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- Life Lines - by "The supreme happiness in life is the conviction we are loved."--Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo may have gotten it right. The strong belief that one is loved is life's supreme happiness.
Can you think of anything other than love? Winning the lottery? The lottery can give you a lot, but it can't ...
Views: 746 - Living Purposefully: Making thoughts and actions count - by What does it mean to live purposefully? Simply put, it means that we live each day as though it may be our last chance to make difference in the lives of others or in our own lives. It means that we decide to make our living meaningful and focus our energies on accomplishing our goals. Living ...
Views: 746 - SETTING GOALS (Part Two) - by What is really important to you right now in your life? In other words, what do you really value?
The main headings are: PEOPLE- THINGS- OTHER, e.g.. career. Also finances. That word money.
Areas of goals- These can be divided into short, medium and long-term; these respectively being six ...
Views: 746 - 10 Tips to Getting Out of Your Own Way - by 1. Face Facts: YOU may just be the bump in the road that's slowing you down.
Often the most difficult step in getting out of one's own way is recognizing that you are indeed, in it. When you encounter problems in achieving your goals, carefully consider whether or not you are the source of ...
Views: 745 - Communicating With Your Doctor - A Guide to Doing It Right - by Have you ever come home from a visit to your doctor wondering if you really understood your medical problem or how to take your medications? In the past, doctors were in charge of your care and you were to "follow orders." These days, patients and doctors have an equal responsibility for care. ...
Views: 745 - Ego - my part in his downfall - part one - by I had set out for my retrospective stroll through the day as I usually did at around the time when sleep hasn't quite shown up yet but is clearly fast approaching. When the eyelids are drooping but still prepared to box on for a bit.
It had become a source of comfort to me this review of the ...
Views: 745 - Rebound Effect - by I have observed a particular painful relationship dynamic. By addressing this dynamic, I hope to prevent it from happening in your current or future relationships. I call this dynamic "the rebound effect."
Let's observe this dynamic in action by looking at a love relationship in progress. ...
Views: 745 - Shoot & Move - by Back when I was a videographer in the Air Force, videotaping various training activities and shooting military documentaries, one of the basic filmic principles I used was the "shoot and move" method.
It worked like this: I would record a shot from a specific position, at a particular angle ...
Views: 745 - The Three P's of Success! - by Starting and building an Internet business is not an easy task. There is the never-ending learning about promotion, marketing, website design and building, technical problems, HTML, cgi, java; the list goes on and on. There are a few things you should think about when you are planning your ...
Views: 745 - Continually Improve Your Life - by Northrop Frye, a Canadian literary critic, has said that "the mind best fitted for survival in any world is the mind that has discovered how knowledge can be joyful, leading to a friendship with wisdom that is pure delight. That mind is ready to tackle any kind of knowledge with intentness of ...
Views: 744 - Could You Be Increasing Your OWN Stress Level? - by WHAT, EXACTLY, IS "STRESS"?
Simply put, stress is a signal that something needs to change. It's the body-mind's innate response to internal and external factors that disrupt normal functioning or disturb emotional, cognitive or physical well-being. Perhaps you've heard stories of, say, a 5' 2" ...
Views: 744 - Expectations At Work Can Destroy You if You Don’t Communicate Them! - by by Carole Nicolaides © 2002
http://www.progressiveleadership.com
Expectations have a powerful impact on our emotions, behaviors, and most importantly, in our performances. Have you noticed what happens when you expect no raise or promotion at work? Most likely you will not get them! The ...
Views: 744 - Making a Difference - by Making a difference in our life and the lives of others does not require special skills, experience, education, social status, age or sex requirements or any other society-labeled qualification. It calls only for a sincere desire to do so.
You may be a bank teller, hotdog vendor or sales clerk ...
Views: 744 - Unleash the Potential of Booklets to Market Your Business - by Does writing a booklet make you an 'authorlette' ? It sure does. That is one of several key reasons to write an informational tips booklet - author status as an expert on your topic. It takes much less time, money, and stress to write a booklet than writing a full-length book, and can bring as ...
Views: 744 - When You Know What You Want, You Get What You Want - by You know what you want out of life, right? You may quickly answer, “Of course!” but take a moment to really think about this. Can you write down exactly what it is you want? Most of us think we know, but when we sit down and try to write it down, we draw a blank. Others may know what they want ...
Views: 744 - Making Difficult Decisions with Ease - by Have you ever struggled to make a decision? Do you sometimes base your decisions on what you think you will get as a result of a given choice? For instance, "If I take that job, I will have more money, and when I get more money then I can stop worrying about my bills."
The problem with a "If I ...
Views: 743 - Multilevel Marketing--A Business Revolution Is On Its Way - by No business model in history has been the victim of as much inaccurate, misleading, and incomplete coverage as multilevel marketing. And little wonder: Multilevel marketing (MLM) is a radically different way of doing business from what you'll find in companies located on Main Street, USA.
As ...
Views: 743 - FROM TRAGEDY TO TRIUMPH - by The world changed on September 11, 2001.
It’s not that the world is any more dangerous than it was before; it’s just that we’re intimately more aware of the evil and danger that exists.
What can we make of all this? Opinions abound, but we all hope that this horrible tragedy will provide ...
Views: 742 - Overcoming Your Fear of the Unknown - by We fluctuate between two extremes in our daily lives-the known and the unknown. The known is our comfort zone, a path where we are contented, and yet confined. When we operate in the known, we anticipate, plan, control, and limit ourselves by creating boundaries.
The unknown, while more vague ...
Views: 742 - Synchronicity - a doorway into the flow - by After years of working with computers, I had had enough. Together with my partner, I departed for India, in search of a new purpose in my life.
One night, I awoke on fire with the feeling that I had to work with people, yet at that moment I was not clear about what and how. A few days later I ...
Views: 742 - Conscious Conflict -- the Spiritual Fuel for the Vertical - by If specific problems do not disappear immediately, the answer is to simply relax, let go and realize that Truth is working on things. Immediate healings often occur on our spiritual journey. At other times the healing process is slow and deep and goes at a pace that we would perhaps like to ...
Views: 741 - Did you ask life for a Snickers and get a Milky Way? - by You set out on the path toward your dreams long ago and now, here you are years later and you still haven’t reached your goals.
Frustrating! It’s like the candy vending machine scenario that we’ve all heard about or dealt with. You put the right amount of change in and you selected F2, which ...
Views: 741 - GET WHAT YOU WANT! - by I've probably learned as much from my kids as I've taught them--maybe more. I learned this particular lesson from my oldest son, Mike.
The year was 1994. Mike was in the Marine Corp and home on a short leave. I was in the throws of buying my first "real" computer. I'd been using personal ...
Views: 741 - Inside You Lies Greatness - by A seed of vast potential
A place beyond the ego mind
A place so rich and fertile
that you can smell its rich fragrance
like after a cool summer rain
You can feel this pulse of life
as it pulses through you
This infinite part of you knows
like a beacon in the night
It guides you on your ...
Views: 741 - When Change Isn't Welcome - by Resistance to change has several causes. Some are simply accustomed to their routine and see no reason to change it. They have no personal reason to want to stretch. People stuck in a routine need to see the consequences of making and not making the change and what each means to them personally. ...
Views: 741 - A Word About Estrogen - by As should be clear by now, progesterone and estrogen are closely interrelated in many ways. Progesterone is a precursor in the normal biosynthetic pathway for estrogen. They are often antagonistic; and each sensitizes receptors for the other. Our understanding of progesterone will be enhanced if ...
Views: 740 - Begin Your Day in A Prosperous Way - by I AM DESERVING OF ALL THAT IS GOOD is a wonderful affirmation to begin your day.
Let's break this down a bit and dicuss what the affirmation really means and how it can empower you.
I believe there is great power in the words "I AM". These words make a situation or circumstance true for ...
Views: 740 - Living With Intention - by There's an interesting thing that happens in our lives when we decide on goals. We feel crisper and sharper. Our sense are honed. We begin to measure the world by a different barometer.
Most of us are accustomed to mundane goals and how to measure them: Lose weight; get on a scale. Save for a ...
Views: 740 - Stress is a Laughing Matter! - by "We don't laugh because we're happy - we're happy because we laugh!" William James:
Laughter is great stress medicine. Like intense exercise, it increases brain levels of calming substances such as serotonin and endorphins - it's natural prozac! Feeling tense and uptight? Hold the valium, ...
Views: 740 - Transition Management - by In the past, changes (societal shifts, disasters, mergers, plant closings, promotions) were relatively infrequent and took place within an environment that gave people time to adjust to the new situations. But in today’s world, the nature of change itself is in a word - changing!
Today’s rate ...
Views: 740 - Analze and Drive Your Organizational Enterprise - by What is a "Revenue Critical" Employee?
There has been such a focus on cost reduction in recent years that many organizations take the employees who bring in revenue for granted. A Sales Person is Revenue Critical because if sales force production slows, then cash flow is negatively impacted. But ...
Views: 739 - Attracting Healthy Relationships - by I have often said that there is no one in my life that I don’t want there. In consideration of the thousands of people that I’ve encountered over the past half century, I’m pleased to report that no one who chooses to come around me is abusive, resentful or parasitic. Of course, it wasn’t always ...
Views: 739 - Interlude: Reflections on Relationships - by A dear friend, who unexpectedly arrived in Chicago for an interview, and I recently met over gnocchi and ravioli. The impromptu occasion was a wonderful opportunity to exchange updates on the life events and new awarenesses that had gelled over the past few years since we had last seen one ...
Views: 739 - Healing Blade - by I stood, spade in hand, preparing to dig in the moist soil. My plan was to widen the edge of the garden to make space for still more perennials and annuals. I stood on the shovel, putting my weight behind the long blade, and pushed into the soil. Pulling back the sod, I noticed an object exposed ...
Views: 738(2 votes) - Make sure Affiliate Programs pay you for every Sale - by When joining an affiliate program there are many decisions you have to make. Unfortunately, few people query what kind of tracking software the program uses. To overlook this can prove costly, and means you may never be credited with 5% - 10% of your affiliate sales.
A good affiliate program ...
Views: 738 - THE HIGH ROAD - by At Tioga Pass the road crosses the Sierra Nevada's crest at 9,945 feet, California's highest automobile pass. This is not the High Road I refer to.
The High Road is a choice. Robert Frost, an American Poet who lived between 1874 and 1963 wrote about this choice in his *The Road Not Taken*: ...
Views: 738 - What can the Internet REALLY do for me? - 12 KEY BENEFITS - by In my conversations with business people i've noticed a surprising lack of understanding about the Internet and its potential for their business. Most know it is important for business in general but dont really know why. Few really understand what it can specifically do for their organisation, ...
Views: 738 - Change or Be Changed - by George was 53 when he had his first attack. He'd smoked for almost 40 years, was badly overweight, had an extremely high fat diet, and handled stress poorly. This warning shocked him into joining a smoking-cessation program. George and his wife also learned about healthy eating and improved ...
Views: 737 - Ten Keys to Free Your Mind - by Our thinking defines our reality. Nothing is more powerful than the human mind and it's ability to create. Often our thinking creates thoughts which disempower us, however. Following these ten points one can experience greater clarity and joy; see more opportunities and possibilities. Free Your ...
Views: 737 - The Next Best Thing - by I'm the first to admit that I spend a lot of time helping people focus on goals. How to define goals, set goals, and get goals.
But goals are not the be-all and end-all of personal development.
They're just another useful tool we can use to help us get from where were are to where we'd like ...
Views: 737 - Because I Choose To - by Copyright © 2004 T.D. McKenzie. All rights reserved.
For many science fiction fans, 2003 was the year of The Matrix, where we saw not one but two sequels released in the same year: The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions were follow-ups to the sleeper hit The Matrix, which was released ...
Views: 736 - Conflict Resolution - by Conflict by nature is difficult. And yet conflict is a normal, natural aspect of any relationship. In fact, conflict handled well is healthy and can improve, even add to a relationship, leaving both of you feeling heard and understood. It is only when people handle conflict poorly that the ...
Views: 736 - The A-C-T Formula for Positive Change - by "You can't change what you don't acknowledge and it's hard to change what you don't measure." Few people would say they don't want to make changes in their life. No matter how good things might be going, we want to make them better.
And yet, we resist change—sometimes consciously and often ...
Views: 736 - Top 7 Steps For Creating Unlimited Success This New Year - by New Year's is traditionally a time for resolutions--when we vow to live our lives better than we have in the past. Unfortunately, we treat our resolutions as wishes made on stars. We declare them and then simply hope they'll come true. Well, it takes more than wishful thinking to change our ...
Views: 736 - 7 Keys of Producing A Self-Published Power Book - by What is a Power Book? It’s a self-published book that rivals any house-published book. It’s a book that looks, feels and reads like a book that has the power and potential to become a New York Times Bestseller, but it was produced for a fraction of the cost, time and effort. A self-published ...
Views: 735 - Having Trouble Motivating Others? Try WIIFM - by Recently my fourteen-year old son Matt dressed up as Santa Claus and attended a Christmas caroling event for one of my professional organizations. Was my son excited about the idea of spending one of his evenings singing to seniors instead of being with his friends? Not really. Then how did I ...
Views: 735 - Want To Relax and Sell More? Nurture Your Creativity - by Often you try one tip, then another, then a few more, only to see your business holding steady or slipping backward. Unfortunately, only the most savvy entrepreneurs see the real problem that his holding them back.
You can't be successful until your true, inner creativity is free. While this ...
Views: 735 - So What? - by * So what if I am confused, I can seek clarity.
* So what if I feel overwhelmed, I can always change my point of focus.
* So what if I am upset that I didn’t know that sooner, I know it now.
* So what if that didn’t turn out okay, I gained new knowledge and wisdom from it.
* So what if I ...
Views: 734 - Thoughts Run Our Lives - by The major function of our subconscious mind is to take orders! What kind of thoughts are we sifting through our subconscious on a daily basis? When we worry about having enough money, love, work, we're we're not giving orders...we're focusing on "lack" which will surely produce more of the same. ...
Views: 734 - What can the Internet REALLY do for me? - 12 KEY BENEFITS - by In my conversations with business people i've noticed a surprising lack of understanding about the Internet and its potential for their business. Most know it is important for business in general but dont really know why. Few really understand what it can specifically do for their organisation, ...
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