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- Success and Trust - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2009 from Geoffrey CanavanSuccess comes from the mind that is ready for it but for many of us ‘I would but …’ becomes the cop out and then the excuse department is endless. Failure can have addictive qualities all built from the loop of personal history. When we get good at not achieving we can perfect the art of not ...
Views: 1442(3 votes) - The Fear of Getting Old - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2018 from Sheryl PaulWe live in an ageist culture. It’s not only that we’re terrified of death and hurry to sequester the topic away under the nearest rock or stuff it into the closest corner; it’s that, in a culture that reveres youth, beauty, and physical perfection, we fear aging itself. We fear the lines that ...
Views: 1442 - Positive Change Is Yours To Manage - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2012 from TJ PhilpottMany if not most people are looking /hoping for a positive change in some aspect of their life be it personal or professional! Many expect that the good changes they seek will happen in due time and therefore do nothing at all to help make things better! This is a big mistake since it is up to ...
Views: 1441(3 votes) - Stand Your Ground - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2012 from Anne DeidreWhen times seem good are you identifying with your current mood or the way things seem to be? Are people applauding your work? Is everything "going your way?" For many of us, we build our houses on sand. We depend on the approval of others. We may not realize this until they take it all away. ...
Views: 1441(1 vote) - What To Focus On? - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2016 from William CottringerWhat To Focus On? By Bill Cottringer “Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.” ~Alexander Graham Bell. Regarding the title question, the answer in a word is—NOW. One very popular view of life is that we are all pawns ...
Views: 1441 - How To Get What You Want - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2010 from Laura NashWe can tap into the source of everything by overcoming the constant internal monologue of our rational mind through meditation. We can utilize this connection once we’ve established it in our lives by focusing our attention and energy. We can and do influence the source whether we have ...
Views: 1440(1 vote) - Success or Satisfaction? - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2013 from Morrin BassIt is an adventure, writing an article on my special presentation Success Or Satisfaction. Everyone wants them both, success and satisfaction. And everyone questions, is it possible to have them both? But nobody thinks that satisfaction is possible along with success. I know many people ...
Views: 1440 - You Can Be.... - by Submitted on May 31, 2011 from Nick GrimshaweI ask you to believe one thing, as I do, that trees can talk, from that one belief all else is possible. “I am free,” said the Wind to the Willow. “Free from what,” the Willow asked. “Noooooo,” blew the Wind, “not free from, free to be.” “I just want freedom from my roots, then I ...
Views: 1440(1 vote) - 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: 1440(2 votes) - 14 Natural Fat Burning Foods – The ultimate secrets to weight loss REVEALED Part 2 - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2013 from ethan chongFirst thing first, have you read my first article on natural fat burning foods? Well, if not, I would advise you to read it first because there is valuable information contained in the first part of the article. As I was saying in part 1, I listed only 6 natural fat burning foods. In this ...
Views: 1438 - Become Beautiful by Developing Natural Health and Beauty - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2010 from Chantel ClarkAlthough beauty is such a daunting subject to discuss, because it may be perceived in so many ways, one thing is certain: a nutritious, health conscience person is invariably gorgeous, confident and pleasurable a majority of the time. It’s because certain neurotransmitters that are released ...
Views: 1438(3 votes) - Build Trust and Rapport: Avoid Criticizing and Complaining - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2012 from Ellen PatnaudeWhen it comes to building trust and rapport, there are seven basic principles that we have found to be key. The first of those is as follows: Avoid Criticizing and Complaining Any behavior that is negative will inherently go against the spirit of building trust and rapport with someone. ...
Views: 1438 - How You Can Really Prep Your Teenage Golden Child for Success - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2016 from Tyler JacobsonOne of the biggest questions on any parent’s mind is: “How can I do the best for my teenager?” The answer? Let go. You want the best for your teenager. The best we can hope for is that they know success like we never had, so they don’t have to go through the struggles and pain we ...
Views: 1438(1 vote) - The Coat Button Cure - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2010 from Hannah KeeleyI was once a prisoner of perfection. If I couldn't mop the entire kitchen floor perfectly, I wouldn't do it at all. If I couldn't declutter my entire closet, I wouldn't clear out anything. See, here's the deal with perfection. Some people may look at a cluttered, messy home and think, 'well, ...
Views: 1438(1 vote) - Business is Not About Being Liked by Everyone - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2011 from Kathleen HanaganYou have a big dream in your heart to get your message out to many people, and are terrified of the exposure, so you keep yourself a well-hidden secret, all the while knowing you could do more. This is a far too common situation for sensitive and spiritually-minded people, for many reasons, not ...
Views: 1437 - How To Remain Positive About Your Life When It Feels Like There’s Nothing Left - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2011 from Lisa PhillipsIn many ways these are tough times we live in. I know a generation older than myself certainly believes that it’s harder for youngster today then it was for them and that there aren’t the same opportunities but at least we’re not in the trenches like many young men and male teenagers had to ...
Views: 1437(2 votes) - Leaders Care! - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2014 from Vernon MyersUltimately, a leader who shows that he cares is good for the organization. Some critics may write this off as being touchy-feely, but people are people and an organization is made up of many, many emotional people. A leader has to find a way to show his followers that he cares about them. ...
Views: 1437 - The Power of Your Story - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2010 from Stacey CurnowMany people go through life creating by default; they just aren’t clear about what they really want. They become hung up on how much is going wrong in their life or in the world. And once that happens, they start to tell a story—they construct a narrative around the grim details that have ...
Views: 1437(13 votes) - When Can the Bad Actually Become the Good? - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2010 from Beau HendersonInto each life some rain must fall is a line from Longfellow’s poem entitled “Rainy Day.” It’s true, isn’t it? There are going to be problems in life that may seem insurmountable. Challenges that almost knock us right out of the game. There will be times in our lives that are dark and dreary ...
Views: 1437(1 vote) - Hunting for Treasure - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2011 from Vickie GriffithEver hunt for treasure when you where a child? Remember the thrill of the hunt, anticipation of the prize and the exhilaration when you found the treasure. The treasure might not have been anything more than a shiny rock or small toy. The size of the prize did not matter--it was the value that ...
Views: 1436 - Are You On a Rhinoceros Path? - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2010 from Val WilcoxLet me tell you a little story about a rhinoceros in a zoo: This rhinoceros had a small enclosure where he paced along the same path day after day until he wore a path in the dirt. The zoo keepers felt sorry for him and expanded the enclosure to give him more space to move around in. After ...
Views: 1435(3 votes) - How to Score a Second Date - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2011 from Jenny KhooWomen going on first dates are often so giddy about it that repeatedly leads to an inevitable train wreck and leaves them wondering what the heck went wrong. The main problem is that they allow all that excitement to take over and abandon logic, especially if the guy they are going out with is ...
Views: 1435(1 vote) - You have to be honest with yourself to grow your business - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2014 from Kathleen GageToday I received a message from a new client who hired me to help her get on track with growing her service based business. Her greatest challenge is knowing how to streamline her efforts to accomplish more in a shorter period of time. Like many people, she is busy all day long, but not ...
Views: 1435 - Deciding How I Live - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2011 from Angie DixonOne of my favorite Point of Grace songs (and my absolute favorite until recently), "How You Live," makes the case that what matters is not what you do or who you know, but how you live. Now, I absolutely believe that. In fact, I've recently given up my freelance writing career to write ...
Views: 1434(2 votes) - In a Perfect World... - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2018 from Rossana SneeIn a perfect world, if one is born from a human mother, has a brain, a face, a beating heart, organs, legs, and arms, then one is considered a human being. No one with half a brain would say, “Oh, look at that cute puppy, or kitten, or cockroach. Most intelligent people can recognize another ...
Views: 1434 - In the Holiday Spirit, or Maybe Not! - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2014 from Rossana SneeThis is it—the time of the year when you’re either ecstatic, start decorating the day after Thanksgiving, buy an ugly Christmas sweater, put up lights like the Griswold’s, listen to Christmas music on the way to and from work, and are completely infused with the holiday spirit. Breathe! Or you ...
Views: 1434 - Mark Twain's Secret Book - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2013 from Joe VitaleIn 1891 members of The Authors Club of New York came up with a terrific idea to raise funds for a permanent home for their meetings. I love their idea and want to share it with you. You could adapt it for many uses today. Plus there’s a lesson in prosperity here for you. Let me ...
Views: 1434(1 vote) - THE GREMLIN MONSTER - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Adrienne MarksThis monster, for that truly is what it is, sabotages us in so many ways. This Gremlin Monster is the voice that wakes you at 3 in the morning with scorn and doubt and puts fear into your brain and tells you how you can’t do something, or why you shouldn’t do something. This voice can be ...
Views: 1434 - Willingness to Fall - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2010 from Jennifer Zurick-WitteI love to watch my daughter learn to walk - her tentative steps grow more confident each day. About half of the time she makes it across the room to whatever piece of furniture she can grab and about half of the time she falls on her bottom. There are times when she cries out for me when she ...
Views: 1434(3 votes) - Beware of Your State When Making Important Decisions - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2012 from Andrew WilkinSome of my worst decisions in life have been made from a state on anxiety, fear, or uneasy needfulness. Take for example having licked my wounds after a business failure, I through myself into the next venture without stepping back to ask if this was what I really wanted. The anxiety ...
Views: 1433(1 vote) - How to Benefit from the Recession - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2009 from Heather LoewenTake your mind off the money and do something! Everyone should know by now that a small group of individuals controls the economy, but they don’t control you. They don’t control your mind, your heart, your soul or your reason to be. What they do control is the Federal Reserve, the major banks ...
Views: 1433 - It’s OK to not be OK, just don’t stay there, by Katharine C. Giovanni - by Submitted on May 31, 2013 from Katharine C. GiovanniIt was exactly one year ago … May 21, 2012. The day after my 51st birthday. A day that I will never ever forget for the rest of my life. It was the day that I went to the doctor because I suspected I had breast cancer. Unfortunately I was right. Stage 3 to be precise. Talk about ...
Views: 1433 - The Ahab Syndrome - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2013 from Joe VitaleRecently I caught the classic 1956 movie, Moby Dick, based on the famous book by Herman Melville, starring Gregory Peck, directed by John Huston, screenplay by Ray Bradbury. I was reminded of how hypnotic and meaningful the movie is, with symbols about Divinity and messages about the Law of ...
Views: 1433 - What If How You Run Your Business Was Absolutely Perfect? - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2014 from Margie BeiswangerWe are bombarded with information. All the time! Every day, or so it seems, entrepreneurs are bombarded with ideas and information about how to do things. At times, it can make you feel like you don't know how to do anything. And that you're not only overwhelmed, but also hopelessly ...
Views: 1433 - 3 Signs You Are Positively Engaged at Work - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2014 from Joey Faucette“How do you know you’re doing what you’re supposed to be doing for work?” the college student asked me. A middle-aged guy and I had the same discussion recently as he transitions careers. The answer lies in your heart; what you “Believe” about your work, the third core practice of a Work ...
Views: 1432 - How Was Your October? - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2017 from Ulrike Berzau MM, MHS, PT, FACHE, www.UlrikeBerzau.comHave you thought about what makes you unique? What are your “different colors” like the October leaves? Many people try to fit in and do what others do instead of building on what makes them special to become all they are. Since I started to integrate all I am – my skills, talents, ...
Views: 1432 - The Reckless Traveler – Rerouting Sabotaging Patterns - by Submitted on May 01, 2011 from Vickie GriffithThe purple haze of the evening hours washes through the valley as an observer stands on a hill top. She watches the hustle and bustle of the village below. The residents come and go as they please. She notices the negative reckless traveler causing chaos in the flow of the pattern in the ...
Views: 1432 - Work For The Sake Of The Work - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2011 from David SamuelIn my business career as well as with with my clients and students, I have developed a firm belief that our business success is 10% skill and 90% who we are, the quality of our character. This is exemplified by Richard Branson, a man with little education but now a billionaire with over 200 ...
Views: 1432(1 vote) - ***Salesman-of-the-Month Must Go - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2008 from Kevin BurnsI have been noticing in my daily newspaper these past few weeks, the sheer volume of ads touting various car dealerships’ Salesman-of-the-Month awards. Now, as much as the next guy, I understand the value of recognizing employees and their contributions. And I also get that, especially as ...
Views: 1431 - Change to Heal - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2012 from Angela Schulz-HenkeToday comes the Mantra first "In the deep dark passages of the night, I find my way into the light. For in those places my faults are revealed, and in finding their value I am truly healed." The mantra is not kidding that you may visit some dark realms of anger and frustration this ...
Views: 1431 - Your Level of Persistence - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2010 from Val WilcoxWe are all tested to find our persistence level. How dedicated are you to achieving your vision? Will you keep trying no matter how many times you get knocked down? Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel Napoleon Hill The basis of this is the power of your will. ...
Views: 1431(3 votes) - How to improve self esteem - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2010 from Aernout ZevenbergenSelf esteem are the set of values we place on our own personality. We can also see it as the mixture of capabilities we want to display to the world out there: family, friends, colleagues, and clients. But self worth also is the means with which we present ourselves to ourselves. Self worth is ...
Views: 1430(1 vote) - Six Ways to Know a False Inner Guide From the True One - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2018 from Guy FinleySix Ways to Know a False Inner Guide From the True One From The Secret of Your Immortal Self By Guy Finley The journey to the divinity within has its dangers. About this we are clear: the inner path is lined with many trials and pitfalls. But there is nothing to be feared in this ...
Views: 1430 - Action Today! - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesSo far, I think you’ll agree this has been a pretty upbeat book, right? Well, here’s a downer. The bad news is that you won’t get the opportunity to read this incredible book entitled The Stevedore in the White Fedora. This novel, filled to the brim with stirring passages and replete with ...
Views: 1429(1 vote) - Do You Have A "Monday Mind?" - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2008 from Dan JohnstonRecently I heard someone excuse a mistake by claiming that she had a "Monday Mind." The problem was that she said it on Wednesday. What is a "Monday Mind," and why is it showing up on a Wednesday? What was she talking about? A Monday Mind is simply an expectation or outlook on life that ...
Views: 1429 - 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: 1429(1 vote) - See You on Venus - by Submitted on May 17, 2011 from Geoffrey CanavanMy brother Rob was diagnosed with cancer one May. By June he had passed away. Initially the situation was one of horror, shock, sadness and anger but as we went through the weeks and as his failing health became more evident, we also realised that anything we needed to talk about would have to ...
Views: 1429 - Water Under The Bridge - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2011 from Katharine C. GiovanniHave you ever heard of the expression water under the bridge? It refers to past experiences and conflicts. The assumption is that the longer you live, the more water you have under your bridge. Most people use this expression when they are referring to a bad experience they had. So here's ...
Views: 1429 - Be Real and Compassionate About Money - by Submitted on May 30, 2014 from Mike Robbins2009 was an extremely challenging year for both Michelle and me. Among the many issues we faced that year, one of the most painful was the difficult financial situation we’d put ourselves into: we were $105,000 in debt and about $300,000 upside down on our house by the end of that year. There ...
Views: 1428 - Is your “Golden Rule” tarnished? - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2013 from Andre WileyAre you living your life by the “Golden Rule” and finding it difficult to find your joy? I promise to shed some light on why that could be in this lesson. The “Golden Rule” as defined by what I remember it, is “Treat others the way you would like to be treated.” A phrase that has lasted ...
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