 1319(1 vote) - Life Quotes - Inspiring Your Life - Great Life Quotes Explained - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2010 from Avatar TamilmaganEnlightening quotes are the best source for gaining inspiration. These type of quotes are available in the quotation dictionary and quotation treasures. Enlightening quotes can be in different category and my favorite category is life quotes. The reason I love life quotes is because it gives us ...
Views: 5646(5 votes) - And That's My Take...(Haiti's Grim Future) - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2010 from Curtis SagmeisterAND THAT’S MY TAKE…(HAITI’S GRIM FUTURE) ©2010 by Curtis Sagmeister. All Rights Reserved. Haiti has been on the receiving end of considerable misfortune over the past several years. Civil unrest, corruption, a horrific economy (second poorest country in the world), an almost complete erosion ...
Views: 711(1 vote) - Unlocking Your Creativity - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2014 from Dr Ana GarciaINTRODUCTION You don’t ask the river “How often does your water flow’… Because if the river is healthy, its water will flow all the time. All day, every day. It is only when there is a block and the flow stops that its waters become stagnant, its crystalline clarity goes and the life in ...
Views: 1592 - The Triangle of Truth - by Submitted on Jan 20, 2010 from Mike RobbinsI have a love-hate relationship to conflict. I love it when things “work out,” but hate it when they don’t. My fear of things not working out, of people’s feelings getting hurt, or of me losing something important are usually high on my list of justifications for not saying certain things, not ...
Views: 1291 - Going From The “What To Do” To “How To Do It” Level Of Self Growth - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2010 from William CottringerGoing From The “What To Do” To “How To Do It” Level Of Self Growth By Bill Cottringer “Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience.” ~anonymous. The common purpose of life for us all seems to be ...
Views: 1532(2 votes) - Interview with Best Selling Author and Couple’s Therapist, Harville Hendrix - by Submitted on Jan 16, 2010 from Stephanie MicheleSome people may find it odd that I, a woman in my 30’s, who has never been married choices a couple’s therapist as one of my greatest idols. His name is Harville Hendrix, PhD. He is the author of the bestselling book, “Getting the Love You Want” and co- founder of Imago Therapy that was ...
Views: 1359 - Great Phrases on Happiness that We Really Need to Consider - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2010 from J. AcobHappiness is not living in a fool s promised land. It is not Living in oneself unaware of outside world. Life is not a layer of rosebushes. Here one has to sputter and combat for justice. All our activities are with a opinion to such outcomes. But ofttimes we neglect to attain that result. ...
Views: 2871(3 votes) - Second Chance Living! - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2010 from Karen DonaldWhat is “Second Chance Living”? It is having another opportunity to start your life, love, happiness and success stories all over again. When I teach on second chance living, many people come and make the claim that their second chance has already come and gone. Not so, second chance ...
Views: 1636 - The Secret To Weight Loss is Body Type, a Doctor and Nutrition Expert Reveals - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2010 from Dr. Eric BergJust because you can’t seem to lose weight doesn’t mean you have no willpower. That’s one of the primary messages Dr. Eric Berg, a nutritional researcher and weight loss expert (www.findyourbodytype.com), has for dieters. His belief, borne out through both research and practical application, ...
Views: 754(2 votes) - How to Buy Self Help Ebooks - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2010 from WEE DILTSIntroduction: Selling Self help Ebooks is big business. It seems that millions of people, just like you and me, are seeking ways to improve their lot in life. They are looking for ways to make life changes, to make their life work. They are hoping to feel better about ...
Views: 1428(2 votes) - A Very Good Cure for Drug Abuse - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2010 from J. AcobPeople become victims of drug misuse for another and often mysterious reason. But whatever these reasons out are, it is positive that this trouble shipwrecks havoc in the biographies of its dupes and the society. It is tested that there is a association between the increasing crime rate and ...
Views: 978 - Start Your Day on the Right Foot - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2010 from Willie HortonHow did you start your day today? When you leaped – or dragged yourself – out of bed, were you ready and alert for all the wonderful opportunities that today will offer, or did you slouch, on automatic pilot, to the bathroom in the normal early morning daze. If, of course, you were awoken by an ...
Views: 2849 - Creating the New Year with Intention - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2010 from Mike RobbinsAs we embark on another new year of life, I find myself experiencing a mixture of emotions about 2010. I’m excited about the possibilities of this New Year and inspired by the energy of creation that exists at this special time. Similar to last week, there is a magical quality to this first ...
Views: 1338(1 vote) - Is This Accident Your Fault? - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2010 from Rebecca MoreheadHave you ever been in a car accident? It is not a pleasurable experience and it could result in considerable damages and injuries to you or someone else. I bring this topic up because it has become interesting to me to observe the different ways that we drive our vehicles and how it could affect ...
Views: 1177(2 votes) - There is a reason for you… - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2010 from Ton PascalDid you ever stop to think about all the people that come into your life? In our ever-evolving society, even the most timid, reserved or reclusive person has several people contacting and connecting with him/her every day. Whether it is telephone, Internet, fax, or a direct contact, people are ...
Views: 1197(2 votes) - Your Life Work Balance Sheet: It’s all about figuring out what really matters. Step Seven. - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2010 from elizabeth cassidyStep One found you having a love affair with yourself. Step Two was about writing your own affirmations to help you stay positive. Step Three got you off the sofa and exercising your right to be fit and trim. Step Four was all about taking the time to meditate and getting centered in ...
Views: 1206(1 vote) - Your New Life Work Balance Sheet: It’s all about figuring out what really matters. Step Six. - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2010 from elizabeth cassidyStep One found you having a love affair with yourself. Step Two was about writing your own affirmations to help you stay positive. Step Three got you off the sofa and exercising your right to be fit and trim. Step Four was all about taking the time to meditate and getting centered in ...
Views: 1209(1 vote) - Your New Life Work Balance Sheet: It’s all about figuring out what really matters. Step Five - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2010 from elizabeth cassidyStep One found you having a love affair with yourself. Step Two was about writing affirmations to help you stay positive. Step Three got you off the sofa and exercising your right to be fit and trim. Step Four was all about taking the time to meditate and getting centered in your ...
Views: 1157(1 vote) - Your New Life Work Balance Sheet: It’s all about figuring out what really matters. Step Four. - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2010 from elizabeth cassidyStep One found you having a love affair with yourself. Step Two was all about writing your own bestseller – affirmations that keep you going even on the days when everything, including the car (or cat or toddler), overheats. Step Three got you off the sofa and exercising your right to be fit ...
Views: 1292(1 vote) - Your New Life Work Balance Sheet: It’s all about figuring out what really matters. Step Three. - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2010 from elizabeth cassidySo are you enjoying the view from the top? Elevation in one’s life does have its rewards besides living above the smog. It is the freedom to baste in the beauty that is moi – the mind that continues to amaze, the body that struts its stuff and is adored by the mind and the soul that lovingly ...
Views: 1203(1 vote) - The 5 Part Happiness Formula - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2010 from Kimberly EnglotI am a fan of happiness. I like to read about it, write about it, teach it and live it! Happiness comes easily to me but I understand that that isn't the case for everyone. I've come up with what I think is the exact formula needed. Excitement + Freedom + Joy + Inspiration + Love = ...
Views: 2860(6 votes) - Limiting Beliefs - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2010 from Rebecca EvansIn an episode of the Biggest Loser, the contestants were challenged to run a race. The race wasn’t designed to be a simple undertaking. Each participant was required to wear a special belt. Attached to these belts were weights in increments of the amount of weight they each had lost over the ...
Views: 1865(3 votes) - Positive, Possibility, Power Thinking - How To Integrate It Into Your Life - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2010 from Karl GruberPositive, Possibility, Power Thinking – How to Integrate It Into Your Life By Karl W. Gruber I have long been a disciple of the philosophy of Positive Thinking (beginning, of course, with Dr. Norman Vincent Peale in the early 20th. century), and many other great inspirational thinkers and ...
Views: 1480(2 votes) - New Year Resolutions: Let's Get Realistic - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2010 from Larry HehnMy friend Mano Watsa is more than a basketball player. He was a four-time OUA Conference All-Star, two-time All-Canadian point guard and captain for the University of Waterloo. In 1999 he toured with the USA Athletes In Action team, was awarded the National TSN Award for combining excellence in ...
Views: 1453(4 votes) - A New Year, A New Us: My New Year's Plan. - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2010 from Mackenzie PearceHappy, happy New Year! If you are like me you cannot wait to let go of 2009 and all the garbage that came with it (and did there not seem to be more in 2009 then any other year???) then take today to reflect and let go of everything negative and upsetting and just down right sucky from 2009 ...
Views: 1477(1 vote) - How to Overcome Seven Obstacles to New Year's Resolutions Success - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2009 from Peggy FergusonI love the New Year. I feel like I am the threshold of a new year. I am glad that there is a week between Christmas and the New Year because it gives me a chance to recover, regroup, and rethink. Of course, I would like to think of a new year as a fresh, blank, Big Chief Tablet to write ...
Views: 2535(2 votes) - What Choice Do You Have? - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2009 from Rebecca MoreheadDid you know that you are ten times more likely to make a change in your life by setting a New Year's resolution than someone who does not set one? That gives you pretty good odds to stack against making no resolution this year at all. You are even more likely to achieve your goals if you write ...
Views: 1114(2 votes) - Completing the Year with Power - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2009 from Mike RobbinsThese few days before the start of the new year have a magical and sacred quality to them. I appreciate the lull in activity that often takes place this week and the opportunity we have to reflect back on the year that is ending, as well as to create new possibilities and intentions for the ...
Views: 1269(2 votes) - Ebenezer - A Life Coach? What We Can All Learn from Scrooge - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2010 from Patricia ClappAs the holidays come and go, one of the most popular remakes we see on network television is the holiday classic called A Christmas Carol. Kelsey Grammar sings about days past in the musical, Vanessa Williams reconnects with her long lost friends while Susan Lucci discovers what a Grinch she ...
Views: 2067(3 votes) - Flamed! What is Flaming and What Can You Do About Being Flamed? - by Submitted on Dec 26, 2009 from David SnapeFlaming is the name given to abusive attacks by email. I've been working on the Internet for several years now and it is very, very seldom that I run into this kind of situation. Less than 24 hours ago, I was flamed. This flaming gave me pause for consideration. In fact, it ruined most of my ...
Views: 1359(5 votes) - I Was Lost! - by Submitted on Dec 24, 2009 from Kathy ThompsonOver the passed 35 years I have had so many jobs I can’t count them. And I am still not in the right career. Somehow I was never satisfied doing office work. There was always something missing. I don't belong in an office! At 60 I was asking where do I belong? It's been a life ...
Views: 1128(4 votes) - ***Staying Vertical in a Horizontal World ...A Diamond Alignment Process - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2010 from Jacqueline JoyMaintaining Contact with your Diamond Consciousness in these Accelerated Times Imagine a world in which we are all Connected and Vertically Aligned with our Authentic Diamond Self and our Soul’s Divine Purpose, saying “YES” to living fulfilled, purposeful lives…creating the Wealth of Being ...
Views: 3233(7 votes) - The Gift of Security - the Greatest Gift of All - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2009 from Linda ThompsonWhat are you giving for the holidays? You may be making lists, shopping like crazy, or trying your hand at things home made this year. I'd like to offer another choice. The very sudden passing of the husband of a dear friend has caused me to go back to the roots of my business. The subject of ...
Views: 1150(3 votes) - "But I CAN'T Give Up My Driving" - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2009 from Matt GurwellThis is Part 3 of a 5 part series addressing the delicate issue of asking an elderly parent to retire from their driving career. In our previous article "Giving Up the Keys…Who Should Do the Talking?” we discussed “who” should actually participate in the conversation of driving cessation. ...
Views: 1486(4 votes) - Inuksuk: An Ancient Symbol of Sustainability Leadership - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2009 from Lee RiddellA powerful symbol, the Inuksuk, stands as a guide to the Inuit tribe of the Canadian Arctic. Built of stones it is a messenger to those who cross the barren tundra of these lands; a signpost where food is stored or shelter can be found; a map to help arctic travelers navigate safely across the ...
Views: 2464(3 votes) - Being Grateful - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2009 from Charrise McCroreyIn my professional business coaching practice, I encourage clients to take intentional steps to bring an attitude of gratitude into their life. One very effective way is to begin a gratitude journal. The homework I give to clients is to set aside 10-15 minutes each day to write the things for ...
Views: 1315(2 votes) - Life at Home: Where's the Hospitality in Entertaining? - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2009 from Dr. Deana MurphyAlong with listing and writing Christmas cards is the list of guest we’re inviting over during the holidays. “Gee, this year the Butterfields and Hamburgs are coming. I must put my best foot forward. You know everyone will be talking about how lavishly I entertain my guest. Have to make a ...
Views: 1249(4 votes) - Serenity through Life's Challenges and Faith - by Submitted on Dec 18, 2009 from Mahindra RajHi everyone, the last month for me, was filled with numerous experiences I perceived as challenges which tested the level of faith I have in my path, process and what I’m doing, and as such I felt compelled to write about this topic. I figure there are many more out there that are going through ...
Views: 2515(2 votes) - Silence - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2009 from Johnna ShryackSilence A word so powerful it can bring fear or peace; happiness or loneliness; confusion or understanding. A silent world can be a lonely world. Fear that slowly enters the mind can have a profound impact on the existence in a silent world. A siege of negative emotion can flood a time, ...
Views: 838(2 votes) - The Three Most Important Areas of a Home or Apartment - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2009 from Ken LauherIn Feng Shui, as in life, certain factors or areas must take priority over others. In Feng Shui, the three most important areas of a home or apartment are: - the main door - the kitchen - the bedroom If positive energy (chi) collects outside and flows into these spaces, you’ll bring ...
Views: 959(1 vote) - De-clutter Your Life and Make Room for the New - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Cheryl HitchcockUsually when we think of clutter, we're referring to stuff seeping out of basements and closets and garages. We all have things we don't use anymore, whether it's clothes, toys, old gifts, knickknacks, and odds and ends. Most of the time our clutter ends up in piles and we forget what is ...
Views: 2293(6 votes) - Zen; the cure for the rat race? - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Nathaniel ReesChasing happiness has become an all too common practice in our modern world. If it is not the promotion we are chasing it is the boat or the car. Why is it that many of us are always in pursuit of those last few pieces of our lives that we believe will give us our ideal life? Why is it that ...
Views: 1265(3 votes) - Countering the Rising Tide of Teen Dishonesty - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Mark GregstonStudies show that teenagers today are lying more. They are cheating and stealing more, too. The latest Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth, by the Josephson Institute of Ethics, shows teens are lying more often and more easily than ever. The report indicates an increase in lying, ...
Views: 2108(4 votes) - Dealing With "Idiots" - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2009 from Chris ConnellDealing with idiots is hard. Its one of the hardest areas of my life. Now, before we go any further, yes I realize that seeing someone as an idiot is part of the problem. I am using my phrasing the way I am just because we can all identify with the sentiment. Its has more a draw than “dealing ...
Views: 5139(3 votes) - ***My Ghetto Roots and Why I Like It That Way - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Emily Erickson-SandstromMy Ghetto Roots and Why I Like It That Way Oh, you poor thing, you grew up in that terrible ghetto. Wrong! We ghettoites have a secret advantage, the same advantage the weeds have over the cultivated posies, the same advantage wild animals have over ones of the same species who were ...
Views: 2988(5 votes) - One Man’s Reflections on Oprah Winfrey's Impact - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2009 from Nathaniel WilliamsLife can be challenging. Oprah Winfrey allowed us different “lenses” in which to examine this challenging life through. We are appreciative of this on many levels. Her entrée to the entertainment industry allowed several barriers to be removed and Oprah has continued to remove the darkness ...
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