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One key area of personal development -- distinct from most other key areas -- that can sometimes be hard to improve is "likeability".
But just what is likeability?
This is simply the extent to which we are liked because people feel (real or perceived) that we are emotionally open and honest ... Views: 1341
By using winner affirmations for life change we can change the way we think and process information so that these affirmations will eventually have a positive impact on our lives. Over the last decade or so many of us are starting to use these affirmations in our daily lives. It used to be a ... Views: 1341
If someone lives in America, they are likely to know that Donald Trump is the new president of America. But even if they don’t live there, this could still be something that they are aware of.
What this comes down to is how connected people are in today’s world, and this is largely down to ... Views: 1341
A question I am often asked by people who would like to telecommute is, "How do I approach my manager or boss about this subject?" Many people fear that if they suggest telecommuting, or even working from home occasionally, that they will be viewed as "less than serious" about their job. Of ... Views: 1340
We all have dreams. They start with a simple idea and soon grow into a possibility. And as time goes on, they begin to feel more and more real. We even start to believe that they could actually happen. We really begin to see ourselves living our dreams. We can almost taste them they seem so ... Views: 1340
Do you find yourself with so much to do but just not enough time to get them done? Everyone gets 24 hours a day, so it is up to you to decide how you want to manage it. To be honest, most of the time, the problem is not about having insufficient time. In fact, it is a case of poor time ... Views: 1340
People who know me know that one of my favorite subjects is - "Professional passion." It is a fascinating blend of commitment, energy and joyful connection to your work. We all know how bad it feels when our passion is untapped. The remedy is to have a clear sense of ... Views: 1339
What personal issue bothers you most strongly? Do you worry too much? Are you compulsive about minor details, or do you overlook them without realizing it? Developing a personal development plan can encourage you to improve those elements of your personal life that you desire to modify.
Through ... Views: 1339
Using Criticism to be successful
How do you deal with criticism when it happened to you? Do you feel like a sword piercing through your heart or feel empowered to accept the criticism and reflect the sword? Criticism is just like an intimidating double edge sword that can do harm or do good to ... Views: 1339
The Failure Mindset
We all experience successes and failures during the course of normal creative activity, they are natural indicators of results. But the idea of failure can get out of control and become a complete mindset that begins to feed and perpetuate itself in ways that create ... Views: 1338
In today’s world, it is not uncommon for someone to say that they want to let go of the past, and this is likely to be due to the fact that it is holding them back in some way. Therefore, the sooner they are able to do this the better their life will be.
A Number of Options
Fortunately, it ... Views: 1338
At this time of year I often find myself thinking that I didn't spend as much time with my family and friends as I would have liked. It's just so easy to get caught up in the day to day hustle of things that need to be done. You may be feeling the same way: you were so busy with meetings, email, ... Views: 1337
Starting writing, that’s easy. It’s the continuing that’s the hard part. And yet if you’re not writing consistently you can’t really call yourself a writer – a dreamer, maybe but not a writer. So what makes it so hard to continue writing?
The first piece of the puzzle we’re going to have to ... Views: 1337
Recently, a class I was taking asked us to poll our friends with this question:
“What is the most unexpected, miraculous thing you have ever experienced?”
The point of the exercise was to help us to see that miracles really do happen everyday. And they are much more frequent than we imagine. ... Views: 1337
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Choosing Happiness - by Adam Benedetto and Zoe Young from Answers in Writing
During life, we may sometimes find ourselves in a slump, experiencing sadness, emptiness, or withdrawal at times when we know our lives should be making us happy. This can be confusing. Why, if all seems as it should be, are we not happy? What is in our way or stopping us from experiencing the ... Views: 1336
Choosing the right business…
Part 2 “Start your own business from scratch.”
Where do you begin when starting a business by scratch or your own ideas? The process may seem overwhelming however, once laid out it is a simple process.
There are a few questions to ask yourself when launching ... Views: 1336
For a while now, a family member of mine has experienced some ongoing conflict within our extended family unit. It’s gotten pretty ugly at times. In fact, you could even ask what it was all about and not really get a clear answer. Very frustrating for all involved, because with no clear answer ... Views: 1336
I just fought with a plant...and I won.
I recently decided to rearrange some plantings in my backyard. VISION. The next step was to uproot the ones that I wanted to move. PLAN.
Everything was going smoothly until...(dun-dun-dun!), I began to uproot the plant from hell. OBSTACLE. ... Views: 1336
In today’s topsy-turvy marketplace, job security may seem like a pipe dream. In the midst of downsizing, stock market confusion, and layoffs, how can you make sure to keep your name off any pink-sheet list? One key way you can create employment insurance is to learn to define and effectively ... Views: 1336
In most cases the problems and difficulties that plague you now can be boiled down to one element— People. People are the problem and likewise people are the solution. The problem may be a result of the wrong people or people behaving or performing the wrong way. The solution is the right people ... Views: 1336
1. Can I change my voice?
No. Your voice can't be changed, but it could be improved when you breathe properly and use your whole body instead of just your mouth and throat to speak.
2. Does a good voice mean a deeper voice?
Absolutely not. To develop a good voice is not about going ... Views: 1336
Want to know a powerful covert influence tool that allows you to get anything you want - through your own acts or by subconsciously commanding others to render it to you?
It does not take a magician or hypnotist to do it. Even an ordinary individual has the capacity to achieve this covert ... Views: 1335
Too Much to Do, Too Little Time
The most common form of stress that managers experience is the feeling of being overwhelmed with far too much to do and having too little time to do it in. In fact, "time poverty" is the biggest single problem facing most managers in America today. We simply do ... Views: 1335
Time is fleeting. It does not seem to last as long as we would like it to last. Although it may seem like yesterday you were raising your children, those years have passed and now they are raising their own children. But, before you let any more time slip pass, start thinking of your ... Views: 1335
September 11th Eclipse Channeling
I received a very interesting set of messages on September 11th during the solar eclipse. When I went out to see what was in the atmosphere, actually expecting to have some god-awful kind of 9-11 related image of World War 3, I discovered instead that the air ... Views: 1335
According to Dictionary.com, fear is defined as “a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid.”
Fear can mean that you are about to experience a painful emotional experience.
Both the ... Views: 1335
What do people think of when they think of you? Your sense of humor, your fashion sense, your common sense, your enthusiasm?
This is your brand.
Do solopreneurs even have brands?
As it turns out, we EACH have a brand - our personal brand (also sometimes called a micro-brand).
You ... Views: 1335
FIRST LAW: Discovery of endowment. The limits of magnetic endowment latent in every normal person emerge only through prolonged effort in the culture of magnetism.
SECOND LAW: Difficult environment. Magnetism develops in direct proportion to the difficulty of environment.
THIRD LAW: Magnetic ... Views: 1334
If anyone tries to sell you the secret to success, walk away because they are trying to rip you off. There is no magical solution and no mystery to it. In fact, there is no secret!
Scientists have repeatedly studied people who do well in life, solving problems effectively and almost ... Views: 1334
You will have the best results in business if you create your vision first. Then you can take “inspired action” consistently and persistently. Without vision you may find yourself in the same boat as many unsuccessful business owners who dash madly from one marketing effort to another –never ... Views: 1334
Every single day we bury ourselves deep into our daily agenda that needs to be accomplished at work, school or during our free time. We have always various types of deadlines that we need to follow – both big and significant, and also small and trivial. This is what I call zooming in. It is when ... Views: 1334
Pack up those limiting beliefs and move into your comfort zone
What a great feeling it is to toss that last moving box into the driveway, walk back into your new place, and realize that you have created “Home.” This is where you come after a long day, where your routines are established, ... Views: 1334
The Medical Careers are VERY, VERY Hot right now as you probably already know. I am an Executive Recruiter Representing many of the Nations Largest and most Respected Hospitals out there these days. And Especially Careers in Nursing, which are very well Paid Positions today!! I have Three I ... Views: 1334
One thing that could be said about today’s world is that it is a time where people are standing up for each other, and it doesn’t matter where someone is from or what they look like, for instance. This has meant that certain people, who didn’t have a voice before, now have the chance to speak up ... Views: 1334
Although it was a beautiful sunny spring day outside, there was a dark cloud hanging over attorney Steve and his office reflected it. Steve was the managing partner of a multiple-city law firm spread across the state.
He complained about how unfocused, distracted and disorganized he felt. He ... Views: 1334
The art of giving
Do you know what the power of giving is? Do you realize that you have to learn how to give to be able to get? How the art of giving can benefit you?
One of the wealthiest people in Canada John had almost everything a person could ask for, however, he was not happy. ... Views: 1334
Ever since childhood I have been an avid reader and been fascinated by words. From the creative delights of Land of the Faraway Tree to the complexity of The Hobbit I loved losing myself in a narrative.
I also remember being delighted with a movie called The Glass Slipper which presented a ... Views: 1334
According to the Theory of Relativity, the speed of a moving object is relative to one’s reference point, evidence of which we see in every-day events. A 747, for one example, is clearly moving at immense velocity to anyone watching from the ground, while people inside the plane read and eat and ... Views: 1334
A few years ago a friend of mine asked me if I was able to help them move house. I asked them when they were moving and I came to see that I was available on that day.
I think I had already helped two friends move house already that year, so I was well-prepared. Shortly after I had been ... Views: 1333
Recently I received an e-mail that included suggestions for living life (author unknown). The e-mail made me think about attitudes and people skills that increase productivity. Here are my thoughts in a beginning list of ten suggestions.
1. Give people more than they expect and do it ... Views: 1333
I have identified my starting point. I know where my finish line is. What comes in between? How do I get from point A to point B. This may be very straight forward to some, but requires following a formula for success to others. After all, nobody teaches this is school!
An Action Plan is the ... Views: 1333
As a boss, you need to learn how to boost the morale of your employees. Some well-known techniques of boosting up the morale is to give raises to deserving people, bonuses, or even allowing vacation leaves. However, these all require the employees to indirectly interact with you. These might be ... Views: 1333
Is there a certain area of your life that you are dissatisfied with but lack the motivation to change?
Perhaps you SHOULD (that dirty word) stop smoking?
You know it’s time to lose those 50Lbs you’ve been carrying ( I know about that one)
Maybe you SHOULD cut back on your ... Views: 1333
Is finding peace of mind a challenge for you? Do you look for ways to get peace of mind?
When we talk about peace of mind, many people wonder how to achieve it. Life is hard, work is stressful, children need nurture, are among the excuses that people come up with for not having inner peace ... Views: 1333
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve." Napolean Hill.
Is your life fulfilling, rewarding. Do you have the satisfying career that provides you with success, happiness, freedom you so much deserve? If you answered no, let’s take a look at the reason.
I want to ask you ... Views: 1333
I want to share a poem I thought of during my last coaching session. (Yes, I have my own coaches.) At the end of the session, we kind of switched roles and I began coaching my coach. When I mentally switched gears from the client to the coach, I instantly relaxed.
It was so much easier to ... Views: 1333
If someone was to think about how they used to spend their time before social media was invented, they might find it hard to remember. What this could show is that it has become a normal part of their life.
And as it is so easy to use social media, it can be easy to see why this might be the ... Views: 1333
Albert Einstein said that the most important question we will ever ask ourselves is this: “Is this a friendly universe?”
I love Einstein! He was a genius. (Actually, he really was a genius!) I also love that question. It helps me put things into perspective. There are so many things that ... Views: 1333
You have a companion. One that never, ever leaves you. It sticks with you, staying even closer than your shadow. It is like a leech sucking your blood, and you cannot shake it loose.
This constant companion is your mental chatter.
Another name for it is your internal monologue. It begins ... Views: 1333
These days, there seems to be a lot of discussion in the world about “life purpose”. Certainly, I experience this to be the case in the various circles in which I find myself. Oh, the degree varies; the form and substance of the conversation changes. But the upshot of it all is the same: why am ... Views: 1333