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- Love is in the air: How to deal with romantic relationships at work - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2013 from Lucy SmithMost of your waking life is spent at work, and though it’s not the most romantic setting, love often blooms by the water cooler. A Careerbuilder.co.uk survey revealed that over 55% of respondents have been involved with someone at work, while 70% of those surveyed by Human and Legal Resources ...
Views: 1671 - The Body Heals Quickly. Why Doesn’t the Mind? - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2013 from Debbie LaChusaA cut medically known as an avulsion. Not really even a cut or a gash. Basically, the removal of a chunk of flesh. After a visit to the ER, where the doctor told me there wasn’t much he could do—after all, there was nothing to stitch up—I had no choice but to give it time to heal. For ...
Views: 1518(2 votes) - Live in a State of Gratitude - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2013 from Andrew HortonMy experience has shown me that there is one attitude, which will completely transform your life. It will help you to invite more wealth and better health into your life, give you access to your greatest potential, help you build and sustain great relationships and make you feel the happiness ...
Views: 682 - How are You Steering Your Life? - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2013 from Debbi DickinsonFrom what viewpoint are you looking at your life? Are you looking in the rear-view mirror or are you looking through your windshield? Looking through your rear-view mirror is viewing life with chains of the past. Some of these chains may be limiting beliefs that were drilled into your head ...
Views: 1273 - You Can Choose How You Want to Feel - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2013 from Janbreathe@aol.com Janbreathe@aol.comDo you ever have a cluster of similarly themed messages coming your way in a short period of time? That’s what I’m experiencing right now. The current message that keeps recurring for me is this: it is my choice to enjoy or not enjoy life, no matter what is happening. Lately, pesky fears ...
Views: 1400(2 votes) - Start Small and Build Huge Success the Disney Way - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2013 from Mark Bowser"If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse" Walt Disney Think about it. It was all started with a mouse. When Walt Disney created "Steamboat Willie" in 1928, he had no idea that Mickey Mouse would be the ...
Views: 1545 - Delegate for Less - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2013 from Traci BrosmanWritten by Traci Brosman In my article, Knowing When to Delegate, we discussed several questions you should ask yourself so that you know when it is time to get help in your small business. Below you will find four ways you can hire or outsource tasks that you do not enjoy and that will free ...
Views: 1200 - Knowing When to Delegate - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2013 from Traci BrosmanWritten by Traci Brosman Understanding when to delegate is probably the toughest situation we face as small business entrepreneurs’. We are taught that we we must do it all. If we do not know how to do something, we try to get the training to do an adequate job and we muddle through it. We ...
Views: 1160 - How Much Should You Invest In Your Business? - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2013 from Debbie LaChusaIf you're a solo professional running your own service-based business-such as a coach, consultant or other "expert"-you may wonder how much money you should invest each year in activities to grow yourself and your business. How much should you spend on activities such as marketing, and ...
Views: 1316(2 votes) - Are You Playing Small? - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2013 from Debbie LaChusaA friend emailed me the other day and confided that after hearing so many "successful" people talk about the concept of playing small, she wondered if maybe we were. We've both chased big success and found that instead of finding that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, all we really did was ...
Views: 1157(2 votes) - Run Your Own Race - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2013 from Debbie LaChusaRunning has taught me many life lessons. It's an activity that provides great wisdom. Both in terms of how it relates to life, and in the way it opens your mind and allows the voice of your higher self to come through loud and clear. Last week I was running at a lake near my home and this ...
Views: 1438(1 vote) - Marketing is like Fertilizer - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2013 from Debbie LaChusaWIIFM is a popular marketing acronym. It stands for "What's In It For Me?" But the "me" it's referring to is your ideal clients, not YOU as the business owner. Yet it seems many business owners are applying this acronym literally. Peruse the plethora of online marketing promising to ...
Views: 1098(1 vote) - Happiness Lessons From an Octogenarian - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2013 from Debbie LaChusaMy dad just turned 80 years young. As I get older I'm realizing that my dad has taught me a lot about how to be happy. Although he wasn't really "teaching" me... more like setting a great example by the way he has lived his life. Unfortunately, as is common with kids, I didn't appreciate or ...
Views: 1855(1 vote) - When Bad Things Happen to Good People - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2013 from Debbie LaChusaYes, it's true, bad things happen to good people. But it's also true that... GOOD things happen to BAD people. And, BAD things happen to BAD people. And yes, even GOOD things happen to GOOD people. It's called life, folks. I'm tired of hearing all the Law of Attraction "experts" ...
Views: 1296(1 vote) - The Right Thing is Often The Hard Thing - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2013 from Debbie LaChusaI can't help reflecting on all the times I have had to make the hard choice in life. To forgo the easy path and take the tough one. It's mind boggling and reassuring at the same time. At least I know with hindsight that it always works out. It really is about letting go. The easy thing is ...
Views: 1180(1 vote) - Re-Visioning Our Future - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2013 from Barry LipscombIt’s that time of year again when we look back to what we accomplished over the past year and forward to what we wish to do in the next twelve months. For many years this has been an important time of reflection and goal setting for me but this year I’m approaching it a bit differently – by ...
Views: 1081(1 vote) - Live To win - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2013 from Wong Yoon KiongToday's Inspiring Quotes "You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win." - Zig Ziglar "My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow ...
Views: 824(1 vote) - 7 points to consider before you pay someone to write your CV! - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2013 from Susan (Teacher Su) McKenzieWill you pay for a professional resume writing services? 7 points to bear in mind. 1. Call in the Professionals Not the Clown One of the things I learnt as a lawyer was: A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client. This proverb means that if you represent yourself in court things ...
Views: 2796(1 vote) - One Desire, One Joy - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2013 from Natalie AmsdenThere is only one true desire. All of our longings, goals, and motivations are reaching toward a single fulfillment. The ultimate pot of gold that we long to reach at the end of our infinitude of rainbows is joy. Embracing joy is the driving force that helps us to get out of bed each day and the ...
Views: 1497(1 vote) - Success Development - Are You Preventing Yourself From Becoming A Success In Life? - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2013 from Tony BurnellAre you working towards your success in life or have you been waiting for the right opportunity – the right time? Every time you consider a job or a career do you find you are not qualified or do not have enough experience or you are too young or too old? In other words, are you placing ...
Views: 947(1 vote) - 5 ways to increase your communication skills with greater care - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2013 from Susan (Teacher Su) McKenzieHere are five good reasons to put more care into your English expression. 1. Positive Care If you could not speak, you might still be able to communicate through sign language and written language. We often take for granted our ability to communicate, but we should care more about how we ...
Views: 1692(1 vote) - 6 Points of Perspective in Situations - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2013 from Patrick IrvineA request was made that I incorporate some management and leadership tips into the tone of it, so here it is. We each interact with the world in different ways; we create our situations just as much as they create us. This “circle of life” can be summed up with the following six ...
Views: 6252(2 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: 2527(1 vote) - Knowledge: The Ultimate Weapon - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2013 from Amr AbbasMany people underestimate knowledge and some will even pretend that they know everything. Some people will go to limits where they do not seek to learn anymore and instead they will stay where they stop learning and go far into their belief that they know about everything. But before you ...
Views: 970(1 vote) - Change on a Mastery Level - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2013 from Angela Schulz-HenkeThe Changes we are facing during the next 3 to 4 years are on a mastery level. Be the change you want to see and always be kind to yourself! People feel the disorientation. A lot of things are happening in an always shorter period of time. There is instability which confuses a lot of ...
Views: 1431(1 vote) - How To Overcome The Fear Of Failure - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2013 from Ieishah EdwardsBelieve or not, if you want to overcome the fear of failure, become an entrepreneur and go into business for yourself. Most successful business owners are comfortable pushing themselves to the limit and taking risks. An entrepreneur develops a different mindset than your average person who works ...
Views: 1462(1 vote) - Pretty Close To Wonderful - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2013 from Michael Brady“Welcome to Ross Stores, how are you?” I said. “Fine, How are you?” She replied. She was asking out of habit not because she cared about the random loss prevention guy. So I replied like I do with everyone. Pretty close to wonderful! That one sentence started what seemed like a 20 ...
Views: 1183(4 votes) - Name your fears in public speaking and banish them! - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2013 from Jef MenguinHow do you manage your fear while speaking in a large crowd? Many people asked the same question and I think they will also appreciate an easy and straight answer. Unfortunately, I have no easy and straight answer. I do not manage my fear while speaking in a large crowd. I am nervous but I ...
Views: 1386(1 vote) - Attitude. A Must For Your Mindset - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2013 from Joe M. KoenenThe power of positive affirmations. Having an attitude of gratitude in your daily life. How to create in your own mind, your perfect existence and your ideal self. How to build friendships and influence the people in your life. Perpetuating the thinking and growing rich philosophy. At the top ...
Views: 564(1 vote) - What Kind of Day are You Choosing to Have? - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2013 from Debbi DickinsonWhat kind of day are you choosing to have? It can be so easy for a life event to take control of our mood for the day; that is IF we allow that to happen. We have a choice every moment on the type of day we are going to have. A recent conversation with a girlfriend really drove this point ...
Views: 1338(1 vote) - Happiness is a Friend Away - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2013 from Scott BaxterWhat can we do when we have a friend who is truly unhappy with their life? Do we sit back and watch them self-destruct in their own situations in their lives where they seem to be oblivious to what is actually going on? Is it our position to even say anything in the first place? If we elect to ...
Views: 1579 - Why is it so Hard to Say No? - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2013 from Scott BaxterIt almost seems inevitable to be unable to say the word No, despite the idea that we are in situations where we know that we should. For some, it just comes naturally, but for others, it almost seems impossible to say it even though we know that we are better off if we did. So why does this ...
Views: 1521(1 vote) - Your Success Development – Does The Law Of Attraction Work? - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2012 from Tony BurnellAccording to the law of attraction you will get what you think about. If you think in a negative way, bad things will happen; if you think positively good things will happen. It can be taken even further by attributing all the good or bad things that happen to us to the way we think. Wikipedia ...
Views: 1038(2 votes) - Want A Happier, Healthier, More Successful New Year? Become An Optimist - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2012 from Noelle NelsonThe holidays are just about over, your decorations are slowly making their way back into storage boxes, the euphoria of gift-giving and receiving has given way to the mundane “Here we go, another year” where you still have to make a living or figure out how to make it through the next month, ...
Views: 1541(1 vote) - Hate studying online? Try these solutions! - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2012 from Liz HardyWhen you hate studying online, your course seems to last forever. It’s a million times harder to find the motivation to keep going. It’s a lot easier to just turn on the TV, and put off doing any reading for another day (or week). So if you hate studying online what can you do? There ...
Views: 1754(1 vote) - Are you chicken about learning online? - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2012 from Liz HardyIf e-learning leaves you feeling vulnerable, there’s nothing wrong with you. E-learning’s confronting on several levels. Some of them are bound to set off a bit of anxious clucking. Let’s look at why you might be feeling vulnerable when you learn online – and what you can do about ...
Views: 1193(1 vote) - What if nothing goes right? E-learning without drama - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2012 from Liz HardyWhat if nothing goes right with your new online course? What if you don’t like the tutor, struggle with the technology and find the course material too hard? There are a million worst-case scenarios you could conjure up. When e-learning is still new and strange to you, it’s easy to get a ...
Views: 1131(1 vote) - How to like studying online - Why e-learning is cool - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2012 from Liz HardyE-learning is cool for so many reasons. You could write a whole book about what it can do for you. But you might disagree. Maybe your e-learning course doesn’t make you feel like you’re skipping through the Land of Chocolate. Maybe it looks more like a long, tedious trek through the desert. ...
Views: 1355(1 vote) - Am I smart enough for e-learning? - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2012 from Liz HardyE-learning can make you wonder if you’re secretly stupid. It’s easy to get really stuck, and start to panic. Before long, you’re asking yourself… Am I that dumb? But don’t hit the panic button yet. Let’s look at a really common scenario. Say you’ve just started a course. You’ve found ...
Views: 1350(1 vote) - The 10 laws of learning online - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2012 from Liz HardyKnowing the laws of learning online can save you more than one headache. Because while e-learning’s fantastically flexible, it still comes with rules. And some of these rules are unwritten. That means you might not find out what’s really expected until it’s too late. Here’s a quick ...
Views: 1368(1 vote) - Being an Entrepreneur is Not For the Faint of Heart - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2012 from Jacqueline VanCampen“So how are things going?” My dad asked. Oh, that familiar question that makes my stomach go into knots and makes me want to run for the hills! “Good”, I said, trying to hide any emotions that may make him think otherwise. “How long will you keep this business going?” I knew he would ...
Views: 1526(3 votes) - Commitment Doesn't Have to Be Painful - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2012 from Heather DoeringThe truck was packed to the brim. The other two trucks accompanying us were also full. We were on our way to a remote lake near Lake Tahoe in California. We'd been planning this trip for a month but my mate had been talking about it for over a year. Loon Lake was the destination and he wanted to ...
Views: 1164(1 vote) - Stop Trying to be Perfect: How to Let Go of Being the Best and Find What Makes You Amazing - by Submitted on Dec 26, 2012 from Holly McKinleyUgh. The P word. Perfectionism is the death of progress. There is a time for incubation and quiet creation. And then there is a time to put it out in the world and see if it flies. And in between the two is where the P word lurks. "I just want it to be perfect." How many times has that ...
Views: 1083 - 2 Sure Fire Ways to Know When to Delegate Tasks - by Submitted on Dec 25, 2012 from Traci BrosmanWritten by Traci Brosman Have you ever felt like you had way too much to do and not enough help or time in the day to get it all done? As a small business owner knowing when and when not to delegate work can make all the difference in the world. If you delegate too early by hiring ...
Views: 1247 - Be As Smart As Einstein in 4 Simple Steps - by Submitted on Dec 24, 2012 from Judy WidenerWhen Albert Einstein died, there was much anticipation about what the autopsy of his brain would reveal. Scientists speculated that his brain was significantly larger or more dense that normal. So they were confused and disappointed to discover that Einstein's brain was actually slightly smaller ...
Views: 2097 - Training in MLM – Do You Believe You Can Achieve Success? - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2012 from Ewen ChiaDo you believe you can achieve success in your network marketing business? In this article, I will be giving some training in MLM, where I will be sharing why it is vital that you believe you can be successful. By the end of the article, I hope that you will have a change in perspective if you ...
Views: 1191 - Live With Passion - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2012 from Patrick IrvineWe could talk passion all day, it is a catch word, and there have been thousands of articles written about it; but it still seems to be something covered in mystery. A life of passion is a life of Achievement. Passion is something that most people seem to only get in spurts. They have a ...
Views: 1922(2 votes) - Lightly Breaded and Laughing - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2013 from Joyce LaymanYou may be familiar with the saying, “it’s not what happens but how you react to what happens that counts.” We've all dealt with unexpected situations; ones that are no big deal and others that test your attitude. As a horse owner of 18 years I've had my share but last weekend was certainly ...
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