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- What is Optimal Thinking? - by Optimal Thinking is the mental technology that empowers you to be your best. It stops you from settling for second best.
One of the most exciting aspects of Optimal Thinking is that at this very moment and at any time in the future, you can optimize your thinking. Just as you can choose to ...
Views: 1300(2 votes) - What is Optimal Thinking? - by Optimal Thinking is the mental technology that empowers you to be your best. It stops you from settling for second best.
One of the most exciting aspects of Optimal Thinking is that at this very moment and at any time in the future, you can optimize your thinking. Just as you can choose to ...
Views: 2077(4 votes) - NINE THINGS MORE IMPORTANT THAN CAPITAL - by When starting any enterprise or business, whether it is full-time or part-time, we all know the value of having plenty of capital (money). But I bet we both know or at least have heard of people who started with no capital who went on to make fortunes. How? You may ask.
Well, I believe there ...
Views: 2613(8 votes) - ***Being Happy Is A Decision: 11 Ways to Change Your Life NOW! - by Almost everyone has heard the hit single 'Don't Worry, Be Happy' by Bobby McFerrin. The song has a very catchy way of conveying its message of being happy to everyone. Bobby Mcferrin's simple message surely made a lot of people focus on happiness by simply telling them not to worry or fear, and ...
Views: 6435(4 votes) - Coping With The Aftermath Of Trauma & Loss - by Most of us have built our lives around the belief that we will be relatively safe, on September 11, 2001, that belief was shaken. The terrorist attack on the United States Of America, has destroyed feelings of safety for many. Situations such as this are outside the realm of ordinary experience. ...
Views: 1839(3 votes) - Stages of Learning to Say "No" - by One of the most important skills we can learn that will help us manage and fulfill our priorities is to say "No." Once we get there, it becomes easier and easier, but initially it can be extremely awkward and unpopular with others. Knowing the stages we’ll go through can help us realize that ...
Views: 9494(3 votes) - The Power of Saying, "No" - by =======================
"No" is such a simple word....
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only two letters. Yet saying "No" out loud is harder for most people than saying, "I'll be glad to..." (eleven letters)or "When do you need me to..." (seventeen letters)
Most of us said, "No!" quite well when ...
Views: 34893(6 votes) - 10 Lies We Think are Love - by What is real love?
Real love is an energy that supports us in feeling good. When we feel genuine self-love and self-worth we experience ourselves as good enough and capable. There is a reverence and humility that accompanies this deep knowing that we are valuable just for being our unique ...
Views: 4916(5 votes) - *** The Four "Insider" Keys to Accelerated Learning Success - by When you read the words “accelerated learning,” what comes to mind? A bespectacled “brainiac”? A teenager receiving a Ph.D.? The fact is you don’t have to be a prodigy to experience the benefits of rapid learning.
The purpose of this brief article is to give you a ...
Views: 3953(2 votes) - 10 Feng Shui Tips for your Office to Boost your Prosperity - by Feng Shui (fung-shway) is the study of arranging your environment to enhance your life. Every minute of every day your environment is either supporting you or draining you. Feng Shui teaches you to join forces with your environment to make living your best life effortless.
Not only does your ...
Views: 13546(2 votes) - 10 TOTALLY UNHEALTHY EATING BEHAVIORS TO AVOID! - by Many women today are victims of very serious unhealthy eating behaviors. Ironically, many of them know their behavior is consequential, but would rather jeopardize their health to 'look good' than to try and follow a healthy eating regimen. In a nutshell, this type of ritualistic behavior is ...
Views: 6819(2 votes) - A SIMPLIFIED SPEED READING COURSE FOR 8 TO 12 YEAR OLD KIDS - by I used to teach speed reading courses to adults. I remember being excited when one lady got to where she could read 3,000 words per minute. She was the fastest student that I had ever seen. It took her 6 weeks to get that good.
Then I got invited to teach some children to speed read at a local ...
Views: 24349(4 votes) - Eating Right, the Ayurvedic Way - Tips for Good Digestion - by Many people in today's fast-paced world suffer from everyday digestion problems such as gas, bloating, stomach pain, constipation, heartburn, and fatigue after eating. Maharishi Ayurveda provides simple solutions to these common complaints by considering not only what we eat but how we consume ...
Views: 3202(2 votes) - Estriol, the Forgotten Estrogen? - by There is a definite need for a safe estrogen supplement for women who are at risk of breast or endometrial carcinoma but who are denied such therapy because of recent evidence that exogenous estrogen can induce carcinoma in susceptible women. The role of supplemental estrogen in the ...
Views: 6506(2 votes) - How to Overcome a Confidence Crisis - by A confidence crisis can be caused by normal life transition such as getting a new job, moving to a new city, starting a new business, or starting a new relationship. Life's losses can also cause confidence to sink - the loss of a relationship, the loss of a job, the loss of a big client, the ...
Views: 21505(4 votes) - Remove The Distance In Your Relationship - by Relationships usually start out great. People treat each other with love and respect. Then something happens and we get upset.
When you are upset at someone, you can’t be with the person. There are a million miles of distance between you and the person you are upset with.
Before long, ...
Views: 17541(2 votes) - The Power of Breath / Practice now and feel better! - by The act of breathing is the body's most vital and basic function, yet many of us pay little attention to our breath. We have never learned how to breathe correctly!
Learning to breathe properly can greatly improve your health and reduce the impact of stress on your body.
You've probably ...
Views: 3841(5 votes) - The Speed of Trust - by Have you ever trusted someone—and gotten “burned?” Have you ever failed to trust someone and missed significant opportunities as a result? The practical issues with regard to extending trust are these: How do you know when to trust somebody? And how can you extend trust to people in ways that ...
Views: 5613(5 votes) - 10 Tips to Transform Your Life - by Beliefs create potential. Potential enables action. Action produces results. Use these following ten points to transform your life and create what you desire.
1. Desire
Desire is greater than want. Desire is an intention. Desire is a burning need. You must be willing to surrender yourself to ...
Views: 903(3 votes) - Beyond Resolutions: 8 Transformation Truths for 2008 - by By this time in January, most people have already forgotten or backtracked on their New Year resolutions. Why? Because most people set dreamy goals without first assessing their current reality and deciding exactly what they need to change in their life in order to get where they want to go. ...
Views: 2238(3 votes) - CREATING A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TO ACHIEVE POSITIVE RESULTS - by Your attitude determines the state of world you live in. It is the foundation for every success and every failure you have had and will have. Your attitude will make you or break you.
Attitude creates the way you feel about people and situations. Your actions are a result of your attitude, ...
Views: 8558(3 votes) - Effective Summer Resolutions - by We’ve all heard of “New Year’s Resolutions” and probably have made quite a few in our lifetimes. And some of us have probably heard that making resolutions once a year is not enough, that we need to be more active and consistent in our goals. Yet we struggle to be as committed as those speakers ...
Views: 5338(3 votes) - How Coffee Interferes With Losing Weight - by Are you addicted to coffee? You're not sure? Just ask yourself if you can commit to living without it. For most people, coffee is a must have in the morning. Without coffee they don't feel alive. I know some people who instantly get a headache if they don't have their coffee in the morning. ...
Views: 29354(3 votes) - Pendulum Power - by When a Pendulum was introduced to me on 1981.I was fascinated with its simple Yes and No signal. For many years pendulums have been used in various ways.
During our lifetime we all have ambitions and Goals, which we want to achieve. My short Article will introduce you to a UNIQUE way of ...
Views: 4752(3 votes) - The Office Bully: What's a Co-Worker to Do? Part II - by You're on your way to work. You feel tightness in your chest, a knot in your stomach and tension in your shoulders. You haven't even stepped foot in the office and already there's physical chaos in your body! You're aware of the dread you feel, and of of how nervous and jittery you are. You ...
Views: 10778(3 votes) - *** What is Spiritual Healing? - by Spiritual Healing is a self-growth tool that expands your awareness of yourself as a spiritual being and helps you live your life from a stronger, more expanded, more empowered level of consciousness. Spiritual Healing is a tool that available to everyone regardless of religion or creed or level ...
Views: 6511(4 votes) - Customizing Your Skin Care Regimen with Secrets from Ayurveda! - by Customizing Your Skin Care Regimen with Secrets from Ayurveda
The ancient healing tradition of Ayurveda is creating waves in the world of natural skin care. Industry leaders are touting the benefits of ayurvedic herbs like Gotu Kola (Centella asiatica) and spas offering ayurvedic rejuvenation ...
Views: 2350(4 votes) - 10 Tips to Improve Your Reading Skills - by In the modern age of information, reading truly is a fundamental survival skill. Here are ten tips that anyone can use to improve their reading skills:
1. You don't have to be a great reader to get the point.
Some people read fast and remember everything. Others read slowly and take a couple ...
Views: 53513(5 votes) - THE TOP 10 WAYS to LIFT YOUR MOOD WHEN YOU'RE FEELING DOWN in the DUMPS - by Everyone has periods in their life when they feel *down in the dumps*, blue, or mildly depressed, *especially* at holiday times, such as Christmas & Thanksgiving. Many people feel this way especially on New Years Eve due to perhaps a combination of alcohol, the end of a year that was not great ...
Views: 27545(10 votes) - Unconditional Love (starting with you) - by Gay Hendricks says in “The Learning to Love yourself Workbook? Humans tend to demand from others what we are most unwilling to give.
Isn’t that funny. We expect and demand someone to give us what we are not willing to give. Unconditional love. If we expect that from someone to make us feel ...
Views: 20972(5 votes) - *** Snapshot Management: Leaders under the Spotlight Use Emotional Intelligence - by Emotional Intelligence has been found to be the critical success factor for leaders when compared with their Intelligence (IQ) and technical expertise. The further a leader goes up in an organization the more they need Emotional Intelligence. Emotionally Intelligent leaders know and manage ...
Views: 4043(7 votes) - How to Make a Strong First Impression: Seven Tips That Really Work - by We have all heard this warning: "You never get a second chance to make a good first impression." Also, psychologists, writers, and seminar leaders caution that we only have from seven to seventeen seconds of interacting with strangers before they form an opinion of us.
With this widely ...
Views: 13259(7 votes) - *** 6 Simple Energy Shifts to Relieve Stress - by "Stress is the trash of modern life" according to writer Danzae Pace. "We all generate it but if you don't dispose of it properly, it will pile up and overtake your life. "
For 21st century humans, it's nearly impossible to live a stress-free life. Even if you're doing what you love and have ...
Views: 2001(1 vote) - *** Fear - Fear Is An illness - by This is a meditative prayer to be said each night for one month before you lay your body down to rest for the night:
“I see tremendous colored balloons filled with helium. These balloons are carrying all of my troubles, all of my frustrations, all of my heartache up and away. These ...
Views: 1846(1 vote) - *** The Universal Healing Tool That Modern Medicine Has Missed - by Thousands of years ago, physicians in China mapped the body’s electrical system. They charted fourteen energy paths, or meridians, and documented how stimulating specific points along those paths released energy blocks, restored the normal flow of Chi, or healing energy, and improved health.
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Views: 2310(1 vote) - ***POSITIVE ENERGY - by POSITIVE ENERGY: HOW TO BUILD VITALITY AND STOP ENERGY VAMPIRES FROM DRAINING YOU
By Judith Orloff, M.D.
Adapted from Positive Energy, Harmony Books, April, 2004
I learned to honor my energy needs the hard way. As a psychiatrist who specializes in intuition I knew how important it was to ...
Views: 9257(5 votes) - 10 Steps to Detect and Stop Secret Self-Sabotage - by It's a little known - yet much denied fact - that people treat you the way you secretly ask to be treated. Your unspoken request that determines how others behave toward you is extended to -and received by - everyone you meet.
What is your invisible inner life? It's the way you actually feel - ...
Views: 3809(1 vote) - 239 Days - by My wife and I have great news in our life. We're having our first child! This news has brought mixed feelings for us from elation to sheer terror. One fear that struck us this morning is we only have 239 days left while it's just us - fewer by the time you read this.
This realization of 239 ...
Views: 796(1 vote) - 25,000 Words Per Minute - No Less... BRAIN MANAGEMENT - by That man someday in the future would discover ways to access the diverse and incredible powers of the mind and thus begin utilizing "the other 90%" of the brain has never really been in question. That someday in the future the scientific community will have no alternative but to acknowledge the ...
Views: 8729(2 votes) - 50 Ways to Find Serenity (when serenity is the last thing on your mind!) - by · Ask yourself…"Am I being too hard on myself?"
· Ask yourself…"What do I have in my life that I can enjoy at this moment?"
· Ask yourself …"How important is it?"
· Ask yourself…"What is my gut telling me?"
· Ask yourself…"Are my goals or expectations realistic?"
· Ask yourself…"Am I ...
Views: 927(1 vote) - 8 Things To Do for Someone Who's Depressed - by Someone suffering a clinical depression needs medication and therapy. In addition, here are some things you can do for them as a loving person in their life, or as their personal life coach.
1. Be clear in your mind that they need medication and therapy, and project this. Encourage them to ...
Views: 12619(3 votes) - ADVICE FOR PARENTS & TEACHERS - by Recent statistics show that:
1 out of 4 kids is Bullied.
1 out of 5 kids admits to being a bully, or doing some "Bullying."
8% of students miss 1 day of class per month for fear of Bullies.
43% fear harassment in the bathroom at school.
100,000 students carry a gun to school.
28% of ...
Views: 1085(2 votes) - Are You Proactive or Reactive? A quiz for personal insight - by Professional and life success depend on consistent, proactive thinking. When emotions such as fear, anger or frustration occupy our thoughts we approach situations reactively. Rather than staying on our path, unconsciousness produces choices which lead us off our path and into chaos, at the ...
Views: 11275(2 votes) - Book Excerpt from A MOUNTAIN IN THE WIND-AN EXPLORATION OF THE SPIRITUALITY OF JOHN DENVER, Chapter excerpted: Friends From Our - by A Mountain In The Wind is an exploration into the spirit of a man who has and to this day continues to touch deeply the lives of millions worldwide. John believed in the oneness of all life and he reached out to all through his music. It has been said that in listening to John Denver sing, a ...
Views: 1567(1 vote) - CHEWING AND SPEEDLEARNING - by “GET THAT GUM INTO YOUR MOUTH!”
If you want to improve your memory and intellect – start chewing while you study. Put something in your mouth and masticate, be it Wrigley’s gum or a Macintosh apple, adults and kids learn faster and remember more than non-chewers.
We are talking about 3rd ...
Views: 2660(2 votes) - Crush Sites - Something else to prepare your teens for - by "Someone has a crush on you"
Have you or your teens ever received an email that begins like that? Hugely popular with teens, these emails are from websites that are known as "Crush sites".
Presenting themselves as websites about dating, Crush sites are basically services that collect email ...
Views: 7688(1 vote) - Cultivating Your Self-Esteem - by Your self-esteem is probably the most important part of your personality. It precedes and predicts your performance in almost everything you do. It is the energy source or the reactor core of your personality, and how much self-esteem you have determines your levels of vitality, enthusiasm and ...
Views: 2193(3 votes) - Dealing with Difficult People - by In my travels across North America speaking on motivation and human potential I hear the same question asked repeatedly, " How can I become more assertive?" There is no doubt about it, there are people in our lives who are harmful to our health and we don't like it one bit.
I read recently ...
Views: 11225(2 votes) - Definition: Landmark Seminars - by The Landmark Seminar Program
Come to grips with the issues that make you powerful in life.
Each seminar in Landmark’s Seminar Program addresses a specific topic that makes life powerful, such as: relationships, creativity, integrity, money, fitness, and what it takes to make a ...
Views: 3456(1 vote) - Emotional Intimacy - by Emotional intimacy is not the same as sexual intimacy. Sexual intimacy can take place with or without emotional intimacy, and emotional intimacy often does not occur within any kind of sexual context.
Emotional intimacy is a psychological event that occurs when the trust level and ...
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