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BRAIN POWER Our Genie to Success - by Michele Blood- Imagining The Future - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2008 from Dan LissScience 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: 1320 - Do You Possess Your Life or Endure It? - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2008 from Joyce Shafer, Book DoctorIt 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: 729 - How to Develop a Positive Mental Attitude in Order to Achieve Everlasting Success! - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2008 from Steve BetsworthAs 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: 2419 - Adopting a Winners Attitude - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2008 from Martin JeszkeSelf 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: 3586 - Adopting A Winners Attitude - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2008 from Martin JeszkeSelf 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: 887 - Amphibian Persistence - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2008 from Barbara CampbellThe 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: 974 - From Panic To Positive Thinking - by Submitted on Oct 03, 2008 from Ann SchillingHow Do You Handle Panic and Fear? You try to focus on Positive Thinking but your mind takes you back to panic and fear. You may have a knot in your stomach. You may have difficulty sleeping. You eat or drink too much...or both. You keep yourself busy with all kinds of activities (and ...
Views: 1084 - The Power Of A Positive Attitude - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2017 from Leon EdwardThe power of a positive attitude is actually an immense one! A famous Mathematician with a natural knack for philosophy by the name of Rene Descartes once said: “It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.” Amazingly, we each have immense capacities when it comes to ...
Views: 1738 - Handle Change In Your Life With Ease - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2008 from Gini GreyWe're moving into a new season – a time of change. As the leaves turn from shades of green to yellows and crimsons and brown, bees and butterflies disappear, and clouds reappear, we too undergo our own seasons of change. Ever dying to the old and emerging into the new you'd think we'd get used ...
Views: 1366 - Ripple Of Human Kindness - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2011 from Robin RobertsThere is a misconception small deeds are not as magnificant as those part the water ones. Find a cure and you are nominated for a noble prize find a dollar and give it to a homeless person to buy a meal and the moment will pass unnoticed. Understand right now your every word,thought and deed ...
Views: 1109 - Positively Happy - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from asd asdasHappiness is a state of being which blossoms from a series of positive choices. Everyday we are faced with countless choices, some large, some relatively insignificant; yet collectively these choices determine our overall wellbeing. If you go about your day expecting to be treated unfairly, you ...
Views: 1439 - The Power To Manifest Your Dreams - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from asd asdasThe angels want you to know that you are a very powerful being. Do not be afraid of your power! God has given you the amazing ability to manifest your desires. In order to turn your dreams into reality you just need to ask the angels for assistance and then listen to your intuition. You ...
Views: 3829(1 vote) - How To Think Positive, Stay Focused, And Motivated - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2008 from Brian MaxwellDo you wish that you could stay focused, motivated and keep a positive attitude at all time? You know, that feeling that you get and feel when have just come out of a great seminar, read a fantastic book or listened to a great audio. You feel like you can climb any mountain, swim any seas and ...
Views: 5700(1 vote) - Staying Positive In Tough Times - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2008 from Florence EdwardsAt some point in life, we will all face obstacles and challenges. It is said that it is not what we go through in life, but it is how we handle the hard times that really matter. When bad things happen to us, most of the time we feel angry, sad or depressed. We feel like we are powerless and ...
Views: 6649 - Give Yourself Your Undivided Attention - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2008 from Sandra GarthOne of the most important parts of a wellness program is your. There is substantial research that indicates there is indeed a mind/emotion connection to the events/circumstances in our lives. Thoughts carry energy and energy can be transmuted in various ways. We also know that energy can be both ...
Views: 3351 - "You're an Idiot!" - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2009 from Gene SimmonsNo, no, I’m not referring to you. I personally don’t feel that anyone on this planet is an “idiot” – although it seems there may be a few of us cruising through life a few French fries short of a Happy Meal. But that’s the way life is. We can only play the ...
Views: 1070 - Fear can be crippling in an emergency - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2010 from Sue HeldenbrandThe catastrophic weather conditions are our nation has been experiencing have caused a tremendous amount of fear because of the imminent dangers involved. Many people have been disrupted from their home and families, losing their connections. Fear can cause you to become paralyzed and ...
Views: 2070(2 votes) - THINK WITH PURPOSE - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2008 from sharon carolTHINK WITH PURPOSE Our thoughts wander and often this is excellent as the imagination and creative flow help us understand our desires. Notice how your thinking can scatter. Learn your own mind and thinking patterns. Use this knowledge to create purposeful thinking. Since our thoughts ...
Views: 936 - The Sliding Doors To What You Want - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2011 from Odille RemmertThis is an analogy that helped me understand the difference between focusing on something and allowing it, and focusing on something and keeping it out. I've found that often, if you want something REALLY badly, the way to get it, is to take your focus off it for a while, and then it will ...
Views: 1365 - The Price of Wrong - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2008 from Stuart Rosen“There’s never enough time to do it right, but always time to do it over,” so the old saying goes. Yet when it comes to doing something wrong, there’s more than just time and money at stake. “Wrong” comes with a much higher price tag than we might ...
Views: 1336 - Before Expecting Results From Positive Thinking Read This - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2008 from cody butlerMuch has been said about the power of positive thinking and with The Law of Attraction now being so popular it is again a relevant topic. So why, when so many advocate this mental discipline does it seem to so often yield such poor results? Please allow me to address this. Positive thinking ...
Views: 580 - Thoughts and Their Consequence - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2008 from Peter Field‘All that we are is the result of all that we have thought. It is founded on thought. It is made up of our thoughts.’ The Buddha, Dhammapada Perhaps the most basic of all ‘mental laws’, and one hopefully drummed into every student of psychotherapy and the mind, is ...
Views: 1524 - Gifts in Disguise - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2008 from Nancy BishopIf you knew today that you wouldn't get exactly what you wanted but that something even better was trying to make its way to you, would you step aside and open the door to invite it in? Or, are you standing at the peep-hole of life's doorway, waiting to see what shows up before you risk opening ...
Views: 1043 - How To Identify Lack And Scarcity Beliefs - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2008 from Joy FalanYour beliefs are the underlying guidance system for your life. Whatever you believe to be true is what you will continue to gravitate toward - even without your conscious awareness! For example, if you believe that you cannot earn more than a certain amount of money, you will subconsciously ...
Views: 1009 - ***The Secret to Raising Teens: Four Quick Tips to Stay Positive - by What parent doesn't occasionally agonize over the challenges that teenagers bring to a family environment? Because of raging hormones and the teen brain (I hear their frontal lobes are not fully-developed, accounting for the lack of empathy) I long for the days when our sweet little dearies used ...
Views: 3373 - Going with the Flow ... - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2008 from Rebecca Ruark-HalsteadGoing with the Flow... I don't know about you, but I'm running into more and more people who aren't satisfied with the general norm. They are looking for personal answers. There seems to be a quantum shift heading toward more responsibility, more honesty, more intuitiveness, less control. It ...
Views: 965 - Sunday Morning Fix - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2010 from Grampa KenIt's Sunday morning and a good week lies ahead. One sure thing about this week is that after Saturday night it will be gone forever. But I will be glad I was here. For starters I will very quickly review last week. Just once, to determine what I should have done, what I should not have ...
Views: 1209 - Expand your belief system, Expand your life - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2008 from Victoria LaBouff-LanzaIf you want new and positive experiences to enter into your reality, you must first BELIEVE they're possible. This type of belief requires work. You have to BELIEVE that what you want to create through your beliefs will actually manifest in your life. You have to BELIEVE it so much that you ...
Views: 1747 - How To Conquer Limiting Circumstances - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2008 from Tim RyanOur biggest barrier to success is more often than not the limitations that we place upon ourselves. The word "can't" followed by a description of our circumstance equals almost instant failure. In fact you may as well not even start trying, in fact you probably won't even start anyway. If you ...
Views: 794 - When Things Don't Go Well – Find Your Positive Intention - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2008 from Judy RingerMy friend was going through a difficult divorce. In an evening phone conversation I asked a question, wanting to help, and immediately realized I'd said exactly the wrong thing. I'd unintentionally made my friend feel like the last ally she had in the world was also against her. I took my ...
Views: 1615 - How To Develop A Positive Mental Attitude - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2008 from Tim RyanWhy develop a positive mental attitude? Well, if you look around at the high achievers in this world...in any field, you will find nearly always that they display a positive mental attitude to their field of success. They may do this knowingly or otherwise but simply put you will get much more ...
Views: 2380(3 votes) - What Can You Learn From Your ‘To Do” List? - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2008 from Pat BrillIn this hectic, sometimes chaotic life, we push ourselves to do more without the satisfaction of ever completing our ‘to do’ list. Do you subscribe to the thought that more is better? I Can! Yet, I also know this is trouble for me because there is never enough. So…I made a decision! I've ...
Views: 1211 - Taking Charge Of Your Life - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2008 from Roger EllertonHow do you live your life? At cause or at effect? It is important to be aware of this distinction. It is the rare individual who always lives his or her life at cause; however, far too many of us live a large portion of our lives at effect - responding to the whims, desires or emotional states ...
Views: 1460 - An Easy Way To Change Your Negative Vibration Into A Positive One - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2008 from Janeen ClarkThe basis of the Law of Attraction is that you attract things and circumstances that are operating at the same vibrational level that your thoughts are. The higher that you keep your mental vibration, the better things you can bring to yourself that are also at that higher vibrational level. ...
Views: 1590 - Taking Charge Of Your Life - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2008 from Roger EllertonHow do you live your life? At cause or at effect? It is important to be aware of this distinction. It is the rare individual who always lives his or her life at cause; however, far too many of us live a large portion of our lives at effect - responding to the whims, desires or emotional states ...
Views: 1291 - Cherish Your Struggles - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2008 from Mark BlackInitially the title of this article may seem as if it runs contrary to your common sense. After all, we all hate to struggle. Dealing with difficulties in life can be scary, frustrating and exhausting. No one looks forward to going through one of life’s rough patches, but we should. I ...
Views: 1393 - Night And Day: Choosing Your Reality - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2008 from Judy Ringer"There's nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so." - William Shakespeare The title of this great Cole Porter song -Night and Day - also describes the sometimes changeable nature of my outlook on life. Example: It is late evening, and I'm thinking about all I have to accomplish in ...
Views: 663 - How To Manage Your Thoughts - Tips To Manifest Success - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2008 from William H. "Chance" ColeThe economic analysts are “living large” right now. Everyone is looking to them to project what’s going to happen to interest rates, the price of gas, the housing market, the stock market, shall I go further? I’ve been around numbers all my life and am a fair to good analyst. If you gave me ...
Views: 1944 - Make Their Day - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2008 from Judy Ringer"Use every man after his desert, and who shall 'scape whipping? Use them after your own honour and dignity: the less they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty." – Hamlet, William Shakespeare When was the last time someone made your day – or you made theirs? In the national bestselling ...
Views: 734 - Knowing When I'm Not: 4 Suggestions for Developing a Strong Center - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2008 from Judy RingerThe more I practice centering, the more I realize that as important as it is to be able to identify and access the centered state, it is equally important to be able to know when I'm NOT centered. Otherwise, how do I choose? When I'm centered I'm in control of my behavior. Centered action is ...
Views: 629 - Giving Others the Benefit of the Doubt - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2008 from Judy RingerThere’s a saying in aikido, “There are many lessons on the mat.” It means that when we’re practicing aikido we’re not just learning aikido, we’re also learning about life. For example, when someone grabs my wrist too hard and I get angry but don’t say ...
Views: 711 - Breaking the Chains of Trauma Pt 2 - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2008 from Mark HollandMeditation: Connecting Above Pain Meditation is a time-honoured relaxation technique that has been used successfully in Eastern cultures for centuries to alleviate stress and focus the mind. This technique has recently gained popularity in Australia, England and the United States as millions ...
Views: 1513(4 votes) - Discover How To Turn Your Failures Into Your Greatest Successes - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2008 from Tim RyanOne trait that many successful people have in common is the belief that there is no such thing as failure. Successful people tend to think more along the lines of results and outcomes. This single difference in thinking can be the difference between being successful in life and not being ...
Views: 836 - Breaking The Chains Of Trauma Pt 1 - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2008 from Mark HollandThe suggestions in this section, once again, are not substitutes for professional psychiatric care. However, many people have found self-help effective for relieving the stress of trauma and taking control of themselves. Whether you choose to seek professional help or embark on a healing path ...
Views: 1823(1 vote) - Discover The Number One Belief That Ensures Success - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2008 from Tim RyanBeliefs are pre-organised and pre-formed attitudes that make us perceive a situation in a particular light. There are many different beliefs that people hold about virtually every topic you can imagine and they are very powerful. These beliefs act as a type of filter that can either promote or ...
Views: 729 - How To Get More Out Of Life Through Positive Thinking - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2008 from Tim RyanHave you ever stopped to think about how the situations and circumstance in your life have come about? If so and if you are honest enough you will in time see that what you are is merely a reflection of your previous thoughts, words and deeds. In this respect the bible passage Galatians 6:7 KJV ...
Views: 755 - Choose to Be Happy - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2008 from Donna DeVaneEverything in life is a choice. No matter what the topic, choice is always there. Most of the time there are many choices about any particular topic that we encounter. The gift of life is understanding it's all about choice and being aware that our choice creates our experiences. At every ...
Views: 1240 - 'But' Reduction - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2008 from Carolyn CooperDo you ever let your "buts" get in the way of living your dreams? I think we all fall into this at times. · I could have accomplished that, BUT... · I know this relationship is not healthy for me, BUT... · I would have such-and-such in my life, BUT... · I really do believe in myself, BUT... ...
Views: 1034 - Celebrate Freedom! - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2008 from Marlene BuffaRecorded history focuses on government and spans time by ticking the meter of war. From as early as the Bronze Age, one of the first recorded conflicts arose in Greece, popularly known as the Trojan War. As we study world history, we notice that most wars arose from either greed or ...
Views: 866 - Getting Back On The Horse - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2008 from Mark Holland“If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down.” - Mary Pickford Beyond childhood, you may have experienced setbacks or letdowns for which you clearly recall the reasoning. Often we are so ...
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