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- Definition: Good Life Living - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteIt's all in the words It's now been proven by science and psychology that the shortest path to success in your career, relationships, and life in general is tied to your command of the most practical words. But how do you know where to look to find "success words" that pay these great ...
Views: 996 - Definition: Guerilla Marketing - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2008 from Stephanie Ouellette"Guerrilla Marketing" was coined by Jay Conrad Levinson in his popular 1984 book Guerrilla Marketing, as an unconventional system of promotions on a very low budget, by relying on time, energy and imagination instead of big marketing budgets. The term has since entered the popular vocabulary to ...
Views: 4050 - Definition: Happy Family - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteFamily Happiness Happiness is emotion in which one experiences feelings ranging from contentment and satisfaction to bliss and intense joy. This definition is, however, a synonymous one. A more clarified one is almost impossible to conceive due to the capacity by which a human can allocate the ...
Views: 7085 - Definition: Healing Power of the Mind - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteHealing Power of the Mind Deepak Chopra is an Indian medical doctor and writer. He has written extensively on spirituality and diverse topics in mind-body medicine. He states that he has been influenced by the teachings of Vedanta and the Bhagavad Gita from his native India, and quantum physics. ...
Views: 2169 - Definition: Healthy Dieting - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteDieting is the practice of ingesting food in a regulated fashion to achieve a particular objective. In many cases the goal is weight loss, but some athletes aspire to gain weight (usually in the form of muscle) and diets can also be used to maintain a stable body weight. Proper nutrition Food ...
Views: 810 - Definition: Herniated Disc - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteA spinal disc herniation, incorrectly called a "slipped disc", is a medical condition affecting the spine, in which a tear in the outer, fibrous ring (annulus fibrosus) of an intervertebral disc allows the soft, central portion (nucleus pulposus) to bulge out. This tear in the disc ring may ...
Views: 3314 - Definition: Homemaker - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteHomemaker A homemaker is a person whose prime occupation is to care for their family and/or home. The term, homemaker, is originally an Americanism, and while it has entered mainstream English, it is not in common usage outside the United States. Finding a term to describe the modern man or ...
Views: 2182 - Definition: How To Quit Your Job - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteBurning Bridges Turning in your resignation is not always easy. Even if you hate your job, hate your boss and can not wait to start that new exciting job or perhaps you have an inkling that you are about to be fired, it can be very difficult to resign tactfully and gracefully.On top of that you ...
Views: 723 - Definition: Internet Marketing for a Small Business - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteOne great way to market your small business online is through banner ads. A web banner or banner ad is a form of advertising on the World Wide Web. This form of online advertising entails embedding an advertisement into a web page. It is intended to attract traffic to a website by linking them ...
Views: 827 - Definition: Law of Attraction - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteThe Law of Attraction The phrase Law of Attraction has been used by many esoteric writers, although the actual definition varies greatly. Most authors associate the Law of Attraction with the saying, "like attracts like", usually as applied to the mental life of human beings: that a person's ...
Views: 1023 - Definition: Legal Guardian - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteA legal guardian is a person who has the legal authority (and the corresponding duty) to care for the personal and property interests of another person, called a ward. Usually, a person has the status of guardian because the ward is incapable of caring for his or her own interests due to ...
Views: 2042 - Definition: Life Counseling - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteLife Counseling Life coaching is a practice with the stated aim of helping clients determine and achieve personal goals. Life coaches use multiple methods they say may help clients with the process of setting and reaching goals. Coaching is not targeted at psychological illness, and coaches are ...
Views: 7829 - Definition: Life Worth Living - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2008 from Stephanie Ouellette"Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact." - William James Attitude is everything. I know that you've heard this before and either agreed or disagreed. Either way, you were confirming its truth. Attitude is a filter for everything going into your mind and ...
Views: 2915 - Definition: Love and Marriage - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteLove and Marriage Marriage or wedlock is an institution in which interpersonal relationships (usually intimate and sexual) are sanctioned with governmental, social, or religious recognition. It is often created by a contract or through civil processes. Civil marriage is the legal concept of ...
Views: 2272 - Definition: Low Calorie Diet - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteA low calorie diet is also known as calorie restriction, or caloric restriction, (CR) is the practice of limiting dietary energy intake in the hope that it will improve health and slow the aging process. Calorie restriction is a common measure, found in several dietary regimen, including the ...
Views: 1537 - Definition: Low Carb Meals - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteLow-carbohydrate foods or low-carb diets are dietary programs that restrict carbohydrate consumption primarily for weight control. Foods high in digestible carbohydrates are limited or replaced with foods containing a higher percentage of proteins and fats. Scientific research Medical research ...
Views: 749 - Definition: Lower Back Pain Treatment - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteLow back pain is a common musculoskeletal disorder which affects the lumbar segment of the spine. It can be either acute, subacute or chronic in its clinical presentation. Typically, the symptoms of low back pain do show significant improvement within two to three months from its onset. In a ...
Views: 2643 - Definition: Managing Time - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteOne way to manage your time effectively is to use a PDA. A Personal digital assistant (PDA) is a handheld computer, but has become much more versatile over the years. PDAs are also known as small computers or palmtop computers. PDAs have many uses: calculation, use as a clock and calendar, ...
Views: 1923 - Definition: Marketing a Small Business Online - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteInternet marketing, also referred to as online marketing or Emarketing, is the marketing of products or services over the Internet. The Internet has brought many unique benefits to marketing including low costs in distributing information and media to a global audience. The interactive nature of ...
Views: 793 - Definition: Marketing Idea for Small Business - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteA great way to market your small business is through Google AdWords. AdWords is Google's flagship advertising product and main source of revenue. AdWords offers pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, and site-targeted advertising for both text and banner ads. The AdWords program includes local, ...
Views: 2225 - Definition: Marriage Advice - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteHealthy Marriage The formal organization of relationship education in the USA began in the late-1970s by a diverse group of professionals concerned that the results of traditional marriage therapy resulted in no appreciable reduction in the elevated rate of divorce and out-of-wedlock births. ...
Views: 1255 - Definition: Marriage Counseling - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteMarriage Counseling Relationship counseling is the process of counseling the parties of a relationship in an effort to recognize and to better manage or reconcile troublesome differences and repeating patterns of distress. The relationship involved may be between members of a family or a couple, ...
Views: 1492 - Definition: Marriage Help - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteMarriage Help Marriage Encounter (M.E.) is a religiously-based weekend program designed to help married couples improve their marriage, grow closer to each other, and improve commitment to each other. Originally a Catholic marriage renewal program, Marriage Encounters are now offered by a ...
Views: 1417 - Definition: Marriage Problems - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteMarriage Without Love Causes Problems A marriage of convenience is a marriage contracted for reasons other than the reasons of relationship, family, or love. Instead, such a marriage is orchestrated for personal gain or some other sort of strategic purpose, such as immigration. The phrase is a ...
Views: 1519 - Definition: Mental Health Professional - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteMental Health Professional A mental health professional is a person who offers services for the purpose of improving an individual's mental health or to treat mental illness. These professionals include psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, clinical social workers, psychiatric nurses as well as ...
Views: 2670 - Definition: Mental Training and Goal Setting - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2008 from Stephanie OuellettePeak Performance through Goal Setting Goal Setting involves establishing specific, measurable and time targeted objectives. Work on the theory of goal-setting suggests that it is an effective tool for making progress by ensuring that participants are clearly aware of what is expected from them, ...
Views: 4769 - Definition: Mind Science - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteCognitive science is most simply defined as the scientific study either of mind or of intelligence. It is an interdisciplinary study drawing from relevant fields including psychology, philosophy, neuroscience, linguistics, anthropology, computer science, and biology. The term cognitive science ...
Views: 5223 - Definition: Neck Pain - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteNeck pain (or cervicalgia) is a common problem, with two-thirds of the population having neck pain at some point in their lives.[1] It is increasing in both intensity, frequency and severity of episodes.[citation needed] As people are increasingly sedentary, live fast-paced and hectic lives, ...
Views: 2794 - Definition: New Thought Movement - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteNew Thought Movement The New Thought Movement or New Thought is a loosely allied group of denominations, organizations, authors, philosophers, and individuals who share a set of metaphysical beliefs concerning healing, life force, visualization, and personal power. The New Thought Movement ...
Views: 1060 - Definition: Niche Marketing - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteA niche market is a focused targetable portion (subset) of a market sector. By definition, then, a business that focuses on a niche market is addressing a need for a product or service that is not being addressed by mainstream providers. A niche market may be thought of as a narrowly defined ...
Views: 2715 - Definition: Online Career Advice - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteCareer Advice How do you find an ideal career that is just right for you? Many times, people tend to drift into careers that probably their parents decide for them. As long as it is what you can do better and are comfortable with, there are no problems in going for it. But, if that is not the ...
Views: 794 - Definition: Online Marketing Strategy - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteInternet marketing, also referred to as online marketing or Emarketing, is the marketing of products or services over the Internet. The Internet has brought many unique benefits to marketing including low costs in distributing information and media to a global audience. The interactive nature of ...
Views: 1468 - Definition: Paralanguage - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteParalanguage refers to the non-verbal elements of communication used to modify meaning and convey emotion. Paralanguage may be expressed consciously or unconsciously, and it includes the pitch, volume, and, in some cases, intonation of speech. Sometimes the definition is restricted to ...
Views: 13569 - Definition: Parenting Advice - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteParenting Advice It is important that you understand what type of parent you want to be in order for you for to maintain consistency and clarity. Here is some terrific parental advice from the experts. There is general consensus around parents providing the basic necessities, with increasing ...
Views: 1024 - Definition: Parenting Tips - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteParenting Tips Examples to help parents and caregivers create healthy attachments with infants 1.According to the psychoanalyst, Erick Erickson, there are eight stages of social-emotional development across a lifespan. Each stage has a conflict, which needs to be worked through and a ...
Views: 1447 - Definition: Peak Performance Training - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2008 from Stephanie OuellettePerformance Training Management Performance measurement is the process of assessing progress toward achieving predetermined goals. Performance management is building on that process, adding the relevant communication and action on the progress achieved against these predetermined goals. In ...
Views: 4688 - Definition: People with Anorexia - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteAnorexia nervosa is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes an eating disorder characterized by low body weight and body image distortion with an obsessive fear of gaining weight. Individuals with anorexia often control body weight by voluntary starvation, purging, vomiting, excessive exercise, ...
Views: 1118 - Definition: Personal Development - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteSelf-efficacy is an impression that one is capable of performing in a certain manner or attaining certain goals. It is a belief that one has the capabilities to execute the courses of actions required to manage prospective situations. Unlike efficacy, which is the power to produce an effect, ...
Views: 2543 - Definition: Personal Development Program - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2008 from Stephanie OuellettePersonal Development The development of the Character Strengths and Virtues (CSV) handbook represents the first attempt on the part of the research community to identify and classify the positive psychological traits of human beings. Much like the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ...
Views: 1619 - Definition: Personal Empowerment - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteSelf-worth leads to Personal Empowerment Contingencies of self-worth comprise those qualities a person believes he or she must have in order to class as a person of worth and value; proponents claim the contingencies as the core of self-esteem. Contingencies of self-worth can motivate well, ...
Views: 7488 - Definition: Personal Growth - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2008 from Stephanie OuellettePersonal Growth or self-improvement refers to self-guided improvement—economically, intellectually, or emotionally—most frequently with a substantial psychological or spiritual basis. The basis for self-help is often self-reliance, publicly available information, or support groups ...
Views: 11741 - Definition: Pressure Points - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuellettePressure Points In the study of martial arts, practitioners do not focus just on increasing the "brute strength" of their strikes, but also on the target of their strikes to maximize the impact, and to achieve specific outcomes. There are several types of pressure points, each of which is ...
Views: 2425 - Definition: Product Marketing Strategy - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteProduct marketing deals with the first of the "4P"'s of marketing, which are Product, Pricing, Place, and Promotion. Product marketing, as opposed to product management, deals with more outbound marketing tasks. For example, product management deals with the nuts and bolts of product development ...
Views: 7792 - Definition: Public Speaking and Nervousness - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2008 from Stephanie OuellettePublic Speaking and Nervousness Public speaking is the process of speaking to a group of people in a structured, deliberate manner intended to inform, influence, or entertain the listeners. The art and science of public speaking, especially in a North American competitive environment, is also ...
Views: 4662 - Definition: Revenue Enhancement - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteProfit Maximization and Revenue Enhancement In economics, profit maximization is the process by which a firm determines the price and output level that returns the greatest profit. There are several approaches to this problem. The total revenue -- total cost method relies on the fact that profit ...
Views: 4840 - Definition: Scheduling Calendar - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteA scheduling calendar is a system of organizing days for a socially, religious, commercially, or administratively useful purpose. This organization is done by giving names to periods of time - typically days, weeks, months and years. The name given to each day is known as a date. Periods in a ...
Views: 757 - Definition: Sciatica - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteSciatica is a set of symptoms including pain that may be caused by general compression and/or irritation of one of five nerve roots that give rise to the sciatic nerve, or by compression or irritation of the sciatic nerve itself. The pain is felt in the lower back, buttock, and/or various parts ...
Views: 2588 - Definition: Self Confidence - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteSelf Confidence In psychology, self-esteem or self-confidence reflects a person's overall self-appraisal of their own worth. Self-esteem encompasses beliefs and emotions, and behavior may reflect self-esteem. Psychologists usually regard self-esteem as an enduring personality characteristic, ...
Views: 1560 - Definition: Speechwriting - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteSpeechwriting A speechwriter is a person who is hired to prepare and write speeches that will be delivered by another person. Speechwriters are used by many senior-level elected officials and government executives, governors, and the president or prime minister of a country. Speechwriters are ...
Views: 4429 - Definition: Subconscious Mind - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteSubconscious Mind Various observers throughout history have argued that there are influences on consciousness from other parts of the mind. These observers differ in the use of related terms, including: unconsciousness as a personal habit; being unaware and intuition. Terms related to ...
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