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- Personal Growth - Sharing My Story - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2008 from Manny GoldmanI grew up in an affluent area in Long Island, NY. Although my parents were very rich with love, they struggled financially. At a very young age, I attached my self-worth to my family’s net worth. While growing up, I stuffed my face with food to hide from the feeling of worthiness. I was ...
Views: 782 - New Year 101 - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2009 from Thea WestraWrite a list of your 101 personal accomplishments and 101 personal achievements for last year. Then write a list of your 101 intended accomplishments for the new year. While you write, you may notice secondary thoughts or things you say to yourself. You have likely heard it before that we ...
Views: 1791(2 votes) - Sexy Swimwear – Everyone Has Some! - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2007 from Amanda CotterillIt's never too early to start thinking about sexy swimwear and fitting into that string bikini. With all of the stylish options for summer wear flying off the shelves just in time for the holidays, you can start getting ready now and start preparing to look your best on the beaches in the summer ...
Views: 1044 - Christmas 'Love' Blockages - How To Overcome The Blues With Yourself & Everyone Else This Holiday! - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2007 from Bernadette DimitrovDid you know that ‘unforgiveness’ is one of the single biggest Christmas ‘love’ blockages that causes all kinds of mayhem and unhappiness during the holiday season. It often gains momentum causing a domino effect of the blues not only within yourself but out to others who ...
Views: 1374 - Christmas Tools - Visualization - A Secret Tool To Support The Best In You This Festive Season - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2007 from Bernadette DimitrovWho doesn't want to be at their best for this festive season? You need some tools to support you to bring out your best. Utilize the success tool "visualisation". You can literally reincarnate yourself and your life as many people have throughout history. Find out how to do it by following a few ...
Views: 1476 - Calculate Your Candidate Based on the Issues — - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2007 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockThis is fun! Just score each issue, add up your score, and see who's your man . . . or woman! It is important, really important I feel, to not only do our civic duty and responsibly research who matches up to our particular preferences, but to make sure and vote. As Thomas Jefferson once said, ...
Views: 709 - How To Excel In Self Leadership - by Submitted on Dec 26, 2007 from Dr Adalat KhanThere was a very poor man who was very hungry and desperate for help. Hearing about the generosity of Prophet Muhammad he approached him and asked for his help and charity. The Holy Prophet instead asked him to bring whatever he has from his home. The man returned with an old copper mug. The ...
Views: 2786 - Reality Repair Rx 4 Normal Folks - by Submitted on Dec 26, 2007 from William CottringerA big challenge in life is to fix the broken realities you don’t like and to create newer and better ones you want. Unfortunately this is much easier thought about in our heads than done with our hands. Most of us are still stuck trying to deal with undesirable realities that are getting in the ...
Views: 715 - The Art of Relating - by Submitted on Dec 26, 2007 from Keith VarnumI cringed at every loaded word in the title of Dale Carnegie’s celebrated book, How to Win Friends and Influence People! My mother—God bless her!—made me take the Dale Carnegie Training forty years ago when I was in junior high school. The idea that I had to change myself to “win” friends and ...
Views: 1040 - Cut Your Audio Learning Time In Half By Speed Listening - by Submitted on Dec 25, 2007 from Mark BendaDid you know you can speed-listen to 60 minutes of audio in 30 minutes or less with full comprehension using special speed-listening software? You can even go faster with a little practice and blast through an hour of audio learning in 20 minutes or less saving you hours and hours of time. If ...
Views: 572 - Respect For The Physical Body - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2009 from Dr. Lisa Love - Best Selling Author - Attract & Keep Real Love, Law of Attraction, Soul SuccessEach of us is endowed with an amazing gift. This gift is our physical body. In and of itself, the physical body can consume a life time of study and experimentation, and still we will remain ignorant of many of its mysteries. The physical body is our first fascination when we are infants. We ...
Views: 2681 - The [gulp] Fire Walk - by Submitted on Dec 24, 2007 from Nicole WhitneyThe First Time I "Covered" a Firewalk Founder / Producer / Host at News for the Soul: www.newsforthesoul.com I peeled down the deserted country road - my head a ball of puffy brown hair in the wind as I guided a sea blue convertible - top down ~ tunes up - toward my south ...
Views: 1617 - Do It Now - 5 Steps To Help Control Procrastination - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2007 from Eduardo RodriguezIn your opinion, what is the single biggest reason many people don’t achieve what they are capable of? Is it because they don’t work hard enough? Maybe. Is it because they don’t have written goals and therefore have no idea were they really want to go? Yes, sometimes, but the biggest monster in ...
Views: 1264 - Faith = Happiness - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2007 from Jim McCarthyWhat are we all searching for in our lives? Life is not a search for happiness. You don't have to search for happiness, live your life the right way and happiness will be your reward. True happiness is always the by-product of a life well lived. We will also find happiness when we learn to get ...
Views: 663 - What Oprah's Support Of Obama Has To Do With Sandwiched Boomers - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2007 from Phyllis GoldbergOprahbama, the big O's, Oprah and the Obamas – sounds like a rock band on a road trip. As Oprah hit the campaign trail recently, her candidate played the celebrity card and the female fan base responded. When you need it, the value of support simply cannot be overestimated. Oprah is a ...
Views: 744 - Why Is Shopping Online Better Than Going To A Mall? - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2007 from Amanda RyanThis is a question all of us might ask ourselves or others at least once. The real answer is that it is so much better to shop online for many reasons. Let’s list a few great reasons as to why the Internet is a better way of shopping. 1. When you go shopping at a mall you first have to get ...
Views: 808 - The Potential Of Conflict - by Submitted on Dec 18, 2007 from Rafael CorneyUsing Conflict to Strengthen Your Relationships Many of us have it in our heads that conflict with members of the opposite sex is a bad thing. After all, we women are supposed to be demure, accommodating, and agreeable in order to be attractive, desirable, and appealing to men. True? False. ...
Views: 552 - Cleaning Projects That Take A Minute To Do - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Jan HaynerAre you strapped for time? You can get small things out of the way, but don't have time for those big projects until the weekend; so what can you do to fill in those spaces of time and help keep your home controlled of clutter? One minute or less projects to help keep your cleaning and ...
Views: 1420 - The Evolution Of Self Help (Plug ‘n’ Play) - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2010 from Dave & Elena AsproothWe humans don’t have much patience any more… not that we ever really had a lot of it, but technology has increasingly enabled us to practice our dysfunctionality with quite a flair. For example, people are checking their voice messages and mail while driving. Instead of exercising with a ...
Views: 2421(1 vote) - Inspired Action Always Leads To Manifesting Your Desires - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2007 from Jimmy RoosHave you ever heard someone say you must take inspired action, especially in law of attraction circles, and wondered just what it meant? Inspired action means that it is action that is directed by your higher self, God, the universe or whatever you want to call the super intelligence, which ...
Views: 1566 - Lasting Gifts - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2007 from Gail Pursell ElliottThe most important gifts are not those that you can hold in your hand. These, in their purest form, are simply an outward representation of the gifts that are the most lasting: the gifts of Time, Attention, Thought, Caring, Peace of Mind, True Friendship, Acceptance, Patience, Tolerance, ...
Views: 998 - Change: The Only Thing That Never Changes - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2007 from Ray KellyIt was the ancient Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, who said, “You cannot step into the same river twice.” By this, Heraclitus meant that permanence is an illusion. There is a constant in the universe and that is change. Nothing is permanent and the entire universe is in a constant state of flux ...
Views: 8007 - Celebrate Life's Events - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2007 from Leslie Gail"Celebrate life's events" So, I decided to focus on this topic this week because it is my sister's 35th birthday on Wednesday. Tami, Happy Birthday! As we get older, it is easy to push celebrations aside for more "important" things in life. I remember many birthdays over the past ...
Views: 1047(2 votes) - The Awakening Of Your True-Self - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2007 from Justin Hartfield"The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected." - Victor Frankl There comes a time in life when we stop trying to play and start focusing on our life goals. For some, this happens very early. Sadly, others will never recognize this revelation no matter how ...
Views: 1930 - Sanity Savers For The Holidays - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2007 from Stephanie MarstonSanity Savers for the Holidays Sanity Saver#1. Remember What’s Important. Remind your family members about what the true meaning of the holiday’s are, compassion, generosity of spirit, gratitude and giving. Suggest a gift exchange in which each family member randomly chooses someone for whom ...
Views: 1074 - Make Fewer Decisions – Step 2 To Making Decisions - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2007 from Mark V HansenLet’s not waste our time not making decisions when we are out there in the executive world. What are some of the steps we can take in making great decisions? We have all spent years and years teaching some of the most effective and successful executives on the planet how to make quality ...
Views: 901 - Just For Today - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2007 from Jim McCarthyIt's a day at a time life. That's the only way to live. Think about it yesterday is gone, tomorrow in not here . So, what do you have? Even if you have to take it a minute at a time, enjoy it, stop being so hard on yourself. When doors close, lets open the new one's. Just remember your not ...
Views: 593 - How To Stop Procrastination From Holding You Back - by Most people think that procrastination is just an annoying or funny habit. They might joke that they have a mile-long to-do list or a stack of books that they never get around to reading. Those examples would be a very mild form of procrastination - but it can get much more serious than ...
Views: 574 - New Years Resolution - Wouldn't Life Be Different - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2007 from Gina GardinerMost of us use the New Year as a time to take stock of our lives. The break over Christmas gives us a bit of a breathing space between the turkey, mince pies and the round of jollity. Many of us make promises that we convince ourselves we’ll try to keep this time. Those more cynical simply ...
Views: 658 - Stop Wasting Time - Learn to Make Decisions Faster - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2007 from Mark Victor HansenEvery success starts with a decision. The biggest waste of time, the biggest waste of life, for most people is the decision they need to make but haven’t made because they can’t make up their mind. There is power in a made-up mind. Every one of us is a decision maker. We have 50,000 ...
Views: 758 - Three easy steps to help you get what you want - by It's often said that the first step to getting what you want is knowing exactly what it is that you want.
But, once you have a clear objective in mind (whether it's a new career path or a personal goal), you need to figure out the simplest and most effective way to achieve it.
That means ...
Views: 498 - The Vaue of Indecision - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2007 from Marian Baker"Don't just do something, sit there." This could be a slogan in my messages from the universe lately. I was at the computer tonight, when suddenly my office (and entire building) went black. I carefully groped my way down stairs, found matches, a candle. I was planning on writing and ...
Views: 2159 - Self Care-What If It's Not About You? - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2007 from Marian BakerIs self care selfish? Is having fun irresponsible? Or are these ways to make a positive difference in the world? I'm feeling newly inspired by a little book, Your Life is Your Message by Eknath Easwaran. (This title was inspired by the author's hero, Mahatma Ghandi.) He tackles the grand agendas ...
Views: 671 - 2 Ways Low Self Esteem Hinders You - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2010 from Daniel BrownIf you answer yes to any of these ten questions, you may be a victim of low self-esteem... 1. Are you afraid to take risks? 2. Do you usually anticipate the worst in any given situation and fear the outcome? 3. Do you simply fear the unknown? 4. Do you worry so much about what others ...
Views: 2244 - 3 Biggest Law Of Attraction Mistakes - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2007 from Dwayne GilbertThere are a few mistakes that most people make when working with the law of attraction, and most people make them right from the start. Knowing about these mistakes can help you avoid getting little to no results with the law of attraction. Here are the biggest mistakes people make. 1. Testing ...
Views: 4847 - Take Care Of Your Best Asset...You! - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2007 from Leslie GailI have gotten pretty good at noticing when my body is in need of some down time. Especially this time of year, with all of the parties, shopping, and family get togethers, it's crucial to stop every now and then and just let your body relax. We all get so consumed with work, family and ...
Views: 913 - Bamboo Furniture - The Secret To Caring For Bamboo Furniture - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2007 from Dean CaporellaBamboo has become a boom product during the past few years after it was once given scant regard in the western world. While most wouldn't consider decorating an entire room with bamboo products, it's appeal lays in it's ability to lighten up a room or give it a touch of the exotics. While ...
Views: 1999 - Philanthropy – The Art of Giving It Away - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2007 from Mark Victor HansenOpen Your Wallet! We are writing this because we want you to open up your wallet and start giving. We want you to open up your heart and start living. We want you to put your wealth in flow, so your world can grow. When you give it away, it multiplies. Every gift you give comes back to you ...
Views: 933 - Guide To Life Part One - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2013 from Robin RobertsIt seems cliché to say the most important question you will ever ask yourself is “Who am I ?” It is the question that has led to a thousand self help books yet do we ever have the courage to sit naked in the truth of our identity? Often it is easier to create an illusion of who we are based ...
Views: 1256 - With A Pre Owned Luxury Car You Can Have The Car Of Your Dreams - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2007 from Terje EllingsenTo many car interested people, the thought of buying a pre owned luxury car is out of the question. But for those of us who may not have the capital to purchase a brand new luxury car, a pre owned vehicle is the only option available. And when it comes to the wish of owning a luxury car, ...
Views: 668 - Make 2008 The Best Year Of Your Career - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2007 from Anne WalshYep, folks, it’s that time again--a time to set resolutions which we seem to assume we won’t keep, a time to think about really getting the job of our dreams. Here are some ideas/steps for making 2008 the best year of your career. So, why not take 2-3 hours to think about how you can ...
Views: 1168 - Ways To Positively Impact Other People – Politics And Social Activism - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2007 from Mark Victor HansenAnother contribution that can outlive you is your role in politics and social activism. Leadership is needed in our world now as never before. Gandhi became immortal through guiding India to freedom from British rule. Churchill became immortal for inspiring the British people to courage during ...
Views: 819 - What To Do As A Substitute Teacher - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2009 from Todd HicksDo you have the desire to be a substitute teacher? Do you think substitute teaching is easy? I was a substitute teacher for five years and worked for two school districts in St. Louis, Missouri. Substitute teaching can be rewarding; however, it is very challenging. If you mess up, the ...
Views: 868 - Problem Solving In 5 Easy Steps - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2007 from Sarah HoltAre you looking for solutions to a problem? Here are five steps for problem solving that will make this task easy and effective. Set Aside Time Find an hour or two where you can focus on problem solving without distractions. It is important to chose a time when you are most alert and ...
Views: 942 - How To Record Your Computer Screen Without Camera - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2007 from share wonderWhy do you need to record the computer? "What's wrong with my computer/this tool?" When you have problems of trying new applications or system, and have no idea of how to describe what happened on your computer, you may need a tool to mirror your operations, and then send it to a computer guru ...
Views: 732 - Uncovering Myths About Angels: How Your Favorite Angel Figurines Came to Be - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2007 from Georgia TempletonAngel figurines are popular items. Collectors fill their homes with shelves of ceramic and wooden angels, pictures are hung over the doorways that read, "This house is protected by Angels!" and key chains are given as gifts that plead, "Never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly!" The ...
Views: 898 - Step Three To Changing Your Internal Representations – Close The Distances - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2007 from Mark V HansenNow that you have distanced yourself and learned how to edit images internally, it’s time close the distance to the image you fear to see how you did. This should be done one step at a time. First, move from the third to the second position. Go down from the blimp to the bleachers or from the ...
Views: 676 - Beware Of These 3 Self-Sabotaging Behaviors That Could Derail Your Dreams - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2007 from Cari VollmerImplementation is the key to making your dreams come true. It's what separates the sort of successful from the super successful. However, a lot of people have trouble with implementation because they let self-sabotaging behaviors get in the way of their best intentions. Below is a list of ...
Views: 1170 - The Secret Of Setting Effective Goals To Empower Your Life - by Just about everyone has heard, and most people agree to some extent, that goal setting is a great way to get yourself where you want to go in life. If you feel you can’t seem to reach the life you know you were born to lead, then effective goals can be a great motivating force.
As you ...
Views: 473 - The Speed Of Focus In Business - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2007 from Roice KruegerI’ve worked with Toyota and helped with consulting and moving their factories. They work at an unbelievable speed because they are totally focused on one thing, which is the principle of kaizen: constant, never-ending improvement all the time every day. In other companies an employee has ...
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