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You’re having a good day. Your child comes home from school and whines about the bad day they had. Then your spouse comes home from work and complains about the day they had at work. Everyone is in a bad mood, and pretty soon so are you. Does this sound like a situation you have quite often? ... Views: 728
Are you in a place where you often find yourself feeling down or angry or upset all the time? No one wants to spend all their time like this, and one question that many researchers have started pondering is what role groups have to play in this regard. Have you ever been in a room with people ... Views: 588
Our quality of life is very much dependent on our attitude in life. Hence, whether it is by choice or by circumstances, what you are today and how you feel is the result of your attitude in life.
Think of people you know who have terrible attitude? Are they extremely negative and pessimistic, ... Views: 1462
How do you spend your precious first waking hour? If you find yourself checking your e-mail, gulping your coffee, reading the paper, or watching the news, you are not alone—this has become standard for many harried workers today. We believe that your first waking hour of each day is your Golden ... Views: 2141
Melody Beattie has a book called Stop Being Mean to Yourself that I often lend to clients because it’s a good book and because I love the title. It is hard to feel happy when we are so critical and judgmental of ourselves. No wonder we don’t feel good enough. We live with a mean voice in our ... Views: 1385
Learned life experiences move us forward rather than back. As you grow forward, you become a more rounded individual, and even with ups and downs, good events begin to happen. It’s the things you learn as you move forward that help to shape your future for good. Since I’ve experienced the move ... Views: 737
I first met Cindy during my second year of college, in the cafeteria where she bumped into me. Yes, she literally bumped into me, and the food on her tray went flying all over the place. I heard her mutter under her breath, “What an idiot!”
“Pardon me,” I replied, not knowing what else to say ... Views: 572
Recent studies into how our minds work have revealed that you can be shown how to think positively. You will discover, to your delight, that you have a powerful friend just waiting and willing to help you through your life. This friend, when asked in the right way, will be happy to make thinking ... Views: 1251
A few weeks ago, I took my boys to the neighborhood pool. When we got there, I quickly found some chairs near some acquaintances of ours and started to chat with them as the boys swam.
About 20 minutes went by when I began to notice that everything my friend talked about was negative. She said ... Views: 1011
ANTs. Most people are infested with them. Right now, day after day. And the bad thing about ANTs is they spread. You could be an innocent bystander. But you’ll get them if you don’t protect yourself. You have to intentionally stop them. You can’t just hope they’ll go away. ... Views: 868
If you don’t want fleas, don’t sleep with the dog! We’ve all been taught that if you want to reach your goals, you need to avoid negative people.
Unfortunately, it’s not that simple. There is poison everywhere, like a fog permeating our lives. We live in a world where everyone has an abundant ... Views: 4974
We usually associate fatalism with a passive, do-nothing attitude toward life. However, the sense in which I mean to use it here is captured in the above quotation. Fatalism in this more positive and active sense is a gut-level belief in an ultimate outcome.
In general, no great and successful ... Views: 3657
You know them. Maybe you work with them, live with them, or hang out with them. Negative is an understatement. They complain, they vent, they criticize, they blame. And you’re tired of dealing with them.
Negative Nelly prefers complaining to finding a solution. Quick with the “buts” whenever a ... Views: 9748
When we live in positivity, we generate positive vibrations that are picked up by others. Animals feel it, sensitive people really feel it, our co-workers feel it, family members feel it .. even the cashier at the gas station can feel it. It emanates from our being-ness like a starshine beacon ... Views: 1601
The I AM Cover Story
Even before I had completed my first book, I already knew what I wanted on the cover. I had seen a deep space image captured by the Hubble Telescope, and it utterly mesmerized me. It all happened one day when I walked into the salon where I get my hair cut; there it was, ... Views: 1008
Take a look at your hands and pretend that they represent a problem you are having. Now put your hands (your problem) one inch or less away from your nose. What can you see? Not much besides your problem! In fact, if you're like most people you probably can't even see all the edges of the ... Views: 3330
The Toyota Turmoil
My dad sold used cars for a living. Even though I had “owned” 19 cars by age 20, I never kept one long enough to pay off the debt. This assured that I would forever have car debt in my life. Then came the Toyota Corolla at age 20. It was the nicest car I had “owned” to ... Views: 1288
What is love and where is it found? We search for love and try to get love, and yet it seems like we never get enough. Even when we have found love, it can slip away as time passes. What if there is a source of love that never fades and is always available? What if love is as near and easy as ... Views: 841
When you are walking, do you believe that your brain has to think about which foot to move first? Not on your life! That procedure becomes an unconscious act, better known as a HABIT. We all have habits. Some are good, while others are not good at all.
While at a networking conference, the ... Views: 4412
You begin each year with the boldest and sincerest of intentions. You set goals and get excited about the possibilities that lay before you. However, as most of you know, it doesn’t take long for doubt and frustration to seep in.
You may be overwhelmed by the ever growing list of things that ... Views: 941
Recently, these three articles appeared in the media:
* Healthy Lifestyle Will Boost Your Immune System Better Than A Handful of Supplements - EMaxHealth
* Happy Thoughts Help People Cope with Fear of Dying - MedIndia
* Exercise and Psychological Counseling Could Ease Cancer-Related Fatigue - ... Views: 953
Of all the positive attitude tips offered on the many self help resources available the best is to change the way you think. And if it was really that simple then this article would end here.
However, knowing what to do is different from figuring out how to do it. You cannot change the way ... Views: 2808
Hale Dwoskin, Featured Teacher in "The Secret" and author of the New York Times best seller "The Sedona Method," reveals how people can avoid ever letting another negative person bring them down in their job, relationships or any aspect of life.
An excellent New Year's resolution people can ... Views: 19446
My personal and professional goal is to create balance and harmony in the world around me, this includes home, work, personal relationships and my immediate surroundings. It was under this premise that I noticed an unattractive area in my neighborhood, a common ground where a huge tree had been ... Views: 986
It is definitely time for change. You can feel it in the air. This recession is living proof.
Lucky for me, I hit my own recession/depression about a year ago, giving me plenty of time to gather strength for what is happening now. Yes, I did say lucky. Ignoring my intuition, dreams and ... Views: 2764
Remember those circus fun-houses with the monsters and the distorting mirrors? Those mirrors twisted our view of anything we put in front of them. They made us look tall or short or fat or thin, and it was fun because we knew it was a trick.
But many of us have these distorting mirrors in ... Views: 649
Developing a positive attitude creates a positive attitude, just as energy produces more energy. Developing a positive attitude affects your own way of thinking, as well as the thinking of other people that surrounds you. In effect, no matter how bad or rotten a situation may look like, you can ... Views: 811
How good are you at making decisions? How do you know if you ar? Well, some people seem to make decisions very quickly, and others seem to take forever. Which method is the best? In general I believe being decisive is a very good thing, in other words being able to quickly weigh your options and ... Views: 788
As Big Ben made its first chimes in the icy chill that heralded the New Year, many were those who decided to make a new year’s resolution for the first time in their lives. After all the economic disasters of last year, it was perhaps inevitable there would be a collective inner wish for a ... Views: 543
When you find yourself getting stuck in negative ways of thinking and being, instead of positive ones, remember this is your Ego. Ego is that part of you that holds onto images, thoughts and feelings that are based on fear, doubt and suspicion etc It springs from the earlier need for survival ... Views: 4307
I see it in pallid faces everywhere I go. Uncertainty, hovering over bowed heads as heavy as a rain sodden wool coat. Eyes flickering nervously across a conference room sizing up opportunities and threats. I can feel the palpable, almost compelling, desire to blame someone, something… ... Views: 1345
Are you able to stay calm, happy and maintain your positive attitude during difficult times?
It's pretty easy to be happy when everything is going right. Unfortunately, we often are forced to be around people who bring us down, or find ourselves in situations that are less than ideal.
Below ... Views: 4706
“The reason people blame things on the previous generation is that there’s only one other choice.”
- Doug Larson
We are a society driven by blame. We blame the government for running our lives, and our parents for ruining it. We blame the fast food industry for making us fat, ... Views: 2294
Negative and self limiting beliefs can and very often do hold us back in life. These beliefs can stop us from achieving what we most want and need in our lives.
Our limiting beliefs more often than not have been learned as we have gone through life and very often we have bought them with us ... Views: 871
There has always been an interest in the power of the mind and, specifically, the effect of its polarity. My goal in writing this article is to offer an explanation without any attachment to spirituality or religion as my understanding doesn't require that you subscribe to any particular system ... Views: 558
A lot of business owners I’ve spoken with lately have commented on how their business is slow because of "the recession." If you are one of these people, you might want to reconsider your position. Before blindly saying a condition is being caused by a recession, you might want to ask yourself, ... Views: 989
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.--Norman Vincent Peale
Isn’t that the truth, Christmas waves a magic wand? So many people rush through the months not having much consideration for each other and then the spirit of the ... Views: 1327
We have all heard that "you are what you think"! This is a statement that holds true to 100%. If you have anxiety, stress or any other limiting emotion, your thoughts are what will give you results, either negative or positive.
Let's say Sandra has anxiety and she is constantly thinking ... Views: 1612
Positive Self-Talk for Good Health: It's Good Business!
Zig Ziegler’s terrific book, “Success for Dummies,” has had a tremendous impact on my life. I first encountered the book when I began teaching “Introduction to Business” at Housatonic Community College in ... Views: 963
Positive Self-Talk for Good Health: It's Good Business!
Zig Ziegler’s terrific book, “Success for Dummies,” has had a tremendous impact on my life. I first encountered the book when I began teaching “Introduction to Business” at Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, CT, a few years ago. ... Views: 1121
Do you ever speak negatively to yourself, maybe you put yourself down in front of others, or perhaps you have difficulty accepting praise (maybe you don't think you deserve it)? If you are guilty of doing this, why do you do it? These are all related to low self esteem and a lack of self ... Views: 1038
I recently went to one of the local home improvement stores to buy some lighting items for my office. Since I am not an electrician, I was looking to have the “experts” at this store assist me in this endeavor. Upon arriving and having gone to the lighting department, I was confronted with a ... Views: 1234
10 Keys to Manifesting Everything You Desire
by Sharon Ellis - some extracts from ‘The Moses Code’ by James F. Twyman
* 1. Be clear * 6. Be expectant
* 2. Be open * 7. Be energetic
* 3. Be willing * 8. ... Views: 2835
"The greatest power on Heaven and Earth is thought."
from "The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ" by Levi
I get spiritual messages riding down the street. Words on cars, trucks and signs bring me important lessons to be remembered.
I was riding on a busy street the other day. My head was ... Views: 815
Science fiction always includes and enjoys playing with possibilities of all sorts. Authors enjoy imagining the world from different perspectives, making suppositions about what the world would be like had various events turned out differently.
Interestingly, many of the things that sci-fi ... Views: 1164
It may seem like we’re watching things crumble and tumble around us. What if we, even as and especially as individuals, now stand at the threshold of expanding our personal power and potential, no matter what? What if expanding this inner power is the very thing we should do? Are you ... Views: 647
As an emotion, faith is among the strongest and is a state of mind that mostly effects the subconscious mind. This is important when it comes to putting your thoughts into action in everyday life. If you set yourself a task but are lacking the faith in yourself to complete it, then ... Views: 2265
Self Improvement is especially about taking your life forward, making a major difference and impacting the lives of as many people as possible. Focus on your target and make the most of the one and only life you have. Winners have clear direction and know exactly what they want. Nothing will ... Views: 3470
Self Improvement is especially about taking your Life forward, making a major difference and impacting the lives of as many people as possible. Focus on Your Target and make the most of the one and only life you have. Winners have clear Direction and know exactly what they want. Nothing will ... Views: 774
The following prose is from an unknown author, but is profound nonetheless. Much can be learned about life the story of these two frogs ...
Two frogs fell into a can of cream,
or so I’ve heard it told.
The sides of the can were shiny and steep,
the cream was deep and cold.
“Oh, what’s the ... Views: 880