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- LIFE'S CAUSES AND EFFECTS - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2011 from Terry L. SumerlinSomeone has observed that we are always free to choose, but we’re not free to choose the consequences of our choices. We see proof of this principle in Washington and on Wall Street. The present state of the economy is the consequence of many years of bad fiscal choices. Recovery will depend ...
Views: 925 - The Baby Whisperer Vol 5: What Values are You Teaching? - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2011 from Joan Marie WhelanRemember when you were little and someone may have said, “Monkey-see, Monkey-do”? Well, everything that you emit through your actions, your words and even your thoughts are being fed into those around you – your children, your siblings, your friends, your coworkers and even your significant ...
Views: 1480 - If You Are Struggling To Pay Bills, Help Has Arrived - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2011 from Lynn ClarkeAre you ignoring phone calls from creditors and dreading the thought of being late on another mortgage payment possibly leading to foreclosure? Does it surprise you to know that struggling to pay bills contributes to 90 % of divorced couples? Are you providing your children the life you want for ...
Views: 3126 - Everyone has a purpose - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2016 from April LugoAs I was sitting in my room having some quiet time this weekend this came to me. I am listening to construction that is happening right next door and down the block. As I sat thinking about the process of building the house spirit moved in and began speaking to me. Having been married to a ...
Views: 1094 - The Power of Awareness - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2011 from Its All About WomenAwareness, as I’ve said before, is your best shot at a solution to life’s problems -- at least those problems that have a solution. With enough awareness, you either see how you’re creating a problem, or you see that there’s nothing you can do about it. Both are valuable. There are certain ...
Views: 951(1 vote) - DSA Driving theory test book for bike drivers - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2011 from John GrahamThe Theory Test for Car Drivers and Motorcyclists was introduced in July 1996. It is designed to improve the safety of newly qualified riders and drivers by making them think carefully about the right attitudes needed to drive safely on today's busy roads. There are two parts to the theory ...
Views: 824 - Promise and Hope Mean a Lot To People - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from Jim FargianoPromise and hope mean a lot to people. They are thoughts that will vary in their meaning, depending on what is going on in the lives of those who are thinking about it. From a spiritual perspective, your lives are always filled with promise. Each soul is a microcosm of learning and wisdom that ...
Views: 1240 - Competition - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from Sandra DawesGrowing up, competition was considered a good thing, healthy even. As a visible minority I was told I had to be better than the rest, because nothing was going to come easy to me, and I was going to need the upper hand intellectually in order to achieve the success I wanted. To be honest, I ...
Views: 2627(4 votes) - Do It Anyway! - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from Joe Piazza“Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions; strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts.” -Og Mandino, Scroll vI, “The Greatest Salesman in the World” As I move through my life, I have become more aware of when I feel weak, and when I feel strong. (In fact, ...
Views: 1288(1 vote) - Do You Like Me? - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2012 from Jodi ChapmanWe all want to be loved. We all want to be liked. We all want to fit in. We all want to be understood. We just do. We are social beings. We thrive in groups. We live in tribes. We have leaders and followers and pecking orders and those at the top and those at the bottom. And ...
Views: 1443 - The Choices We Make - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2012 from Jodi ChapmanTake a look at your life right now. Look at where you live, who you spend time with, how you support yourself financially, your level of stress, your state of mind, your health – all of it. Is this the life that you want to be living? Is this a life that you consciously created or is this a life ...
Views: 2339 - Asking for Help - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2012 from Jodi ChapmanI wouldn’t consider myself a team player. I have always been the type of person who would rather just do something myself than have someone else assist me. I thought that bringing in another person with their own set of expectations about how things should be done complicated things, and I ...
Views: 1375(1 vote) - Another Perspective - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2012 from Jodi ChapmanHave you ever wondered how others see you? Have you ever stepped back from your life and looked at it as though you were an objective bystander? Have you ever felt stuck and asked a loved one to offer guidance and perspective? A few months ago, Dan and I were on a call with a wonderful life ...
Views: 1413 - UK Riots 2011 - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from Vincent TreacyI was looking at the pictures of the riots in the UK and remembering the early 1980s in Liverpool when we had our riots. The picture of London burning was bad enough but having seen Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool endure these copycat riots and other parts of London devastated by marauding ...
Views: 1361 - How Not to Suck - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from Cari ColeAre you secretly afraid that you might suck? You’re not alone.Did you know that there are big stars who think they do, too? The good news is that pop music is not rocket science, and it’s not about perfection. It’s about imperfection – that’s what makes it so cool! If you take it too seriously, ...
Views: 786 - Information about Sweepstakes and Free Raffle - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from anthony gonsalwisSweepstakes refers to as a sales promotion which is associated with marketing in order to create enthusiasm among the customers to participate in free draws of chance which are attached with the product or services. The prizes in such draws are given by the sponsoring companies. The prizes can ...
Views: 518 - Ideas for Online Rakhi shopping - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2011 from Deepak vermaThe online Rakhi shopping has been around in India and worldwide since quite some time now. Though, e-commerce has picked up only newly. Shopping online is gradually rising up in India too. However, owing to the relatively slow diffusion of the internet in lots of part of the country, online ...
Views: 746 - THE RISING ATTRACTION OF GOLD RAKHI AS RAKSHA BANDHAN GIFT - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2011 from Deepak vermaCelebrating each & every festival in a theme manner is the choice of the youths now. They want to get out of the traditional ways of celebrating festivals & enjoy a difference in each aspect of the same. Rakhi festival is celebrated every year in the month of August especially in the northern & ...
Views: 589 - What Kind Of People Are You Attracting Into Your Life? - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2011 from Denise Duffield-ThomasWhat Kind Of People Are You Attracting Into Your Life? Author and personal development speaker Jim Rohn famously said, “You're the average of the five people you spend the most time with". Just think about those people now. Who are they and what characteristics do these people have in ...
Views: 1334(4 votes) - How Powerful Are You? Become Your Own Super Hero. - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2011 from Margie WarrellThere isn't a super hero "out there" who can save you from your situation, fix your problems, or take away your fears. You have to tap into your own super hero; to identify the fears that are holding you back and to make a decision not to reclaim the power they have wielded. I recently ...
Views: 1513 - When The Shift Hits, Be The Fan! - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2011 from Adonya WongChange is inevitable. Every day, we change our minds, change lanes, and hopefully, our underwear too! But what matters most is how present and ready we are when these changes come about. Do we use these reminders as a means to appreciate where we are, or are we too caught up in doing with no ...
Views: 760 - The Baby Whisperer Vol 3: Your Children and You: Keys to Strengthen Core Relationships - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2011 from Joan Marie WhelanMost conscientious partners want the best for their newborn child, adopted child and even their “furry” four-legged kids. How you choose to set up the emotional environment for bringing baby into the world is not only one of the dynamics to the structure of your child’s emotional awareness, but ...
Views: 1548 - Regain your Inner Power - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2011 from Joan Marie WhelanHave you ever strolled along the beach and spied a treasure hunter with his metal detector? It is kind of funny when you think of it. After all, what are the chances that someone will actually find a huge hidden treasure? In fact, more often than not, the treasure seeker may just be lucky enough ...
Views: 1515 - Raksha Bandhan-The Sacred Bond - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2011 from Deepak vermaRakhi is one of the many occasions that are being celebrated in India with a big celebration & festivity. It calls for preparation of delicious food items in everyone’s home along with sisters tying the knot of their love & affection on the wrists of their brothers respectively. This is the day ...
Views: 697(1 vote) - Slow Down, Listen to The Call and be Amazed at What's Been There All Along - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2011 from Reggie OdomI am living in a brand new landscape as of 2 weeks ago. Yet it is the same one where I have been living for almost 2 years. It is a beautiful landscape that is home to the smaller house where I live with my partner and my dog-child Ollie, the larger house of the man who owns the property, ...
Views: 1132(1 vote) - Women Entrepreneur Academy, Self Worth 101 - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2011 from Lynn ClarkeSuccessful business women no matter what industry or career they choose, share many similar qualities and personality traits. Women entrepreneurs recognize and value their self worth. Discover these fundamental skills required for welcoming success into your life. As women we collectively ...
Views: 1305 - Are you constantly seeking approval? It may be time to quit this dangerous habit. - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2011 from Tele OpakunleAre you always looking for validation? Family, friends and colleagues are always in better control of your life’s direction, you are in fact fond of sampling ideas and opinions. Maybe you belong to that group of people who started with confusion and have ended up with greater confusion by the ...
Views: 2090 - How to Leave Old Feminine Traditions in the Dust - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2011 from Marion ChamberlainA friend had forwarded me an article titled: The Good Wife’s Guide from Housekeeping Monthly, 13 May, 1955. Now I had heard about the article before, but quite frankly, didn’t really form an opinion about it. However, this time around when we went through the “tips” that were given to the ...
Views: 1122 - Why Worry is not the Answer - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2011 from Ade AdenekanWhy worry and for what reason? If it is not for a matter of pride and self deceit, we just cannot run away from the fact that there are so many things in and around our environments over which have no iota of control. In order to make this point clearer, it goes without saying that we have no ...
Views: 1650 - French Dips and Double Dips - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2011 from Arthur LevinePlease feel free to use this article as long as credit is given to the resource box. (C) Copyright Arthur Levine 2011 Words: 501 Keywords” Double Dip, French Dip, Recession, Depression I’ve always believed that food and economics go together, and in many cases the former can help predict ...
Views: 1383 - Precautions taken with prescription diet pills - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2011 from Alton ThomrtObesity is a bane and there is no denying to this fact. The extra fat covering your body not only destroys your beauty but also kills whatever good things are there in your body. Obesity develops impairs body movement as a result obese person tire quickly. Slow movement and exhaustion irritates ...
Views: 764 - Express your Love to your Siblings With Perfect Gifts - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2011 from Deepak vermaRakhi or Raksha Bandhan whatever we say is the festival that is celebrated especially in the northern & the western parts of India with immense joy & pleasure. It is perhaps the only festival that signifies the sacred relation between the brothers & the sisters respectively which is marked by ...
Views: 561 - How Your Emotions Can Affect Long-Term Change - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2011 from Scott Q MarcusBetween the covers of the business book currently on my nightstand, the author devotes few pages to discussing cash flow or spreadsheets, while much ink is dedicated to changing one’s thoughts about money. It is her premise that our income basically determined more by how we think than by the ...
Views: 1269 - Flying like a bird ... in the Garden - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2011 from Ophelia SwaiThe airport was crowded, and it had the usual maze of directions, escalators, elevators, trains, and moving walkways, with a multitude of people going in different directions. I had my hand luggage on wheels and was moving swiftly while looking up for the usual signs as to where to go for ...
Views: 1114 - How To Understand Your Goals in Life - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2011 from Ade AdenekanLife, according to what the revered Late Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo, the erudite Nigerian statesman and the first Premier of Western Nigeria whose avowed political opponents tagged as the best President the country never had said many years ago when he was alive, is not a bed of roses but ...
Views: 1778 - Tough used car market - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2011 from benson brownAs many industry insiders and experts had predicted, the used car market is facing tough times at the moment. The financial meltdown has left many continuing to tighten their belts. According to Manheim Retail Services, retail sales in May decreased from an average of 12.8 to 12.1. The ...
Views: 683 - Don’t Love Me to Death, Love Me to Life Let Me Leave - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Sebastian K. YoungWomen beware of men who feel inferior to you. Men that feel like they are inferior are deadly and their thinking process can be very twisted. It does not take much to set them off because they have a hairline trigger mindset. The inferior man always thinks that everyone is against him. They are ...
Views: 1815(1 vote) - CELEBRATE RAKHI WITH LOVE & AFFECTION - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Deepak vermaRakhi is the festival that marks the significance of the sacred relation of the brothers & the sisters respectively. It is being signified since ages with the sisters tying a band on the right hand of their beloved brothers with the latter taking up the pledge to protect their sisters throughout ...
Views: 670(1 vote) - Being 100% Responsible for Your Life - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Nicole NenningerEverything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content. ~Helen Keller Life is unpredictable. One day you can be healthy, the next you might learn from your doctor something is amiss. One day a friend or family member is with ...
Views: 1867 - SEND RAKHI GIFTS TO DELHI - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Deepak vermaRakhi or raksha bandhan whatever we say is one of the major festivals of Indi a & is being celebrated with huge exuberance throughout the country in the month of August every year. It is especially famous in the northern & the western parts of India & is marked with the preparation of numerous ...
Views: 669(1 vote) - Smykker - The changing trends - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from David NielsenJewelry has always been a fascination for everybody. Mostly worn by women, this has been in fashion since ages. Since times unknown, people used to wear different kinds of jewelry to adorn them. In addition to being a piece of decoration for the human, it also carried with it a cultural and ...
Views: 678 - Send Online Gifts for Raksha Bandhan - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Deepak vermaRakhi or raksha bandhan whatever we say is the festival that is celebrated with a huge vitality every year in the month of August. It is one of the many festivals that have immense importance in the culture of India. It is the only festival in the world that marks the importance of the bond ...
Views: 656(1 vote) - Windows Replacement - Are You Sure?? - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2011 from Jim ConwayThe latest business strategy that the Window makers adopt to promote their product is to make windows replacement looks like a very simple process. For this, they have are promoting the readily available windows replacement kit in the market. But then, before getting carried away by the magic ...
Views: 636 - Fight cancer with a healthy diet - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2011 from Igantius HenryLife in general is pretty complicated. It poses several obstacles in front of us every day. And then again there are no problems in this world that cannot be solved. It is just that everything takes its own time and space for it to get solved or unwrapped and one needs to be highly patient. In ...
Views: 462 - XMas Gifts for Girls - Artificial Christmas Flowers - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2011 from think tankChristmas! Christmas! Christmas! Just hearing your sweetheart and girlfriend say that why not New Year or valentine day? Really, smiling can be seen on your face and you can say that this is most precious time of celebration of New Year with great joy, pleasure and fun. It is the most favorite ...
Views: 1273(1 vote) - Newer options opening up to get free gift cards easily - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2011 from anthony gonsalwisThere is no person who will not be happy in getting a gift card that comes free of cost. There are many ways as how to get free gift cards. Newer avenues are opening up each day that might help you in getting these free gift cards. The options for the same are increasing day by day and the ...
Views: 579 - Buy Online Rakhi With Special Gifts - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2011 from Ashish KumarFerns n Petals (FnP) has brought to you some of the opportunities this rakhi season that will never cease to amaze you or your kin in the equal way. It is an online flower shop & just like your local florists that can give you the opportunity of choosing the best gifts of this occasion & make ...
Views: 563 - RAKHI GIFT FOR YOUR LOVELY SISTER - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2011 from Deepak vermaSisters are so important, isn’t it? Really it becomes very important for you as a brother to make her feel special. And what can be a better occasion than raksha bandhan to do the same. Rakhi is the only festival that signifies the sacred relation between the brothers & the sisters & the latter ...
Views: 671(1 vote) - IF DIETS WORK HOW COME SO MANY PEOPLE ARE OVERWEIGHT? - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2011 from Adrienne MarksAre you going away at all? I've just come back from an amazing time in Florida - a week of warm weather, long beach of white sand and the Atlantic ocean. However it wasn't all 'holiday'- I was there for a 3 day conference/seminar/workshop on marketing authentically. I met some wonderful ...
Views: 1350(1 vote) - We Can Plan - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2011 from Frances LucasAlthough we all may not have a systemized planning program where we log things into a binder that we have to do and scratch them off as we do them, we all plan. We all have ideas about what we want to do and take some actions on things we have to do. We have to plan for obvious reasons in order ...
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