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- Get Real! MONEY Excerpt Chapter 1: The Get Real! Philosophy - by Get Real! #1: Play to win
Get real with yourself, get real with others, and get real with the world around you. That’s it; there’s nothing else to it—call it what it is. Wishful thinking on your part is not going to improve your current financial situation, and the sooner you get real, the ...
Views: 806 - Get Smart! About Modern Love - by Let me stress this point very clearly. There are no set “rules” for love in the 21st century. Love is not a game which requires you to abide by rules. When you are dealing with human emotions, you are dealing with deep, heartfelt, unpredictable feelings. But one thing that has changed the way ...
Views: 1466 - Get This Wacky New Age Title Now!! - by So What's it all about??: Miriam goes on a spiritual quest where the time threads have been pulled out of the fabric of her days and she discovers the slip stream and the meaning of life. Join her on this journey through time, through space and through South Africa in the months leading up to ...
Views: 1100 - Get up and Get Over it! - by Ok. So life has thrown you a curve ball. You have fallen and your feel like you can’t get up. You lost your job, your money and your honey. What do you do? My advice is: "Get up and Get Over it!" Yes, you read right. Let me say it again, "Get up and Get Over it!" When will you realize stuff ...
Views: 723 - Get What You Want for Valentine's Day - by Valentine's Day is for the infatuated, the brokenhearted, the deeply in love, the old and worn, the young and anxious ... and, of course, the coupled and the single. It's for you!
You don't have to worry about how you fit in, or how it plays out for you. It's designed for you and you're in ...
Views: 1196 - GET WHAT YOU WANT! - by I've probably learned as much from my kids as I've taught them--maybe more. I learned this particular lesson from my oldest son, Mike.
The year was 1994. Mike was in the Marine Corp and home on a short leave. I was in the throws of buying my first "real" computer. I'd been using personal ...
Views: 969 - GET WHAT YOU WANT! - by I've probably learned as much from my kids as I've taught them--maybe more. I learned this particular lesson from my oldest son, Mike.
The year was 1994. Mike was in the Marine Corp and home on a short leave. I was in the throws of buying my first "real" computer. I'd been using personal ...
Views: 767 - Get Your Kids Moving - by Are your children active? Inactivity among children is becoming an epidemic. Motivating your children to be active not only improves their health now, but it will also benefit them later in life.
Here are some facts:
* Lack of exercise is a major reason for the growing rate of obesity among ...
Views: 919 - Getting Complete - by Getting and being complete is very important if you want a great relationship. If you are not complete -- with your past, your parents, your choices, etc. -- you will continue to have the same type of relationships, no matter how hard you try to make them different.
To be incomplete with your ...
Views: 787 - Getting Complete with Past Relationship Partners - by The people who are unavailable or ambivalent toward forming a relationship will only attract others experiencing the same ambivalence. If you are having trouble attracting a great partner and forming a wonderful relationship, you may be unavailable or experiencing ambivalence yourself.
This ...
Views: 941 - Getting Complete with Your Parents to Attract a Great Relationship - by Not all you learned about relationships came from your parents - your learning has continued throughout your life. But, what you saw your parents do in relationships, how you interpreted what you saw and how you felt about it, is the foundation of your adult relationships.
That is not to say ...
Views: 884 - Getting Down in the Dirt - by Have you ever had a house built? If not, surely you've watched one go up.
For a long time, it seems that nothing's happening. The site preparation, excavation and foundation-building seem to take a long time with little noticeable progress.
Then the framing starts--and things take on a ...
Views: 892 - Getting it - understanding how to achieve success - by Success! How does that word make you feel? It might inspire you ?or even depress you because you think it is something that does not (and cannot) apply to you. Some people will associate it with tremendous wealth, others might see it as freedom from the stresses of modern day life, still others ...
Views: 914 - Getting Motivated to Get Organized - by "Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." --Jim Rohn
When I get calls from prospective clients who say they want to get organized, I often ask, "What's motivating you to get organized at this time, and what will be possible once you get organized?" I ask these ...
Views: 863 - Getting Organized With Index Cards - by Index cards are wonderful for helping you get organized in so many different areas of your life. And the best thing is, they're so inexpensive! Here are just a few ideas:
1. GOAL SETTING:
Perhaps you've always wanted to take a cruise, or learn a new language, or plant a garden. Goal setting ...
Views: 1148 - Getting Organized: 5 Secrets To Help You Get Started - by One of the most common questions I get on the subject of getting organized is, 'Where do I start?' This is an excellent question because if you just dive in without taking some time to plan, there's a good chance that you're going to get overwhelmed, and the job is not going to get done. Here ...
Views: 953 - Getting Out Of Balance - by The underlying core of my more than 2,000 Time Management presentations during the last twenty years has been the concept of balance. Success in managing our time has less to do with the tools available to us, such as to do lists and techniques for delegation, as it has to do with achieving ...
Views: 1064 - Getting Out of the Rut ... Initiating and Managing Change - by Have you ever accomplished something, then wondered where to go next? Or, perhaps you've accomplished something and just continued down that same path because it worked. Many people become stuck in this way because of the "security of sameness." You can get stuck from problems as well as ...
Views: 3564 - Getting the Most Enjoyment from the Holidays - by Our lives are busy all year long. How do we fit those things that we do once a year in an already overcrowded schedule? How do we fit in more time for shopping, wrapping, decorating, cooking, planning, partying, travelling? It's no wonder the holidays bring additional stress to many.
Here's a ...
Views: 776 - Getting to Know You - by Your new boyfriend? Hey -you know this man almost better than you know yourself. You know his favorite color, his shoe size, what time he gets up in the morning, how he likes his coffee, his mother's maiden name, when he last voted and what he ate last Thanksgiving. You know which side he likes ...
Views: 644 - Give 'em What They Want - by People go online for many reasons. Some "surf", just to see what's out there, but most are much more specific in their objectives. They want to know about something and they turn to the Internet to find what they're looking for. At its most basic level, what is the ONE thing that 99% of all ...
Views: 799 - Give a Little Good Health Away! - by This holiday season, choose the present perfect! Something that will not only warm the hearts of your loved ones, but also add life to their years and years to their life.
Here's a sumptuous spread to choose from:
1. Scents of Well-being: Aroma—is therapy! Buy your friends some joy -- ...
Views: 778 - Give Up to Get Love - by Many times when people want to attract their ideal partner, they often make a list of things to do -- action steps, if you will -- that will help them meet "the one." They add new activities into their routine, join dating services, write singles ads. They may start an exercise program or buy ...
Views: 750 - Give Yourself More Time! - by Your day starts in a rush and continues on pretty much at the same pace until the end of the day when you collapse on your bed and have to struggle to quiet your mind chatter so you can get some sleep and do it all over again. Does this sound familiar?
How would it feel to have more time to do ...
Views: 974 - Give Yourself Permission to Feel: How to Lessen Post-Holiday Blues - by This time of year you often hear stories on the TV news about holiday depression and how to cope with it. Though the holidays are a rough time emotionally, I've never seen many people who suffer from what could objectively be called holiday depression. Clinics like ours see many more depressed ...
Views: 2119 - Give-and-take: Really a Recipe for Success? - by A woman once visited a counselor to ask a question about her marriage. I have a funny feeling that you might not be especially impressed with the answer she was given.
All the same, I'll take my chances. I think my shoulders are broad enough.
I stand by the counselor's response 100%.
The ...
Views: 1117 - Giving Is Not Giving In! - by Recently, a reader of my ezine inthe UK (let's call her Sally) e-mailed me with a seemingly desperate plea for help.
"For the past few months, I have been attending a course in communicating," she began.
"We learned some techniques for assertiveness, and with strangers they work. But the ...
Views: 2241 - Giving It A Personal Touch - The Secret To TRUE Success - by Okay, so you want to be an online professional. Great!!
Professional: (adjective)
2: exhibiting a courteous, conscientious, and generally businesslike manner in the workplace 2 a : participating for gain or livelihood in an activity or field of endeavor often engaged in by amateurs.
Looking ...
Views: 743 - Global Love Feast Day - 22nd November 2001 - by Here is a date for your diary for THE event of the year :
GLOBAL LOVE FEAST DAY - 22nd November 2001
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THIS IS A DAY dedicated to LOVE -- be love, give love, share love, make love!
THIS IS THE DAY to tell your family that you love them - go on, blow ...
Views: 1129 - Go Around the Mule - by One of the most exciting activities you can involve yourself in is goal setting. The future is bright and filled with endless possibilities, and by carefully planning a set of actions and milestones you can achieve nearly any goal you commit yourself to.
After you make your plan, the first few ...
Views: 1123 - Go Fly a Kite - by Done anything fun, lately? The past few days I’ve been walking around in a stressed daze: busy, busy, busy. Sound familiar? I’d been struggling a little with a segment of a personal coach training I’m developing. As I was throwing ideas back and forth, I heard my daughter’s laugh outside. It was ...
Views: 912 - GO FOR THE GOALS WITH A PASSION TO WIN! - by People who exercise self-reliance are self-starters. They begin each day with a plan of action prepared the night before. They have set their goals and objectives. Their attitudes are generated by initiative and motivated by a heat of passion to win.
By Contrast: A procrastinator offers ...
Views: 889 - Go From Overwhelmed to Overjoyed - by All work and no play makes Jane a woman of the nineties, so say two recent surveys.
According to the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor, stress ranks as the number-one problem of working women in America, especially for professionals in their thirties and forties and for single, ...
Views: 1178 - Goal Manifestation Development - by Goal manifestation, by the way of goal setting, itself is very simple.
First step: Simply envision the goal. When I say envision, I *mean* envision. For example, if your goal is to move into a new house by the middle of next year, then close your eyes and picture the house clearly. Do not make ...
Views: 956 - Goal-A-Phobic - by Journaling time today was a bit out of the ordinary. I knew something was up when I felt an urge to use write in my journal using bold red ink. I honestly had no idea why I felt an inclination to use red. I never use red. My journal is filled mostly with inks of a soft pink, violet or green. ...
Views: 848 - Goals - by Because the New Year and goal-setting time is approaching, we will take this opportunity to spend some with you time thinking about what it is that you want to achieve, and set some goals around that for the new year!
To either start (or to continue) achieving what you want out of your life, ...
Views: 879 - Goals, Purpose and Meaning - by When reviewing your goals (which you should consider doing regularly), keep in mind the following thoughts: Goals are usually materialistic, that is in the ‚outside' world, and refer to things we want to get or to do at or within a certain period of time. But this is kind of superficial, ...
Views: 1230 - Goals- The Power Line to Success and Achievement - by WHY DO WE NEED GOALS?
Goals give you direction in all areas of your life – Personal, Career, Spiritual, Material, and Contribution
Goals give you a purpose in life. A reason to get up early in the morning and go to bed late at night
Goals will put drive and passion into your life
Not having ...
Views: 856 - Goals: A 10 Part Formula for Setting and Achieving Your Goals - by We all know about setting goals, and New Year is a time when many of us tend to make those new goals. Most of the time we make them with great intentions. We have high hopes for success, and we get excited. We join that health club to get in shape or to lose those extra few pounds. We make that ...
Views: 1094 - God Gave You A Dream - by You have a dream, an urging to express yourself. Hold on to it for the dream is God's idea eager to be expressed through you. It is God's choice through you the idea should be fulfilled. God gave you the idea with a restlessness to live it and with the tools, passion and joy to see it through ...
Views: 949 - God Grant Me the Serenity To . . . - by We all have our ways of dealing with the terrible tragedy that befell America on September 11,2001. As an author and motivational speaker, I felt compelled to say something to try to help others through this time. During the days of processing my own grief, I found myself going back to an old ...
Views: 1275 - Going Beyond: Software and the Mind - by Imagine a future in which your personal computer becomes a doorway into a world of enhanced intelligence and creativity, emotional stability and previously unrealized personal success. In this world, the computer has become more than just a word processor or a web browser; it has become both an ...
Views: 3493 - Going with the "Flow" - by This whole idea of change is founded on a single principle:
CHANGE IS ALL IN YOUR MIND.
First comes a desire or need to change. Then comes an
attitude that permits it. Then come behaviors that lead
to it and support it. And finally, change happens -- or at
least you realize that it has ...
Views: 600 - Good Grief, I Learned A Lot, Charlie Brown! - by For 50 years the daily comic strip 'Peanuts' entertained millions of readers. Every day, the adventures of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus and the whole gang provided many laugh-out-loud moments while at the same time offering a daily inspiration and lessons on life.
With the recent death of ...
Views: 1147 - Good News ... For Wo/ManKind - by Would you agree that WoManKind is beleaguered ?
Wouldn’t you give anything if you could come up with a solution to the multi-mysteries that besiege our race ? Well, we’re not here to offer magic buttons. Just to let you know that we have built a place where you, who are “On The Path”, can ...
Views: 2021 - GOOD THINGS - by Do good things always happen to bad people, and bad things happen to good people?
The most valuable lesson I learned from Psychology 101 was, "It Depends!"
Good things happen to those people who CREATE good things to happen to them.
The sower of the seeds EXPECTS these good things to ...
Views: 856 - Got Calcium? - by Brittle bones, caused by osteoporosis, is something all of us need to be aware of and avoid as we grow older. Osteoporosis is a disabling disease that takes decades to develop. Without proper diet and exercise, osteoporosis causes bones to gradually become fragile and weak.
The National ...
Views: 1437 - Graceful Guidlines for Sexual Healing - by Graceful Guidelines for Sexual Healing
Michael Picucci, PhD, MAC
The article below contains extractions from The Journey Toward Complete Recovery: Reclaiming Your Emotional, Spiritual & Sexual Wholeness. It has appeared in more condensed and more expanded versions in various spiritual, ...
Views: 2818 - Grandma's Armageddon Stash - by My mom told me it was because Grandma saw WW I, the Depression, and WW II. In the sixties, when she lived in a house with an attic, Grandma kept barrels of oatmeal and rice. She had canned goods of all kinds stacked in the attic. Things would get outdated, and she'd have to use them real quick ...
Views: 1693 - Grandmaster Tchoung Ta-tchen, a T'ai Chi Legend - by Even though he prefers to stay to himself and not boast of his ability, Tchoung Ta-tchen was a well know figure in the tai-chi ch'uan (aka Taijiquan) world of Taipei, Taiwan, Seattle, WA and Vancouver, BC. When experts who really understand tai chi met him, there was no question that they knew ...
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