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Six Key Steps to Live Life To The Fullest - by Judi MoreoEnjoying Your Life Versus Simply Existing - by Judi Moreo- Journaling Your Way To Self Improvement And Personal Development - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2008 from Ivy and Amanda PrestonWhy Journaling Works: Journaling works because you write what comes to mind allowing your thoughts to evolve and surface. This is known as stream of consciousness writing and it's the purest form of writing because it reaches the paper unedited. By writing a little every day, you are in ...
Views: 2181 - Thinking Like A Winner - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2008 from Brian TracyYou become what you think about most of the time. You are successful on the outside in direct proportion to the way you think successfully on the inside. The degree to which you feel in control of your life will largely determine your level of mental well-being, your peace of mind, your ...
Views: 3927 - Challenge Routine - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2008 from Rob McBrideFor better or worse our routines direct our destiny. Frequently, we think about routine as something monotonous and undesirable. Even so, we all have routines and not all of them are bad! While there are certain routines and habits we would like to change, like smoking and eating too much, ...
Views: 935 - Which Ways Do You Limit You? - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2008 from Joseph BernardI keep on finding my mind returning to the recent talk I attended by English Poet David Whyte. His words about being fully human struck a strong cord in me. He talked about humans being as the only species that isn’t fully who they are. My observations are that we humans do a variety of ...
Views: 554 - The Third Level Of Education - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2008 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockAsk any educator today about the purpose of teaching, and they will more than likely say that it is to bestow knowledge, not much different from programming a computer. But is that the true purpose of teaching, or is that only an obsession with past, dead information? Another educator might say ...
Views: 554 - How To Get A Photographic Memory Fast - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2008 from Greg FrostThe adage that knowledge is power rings true ever more. Companies are looking for people who are intelligent, and able to apply this intelligence to their work. Having a photographic memory comes into play here, as the advantages of being able to recall every minute detail as if you had the ...
Views: 1569 - Procrastinate...Later - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2008 from Michele WoodwardPeople certainly beat themselves up for procrastinating. Well, when they get around to it, they beat themselves up. But what if procrastinating wasn't that bad? Just think: what if procrastination could actually be good for you? Example One: You procrastinate about buying that house you toured ...
Views: 869 - Entitled To Be Exceptional - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2008 from Douglas EbyBeing exceptional - unusually skillful, smart, creative or otherwise more capable than the norm - may include a judgment both by others and ourselves as being an “outsider.” Gifted and talented people can experience a self-defeating aversion to expressing talents that might separate ...
Views: 755 - Mediocrity. Are You Making This Mistake With Your Life? - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2008 from Bayo AOTrue success in life can only come by not settling for mediocrity. It's important that you understand this because true success in life can only come when you refuse to settle for mediocrity. Your job is to consistently aim to achieve and get the most out of life that you possibly can. True ...
Views: 2029(1 vote) - Understanding Ourselves - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2008 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockHow do we go about understanding ourselves? This is a very important question because if we don't understand ourselves, how are we going to change? Do we wait for divine intervention to create our pure hearts, or do we do something proactive? If we are not sure, then why not try both ways and ...
Views: 699 - Our Basic Problem - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2008 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockThis is an article about the root problem that forms the basis of our many problems, from the shooter who randomly kills on campus, to the worry that plagues us daily; to the restlessness we feel when we are bored. This problem is seldom explained adequately. Tragedies are usually explained by ...
Views: 757 - The Paradox Of Belief - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2008 from Gisele MichelAny time is a good time to assess where you are relative to those things that are important to you, such as business, career, life, family, health, relationships. It seems especially right to do so at the beginning of the year. It’s early enough to set benchmarks and there seems to be ...
Views: 1311 - Are You In Love With Your Life? - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2008 from Sherri Hughes,What do we mean when we say we are in Love? How is the love for my child different than my love for a partner or even my love for chocolate? If love is so good then why does it have so much pain? Ever ask yourself these kinds of questions about Love? Well I have and probably have hundreds ...
Views: 860 - Turn Luck Into Skill - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2008 from Phil JohncockIntroduction When researchers “asked creative persons what explains their success, one of the most frequent answers – perhaps the most frequent one – was that they were lucky” (Csikszentmihalyi 46). Creativity theorists like Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi agree that “luck is without doubt an ...
Views: 1441 - A Step beyond Positive Thinking - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2008 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockA positive attitude is a great benefit. With a positive outlook, we can psychologically reap the advantages of happiness without relying on necessarily positive results. Even if things fall apart, our positive outlook regarding how good things will be in the future keeps us satisfied. For ...
Views: 745 - Self-Esteem Versus Self-Acceptance - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2008 from Peter ShepherdA common misconception is that the assessment of a person's competence and ability is equivalent to a value judgment of the worth of the actual person. Any self-esteem that results from such an identification is a house built of cards that may instantly collapse, when the next action is judged ...
Views: 1808 - The Best Way To Predict The Future Is To Create It. - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2008 from Chuck GallozziImagine being a wizard. If you were, you would have the powers of creation and transformation. You would be able to bring things into existence and transform what you dislike into something you do like. If you had such powers, what would you create? What would you change? If we would awaken ...
Views: 1035 - Declutter... 5 Tell-tale Signs I Need To Do It! - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2008 from Jeanne MayIf you are anything like me, you tend to have things piling up around you... in your office, your closet, your desktop, your working space, your house, your anywhere and everywhere! And I know many of us have very legitimate reasons for having things pile up. We run out of time, too busy, ...
Views: 649 - What Are Personal Values? - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2008 from Joseph StuczynskiWhether you realize it or not, your life is guided by a set of core values. We all have a subconscious list of principles that steer us down different paths of life; unfortunately most of us aren’t fully aware that they exist. Some may have been developed during difficult periods of our ...
Views: 1662 - Beyond Self Improvement - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2008 from Thea VerhoeckxThere are times I hate that quote: Self Improvement. It contains “Self” what basically means I have “to do” something and it contains “Improvement” what means; “You can do better”. To accomplish that I need more motivation than: ”personal ...
Views: 539 - Eat Up Your Tinned Tomatoes! - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2008 from Jane WoodsWhen I was a small child school dinners were an exquisite form of torture for me. Growing up in a Britain where for most adults food rationing was still a very real memory, waste of any kind was a cardinal sin. And so, at school meal times the food was ladled onto our plates (no question of ...
Views: 2025 - Lessons From My Garden - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2008 from Camille Kocsis“If you want the answer to anything, go sit in Nature for awhile”- Albert Einstein Lessons from my Garden: Now that Summer is in it’s final stages and I’ve nurtured my gardens to the point of harvest, I thought I’d write about some of the lessons about life I‘ve gathered in that process. I’ve ...
Views: 517 - 5 Tips For Overcoming Failure - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2008 from Marelisa FabregaThere’s an old Japanese proverb that counsels: “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” But how do you get back up when you’ve fallen flat on your face? Below you’ll find 5 tips to help you gather the pieces and pull yourself back together after you’ve failed. 1. ...
Views: 2096 - Fears Are Made To Be Broken - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2011 from Marion LicchielloIs fear holding you back? How do you feel when you are not able to accomplish something because you are afraid? Have you heard the saying that F-E-A-R is ‘False Evidence Appearing Real’ or ‘Fantasized Evidence Appearing Real’? Perhaps you were somewhere that you wanted to get up and speak ...
Views: 950 - Don't Let Your Questions Rule You - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2008 from Bill LoydOf course we all have questions from time to time that we need to find answers to. The need to be in the "know" keeps many people jumping from one fad to the next. We are so eager to find out information that we spend countless hours and money searching every possible facet of what ever it is ...
Views: 974 - Making Course Corrections - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2008 from Brian TracyA year ago, when I heard about the book “The Secret,” I was skeptical. Having studied success and successful people for more than thirty years, I knew that there was no such thing as a single secret that could enable people to achieve all their goals. When I finally relented and ...
Views: 1053 - Gratitude At Its Best - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2014 from Natalia AlexandriaOn January 8, 2008, my beloved dog died. Gustavo was with me nearly thirteen years and during the most challenging and transformational cycle in my life. In the midst of this dreadful event in which he nearly drowned, strangers came from nowhere to assist in his departure. A remarkable ...On ...
Views: 1604 - We Walk Our Talk - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2008 from Debra BetterlyHave you ever really paid attention to what you say out loud to others for one whole day or a series of days? I recommend it—you just might learn why you can’t seem to get ahead or areas in your life you are not taking full responsibility for. So often we just say things without really ...
Views: 963 - What is meant by 'SelfGrowth? - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2008 from * BeiYin - The People Whisperer*When I first came to 'SelfGrowth.com' I was pretty clear about what self growth means, but being here for a while I realize that this can be seen completely differently. The ‘self’ seems to be the state in which the personality is identified with all the property gathered, all the ...
Views: 1497(1 vote) - Achieve Success By Improving Your Office Productivity - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2008 from Dominic TayHow many documents could you finish in an hour? Or how many emails you could read in an hour or so? In the businessworld, quality production is the key goal in earning benefits for the company. Despite this fact, many companies are also aiming for the equal quality-quantity equation. Can you ...
Views: 587 - The Universal Law of Compassion - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2008 from Amanda ButlerWhat if today was your loved one’s last day here on earth, or for that matter, your last day? How would you treat your Self or the other differently? Would you forgive and let go of past pains, worries, traumas, and ill wills of your Self or one another? Would any of the past really ...
Views: 2398 - What do You do the Day After Your Life Changes? - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2008 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockIt can sneak up on you like a thief in night; change that is. One day, you are content and happy with your life, and the next, it's as if you find yourself living on mars. Everything around you has somehow changed, and you haven't, or maybe you have changed and everything else has remained ...
Views: 588 - The Sorry Epidemic - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2008 from carolyn campbellThe sorry epidemic is flooding our world. “I’m sorry for taking too much time,” “sorry my kids are too loud,” “sorry I’m not who you wish I was,” ”sorry I…” One day I tried to keep count of all the sorry’s I heard in ...
Views: 1248 - Develop Your Reputation Capital - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2008 from Roger IngbretsenYour reputation capital is the brand your name carries – the sum total of your good name, good works, and your history. As an individual, your reputation and the image it carries are important. With every move you make, you are validating in the eyes of your family, friends, neighbors and ...
Views: 6315 - Continuing Adult Education - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2008 from Ianny LauAs Peter Drucker puts it, “We live in an economy where knowledge, not buildings and machinery, is the chief resource and where knowledge-workers make up the biggest part of the work force.” The Internet has triggered an explosion of knowledge and information. The phenomenon is a ...
Views: 598 - The Gift of Choice - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2008 from Jim AccettaToday I offer you a gift; a gift that you have always had, and you may not even know it yet. This is a gift I speak of in my inspirational talks; a gift that is central to much of my coaching; a gift I celebrate in my life daily, a gift that continues to unfold; this gift is the gift of ...
Views: 1915 - How To Think Outside The Box - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2008 from Steve GillmanYou hear that to be more creative you need to think outside the box, but what is the box? It is your normal ways of thinking, and all the hidden assumptions you make. Imagine actually living in a box, and knowing the outside world only through the pictures and descriptions written on those four ...
Views: 850 - How To Create A Memorial Guest Book To Remember Your Loved Ones Forever - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2008 from Lesley MattosPlanning a funeral and coping with the emotional time surrounding this event can be very stressful. Quite often after all the arrangements have been made and the services are over, the family is often left with only a vague memory of the friends and family members who gathered. Creating a unique ...
Views: 1286 - Four Degrees of Evil - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2008 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockAbout a dozen or so baby alligators showed up at a pond that Janet and I visit occasionally. Mama alligator kept watch nearby because the pond is also home to some otters, and otters love little alligators! But she allowed her 8 inch long offspring some freedom to enjoy the fall day. When we ...
Views: 606 - A Little Mid-Forties Depression? - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2008 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockWhen we hit our mid-forties, our bodies stop fooling around and become serious about disintegrating! It can seem at times as if we age 20 years in the span of one or two years, which can be quite a shock if we have been so caught up with life that we haven't noticed the subtle, almost invisible ...
Views: 1913 - Are You Listening To Your Self-Talk? - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2008 from Jenny MannionI have written about self-talk a bunch of times because it was such an integral part of me healing myself. I was on auto-pilot for YEARS and just moving through my days without really listening to what my mind was saying. Oh, it said QUITE a lot and I HEARD it but I was not conscious of what the ...
Views: 1019 - Self Mastery As A Way Of Life - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2008 from Transform, Inc.Old habits die hard, as the saying goes. And one habit that most of us share—and find difficult to both notice and shake—is our tendency to run “on automatic.” Unconscious patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving are often the silent saboteurs of self mastery in our ...
Views: 1057 - The Transforming Power Of The Enneagram - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2008 from Transform, Inc.Do you ever wonder why others perceive you differently than how you view yourself? Have you been misunderstood or misinterpreted – and can’t understand how that happened? Are there some people you just can’t connect with—and some who never seem to understand your point ...
Views: 1013 - The Secret To Purpose - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2008 from Rodney LaneVictor Frankl psychologist and author of man’s search for meaning said; “Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he can not be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone’s task is ...
Views: 690 - Archetypes & The Road To Wholeness - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2008 from Lauri Allison LaBadieIn our current culture, so much “doing” and outer accomplishment is expected of us, that many people feel they have lost touch with any source or spark that once kept them going. We have become all too efficient in our technological world, and must learn again how to nurture and encourage the ...
Views: 1296 - Generation Xers Could Shake Things Up, in a Surprising Way! - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2008 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockHave you noticed the interest being generated in the ranks of our young people by the political races? It reminds me of the sixties when young people took a hard turn left. Many of the kids raised after this, however, took a decidedly turn right, ala Reaganites. It seem that these shifts occur ...
Views: 728 - The Champagne Corks Have Been Popping To Celebrate Your Promotion - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2008 from Gina GardinerThe champagne corks have been popping to celebrate your promotion. You have a well paid job you love - it's really interesting. You are using your talents to the full and your boss really values your contribution! If you recognise yourself in the statement above - congratulations! If you ...
Views: 665 - Help Is On The Way: Call In The Thought Police - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2008 from Lauri Allison LaBadieWe’re all grownups here, right? How hard can it be to be a functional adult? Then why do we struggle so? Depression and anxiety disorders are epidemic in our society. Stress-related health problems threaten the quality and span of our lives. Alcoholism and drug addiction touch many of our lives ...
Views: 953 - HOPE - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2008 from Lauri Allison LaBadieFind Places of Healing. Discover people, things, and places that nourish your soul, bring you back to center, help you heal. Life is not an endurance contest. Not anymore. We are not in a race to see how long we can go without, how much we can go without, how much pain we can stay in. Although ...
Views: 862 - ***Personal Development From Start To Finish - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2008 from Paul Chek“Why is change so hard?” It may be the most common question I answer for clients. Change in general is easy – change is always happening. You may chip a tooth, get a bit of a tan working in the yard, or get haircut. Change is a constant. But directed change can be tough and ...
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