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- Personal Success Tips - Creative Self-Expression - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Ken DonaldsonHow is your self-expression going? Are you able to set and keep your boundaries? Are you asking for what you want? Are you letting people know if they are meeting your needs? And where are you having difficulty carrying out your self-expression? Better yet, why is it so important to do all ...
Views: 2478 - Making Friends with Fear - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2011 from Meredith HinesMaking Friends with Fear When I was in drama school the great American actress Annette Bening came to speak to my class. A student asked her how she “overcame” her stage fright. She laughed, and said she hadn’t. Instead she described a mindful awareness and acceptance of the anxiety she ...
Views: 2475(3 votes) - The Seven Areas of a Balanced Life - by I want to change for the better. I want you to change for the better. You and I are both on the path of greater awareness of our life’s purpose. We are changing for the better. I want to change and grow, but at the same time I want to feel balanced. When I am balanced I am balanced in work and ...
Views: 2469 - Facebook - Part 2 - Best Practices for Creative People - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2015 from Liisa KyleIn Part 1 of this article, we outlined the costs and benefits of Facebook for creative people. Today will focus on some fundamental Best Practices -- written especially for creative people who haven't yet taken the Facebook plunge, those new to Facebook and those who aren't using Facebook to ...
Views: 2461(1 vote) - What Is the Poor Starving Artist to Do in This Economy? - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from Nancy OriThis is a great question and there are some great answers. Yes, we know that artists are living on a very limited income so we can do our ‘work’. The work is more important to us than material things many times. But, what can you do when you can’t pay the heating bill? This is a real issue ...
Views: 2460 - It Pays To Use Your Heart Over Your Mind - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2010 from Andrea SaabA fundamental truth about this five sense experience is that we get to experience our separateness and our connectedness! Interestingly, what separates us is very little. We are truly here to give love and receive love – perhaps that is the essence of creating “heaven on earth”! "Being deeply ...
Views: 2448(3 votes) - Our Children and Their Education ~ Let's Build a Bridge - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2010 from Erica BoersmaWe have been Approval Addicts, not following our inner promtings because we've been afraid of what others may think of us. We have blindly followed what we were hypnotised to believe is acceptable. We were rewarded for regurgitation, memorization and social conformity and punished and ...
Views: 2444(1 vote) - Deaf Blind Children Can Be Taught To Enjoy Dance - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2007 from Dzagbe CudjoeDeaf blind children can be taught to enjoy dance and movement. They do, however, require long and careful preparation to reach this point.We should not underestimate the enormous challenges facing a person with a dual sensory impairment and those supporting them. The impairment can have a ...
Views: 2433 - Creativity Boosters - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2008 from Karen PostCreativity. Increase your ideas output by at least 50%. 5 easy actions that can pump up your creative muscle. OK, for all you folks who love statistics, here’s one: 89.7 percent of all statistics are made up. This next one is actually true; 90 percent of all kids are considered ...
Views: 2429 - Your Body Talks To You. Do You Listen and Flow or Ignore and Struggle? - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteYour body talks to you all day long. What you feel in your body is an indicator of whether or not you are moving towards or away from achieving what you desire. Your gut instinct will tell you what steps to take, what choices to make, that will get you what you want. Your stomach will tell you ...
Views: 2425(5 votes) - What About Your Sexual Intelligence Quotient? Part II - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2012 from Dr. Elsbeth Meuth, EdD & Freddy Zental WeaverGetting Intelligent Sexual intelligence gives people a glimpse through the doorway to their own power. When people come to our TantraNova workshops they arrive with clear intentions of things they want to work on, of what they want to change or improve on or expand into. With the work we do, ...
Views: 2408(1 vote) - The Role of the Singer in the World - by Submitted on May 22, 2011 from Chrys PageThe Role of the Singer in the World May 8th, 2011 I was involved in a project with about 5000 others online a couple of years ago now. We were each discovering things about ourselves and seeking ways to have an impact on the world we live in. What I learned about my self and my motivation ...
Views: 2399(1 vote) - *** Your Self-Worth - Is it Measured by Your Stuff? - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhitePeople often associate self-worth to worldly attachments and achievements. During your life, you are always trying to get something, be it education, job, money, or other material pleasures. You feel these things represent your value. The stuff (or lack of stuff) is evidence of how successful or ...
Views: 2386(2 votes) - Perfect Intuition, What Prevents It And How To Get It - by Submitted on May 06, 2012 from David SamuelIntuition is basically information about what is going to happen, which has nothing to do with what you want to happen in your life or at the moment. What blocks you from hearing the voice of perfect intuition is your ego and your desires. If you are trying to hear your intuition, but you have a ...
Views: 2384(2 votes) - Beating Resistance: The Fulfilled Life, Create it Now! - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Sandra Lee Schubert"There's a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don't and the secret is this: it's not the writing part that's hard. What's hard is sitting down to write. What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance." ~ Steven Pressfield, The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your ...
Views: 2380(2 votes) - Self Awareness and Creativity - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2009 from Jeanne RipleyWhat stimulates your creativity? Do you create from your intellect, from technique and learned skills? There are a multitude of resources available to learn the technique: of pottery making, of photography, of sculpture, of almost any creative endeavor. We all know Einstein’s comment that says ...
Views: 2380 - Creativity in the workplace - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2012 from Michael PettyCreativity We usually associate creativity with the arts, with painting, sculpture, drama and literature but creativity is one of the most important forces in business. As Harvey Firestone said: "Capital isn't so important in business. Experience isn't so important. You can get both these ...
Views: 2379 - Balancing Structure and Flexibility in Goal Achievement - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2004 from William G Jr Covingtoncopyright 2004 William G. Covington, Jr. PhD Structure is important in maintaining achievement over a period of time. Creative people sometimes seem to desire a lack of structure because the right hemisphere of the brain is stimulated when less structure is apparent, however on closer ...
Views: 2374 - Creative Block: Are You Standing in Your Own Light? - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteWhen Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied: "Only stand out of my light." Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we can do for creative men and women is to stand ...
Views: 2370 - Information Addiction - Costs of Excessive Internet Use & Social Media - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2015 from Liisa KyleAre you are an information-maniac, a news junkie, a social-media butterfly? If so, you might be hurting yourself more than you think. The costs of information addiction are many and profound. Alas, I know this not only from personal experience ("Hello, my name is Liisa and I'm an ...
Views: 2366 - H.E.R.U. Highest Exponential Reasoning and Understanding - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2011 from Professor MOmOhHow To Liberate Your Mind To Transition Your Soul H.E.R.U. is a new book written by Professor MOmOH of the Dohgon University Of Thought and coauthored by college student Rick Morris Jr. In this latest book Professor MOmOH reveals why he is the only man that has all the answers to any question ...
Views: 2355 - You Can Change Anything and Become Anything You Want to Be! - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2012 from Agu JaachynmaOppositions only succeed and over-power the chicken-hearted, the fearful and the unfocused. But I challenge you today, dare to be different, come out of the crowd and stand for the truth. You can do it only if you want to! Take a risk and flaunt that wrong instruction. How many times have you ...
Views: 2345 - Your Life as a Fairy Tale - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2012 from Mindi Meltz FriedwaldAs a culture, I fear we are forgetting the importance of imagination. Our media-flooded world gives us the ability to be passive receptors of information, stimulus, and virtual worlds, but we are rarely asked to use the creative force of our own imaginations. To stop doing and just dream, to ...
Views: 2336 - Creativity: Is Creativity A Mental Illness? - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2013 from Oliver JR CooperI recently came across a link that was called - 'creativity 'closely entwined with mental illness'. This was from the bbc website about a recent study that has connected creativity with mental health problems. The link can be found on the bbc website. And after reading all that was said, I ...
Views: 2327(1 vote) - Motivation Tips - Stay Motivated on Long-Term Major Projects - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2015 from Liisa KyleThe first week on a major projects is like love -- exciting and new. Your motivation is sky high. Maybe the second week too. But if you’re working on a major project over a long period of time, you are likely to find your motivation flagging at some point. It can be difficult to chip away ...
Views: 2320(1 vote) - Learn About Email Extractor Software in Detail - by Submitted on May 09, 2012 from Christina TaylorThere are many businessmen who are suffering from problems in finding and then reaching their target audiences. What they actually need is email extractor, with which they can find their clients easily without any stress. Email extraction is an easy and efficient process which enables the ...
Views: 2319 - The Secret To Perfect Solder Lines - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2008 from Maureen SummySolder is used to hold the various pieces of stained glass together in a stained glass panel. To achieve a professional quality, solder lines need to be smooth and uniform. This can be achieved by following basic steps and using quality tools and supplies. The tools and supplies needed for ...
Views: 2300 - Recapitulation - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCLimitation and poverty are not things but are the results of restricted ways of thinking. We are surrounded by a Subjective Intelligence which receives the impress of our thought and acts upon it. This Intelligence is a natural Law in the Mental World, and consequently It is neither good nor ...
Views: 2294(1 vote) - What Creative People Do to Stimulate and Maintain Passion - by Submitted on May 11, 2005 from William G Jr CovingtonCopyright 2005 by Dr. William G. Covington, Jr. Creative people operate within a "dialectical tension between involvement and detachment" write psychology professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Passion can only come where strong emotions are present. Emotions will not be activated when one is ...
Views: 2286 - Velvet Pictures: How a Hobby Can Transform an Evening - by Submitted on May 04, 2013 from Cherie BallogAs a stay-at-home, work-at-home, homeschooling mom, my days can be quite hectic. I have clothes to wash, floors to scrub, pets to feed, phones to answer, articles to write, emails to answer and arithmetic lessons to teach (and those are just my morning chores!). So, by the time evening rolls ...
Views: 2270(2 votes) - Are You Operating On The Competitive Plane? If So, You'd Better Stop! - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2015 from Lisa Edwardsimages (1)Gratitude Unlocks The Fullness Of Life An interesting little book I've been reading is "The Science Of Getting Rich", by William Wattles. You can get a free copy of this powerful little 1910 classic by clicking on the link above. I have been fascinated by the two different planes of ...
Views: 2259 - Going With the Ebb and Flow: The Creative Cycle - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2006 from Linda DessauThe Four Elements I've often noticed how water can inspire moments of creative problem solving and inspiration. Some people "plant" a problem to be solved under their pillow before sleep. Similarly, when I need inspiration about a project or situation I’m facing, I’ll sometimes, "plant" it ...
Views: 2258 - Solve Problems in Your Sleep with Lucid Dreaming - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2005 from David AllenLucid dreaming is dreaming while being aware that you are dreaming. The idea is that once you are aware you are dreaming you can alter your dreams and control what happens. Once perfected, it allows you to control the direction of your dreams. This is an enticing prospect for creative problem ...
Views: 2253 - ***Drew Barrymore's Secret to Success: Parent Your Self - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteEverywhere you look; in magazines, newspapers, online and televised articles and bios of people who face challenges are examples of people who have moved beyond their challenges to create extraordinary lives. There are also plenty of examples of those who have literally and figuratively ...
Views: 2250(3 votes) - SUPER MANTRA GAYATRI-THE MANTRA OF THIS NEW ERA (Part 2) - by Submitted on May 01, 2012 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaIn future days to come people shall find it more joyous to feed others than selfishly feeding themselves only. In future if someone eats all alone, others shall ask: Are you not ashamed? You are persisting on eating alone selfishly. You must indeed be very ashamed of yourself. Do you not see ...
Views: 2240 - Creative Energy Cycles - by Submitted on May 12, 2008 from Gary EvansHave you ever found yourself without much energy to do your daily routines? Do you feel lethargic and not “in the mood” to do much of anything? Instead you’d prefer it if you could relax with a good book or just watch a film and lay out on your couch? Instead of fighting ...
Views: 2232 - Expand Your Horizons with Whole-Brain Thinking - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2009 from Heather LoewenThe more that we as individuals compartmentalize ourselves with labels, the more we distance ourselves from possibilities that can enrich our lives, expand our circles of influence and bring unexpected results. Our culture has become one of pre-judgment in which we mentally tag and dismiss ...
Views: 2226 - Being Creative and Self-critical - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2005 from Douglas EbyHealthy criticism can help refine our talents and creative projects in the pursuit of excellence. But when it is based on a excessive perfectionism or an unrealistic self concept, criticism can be destructive and self-limiting, eroding our creative assurance and vitality. Many creative people, ...
Views: 2222 - Recharge Your Creative Energy - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2005 from Jon GordonWhere are you when you get your best ideas? This was a question posed by Michael Gelb, author of "How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci". Most people say the shower, bed, garden, the walking path or treadmill. Hardly anyone says great ideas come at work. In fact Robert Frost once joked "The brain ...
Views: 2200 - Unlock your Sexual Creativity - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2010 from dana mallonSex alone, is a mighty urge to action, but its forces are like a cyclone - they are often uncontrollable. When the emotion of love begins to mix itself with the emotion of sex, the result is calmness of purpose, poise, accuracy of judgment, and balance. Napoleon Hill Are you aware of the ...
Views: 2185 - Schumann Resonance Meditation Healing - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2020 from Nataša PantovićSchumann Resonance Meditation, Energy Psychology through Earth Breathing and Alpha Brainwaves The earth is surrounded by air, and the ionosphere, and it is a wonderfully resonant system. Any energy trapped within this earth-ionosphere cavity, like lightning storms, etc., will cause it to ring ...
Views: 2183(2 votes) - Organizational Products for Creative People - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2015 from Liisa KyleA confession: I'm an organization nerd. Call me crazy but I enjoy being able to find what I need when I need it -- be it a particular tool, invoice, ingredient or garment. It feels good to have my 'to do' lists prioritized, to know that the important things are not falling through the cracks. ...
Views: 2182 - *** Case Study - Use Intuition as Your Personal GPS - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteYou were born with a personal guidance system set to always lead you in the direction of your dreams, what your heart calls you to become. This internal GPS is your intuition, the voice of your Higher Self, your Inner Being or what I playfully call the Wizard Within. Wizards are alchemists, ...
Views: 2179(3 votes) - Fun Improv for Children Develops Transferrable Life Skills - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2009 from Grant MathisDo you know a child interested in connecting better with themselves AND others? Get them improvising! Confident interaction really is child’s play. Choice is a muscle strengthened by experience. • Participation means choosing, • choice presumes responsibility and surprisingly, • kids ...
Views: 2179(2 votes) - Tapping the Brain's Magic - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2020 from Nataša PantovićMind Power and Motivation Some Interesting Brain Facts The human brain is truly extraordinary. A healthy brain has some 200 billion neurons. The conscious mind controls our brain for only five per cent of the day, whereas the subconscious mind has control of our thoughts 95 per cent of ...
Views: 2171(2 votes) - Rising Above Human Biology - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from Kristine TimpertWe all love to talk about sex. Can any of us ever get enough of it? For me the energy of the cosmos is rooted in sex. Sex as a creative force can be seen everywhere. The universe expands, the earth continues to evolve, animals and plants reproduce and human beings remain on an endless search ...
Views: 2165(4 votes) - Using Group Brainstorming Techniques To Generate New Ideas - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Menno SpijkstraMore often, the most effective and the best way in discovering a new and great idea is via group discussion. Such group discussions are called brainstorming. So in order to garner the best and practical results from this, you have to make use of some group brainstorming strategies and ...
Views: 2164(2 votes) - These are the best inventors of all time - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2020 from Shehbaz MalikFortunately, there are a lot of people in this world who have an urge to think hard and implement brilliant ideas. Because what would the world have looked like if there were no inventors who meant a lot in terms of technology and development? At least different. We are therefore happy to ...
Views: 2164 - Do Creativity and Discipline Co-exist for Success? - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2010 from Nanette SaylorFor the past few years, my personal mission has been to present my most authentic self to world each and every day. My authentic self is my most creative self, and yet, seemingly in contradiction to my mission, I chose a career in hospitality as an operations manager. After 25 years, I am now ...
Views: 2160(1 vote) - Co-Create in the World - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2013 from Maureen Brennan MercierCo-create in the world knowing that you are a Divine being of love and light. Our birthright is to manifest our spirit through our words, actions and our work in the world - our service to humanity. In order to co-create in the world we need to surrender to God. When we let go and let God our ...
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