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When I was younger and couldn’t go to sleep at night, my dad told me when he couldn’t sleep he would close his eyes and imagine a big black chalk board. And every time something was written or drawn on that chalk board, he would quickly get his eraser and erase it so he could focus on nothing. ... Views: 804
Do you wait for that Déjà vu moment every now and then? Do you wish that you had experienced a perfect moment? Do you feel totally lost waiting for the perfect moment to arrive?
But, how would you define perfect moment?
Eugene O’Kelly in his famous book Chasing Daylight has provided his ... Views: 802
Our mental attitude determine how we view our life, and how we react or act to the events that happen during our life time. Our beliefs determine our mental attitude. If you believe that you have no control over your life, then, when events happen, and they will happen (otherwise, our lives ... Views: 802
“I knew today was going to be awful the moment I got out of bed” is something most, if not all, of us have uttered at least once in our lives. You get out of bed, feeling just awful, the hot water runs out in the middle of your shower, and then you burn the eggs, miss the bus, and arrive late ... Views: 802
Among all human emotions hatred is the one that, in most cases, produces the most destructive consequences. However, if you really think about it, hatred is just a knee-jerk reaction caused by ignorance. You cannot truly hate a person if you have an understanding of the story behind that ... Views: 801
Have you ever felt like you’re walking around with a knife in your back?
Have you seen it happen to others?
Was the pain so intense that you were paralyzed or disarmed to do anything about it, and therefore, you didn’t?
Or did Anger get the best of you?
This is a ... Views: 800
Get Rich Quick is a Lie!
I see so many people skipping the stairs and escalator, expecting the elevator to take them straight to the top. They rush to ride the next rocket ship stock or bitcoin, betting it all on momentum and throwing caution to the wind.
Getting rich quick seems to be ... Views: 799
I am just returning from getting my daughter started on the next chapter in her life journey. She has moved overseas to attend Teachers College in Wales, UK. We had the chance to explore her new city together and to share in creating some of our own amazing memories. Shoes and Shampagne ... Views: 799
“How you doin’ Jack (or Jill)?” I asked a recreation-center friend last week.
“Same ole, same ole,” he said.
“Come on man,” I said. “We’ve got ski season in full swing. That’s got to put a spring in your step.”
“Probably so,” he said. “But I need something new to fire me up.”
He ... Views: 798
If I say so, it does not make it official. If McDonald’s says so, it does not make it official. If the President of The United States of America says so, it does not make it official. We are in the era of the ‘official complex’.
Having an official word is important. You need to be heard, ... Views: 798
Do you ever catch yourself in the middle of a swirl of negative self-talk? Maybe you find yourself imagining a conversation with someone you know, and before you know it, you're irritated and grumpy, maybe it's even keeping you up at night, making you restless.
What’s crazy is the control ... Views: 797
"It'll-do-ism" is the belief that good enough is good enough. It is the opposite of perfectionism (Bad Belief System #5).
The day I turned 16-years old, I already knew how to drive, so I got my driver's license. I wasn't a very good driver (though I thought I was), but I was good ... Views: 796
Some days are filled with one challenge after another. Today was one of those days. What made it so challenging? Here are a few of the highlights. I woke up late with a four mile run ahead of me. I’m training for another half-marathon and if I don’t get the requisite miles in I’m going to be ... Views: 796
Two extremes can invade your thought process and cause you to lose your battle with self and others. One says, “I don’t care,” and the other says, “It’s not my fault.”
Aloof-ism is a word I created that refers to the mental and emotional escape route for any personal responsibility revealed ... Views: 795
Article Title: How to THINK your Way to Success - the Vital Importance of Maintaining a Positive ATTITUDE
Author: Craig Lock
Key words: Success, Success Principles, Motivation, Inspiration, Sports Psychology, Sport, Mind, Mind Control, Spiritual, Inspiration, Empowerment, Success, Success ... Views: 794
"A room without books is like a body without a soul" All the people who are reading this blog would surely know about it. There is a joy, comfort and a leisure which readers experience when they read books. While most of the people today are addicted to electronic gadgets but still there is a ... Views: 794
Unfortunately I experienced the Law Of Attraction in a very negative (unknowingly) way for many years. From young I was told how women should behave and their purpose in life. My family honestly believed the men were the bread winners and the women the housekeepers. Being continually bombarded ... Views: 794
We tend to cling to every object in our lives. We hold on to our profession, relationship or possession as if our entire world depends on them. We are so busy clinging to our own lives that we have forgotten to live with the flow. We are afraid to move ahead, afraid to let go.
Life in essence ... Views: 791
Listen, it is all well and good, telling yourself that abundance is your birthright but there are days when it just does not feel like it.
There are days when you feel the nervous agitation in your chest as you consider how far you are from where you want to be…
No matter how ... Views: 790
Even though it’s been over a decade ago, I vividly recall my shock when sitting in a committee meeting for a non-profit. The chair asked us each to report back on the task we agreed to do. The second told us that she hadn’t started on her assignment because it had been a very busy month at work. ... Views: 789
If you are anything like me, you have more ideas for projects than you know what to do with. Personally I’m always thinking up new ideas and concepts for websites I’d like to start and always putting them on the back burner for fear that they will fail or take way too much to complete. ... Views: 787
Here’s a quiz to help you identify behaviors that may be undermining your self-confidence and preventing you from living the life you desire. Respond with a simple “yes” or “no” answer to each statement and then tally up the number of yeses.
1. I often compare myself to others.
2. ... Views: 786
Also referred to as engineering and programming, software and web development is a very exciting career. You get to create a cool technology that changes the way people work and live. Add this to the fact that computer technology is increasingly expanding, learning these skills makes a lot of ... Views: 785
As I write this article, I’m on a plane heading home from quite a transformative trip working in an all-day 1:1 with one of my coaches. (Yes I have a coach too, more than one actually, and plan to until the end, because there is absolutely no substitute for that kind of support in my business.) ... Views: 785
Good Sense About Getting Along with Others During Troubled Times
by
Bill Cottringer
“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.” ~Theodore Roosevelt.
Despite the physical 6-foot rule of social distancing keeping us apart, ... Views: 784
In the spirit of leaving dormant any Deipnophobia, which is strangely enough the fear of dinner conversations, I’d like to discuss the subject of hierarchy when it comes to speaking and communication. In my view, there’s a vastly unexplored or undistinguished hierarchy to communication, speaking ... Views: 784
There is widespread anxiety these days about technology taking away our jobs. There are several dire and comforting scenarios ahead points out Derek Thompson in a fascinating, in-depth article in The Atlantic: “A World Without Work.” Yet in his compelling book Humans Are Underrated, Geoff Colvin ... Views: 783
Each one of us has a different kind of making themselves happy. I make myself happy by writing somethings. A friend from another site gave me the inspiration to write. This is what she said to encourage me
It is not about the narration or use of words when an optimistic person like you writes ... Views: 783
Yes and no are a couple of the first words we learn as a child. Maybe comes a little later when we begin to learn the finer art of negotiation and the payoff in keeping our options open. Few of us give much thought to the connection these words have to the person we are being in life.
You ... Views: 782
Pursuing our goals and dreams can often be slow, tiring and hard work.
Whether it be leaving behind the corporate world to start a business, end a relationship or start a new one, or just generally starting to take ownership of your life and the way you live it – the prospect of so much to ... Views: 780
There is widespread anxiety these days about technology taking away our jobs. There are several dire and comforting scenarios ahead points out Derek Thompson in a fascinating, in-depth article in The Atlantic: “A World Without Work.” Yet in his compelling book Humans Are Underrated, Geoff Colvin ... Views: 780
For many of us, growing up in a home which is what most people would label "average" is what we experienced. Since most of our experiences shape who we become, that is often the life we replicate in our adult years. It seems as if we almost come to accept those kinds of lifestyles and feel as if ... Views: 778
Why do women have crystal ball readings? It often depends on how seriously a person takes their life. Some can be very laid back and leave it to luck to sort out their aspirations and problems - of course, those are usually the ones whose life never improves and gets worse or stays bad and ... Views: 778
Are the Parents to blame?
Is this a bit extreme? Or is it much closer to the truth?
Recently my experiences on our roads have brought this subject to the forefront of my mind. I ponder the questions, ‘Why do some young people drive like they do? Do they not see the dangers to themselves ... Views: 777
There is walking because you have to in order to get from A to B and there is walking because you realize how it can have a positive impact on your life. No matter who you are or what sort of life you led, walking on purpose for health and fitness is for saints and sinners alike.
Everyone ... Views: 777
Early in the year, everyone talks about planning, changes, moving-forward, transformations, and some interesting and well-meant resolutions that seldom come to fruition. However, how about “Freedom”? Yes, freedom to be who you are without feeling the “need” to please anyone but yourself?
I ... Views: 776
One of the things I really enjoy in my relationship with my husband is how we make each other laugh. It feels great to laugh and that cheery feeling lasts well beyond the actual laugh. Laughter is one of the best ways to get and keep a high vibration. And we know that when we’re in a high vibe ... Views: 775
In this fast running world it is necessary that we match the pace with everything going on in our lives. Transportation has also been through any modifications over the period of time and today our lives seem to be crippled without a fast mode of transport. The roads today are filled with cars ... Views: 774
Think back to the last interaction you had with someone...maybe it was a close friend, someone in the line at the grocery store, your mom on the phone...
Was it positive?
Did you actually engage?
...or was it more on the robotic side of conversation. "How are you?" "Good, and you?" "Good."
... Views: 774
Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek. ~ Mario Andretti
There is a law governing life that says "Desire is the motivating factor of life." ... Views: 773
We have a peculiar habit to compare and complain with others and finding a chance to Let down. We look at other people who perceive us to be different (or, perhaps the same as us?) and knock them down as much hard as we can. Unfortunately, none of us are different and suffering from this ... Views: 773
The schools are imparting the conceptual knowledge in students through different study methodology. Undoubtedly, the faculty is putting immense effort to teach the students about the importance of education in life. Education is not only acquired to avail the higher degrees and grab good job ... Views: 772
A Work from home job can be difficult under the best of circumstances, but when a relationship at home isn’t working, it can be even harder to manage running your own business. Pent up frustrations and all-out brawls can hinder creativity and hamper your energy for work. How can you manage the ... Views: 772
Affirmations can be a big help in creating the things, experiences, relationships, careers, spiritual growth and bank accounts you want. But, if done incorrectly they can come back to bite you. The important thing to remember about affirmations is imagining you already have what you want and ... Views: 771
One American company is taking advantage. AAI or All American Imports was founded in 2006 by Mark James Lehman. Mark spent most of his career in international sales working for Hydrospa in Tampa, FL. After setting up multiple Hot tub accounts and building dealer networks throughout Europe he ... Views: 770
The economic downturn has produced a tidal wave of negative conditions, some of which have overwhelmed even the very best sales organizations. Time is of the essence! Sales managers cannot wait to put into action their highest levels of leadership skills necessary to re-energize their sales ... Views: 769
These are eight ways to improve yourself everyday :-
Understand that intensity is rabbit and consistency is a tortoise. Your dreams doesn’t care about how you feel,be consistent.
Don't rush yourself with timelines of others. Some people excel in life early and some after them.
Mind ... Views: 768