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- All Aboard! Riding Nature’s Cycles to Better Health - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesOptimum health and vitality are what most people strive to achieve and yet seldom do. If our bodies are, as we read so many times, perfect organisms, then how can sickness and disease possibly affect us? Contrary to what you might read in most entertainment magazines, a perfect body is not ...
Views: 879 - The Doer’s Guide to Being - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles“Nothing is working—what should I do?” Have you ever had this unsettling thought? What happens when you wake up and nothing seems to be working in your life? There is no immediate crisis, but you feel “out of step.” Because you are a doer, you will begin to take a mental inventory of your ...
Views: 878 - ***Job Hunt Action Plans: Everyone Needs One! - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThe odds are pretty high that you will have to go on a job hunt at least once in your life, but some people seem to be on job hunts every six months. Even people who were secure in their jobs before are feeling the chill of our frosty economy and hoping that they aren’t one of the unlucky few ...
Views: 877 - Nutrition Strategies to Turbo-Charge Your Metabolism - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThis article is not about a new miracle pill that melts the fat off your body. The best strategy of fat loss is to earn it. Forget about any shortcuts and quick fixes—they do more damage than good. The first step in earning a lean and tight body is to consume five to six small meals per day. ...
Views: 876 - Judgment Day - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesAs I walked out of a convenience store with my cup of coffee one late October evening, I noticed an older woman standing next to a pay phone. She was wearing a weathered hat, pink leg warmers that have been out of style for at least 10 years, a black miniskirt with gray stockings, what used to ...
Views: 873 - Just Like Chicken - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesGive up. Yes, give up trying to be something streamlined, tucked, professional, more of something, less of something. It’s over. It’s done. It’s so last year. Be yourself. All of yourself. The world needs more of you. Under the layers we all speak different languages. We see, feel, and ...
Views: 871 - Don’t Take It Personally! - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesDo you sometimes feel like there is a conspiracy and that the whole world is picking on you—your friends, family, colleagues, and even strangers? You know that they are really talking about you, even though they are making general statements. Who do they think they’re kidding? Strangers even ...
Views: 868 - Happy Practices - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhat’s the quickest way to improve your health and well-being? Create “happy practices.” A happy practice is an activity done just for the sheer fun of it. It has no practical value at all, really. In the mighty scheme of life, it probably won’t lead to you becoming a millionaire, creating a ...
Views: 868 - Are You “Programmed” for Success … or Failure? - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHave you ever wondered why some people just have it all? They’re well liked by everyone they meet, financially set, and attractive, but what stands out most is their beaming sense of self-confidence when they enter a room. It’s almost as if they have a certain “presence” that gives off positive ...
Views: 866 - Nine Truths Parents Can’t Ignore - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesI have found myself standing at the bus stop listening to other moms talking about sickness, trips to the doctor, and which antibiotics their children are taking, and I realize that I don’t fit in. I have not taken my five children to the doctor in three years. I try to talk about nutrition, and ...
Views: 866(2 votes) - ***Basics to Networking Online for a Job - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesSocial networks are structure made of nodes mainly individuals or specific organizations. These are ties developing from precise types of interdependency, including values, ideas, visions, financial exchange, sexual relationships, friendship kinship, conflict or trade. Networking online has ...
Views: 862 - “Follow Your Bliss” Myths - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThe saying “follow your bliss” was made famous by a book of the same name. People have generalized that statement to mean many things, some of which are inaccurate, so I thought I would give you the real skinny on this topic and dismantle some old myths. Let me start by saying that I think it ...
Views: 859 - ***Determining your Career Benefit Plan: What Benefits are Normal and what are Considered Perks? - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesEvery company is different and one of the ways companies can maintain a happy work place is by offering certain benefits and perks with the job. While some benefits are fairly standard, others can be considered more on the ‘perk’ side. Benefits are often expected while perks are an extra little ...
Views: 857 - Discover the Three Key Pillars to Attainable Health and Fitness - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesA fallacy is being perpetuated that attainable health and fitness is complicated, impossible, frustrating, or just plain out of one’s reach. Individuals are often conditioned to believe that health and fitness require an all-or-nothing approach. You are either super fit or sedentary. Period! You ...
Views: 855 - Know Your Exercise Type - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesForget about the so-called exercise experts who all say that everyone should run, or everyone should walk, or do aerobics, or lift weights, or whatever the fad exercise du jour is. Each of us has a unique mind and body, and we should pick exercises that fit our mental and physical ...
Views: 855 - Shopping for a Coach - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesImagine a best friend who wants nothing more than your complete success, who always listens with interest to what you have to say, and who gives you the feedback you need to make tough choices and changes. This is the essential job of a personal coach. Coaches believe that you already have the ...
Views: 855 - ***Dealing with Job Layoffs - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesAt some point during your lifetime, you may find yourself dealing with a job layoff. The whole idea of a layoff is one of the most frightening things that many people keep in the back of their minds every single day. Since our country has recently gone into a recession, more and more people are ...
Views: 853 - ***Start Your Online Job Search - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWe all know that searching for the perfect job can be pretty frustrating sometimes. It’s hard enough anyway, but there are circumstances out there that seem to make it even worse. One such circumstance is the elevated amount of people who are currently searching for a job. This is because our ...
Views: 853 - Just Believe - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIn midwinter of 2000 I was conducting a seminar at a beautiful resort in southern Florida. The focus of the seminar was to break limiting beliefs and create new ones to bring prosperity and abundance into a person’s life. At the end of the last day I went to my hotel room, and as I entered, I ...
Views: 852 - Narconon Trois-Riveres Pledges to Create a Drug Free Québec - by Submitted on May 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesAs of April 16, 2009, Narconon Trois-Rivières has made a pledge to create a drug free Québec. Our plan is to eradicate the drug problem affecting the great province of Québec, and to do this it will take dedicated team players. Narconon Trois-Rivières, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre ...
Views: 851 - The Secret to Healthy Weight Loss and Unlimited Energy - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesFor many years, I have seen the equation diet + exercise = weight loss. Let me explain the problem with this equation. Can you imagine trying to sit on a three-legged stool that had one leg missing? Missing one third of the parts will cause you to fall short of your intended outcome every time. ...
Views: 849 - ***Best Networking Practices in a Job Search - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThere are many practices that involve networking for a job. These practices however require that you adopt the best which will give you the desired results in the pursuit of job seeking. On online networking, seeking for a job is done in a completely different way. Social networking is what ...
Views: 848 - It Was Too Late - by Submitted on May 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHow could I have missed so much? Were the signs not there, it’s too late, he’s gone. What could I have done? How could I have been so blind and not see it? Drug use is all over the media, hitting headlines almost every day. Why was I not able to pick up on it? I feel so ashamed; he was such a ...
Views: 847 - Chocolate! Chocolate! Chocolate! - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIt’s everywhere. Is this media frenzy funded by Hershey’s or Mars? Or could it be true? There is a type of chocolate that really is good for you! The headlines read, dark chocolate increases energy and reduces chronic fatigue; a natural way to enhance mood and mental clarity; reduces the risk of ...
Views: 843 - ***Great Job Search Tips - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIn the old days, if you needed a job, you could pretty much find one anywhere. Nobody really had to have college degrees to get a great job, and many people found jobs that they trained on-the-job in, and spent their entire lives in the same career. You really only had to worry about going to ...
Views: 842 - A Really Great Place to Live - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesMuch has been said about ways to improve your life; you’re reading some in this book. Perhaps you’ve already tried different approaches, some that helped and others that didn’t. One thing that is irrevocably true is this: anything utilized to improve your life must have its origin in love ...
Views: 840 - Change Your Story . . . Change Your Life - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesDianne first entered my office three years ago, withdrawn and hopeless. Countless doctors, psychiatrists, and other specialists had offered her medications with no lasting relief. Her compulsion was to find a cure for depression, anxiety, and sleepless nights. She was consumed by various ...
Views: 840 - ***Purposing for a Functional Resume - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesAny functional resume has to be enticing to the prospective employer. This is because there are very many resumes that such an employer receives and only a limited number of people are being sought and will eventually be enlisted for the particular position. Things to avoid for a functional ...
Views: 839 - Life with the Greatest of Ease - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesYou can recreate your life through making simple physical changes in your home or office that can enhance your execution in expanding your personal and business purpose. You can literally live in your intentions. Look around you. What do you see, and more importantly, what is it saying to you? ...
Views: 837 - ***Using the Online Job Search - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesOnline job searches are now the most used strategy to obtain information and search for potential employers across the globe. They are also the major source of details on changing careers. This is being facilitated by various tools in making everything a success. Job sites, search engines, and ...
Views: 836 - Goal-Free Living© - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesSuccess and happiness are unarguably our Holy Grails, but the standards taught to find them are all wrong. We have been brainwashed into believing that the only way to achieve this elusive combination of success and happiness is through setting goals. This is simply not true. In fact, ...
Views: 836 - Mental Alchemy - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesBack in the Middle Ages, alchemists sought to transform base metal into gold. They searched for an elusive substance, the philosopher’s stone, which would bring about this conversion, known as alchemy. However, to initiates of the ancient mystery schools, alchemy was primarily an allegory for ...
Views: 836(1 vote) - ***Interviewing- Twenty Less Common Questions at the Job Interview - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesCareer transitions are tough, especially when it comes to the interview process. There’s nothing worse than the nerves that accompany an interview. Sometimes you are so concerned with saying the right thing and preparing for the common interview questions that as soon as another question is ...
Views: 830 - Power of Now - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesDo you ever catch yourself thinking about something that happened some time ago, or even something that may or may not happen in the future? Chances are that you’re like most people, and you regularly think about something from the past, or you’re focused on something that could happen in the ...
Views: 823 - Everyday Spirituality - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIn this world, where technology has eclipsed our humanity, many of us are looking for a way to operate in our lives that fulfills our spiritual nature. People have tried different religions or disciplines with varying degrees of success or failure. They have taken motivational workshops to try ...
Views: 822 - ***Back to Work Advice that You Need - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesGoing back to work can be a very exciting time, but it is also a time that can really make you nervous. Those nerves can literally drive you up the wall and even cause you to get cold feet when going to your first interview. What you really need is to conjure up the confidence that you already ...
Views: 821 - I Was So Embarrassed - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIn March 1987, I launched a new magazine called Creating Excellence: Vermont’s Journal for People in Growing Businesses. It was a very proud moment. The magazine was my baby—a beautiful baby. In fact, the cover of the invitation to the launch party read, “A Magazine is Born.” I’d worked ...
Views: 819 - What Is in Our Foods? - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesNever, no never does nature say one thing and wisdom another. —Johann Christolph The influence of nutrition exceeded that of any other health measure, including medical intervention. —Thomas McKeown We all will agree that our health is the most important aspect of our success in all areas of ...
Views: 819 - ***How to Be Prepared For Job Layoff - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesOk, by now we all know that our country is in a recession. These tough economic times are certainly not the worst we have ever seen, but on the same token, they are not necessarily the best either. One thing we must trust in is our resolve as a nation to pull through and come out of the ...
Views: 817 - ***The Perfect Cover Letter: How to Make the Right Impression - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesA cover letter is a brief letter that accompanies your resume. It should be targeted towards the company and essentially demonstrates that you have done the research, read the job ad carefully and interested in that job. A cover letter can add a little oomph to a resume and prove that you not ...
Views: 815 - ***First Jobs – College Students Looking For Those First Jobs Will Find Lots of Great Opportunities - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIf you are a college student, and you are considering applying for your first job, you may find that there are many unique opportunities open to you. There are many employers who make it a point to hire college students. They enjoy feeling like they are making a difference. Or maybe they are ...
Views: 812 - Free Yourself by Releasing Your Emotions - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesOne of the ways that we create disappointment and unhappiness is by holding on to limiting thoughts and feelings. When we suppress our emotions rather than experiencing them fully, they linger and make us uncomfortable. Through avoidance, we prevent our emotions from flowing through us, and it ...
Views: 812 - Network Your Way to a Better Life - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThe word “networking” elicits a picture in the minds of most people as a business event filled with stereotypical salespeople all “working the room”; fast-walkin’, slick-talkin’, aggressively sticking their business cards into the face of everyone they meet and saying clever things like, “Hey, ...
Views: 811 - ***Seven Easy Steps to Your Dream Job - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesDream Job Discovery Process Be open in this process. Don’t stop yourself from dreaming. It is important to be honest in saying what you want and don’t want in a job. There are no right or wrong answers. Ask these following questions. 1. What will you be doing? Describe what your average ...
Views: 806 - Finding True Love: How “Not Looking” Is the Answer! - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesDianne, a long-term client of mine in her late 30s, recently celebrated her fifth anniversary: the fifth anniversary of her own personal quest to find the man of her dreams. According to Dianne’s personal calculations, she has thus far dated 12 military men, 9 police officers, 5 fireman, 3 ...
Views: 798 - ***A Word about Career Assessments - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesEach year, millions of people will begin a new career. This may be because they have just gotten out of college and are starting out in the world, or it could be because our economy has gone downhill very fast, and many people are losing their jobs or being laid off. There are even lots of ...
Views: 795 - ***Need a Career Change? Follow Your Passions and Your Dreams - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesDo you need a career change? Well, here is the best career change advice you are probably ever going to get: You need to follow your passions and your dreams. If you don’t, you will find yourself falling into the motions of another job that you hate. Before you know it, you will be looking to ...
Views: 794 - Become the Creator of Your Own Reality - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThere is a Zen story of a great enlightened master, who, upon hearing of his own master’s death, began to cry uncontrollably. His followers were shocked to see him cry. They asked him, “Why are you crying? You’re enlightened. You’re supposed to be beyond suffering. What will people think?” He ...
Views: 794 - ***How Career Assessments Can Help You - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHave you ever found yourself wondering what kind of job or career you would be best suited for? If so, you are certainly not alone, as there are millions of people who will go through the very same thing each and every year. There are many reasons for this too. It may be because your job simply ...
Views: 793 - ***Career Development – Phase One of Your Career Development Plan is Getting the Job, Phase Two is Getting to the Next Level - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesJust because you got the job you wanted does not mean that you should settle in and be content with this position. If you are interested on advancing, you should always be looking to the future. Once you are on the job, find out what may be available and when you can be considered for ...
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