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- Dentures Anonymous By: Terry L. Weber - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2010 from Terry WeberThis is all about DENTURES that nobody ever talks about…except me! YOU SHOULD TALK ABOUT DENTURES,DENTISTS,DENTISTRY AND TEETH! I became a denture wearer when I was about ten years old after my two front teeth were broken and knocked out by one of my “buddies” on the way to school one day. ...
Views: 2483 - Living Life to the Fullest - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from Randi FineThe most difficult people in our lives end up being our greatest teachers. The hurdles they place before us and the challenges they present to us are only lessons that we must learn for our greater good. Think of the oyster…without the irritating grain of sand there would be no pearl. ~ ...
Views: 2480(3 votes) - What My Spinal Cord Injury Taught Me - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2010 from Ann PottsI celebrated 16 years of having a disability on May 21st. I was going to edit the word “celebrated” and then decided that it was okay to use that word. There are many things to celebrate that have come out of the journey of the past 16 years. To be honest, most years this anniversary goes by ...
Views: 2479 - Five Powerful Mantras to Follow When You Are "Starting Over" in Life - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2015 from Dixie SomersLife doesn't always hand you the opportunity to begin again, but when it does, you might want to take a new approach. Following a specific mantra helps to keep you focused on the goals and to avoid pitfalls that put you into a tough situation in the first place. Whether you are starting over ...
Views: 2478 - Big courage comes in small packages - by Submitted on Oct 30, 2012 from Joan Marie WhelanIn Aesop’s Fables, there is a story about a mouse and a lion. As the story goes, a mouse is nearly eaten by a lion but the mouse begs the lion to spare his life as one day he may come to save his. The lion laughed so hard at the little mouse’s pleas that he inadvertently freed the mouse from his ...
Views: 2473 - Give Words of Encouragement to Empower Others - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2010 from Caroline and Craig MakepeaceFacebook is such a fantastic community for making inspiring connections with others.. There are so many in the community who desire to make a difference to the lives of others and themselves. acquaintances who I've had minimal conversations with regularly now take a minute out of theirhectic ...
Views: 2468(11 votes) - Attitude: It All Starts Here - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2010 from Theresa BehennaAfter stumbling across the following article on Linked In, I totally had to reproduce it (with permission of course). Author Colleen Slaughter (www.coachforauthenticleaders.com) shares a simple solution for worry warts that create so much stress for themselves it often leads to being ...
Views: 2465(2 votes) - The Passion Card to Success - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2010 from Jo Anne WhiteWith passion, you’re an unstoppable force to be reckoned with! You exude energy and enthusiasm that fires you up and fires up everyone you meet. Find out how to sustain passion and use it to leverage your business. What is Passion? So what is passion anyway? We easily recognize passion in ...
Views: 2465(8 votes) - Freedom Or Safety: What Would You Choose? - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2013 from Oliver JR CooperAfter recent experiences and awareness’s in my life and also from what is happening it the public domain, I felt it was right to talk about my views and understandings of these two incredibly important areas of life. The Dichotomy On one side we have a great need to feel safe and on the ...
Views: 2456 - The Hard Truth About Soft-Skills - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2009 from Kevin BurnsThere are 350,000 opinions (books) on “leadership” on Amazon. Corporate America can’t seem to draw a consensus on what leadership is so it’s really no big surprise that Corporate America can’t figure out what soft-skills are and why they are important either. You know, for being such a ...
Views: 2455(3 votes) - Give Me Success... Or Give Me Death?! - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2013 from Michael CraigI received the following message from a subscriber to my radio show a while back. It was, in fact, such a great question, I included it as part of this article . . . It went like this: “Hi, Michael - I listened in to [your show] yesterday which had me totally intrigued – enough to go ...
Views: 2453(1 vote) - Competition: It's Healthy and Good for the Soul - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2010 from Katharine C. GiovanniToday's topic? Competition. I can't tell you how many phone calls we get about this topic. It's number one on everyone's list... who is the competition? How do I beat them? They're going to take all the clients!!! NOT TRUE. Plenty of business out there for everyone folks. Let's take a ...
Views: 2451(6 votes) - What is Your Ideal Vision? - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2013 from Mariano JaucoWhat is Your Ideal Vision What is your ideal vision of the very best person you could possibly become? How would you behave each day if you were already that person? Asking yourself these questions and then living your life consistent with the answers is the first step to creating yourself in ...
Views: 2450 - How To Become Your Dreamed Self - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2012 from Ritchie FelixTo become a star-producer in your career is the easiest thing to do if you understand the powers sparking within you. The men and women in the stardom beaker of live have about 84 percent of what all of us has. But have mastered the dynamics of the power berthing within them and engage it ...
Views: 2448 - High Performance Sales Starts With Confidence - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2012 from Patrick MorinJim Miller, an entertainment industry sales rep, burst into the room. He couldn’t contain himself, "I pitched a client today and actually walked out with a signed deal for $50,000! I couldn’t believe the confidence and the way that it works." Confidence is a curious thing. We know it when we ...
Views: 2446 - What Black Men And Peacocks Have In CommonSubmitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Gian Fiero |The interesting thing about being the only black man, and black person, in an office is that I have this unique opportunity to educate white people about black culture. For me, and many black men in my position, we find that once the initial barrier of resistance is overcome and a right of ...
Views: 2441(5 votes) - You mind will solve your problems - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2010 from Mike EdwardsEveryone has irritating things going on in their lives that can be infuriating if they let their minds dwell on them. Often it is just a small thing that the mind has blown out of all proportion. The mind, being creative, thinks the dilemma as being worse than it is, it imagines the situation in ...
Views: 2437(2 votes) - 6 Easy Steps to Building Confidence - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Richard DennyThere is an epidemic of self confidence deficiency. This is caused by change. Apparently more change has taken place in the last 40 years than in the whole history of mankind and every one of us is tasked with doing things differently. It is said that if we never experience a lack of confidence ...
Views: 2436(13 votes) - Developing a Winning Attitude - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2011 from Ryan LoweI heard a very interesting statement not too long ago that really made me think and it has stuck with me for sometime now… this person made a statement saying “you can measure a person’s height, you can measure how high a person can jump, you can even measure how fast they run, but you CAN NOT ...
Views: 2436 - 5 Ways to Develop a Positive Mental Attitude - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2010 from TJ PhilpottA positive mental attitude is one of the most important assets you can posses. Not only do positive thoughts help to dissolve your stress but they also have a positive impact on your physical health as well. The importance of this state of mind can not be overlooked in how it affects our ...
Views: 2434(11 votes) - Design Your Destiny: Life is What You Make of It - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2010 from Michelle CastoLike William Henley who once said, "I am the master of my fate. The captain of my soul," I agree that Life is a Do-It Yourself project. If you want to live a certain kind of life, you are going to have to be proactive so you can consciously create life as you would like it. You must first ...
Views: 2433(1 vote) - How Do You Define Happiness? - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2012 from Marquita HeraldDo you ever find yourself thinking “I will be happy if… someday when (fill in the blank) then I will be completely happy …” If so, you could be stuck in a perpetual state of searching for happiness; as if happiness is running away from you all the time and that can leave you feeling that ...
Views: 2431 - Midlife Women - the 3 Biggest Areas Transitioning Women Struggle With - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2010 from Deborah HayesChange…difficult or at least a little scary at any age but for the midlife woman this time in our lives can be very unsettling. The truth is by the time we reach this part of our lives we have become so accustomed to living for other people’s benefit that it can be downright disquieting when ...
Views: 2428(1 vote) - Weak and Strong - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2011 from Womens Recreation, Inc.I have had the pleasure of working with and hanging out with both types of women. I don’t particularly like the word weak, so I will use the term; temporarily weak. I have pondered about both of these types and I tried furiously to come up with a common denominator. So this is how I broke it ...
Views: 2422(1 vote) - As More Baby Boomers Moving Into Retirement -- What Do They Want? (Stats and Facts) - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2012 from Susan KlopferDO YOU HEAR a growing rumble in the distance? Chalk it up to the coming the Baby Boomer Express, an enormous number of older folks in this country getting ready to retire. In fact, every 7 seconds an American turns 50 -- more than 12,500 people every day, the U.S. Census Bureau ...
Views: 2421 - Be Flexible - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Mike RobbinsHow flexible are you? For me, it depends - on my mood, how much fear or resistance I have about something, how attached I am to a particular outcome, and various other factors. However, as I look throughout my life (now and in the past), I realize that the situations, relationships, and ...
Views: 2420(2 votes) - Do You Need a Good Slap! - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2010 from David SamuelLet me tell you what frustrates me. The frustration comes from my own limitation to help people in a certain position, I simply do not know how to get this type of person past the point they are stuck at. This is not to say I do not know how to fix the problem, because I have a pretty good ...
Views: 2416(2 votes) - Barriers to Living a Happy Life - Part 2 - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Pat MussieuxIn the last article, I referenced the 4 major barriers to living a happy life. The first major barrier is Habits (you can get a copy of that issue by visiting my website at www.steps2happiness.com). In this issue, we will examine the second major barrier – attitudes! Now, we all know that ...
Views: 2412(2 votes) - 3 Positive Ways to Cure Customer Rage - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2013 from Joey FaucetteAccording to a survey conducted by Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business, about half of all American households experience customer service-related problems. Over two-thirds of those customers were “very” or “extremely upset” about the company response when they complained. ...
Views: 2403 - You Bring Your Own Weather To The Picnic - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2012 from Debbi DickinsonHow often are you someplace enjoying yourself and someone walks in with the dark cloud hanging over their head? They can immediately pull the energy down with those around them. I think of the character Ross in the movie Monsters Inc. She is the grumbly administrative person who has a ...
Views: 2398 - The Day the Blog Died: How Losing My Blog Added Meaning To My Life - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2009 from Liv LaneI lost my blog this morning. And then I lost my mind. It all started when I decided to delete one of my two Google accounts. I didn't recall setting up the second one and never used it. So, I click-click-clicked and deleted it, confident that my other account was safe and sound. But when I ...
Views: 2394(6 votes) - 12 major causes of failure in leadership - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Richard DennyAlthough it is extremely important to know what to do when teaching people, it must be just as important to know what not to do. Most training concentrates on the attributes of a skill, for example, how to be a leader? So whilst it is important to know what to do, it is just as important to ...
Views: 2392(4 votes) - Become the best version of yourself possible - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2011 from Andrew HortonThere are numerous possibilities available, for you to become the best possible version of your unique self. Accept that there is only one version of you on this planet; no one else has your unique mind, life experience, character, attitude and exactly the same philosophy as you. This ...
Views: 2384(1 vote) - Finding Success Amid the Setbacks - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2017 from Dante PetrillaWhen you're considering the concept of success and how to be successful in life, the first thing you need to do is to decide exactly what success means to you. Define it in clear, precise, measurable terms, and decide exactly what things need to happen in order for you to be successful in ...
Views: 2384 - Don’t Worry, Be Happy! Remembering The People That Make Us Laugh, Smile Or Feel Happy - by What’s the nicest thing that anyone has ever said to you?
Sometimes, we’re caught off-guard. People say things that make us laugh, smile or just feel happy. It’s a magic moment. You feel a rush of adrenalin surge through your veins, and a wonderful feeling comes over you. Life suddenly seems ...
Views: 2382 - Dance Like No One Is Watching! - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Mary Dee Freeman"Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth." — Mark Twain Isn’t that a great quote? I love inspirational quotes and saying. This one and others like it are everywhere. They’re on posters, key chains, ...
Views: 2381(2 votes) - NLP REFRAMING & ANCHORING - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2010 from Michelle MayurNLP REFRAMING OF STORED ANGER NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) Reframing is easy to do to shift anything from a negative or blocked state into a clear or positive state. The basic technique is the same, no matter what the issue. First of all find what part of the body is holding on to ...
Views: 2381(2 votes) - 12 Quotes of Gratitude that Can Help to Change Your Attitude - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2014 from Winifred BraggOur lives today are fast paced, and we all experience a degree of stress at some point. Each of us must learn how to cope with the stressors of everyday life, and have a means to reduce our stress levels. It is essential to practice giving gratitude on a daily basis. People who are ...
Views: 2380(1 vote) - California Divorce Forms - Can You Fill Them Out Yourself? - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Ed ShermanSince I started the self-law movement in Berkeley, California in 1971, millions of couples have successfully filled out and filed their own California divorce forms, so you can almost certainly do it too. After reading this article, you'll know how to get started. Doing your own California ...
Views: 2375 - How did I end up in this situation? - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2012 from Donna LeeThis is the third most common question that I am asked by clients. How did they get to this point in their life where everything seems to be falling apart. I have had to ask my self this question too several years ago. It was painful because I was in a very emotional and destructive situation ...
Views: 2368(1 vote) - Doing What Others Say You Can Not Do - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2010 from Bruce McClellan“A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.”– Walter Bagehot All my life, I’ve been terrible at taking direction, not for lack of intelligence, but lack of understanding why somebody would be interested in doing something simply because “that’s the way that things are ...
Views: 2365(1 vote) - To Short to Hesitate, Long Enough to Regret - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2012 from Patrick IrvineIf you have never spent time around an older person then that is something that you should probably schedule some time to do. Listen to their stories and their regrets, listen to their loves and their hates, and last but not least listen to their mistakes. I spent some time talking to elderly ...
Views: 2358(1 vote) - Creating - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2012 from Womens Recreation, Inc.We all create something every minute of every day. It doesn’t matter if you are creating a sacred spot to call your own for reading or whatever you choose to do. Some people create relationships; some create artwork while others create time efficiency. We are continuously creating. While ...
Views: 2355(3 votes) - Veterans, is it PTSD or Schizophrenia? – Part 2 - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2014 from Abigail FazelatPart 1 of the article explored the various types and symptoms of schizophrenia as well as some general characteristics of the disease such as who develops it and at what age. The article also touched upon how schizophrenia is one of many mental illnesses that plagues combat veterans, and even ...
Views: 2352 - How Many Universe Laws Are There? - by Submitted on May 12, 2010 from Mika MaddelaMany of us live life thinking that we control our life's outcomes, and that all that occurs to us in life is an outcome of decisions we've made. Lots of people think of themselves as 'co-creators, while the rest out there wouldn't want to rather take responsibility for the choices they've made ...
Views: 2349(2 votes) - Civility in the Workplace -- Four Ways to Achieve It - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2011 from Jane CranstonThe word civility is surely not new to the language, yet it is not a term you hear spoken every day. It took a “shellacking,” a tea party, and a deadly shooting for a few people to step back and ask “is this really the way ‘we’ want to treat one another?” Of course, most of us, myself included, ...
Views: 2347 - If Being Ambitious Makes Me a Bitch – Please Capitalize the “B” - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2010 from Gayle LaSalleAs I get older, and hopefully, wiser, I tend to become more of a rebel. The one way to get me to do something is to tell me I can’t. I wish I could say I’ve always been this way but that’s not so. It’ a trait I’ve developed along the way, likely because I’ve had to take risks and I’ve found ...
Views: 2347(3 votes) - California Divorce Court - How to Divorce Without Appearing There and What to Do If You Must - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Ed ShermanGoing to California divorce court and letting a judge make all the decisions is not the best way to get divorced. If you and your spouse can work together to agree on the legal issues of your case--how you'll handle division of your property and debts, support, and parenting if you have minor ...
Views: 2346 - Manifesting Inner and Outer Peace - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2014 from Barry HammerThe reality of peace must actually be lived, by being expressed to others with unselfish caring, and responsive harmonious empathic attunement, along with indivisibly related qualities of goodness such as love, happiness, and beauty, because it is not truly real if it is only a static, abstract, ...
Views: 2343 - To Create a positive state of mind - Watch What you Say! - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2009 from Chris SuttonFirst let's talk about the power of words. Words are so powerful that they have accomplished everything in this world, and they have destroyed everything in this world. Words can start wars, and they can negotiate peace. They can start marriages, and they can destroy marriages. They can start ...
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