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- Survival Techniques for a Workplace that Just Won't Stop Changing - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2007 from Eugenia TripputiHow many times have you found yourself in a conversation during which your mind is wandering at best or preparing the answer to yet-to-be-said statement at worst? I am sure we can all relate to this snapshot of 21st century reality! Nevertheless, we hear this trendy phrase repeatedly: ...
Views: 741 - How Do YOU Measure Success? - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2007 from Vanessa VinosQuality of life is nowadays measured by the amount of money you make. Success is defined by the kind of car you drive; by the neighbourhood you live in and by the “toys” you own. After all, he who dies with the most toys wins. True or false? In contrast, the people of the remote Himalayan ...
Views: 1048 - Tell the Universe What You Want! - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2007 from Mary AyersSo what is the Law of Attraction? Simply put it states that whatever we put our attention on expands. It’s easy to notice the truth in this. For example, if you were going to buy a certain kind of car you tend to notice all the cars on the road that are like that one you are thinking ...
Views: 1363 - The Top 10 Best Ways to SCREW-UP The Law of Attraction! - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2007 from Mary Ayers1. Keep whining about how your stuff isn't coming. Continue to notice several times during the day how much different your life would be “if” you had the things you are wanting. Talk about how this Law of Attraction stuff really doesn’t work because if it did you would have ...
Views: 802 - The Ultimate Baby Boomer Bummer - by Medicare drying up, 401 K’s down, what more bad news can there be for middle-aged adults? The Somatopause, that’s what. The sa-mot-a-what?
The somatopause (sa-mot-a-pause) is the name scientists give to the metabolism slow-down, and loss-of-energy condition that begins in the mid-30s. For the ...
Views: 1789 - Importance of a good Coach - by Have you ever wished someone would:
Recognize your true potential?
Empower you to fully develop it?
Devise an action plan for you to achieve it?
Mentor you to fulfill it?
That someone is your personal coach!
That is the secret to the taking your personal performance to the next level. ...
Views: 3733 - HABITS: OUT WITH THE BAD - IN WITH THE GOOD - by Many of us would be greatly surprised to realise just how big a part habit plays in our lives. We are all creatures of habit and much of what we do depends on these to a greater or lesser degree, for often they save us the problem of consistently making decisions. Without habits every thought ...
Views: 5864 - Conversing for Maximum Attraction - by So you spotted someone you'd really like to know.
Maybe you're in bar. Maybe you're at the gym or Laundromat. Perhaps someone you see from work. Or maybe, even, you're out socially.
So, now you've got to do something scary, and unpredictable. Create a conversation that could launch a great ...
Views: 830 - IS SILENCE REALLY GOLDEN? - by IS SILENCE REALLY GOLDEN?
DEAR Dr. OSCAR. Why does this happen to me? "Someone introduces themselves to me. I tell them my name. Then suddenly I realize I can not recall their name."
MY RESPONSE… "Simple, you didn't forget their name - you never really heard it in the first place. Your focus ...
Views: 710 - Penta’tude – the five ‘tudes of your success - by In 1941 Major General Hugh ‘Pat’ Casey designed the Pentagon in only three days. Construction began thirty days later and sixteen months after that on January 15, 1943 this now world famous office building was completed. The Pentagon is the headquarters for the United States Department of ...
Views: 1017 - Are You a Bridge Builder? - by There are two kinds of people in this world, those that build bridges and those that don’t. Bridge builders are mentors; they share their experience and build bridges of encouragement and hope for others to cross. They are people of tremendous character and strength that give unselfishly of ...
Views: 835 - 7 Reasons why it is so hard to REALLY spread the Word of Success - by It is the oldest and most proven way, word of mouth, and still, even Jesus' story must yet reach all corners of the world, although he performed miracles.
Many of us are performing frequent miracles, and turning our own lives around, while helping hoards of others. Still, people just look at ...
Views: 793 - Rendezvous with Success - by Why this series of Articles? Lot of motivational articles is written on net.Infect everyday I read at least one or two new articles, then why one more? Why to expand the list? Permit me to give you just a little background.
Other day, my conversation with bookstore owner unveiled a surprising ...
Views: 826 - Gateway to Greatness - by Since from the beginning of earth, from the dawn of human race, the society itself has divided into two parts. The division was quite natural, no one has made it, but it was automatic. The division was of winners and losers, of Great person and an ordinary man. Every one admires, appreciate and ...
Views: 711 - Why Are Affirmations Important? - by Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances - to choose one's own way.
- Victor Frankl
As you read this on the screen of a computer, compare the way the computer utilises information to the way the ...
Views: 2848 - Mirroring - by What if events and conversations in your daily life are a direct reflection of where you are in your inner life?
Recently I had a conversation with my mother. As she was speaking, I thought, "She's not acknowledging me." It really bothered me, and my feelings were hurt. The next day as I was ...
Views: 617 - The Slam Club - Want To Change Your Life? Change Your Friends - by The Slam Club is informal, existing any time two or more Slammers convene and compulsively denounce other people, places or things. Malcontents pervade our society, routinely sabotaging the good feelings normal people exchange. I call these killers of good feelings Slammers and their social ...
Views: 755 - What Fuels You - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2007 from Shawn DriscollThis has been a challenging month for me on the home-front and so I’ve been thinking about energy—how to have more of it to get through my (sometimes long) days. Have you ever known someone who’s always a bundle of energy and you end up feeling more energetic after being with ...
Views: 1876 - Are You Ready to Get Unstuck and Create Wild Success? - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2007 from Diana Long M.S.ACCDo you rarely take risks? Do you try to avoid making mistakes at all costs? Do you tend to follow the rules? If you answered yes to these questions you can be sure that you are keeping your self stuck in your own "comfort zone". Comfort Zones tend to be comfortable for a while but if we stay ...
Views: 813 - What It Takes to Finally Get On With Your Dream - by It seems to me there is only one real and proper way to live a joyful life, and that is to do the thing you are meant to be doing. There are people out there who make it seem like rolling out of bed, But I know from experience -- pursuing your dream 'ain't always so easy.
I spent a good chunk ...
Views: 748 - 1-2-3 Success! Build Your Personal Brand and Expand Your Success - by Since pre-industrial times, branding has been used to develop strong, enduring relationships with customers. Customers of Mr. Jones's pie shop knew that his pies came with more real fruit and were always given to you with a smile. It made it worth the long walk and extra two cents. Today, albeit ...
Views: 854 - Island Time and Your Internet Success - by Several years ago, I had a real "eye-opener" from one of my patients.
He was from an island "somewhere in the Pacific" and when I asked him about his homeland, he made the comment that he really missed living by "island time".
Not knowing exactly what he meant, I asked what this was, and his ...
Views: 721 - The Lost Art of Thinking - by Auguste Rodin’s classic statue "The Thinker" is one of my favorites. It’s hard to look at it (or one of its many replicas) without being moved by it. The innocent display of someone deeply in thought causes most of us to ponder a bit ourselves. Why is this image so captivating? What’s he ...
Views: 814 - FROM TRAGEDY TO TRIUMPH - by The world changed on September 11, 2001.
It’s not that the world is any more dangerous than it was before; it’s just that we’re intimately more aware of the evil and danger that exists.
What can we make of all this? Opinions abound, but we all hope that this horrible tragedy will provide ...
Views: 673 - A new perspective on wealth creation on the Internet - by I. Introduction
II. The problem of traditional economy
III. The long term solution
IV. A paradigm for wealth creation
V. Evaluating Internet opportunities and wealth creation programs
I. Introduction
This manuscript will show how to understand and then evaluate business opportunities ...
Views: 856 - 10 Tips to Asking for the Help You Need - by Everyone needs help from time to time, but not everyone knows how -- or feels comfortable -- asking for it. Here are ten tips to help you learn how to get the help you need:
1. Remember, if you don't make the request, it will NEVER happen.
Wayne Gretzky once said, "One hundred percent of the ...
Views: 736 - Success is Okay! - by Did you know that it's perfectly alright to be successful?
It is.
It's also entirely okay for you to have found the perfect job, to be in the ideal relationship, to not have to worry about money, to be able to spend your time "playing" in the garden when you want, or go to your kids' early ...
Views: 655 - Ten Great Life Skills to Have, to Get, to Use, and to Improve! - by It takes a lot of skills to negotiate through life. Many of them we pick up along the way, others we need to develop, and some we just need to polish a little bit.
Here are ten important life skills:
1. Listening
2. Giving compliments
3. Accepting compliments
4. Thinking positive
5. ...
Views: 716 - Shoot & Move - by Back when I was a videographer in the Air Force, videotaping various training activities and shooting military documentaries, one of the basic filmic principles I used was the "shoot and move" method.
It worked like this: I would record a shot from a specific position, at a particular angle ...
Views: 686 - 10 Thoughts on Leading Teams into the 21st Century - by 1. Make sure that your team IS a team, and not a group.
There IS a difference... Do you know it? If not, try reading "The Top 10 Key Differences Between a Team of Individuals and a Group of Individuals" (AE244) on http://www.TopTen.org/ .
2. You don't build a team. It builds itself.
What ...
Views: 819 - 10 Tips to Change Your Attitude TODAY! - by 1. Think like you want to be!
It's tough to be happy, joyful, successful, etc. if you don't think that you are a happy, joyful, and successful person. Think it first, then do it!
2. Smile!
There's no arguing with this one -- research has shown the smiling has both psychological and ...
Views: 1566 - 10 Tips to Improve Your Attitude Today! - by 1. Think like you want to be
It's tought to be happy, joyful, successful, etc. if you don't think that you are a happy, joyful, and successful person. Think it first, then do it!
2. Smile
There's no arguing with this one -- research has shown the smiling has both psychological and ...
Views: 2229 - The Future's Not What It Used To Be... - by I don't know about you, but I'm a bit miffed. I mean, here it is, the 21st century and we STILL don't have flying cars! Can you believe it? We're still driving around on four little wheels. Incredible!
See, when I was a kid, everyone was promising flying cars in the 21st century, not to ...
Views: 859 - The Positive Power of Quitting - by I'm a big believer in quitting. I think it's a good thing. You should do more of it.
Yes, I did say quitting and -- yes -- I did say you should do more of it!
Sound odd? I'm not surprised. Maybe it's that neat-o 'survival instinct' of yours kicking in. Or maybe after years and years of ...
Views: 652 - Ten Common Misconceptions of Success - by 1. Some people can't be successful because of the background, education, etc.
Anybody can be successful. It's a matter of wanting to, then doing what it takes to achieve it.
2. Successful people don't make mistakes.
Successful people make mistakes just like we all do. They just don't ...
Views: 1998 - PLAYING IT SAFE ONLINE - by The Internet has become the hot new place for smart, eligible people to find romance, and those looking for love are swarming into cyberspace. As a result, many individuals have begun relationships online with people they have not met and know little about.
With so many people communicating ...
Views: 2006 - Stopping to See Your Successes - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2007 from Alice GreeneHave you ever felt like giving up when you “blew it” and couldn’t meet your goals or guidelines? What if you didn’t dwell on that and instead focused on what went well, assessed whether the goal was reasonable in the first place and then got back on track without making a ...
Views: 1069 - Effective Summer Resolutions - by We’ve all heard of “New Year’s Resolutions” and probably have made quite a few in our lifetimes. And some of us have probably heard that making resolutions once a year is not enough, that we need to be more active and consistent in our goals. Yet we struggle to be as committed as those speakers ...
Views: 5287(3 votes) - Employee Concerns about Workplace Violence - by The growing unhappiness in the world (with 99 out of the 250 countries of the world in conflict or at war) is causing us all to be concerned about personal safety. With last week's terrorist strikes on working Americans, many more people now understand why the phenomenon of physical and verbal ...
Views: 800 - Attitudes Matter, July 2000 - by What do you want for yourself? Have you ever taken the time to make a list of what you truly want for yourself? Most of us are comfortable listing what we want for others, especially those whom we love, but if you are like me, it feels a bit selfish to "want for" ourselves.
In the next few ...
Views: 721 - Attitudes Matter, June 2000 - by What would you do if you suddenly became a millionaire? Our priest posited this question to our congregation in light of the recent 25-year old victor on the popular "millionaire show" and the lottery-winning ex-football player.
What would you do? Would it make a difference in your life? Would ...
Views: 790 - Life and Work: Balancing or Juggling? - by I value the concept of balance in life. But what we value and believe we do is often different than what we actually do. Instead of balancing the many commitments and interests in my life, I have found that I'm actually a juggler, always hoping I don't drop anything.
Juggling conjures the ...
Views: 1375 - Time Management: Put Your Life In Focus - by I usually get a little off kilter during summer. School is out. Kids everywhere are under foot and looking for things to do. Vacation mode sets in, even if I didn't get to go anywhere. If you have kids and they're anything like mine, they are asking for rides everywhere. I spend a lot of my work ...
Views: 967 - Clearing Mental Static For Greater Focus - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2007 from Jen BlackertWhat are you taking in? Our grandparents before us were born into a world with minimal newspaper exposure, no radios, no television and no other stimuli distractions, except for the occasional game that made them think or strategize. Bill Jensen, author of “Simplicity”, “the ...
Views: 2283 - A Simple Choice - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2007 from Paul McDonaldYou are where you are because of your best thinking. Take a minute to really digest what that means to you before reading on. All of your decisions, each and every day, have led you to exactly where you are right now. Are you broke, tired, and looking for a way out? Have you become a ...
Views: 721 - Soar to a Greater 2007 - by Keeping true to my coaching motto soar to greater heights... on the second last day of the year I soared alright, 14 000 feet in fact, and then jumped!
The ensuing 65 seconds as I fell at 200 km an hour, gasping for air and feeling as if my arms were about to come out of their sockets I ...
Views: 554 - Relax Your Way to Success - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2007 from michael atmaIf you think spare time is a luxury you can't afford, think again…relaxation is essential to your happiness, health and success. As busy people who really just want the best out of life we can achieve we the least amount of pain and suffering we certainly don't want to let stress get in the way ...
Views: 1042 - How Much Would YOU Like To Earn? - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2007 from Jim ConnollyHow Much Would You Like To Earn? Right now, here in this article, I am going to help you MASSIVELY increase your earnings! OK, before we start - I need you to answer two questions for me. They are really easy and you don’t have to share the answer with anyone. Here they are: Firstly, are ...
Views: 729 - A Confused Mind Always Says No! - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2007 from Jim ConnollyA confused mind ALWAYS says NO! An article by Jim Connolly Many years ago I uncovered a piece of information that immediately transformed my career and improved my life beyond all recognition. I have since shared this insight with people all over the world and seen it help create amazing ...
Views: 4275 - Steps For Successfully Getting What You Want - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2007 from Dwayne GilbertNot only is it important to dream big, but it is also important to put down on paper what your dreams are. To do this, you must first know what your dreams are. If you are one of those people who has a hard time dreaming or realizing what it is you would like your life to be like, here are a few ...
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