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- Changing Customer Service Behaviours; My Intentions - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2007 from Kevin DwyerWhen people have the right mix of attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioural control, their intention to change behaviour will be strong. Their intention is only constrained by their actual level of control. In this final of a series of four articles using Ajzen’s theory of planned ...
Views: 2030 - AMBITIONS BEYOND MEANS ARE THE AXIS OF ANXIETIES - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2009 from Equbal WajidWhat is an ambition? Ambitions are the desires of our soul, which drives us towards a particular goal. As a human being, we are motivated by our goals to act and behave accordingly. When we achieve or come closer to our goal, we feel happy. When we go farther from our goal, we become upset and ...
Views: 2024(3 votes) - There's Nothing Simple About Procrastination - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2013 from Jaqui DuvallWhen I started my master’s degree course work in May 2008, I hadn’t been in an academic program for several decades. I dove in with the enthusiasm and determination born of pursuing education as a calling rather than an obligation. I finished my master’s course work in April 2011, passed my oral ...
Views: 2023(1 vote) - Why Christianity is Dying While Spirituality is Thriving... - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2012 from Dr. Steve McSwain,I published this article first with the Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-mcswain/christianity-is-dying-spirituality-is-thriving_b_1950804.html The title of this post alone will put some branches of the Christian church immediately on the defense. The fact is, however, I ...
Views: 2023(1 vote) - Controlling Behavior: Allowing Others to Be - by Submitted on May 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe all know what it’s like to want to be in control. In some ways, exerting control is an important survival skill. For example, we have every right to be in control of our own bodies and our own lives. Taking control in these cases is empowering and necessary. Controlling behavior in the ...
Views: 2016 - The Belief That Kills - by Submitted on Jun 19, 2012 from gina greenThe Belief That Kills “The Normal Progression Of Disease” is taught in western medicine every inch of the way in school. I was taught this over and over in the medical training that I received in medical school. However, this model of “normal progression of a disease” doesn’t exist in the ...
Views: 2015(1 vote) - Are You Authentic? - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2010 from Karen GridleyThink of a time where you acted in haste or felt you “had to” do something from the sense of someone or something stronger than you, what was the outcome? Often when we’re in these situations we perceive there isn’t time to pause. Yet taking a breath and pausing is very powerful. In order ...
Views: 2013(6 votes) - Courage against the enemy - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2012 from Teresa JoyceHow do we measure courage? I guess it very much depends on your mind set. There are so many ways that it can be measured. We hear stories about the loss of lives in our armed forces whilst serving overseas; sadly this is a measure of their courage after the loss of life. Unselfishness whilst ...
Views: 2010(1 vote) - "Why you must NOT keep eye-contact to convince?" - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2013 from Hal WechslerWhy You Must Not Keep Eye-Contact to Convince • 1. Me: “Mike, what do you think about making & keeping eye-contact with people you talk to?” • 2. Mike: “Pop, you always said it was critical if you want to influence & persuade.” • 3. Me: “We all hate change, it creates fear & anxiety. Yet we ...
Views: 2005 - Stopping Workplace Bullying & Creating a Positive Workplace Culture - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2011 from Cathy McCarneyExperience of Workplace Bullying Since leaving employment to run my own business, I have discovered the real benefits of being my own boss. When in employment, I was confronted by three workplace bullies, in three separate organisations and job roles, all of which were my managers. At the ...
Views: 2003 - Creating Irresistible Influence with NLP by Charles Faulkner-An Overview - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2011 from Ben SandersonCreating Irresistible Influences with NLP, by Charles Faulkner is a 6 compact disc collection that helps people learn all about how to deal with others in a way others find comfortable. The objective of this collection is truly an old saying. When you offer individuals what they desire, they ...
Views: 2002 - Five Ways to Reduce or Limit Stress - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2010 from Ted DeeThe world is a stressful, or at least the modern world is. With schedules and deadlines and traffic and more, just ordinary life can cause a lot of excess stress. I’m certainly not immune and probably no one is. Here are five ways I reduce or limit stress. Hopefully they will work for you as ...
Views: 1988(2 votes) - How to Break a Habit in 7 Seconds - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2012 from Mike HughesOn December 5, 2009 I received an email saying that a great man had died. That man was Jim Rohn. ...Jim Rohn? - The name rang a bell but I'd never read anything by him or seen one of his videos or tapes. The email also had a link to a youtube video - I clicked on it and was brought to a ...
Views: 1988(1 vote) - On Changing - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2012 from Michael ClearmanThose darn treetops are at it again! Anyone who has taken the time to read a recent piece entitled “On Treetops” knows what I am alluding to. At a point along my daily jogging path, regally stand a dozen or so trees as silent witnesses to my labor. But are they really silent? You will ...
Views: 1988(2 votes) - Brainwave Entrainment: Why It Really Works - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2012 from Wanina PetlockThe expression of who we are, our personality, is housed in our mind, our life data processor. As we experience life, our brain changes as it learns and adapts to what is happening to us, and how we feel about it. If it didn't do this, we wouldn't survive. Brain matter is malleable or ...
Views: 1979 - What Makes People Lie? - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2011 from Caroline NettleLying is something that everybody does and children learn to do at a very specific age-around about 4 years old- the same age that they are becoming more independent and watching how others behave. Children learn what they see instead of what they are told. So if mum is saying that everything ...
Views: 1978 - A Prayer of Forgiveness - 4 Pointers to Boost Your Happiness Quotient - by Submitted on Jul 04, 2012 from Lorna AtkinsonThe act of offering a prayer of forgiveness, whether for yourself or for another, is a choice for empowerment; a decision that results in a gift to yourself. This is a gift of freedom - freedom from bitterness that sours life and the misery of grievances that live on only in the mind; freedom ...
Views: 1973(1 vote) - Animal Teachings - Your Unconscious Trash Habits Need To Change - Raccoon Jughead's Message To Humans - by Submitted on Jan 16, 2019 from Karen ScheelOne hot summer day I saw a very strange creature roaming around on the property. It looked somewhat like an anteater from a distance, but they don't live in this part of the world. I grabbed my binoculars to get a better look. It was a raccoon with a jar stuck on its head. I initially laughed ...
Views: 1971 - Be Your Art - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2010 from Danielle VindezBe the designer of your life. Write the intention and create your own unique program. What we do in our minds can grow our own reality. Much research has been done on the impact neuropeptides have on our way of being. Neuropeptides are molecules used by nerve cells to communicate with each ...
Views: 1971(2 votes) - How to Add 51% to Your Long-erm Memory - Permanently - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2013 from Hal WechslerHow to ADD 51% to Your Long-Term Memory – Permanently • 1. This is a conversation I had with my teenager, Mike about a system we teach at our one-day workshop at Columbia University. • It helps our graduates ACE school & their careers. It works for kids age 10, to high school, college & ...
Views: 1970(1 vote) - Her Name was Chloe: Childhood Innocence Touches Deeply Within - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2012 from Ronda BehnkeThe beach at the lake was filled, surprisingly so for a Monday; but it was unusually hot, even for a summer day in Wisconsin. Children of all ages laughed with and splashed their friends. Those not braving the cool water hugged the small amount of shade offered by the bushes or trees, moving ...
Views: 1967(1 vote) - How to Be Charismatic - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2012 from Andre ThunaCharisma is that certain something, that twinkle in the eye, the body posture, the words that just seem to flow, the look, the smile. However, it is not a certain something, it is something that each of us has within us. Some individuals are born being naturally charismatic, while others learn ...
Views: 1967(1 vote) - Are You Feeling Trapped? - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2010 from Maria Khalife"Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues." ~ Cullen Hightower Feeling trapped can leave us vulnerable to more and more dissatisfaction. I believe our lives should be lives of fulfillment and satisfaction, so let's see what we can do to ...
Views: 1964(2 votes) - It Has Been Said “You Are What You Eat”: In Homeopathy, You Are What You Feel - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2012 from Ronda BehnkeEach homeopathic remedy belongs to a certain class of remedies that have their own set of overall characteristics. The three main classes or kingdoms are Plants, Minerals and Animals. Within each of these kingdoms are sub-kingdoms, such as in the Mineral Class there are the salts and the ...
Views: 1961(1 vote) - Is Stress Making You Fat? - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2009 from Mark PatrickWhen you put yourself on a diet you may be setting yourself up for failure from the start. What!!? It's true. Diets are stressful. Stress causes hormones to be released that start a whole chain reaction of eating issues for a lot of people. This is why weight loss with hypnosis is ...
Views: 1959(3 votes) - 4 Disadvantages of Self-Sabotaging Behaviors - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2015 from Jason MagillTo be honest, there are no clear cut signs when it comes to having self-sabotaging behavior. Although a lot has been said about the most common indicators of this particular behavior, it will still vary from one person to another. However, if we talk about the disadvantages of having this ...
Views: 1951(1 vote) - Supporting Your Active Child - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2009 from Matt CasperAn overly rambunctious and active child can be a challenge to any parent. Every child has the tendency to display hyperactive behavior, and it’s therefore important that every parent understands how to best handle this behavior when it appears.* Hyperactivity and restlessness is the result of ...
Views: 1951(2 votes) - It's All in The Outlook - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2012 from Randall McLaughlinWhat’s the difference between having a great life and having a lousy one? The difference between waking up and feeling like you’re on top of the world and some days wondering why you’re even waking up at all? The difference is simple. If you wake up with a feeling of accomplishment and ...
Views: 1950(1 vote) - Pick Your Battles - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2012 from Julie HernandezThe best advice a parent can receive when taking on the adventure of raising children is to "pick your battles". It's a cliche everyone's heard throughout your lifetime but one should pause and really examine this. Those who've studied child development may have an edge on parents who took a ...
Views: 1950(2 votes) - Learning to Love What Is. - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2011 from Caroline NettleWe live in a society that is addicted to fast, young, beautiful, and me, more, now. We are constantly told that we need to have this gadget, or make up, or job in order to be lovable, and in our constant quest for the quick fix, we really lose sight of ourselves. It is remarkable that we ...
Views: 1949(1 vote) - ALIENS are US - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2014 from joan pancoeDEFINITION of ALIEN: ANY SOUL WHOSE PRIMARY DEVELOPMENT IS MORE THAN 51% IN HIGHER FREQUENCY DIMENSIONS AND LESS THAN 49% IN THE 3RD DIMENSION. For me personally, it wasn't until I was about age forty in 1993 that I experienced a shift in my energies and started feeling more alien--i.e. more ...
Views: 1948(1 vote) - I Don't Like Me, But I Need You To - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2007 from Tai Archbold....Know yourself first: Your relationship with yourself Deep down inside, at the core of your soul, your spirit knows that you are a person of worth and value. You have a burning desire to reveal to others that you are indeed a worthwhile individual, someone of value to know. But in order to ...
Views: 1942 - Fear of Heights – Story of a Rock Climber - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2014 from Pat LaDouceurJoe was afraid of heights. He could have just avoided heights, as many people do. The trouble was he also loved them. Joe was a rock climber. It’s surprising how many rock climbers are afraid of heights. It takes them longer than other climbers to learn new techniques or get used to new ...
Views: 1937 - SOURCE OF UNLIMITED POTENTIAL - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2013 from Marie KahvajianWe all have the potential to create unlimited abundance in our life. The only thing that is stopping us is us. THAT’S RIGHT….YOU! At this moment you have everything you need to create unlimited abundance. HOW? WHAT’S STOPPING YOU? Let’s take a look at that…… • Do you know what you ...
Views: 1936(1 vote) - The Dohgon 22.5 degree Test for ADHD - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2011 from Professor MOmOhADHD is attention deficit hyper disorder. It affects children. ADD is the adult label of conditions that impair people from the self-inner control that shows the maturity for stability. People with these conditions can be very unstable, but the instability varies in degrees of severity. In ...
Views: 1935 - The Narcissist Loves His Narcissistic Personality Disorder - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2014 from Sam VakninBy Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" The narcissist can get better, but rarely does he get well ("heal"). The reason is the narcissist's enormous life-long, irreplaceable and indispensable emotional investment in his disorder. It serves two critical functions, ...
Views: 1934 - "A Closer Look at Unworthiness" - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2017 from Barry and Joyce VissellDo you ever feel unworthy to receive good things in your life? It’s not an easy question to answer. Some of you are in touch with your feelings of not deserving. Some of you are not. I dare say that feelings of unworthiness are present in most of us, although we might not be aware of them. The ...
Views: 1933 - Smell Your Way to a Better Mood - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2007 from Luke VorstermansQuick: Which of our five senses more than any other influences our behavior? Triggers our memories? Controls our cravings? Enhances our moods? Ignites our sexuality? If you replied, “It’s our sense of smell,” then you’re smarter than most. We live in a culture that ...
Views: 1921 - How to Stop Cigarette Smoking | You Can Quit Now! - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Michael WestbrookHow to stop smoking! If you need to know how to stop smoking this article is designed to help you quit now and finally put nicotine addiction behind you forever – even if you've tried to quit in the past unsuccessfully. Before we get into methods of quitting, we must first analyze the ...
Views: 1911(1 vote) - Creating an Environment of Success - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2009 from Karen DeBoltMy son is getting ready to move up to middle school next year. This is a big deal for any child, but for someone who is already struggling with school, it is an especially stressful time. He referred to school recently as “Six hours of complete misery.” Add to that, the fact that he is starting ...
Views: 1910(1 vote) - The 'Temper Tantrum' : An Expression Of Loss - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2009 from Matt CasperFrustration can sometimes look like anger, but this emotion is just a little bit different. The underlying foundation of frustration is loss. As a child develops, they begin to realize that life is made up of choices, and when a choice is made, the option that was once available to him or her ...
Views: 1907(3 votes) - Wholistic Benefits of Practicing Qigong with Directed Intention - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Federico Garcia-AnguianoThe practice of Qigong has been amply and widely demonstrated to accrue many health benefits over time for the practitioner. Here we give a few examples of these benefits from some of the available published knowledge while focusing on the catalyst of action: Yishi or focused conscious ...
Views: 1907(1 vote) - Do or Do Not! There is no Try! - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2011 from Mark HundleyWhat do Yoda (that enigmatic Star Wars Shaman), the late Dr. Byron Medler (profoundly wise professor of counseling at the University of North Texas) and you & I have in common? We all struggle with the sometimes daunting task of addressing life's challenges in meaningful ways. How many times ...
Views: 1904(1 vote) - Out of Your Mind? Congratulations on Your Transition! - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteWhat does it really mean to be out of your mind? No, it doesn't mean you are nuts, bonkers, or crazy as a peach orchard boar. The more you are in tune with what is really happening in your experience - instead of what you often misguidedly perceive is going on - the more your ability to ...
Views: 1901 - 5 Ways to Know Are Overwhelmed and How to Fix It. - by Submitted on May 31, 2012 from Annette BinghamWith our crazy busy lives we often find that we are overwhelmed with not only our "stuff" but the "stuff" of others. It's difficult to say no to all these requests that we get from or family, employer, friends, etc. As a result we become totally overwhelmed by our lives. How many of these 5 ...
Views: 1896(1 vote) - Transforming Your Ego Into Your Amigo - Learning to Love Your Inner Menagerie of Personas - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2011 from Janbreathe@aol.com Janbreathe@aol.comIn the past I have been appalled by the embarrassing antics of my ego. I've felt like a mortified mother in a supermarket with a little monster who was acting out. To that little monster, the mortified mother was "the Momster", trying to control and subdue it with criticism and shaming. I used ...
Views: 1895(1 vote) - How to Break Bad Habits - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2009 from Beverley GlazerBreaking bad habits are not as hard as you may think. Let's say you want to quit smoking, lose weight, or change any addictive behavior. You're doomed for failure unless you know the way you think, and what will or will not work for you. Simply put - you have to know yourself to change ...
Views: 1892(1 vote) - Past Life Regression and Hyonotherapy - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2011 from Patricia LantzIn the 1988 movie Altered States a research scientist (played by William Hurt), dives deep into his subconscious and genetic roots. In doing this, he not only relives ancient experiences of his ancestors but actually changes on the biological level. This film was reportedly based on the ...
Views: 1891(1 vote) - Solving Problems at the Root Cause - by Submitted on May 08, 2011 from Susan Crampton DavisPeople have problems; they’re a reality of living life. However, most people are trying to solve problems at the level of the symptom, while the disease goes untreated. I’m going to tell you how to determine if the action you take is only solving the symptom while the root-cause is left ...
Views: 1888(1 vote) - Fish Oil for Bipolar Disorder - My Journey - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2016 from Pixie ForestAccording to the psychiatric community, I have bipolar 1 with ultra rapid cycling, but I don't take meds anymore. I tried a few different pharmaceutical drug cocktails before I thought 'Now hang on, this totally sucks and what if I NEVER find the right combo of drugs to meet someone elses' ...
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