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- Experience Inner Joy - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2012 from Maureen Brennan MercierExperience inner joy when it arises from within you. We can feel it as the result of an experience in the world that inspires happiness. It can also occur for no apparent reason at all. Recently I experience inner joy for no obvious reason. I pause in order to honor my emotions and I ask ...
Views: 1313 - Are You Serious? - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2013 from Adrienne FikesI’m just wondering. You keep saying it but are you serious? You say you want to be happier. You say you want to lose weight. You say you want to stop letting people walk over you. You keep claiming that you’re going to start living your dream. You keep swearing over and over that you are going ...
Views: 1312(1 vote) - Evidence Is There - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2014 from Jeanna GabelliniWhen you want something to change, one of the first things you do is ask yourself (and others) what you can do about it. If you can take action, you do. If you're anxious, you may hold off until you feel safer. The next thing you do is look for evidence that you have done the right thing or ...
Views: 1312(3 votes) - How to make the right choice - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2013 from Elmira StrangeWe often have to make choices. It’s a fact of life. Some of them will be small, like what should you wear for work the next day or for a forthcoming event, what type of breakfast cereal to buy in the supermarket, or what magazine (website) to read during your break at work. Then ...
Views: 1312 - Keys to Real Success: Finding the Positive in Disappointment - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2009 from Bob DraperThe hallmarks of the successful businessperson in our society have become action, deals, money, self-centeredness, excitement, distraction, overcoming, doing, and never resting. “I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date.” “Surely I am important. I received 120 e-mails yesterday.” “My two ...
Views: 1312 - What Would (Insert Name of Favorite Action Hero) Do? - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2015 from Noelle NelsonYour most recent attempt to persuade your boss of how much you deserve that raise/bonus/perk landed in the unfathomable depths of his “No way no how” with barely a ripple. You are depressed, disgusted, and yes - truth be told - massaging your hurt ego with liberal doses of self-pity. Which ...
Views: 1312 - Are You a ‘Lone Ranger’ Woman in Business? - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2012 from Julie JohnsonIn a previous article I explored the myth that all you need to succeed is the strategy and know how. The myth I’m exploring today is that of the Lone Ranger woman in business – thinking you should be able to do everything yourself; that the way to succeed is to rely on no-one but ...
Views: 1311 - **When Will You Be Happy? - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2020 from Judi MoreoYou have a right and even a responsibility to be happy. Happiness is a state of mind. Many people let life pass them by because they choose to be unhappy. (Bet you are thinking, “Judi, people don’t choose to be unhappy. It just happens.) Wrong! People who sit around complaining, whining, ...
Views: 1310 - The Leader As Gardener - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2013 from Gerhard van RensburgThe art of the good gardener lies in his ability to learn and appreciate natural growth processes. The shift in our understanding of organizations since the days when engineers analyzed organizations as they analyzed machines for their efficiency is to understand that organizations are ...
Views: 1310(1 vote) - Whether Work Or Play Put Everything Into It - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2012 from Roseanna LeatonOne major reason why successful people are successful is that they have harnessed the ability to focus 100% of their energy and attention into the things that they are doing. They see a vision and they focus their attention upon it. They are not easily distracted. Many of us are not ...
Views: 1310 - You’re Worth More Than You Think - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2014 from Carrie GreeneValue. What are your services really worth? What do your clients get as a result of buying your products or working with you? The price you place on your products and services is really no more than what you think you are worth. One woman I worked with charged $90 an hour for coaching; yet ...
Views: 1310 - How Do I Lose Weight? - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2011 from Dr. Rick SchaeferWant a shortcut to getting into the best shape of your life? Then don’t start with exercise or diet! Instead, prepare a path that will accelerate all you do nutritionally and physically. With all major transformations in our lives, the most important first step is mental… creating a new ...
Views: 1309(1 vote) - Keep It Simple - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2008 from Prasad VSVKeep It Simple! Keep it simple and short! It is not a very easy thing to do. Especially when we all are busy, running around through the day, through the week and through the year. Before we realise years go by and one fine day we end up wondering - Where are we? The original thought of this ...
Views: 1309 - Make That Positive Change Now! - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2010 from Menno SpijkstraPeople are generally creatures of comfort and habit and whenever something big or small—changes oftentimes we feel that our entire world goes into a downward spiral. And that is precisely why we have to prepare ourselves for a positive change and not allow any negative thoughts and emotions ...
Views: 1309 - Relationships And Self Knowledge In Leadership - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2013 from Gerhard van RensburgThere are few things as sad as when a person discovers the importance of his relationships too late in life. Too late, because so many years were wasted on the wrong priorities, pursuing success in the workplace at all costs, being caught up in endless conflict, platonic relationships, jealousy, ...
Views: 1309(1 vote) - Sick of Challenges in Life?...Read this! - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2012 from Aery PrabhakarHave you ever played video games? If no, get your hands on one today. Play around for a while. And then come back to this article. And if you already have...read on! The Challenge Factor in Life... Wouldn't it be great if life was simple and straight? No challenges, no hassles. ...
Views: 1309 - Attitude Adjustment - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2008 from Judy RingerBenjamin Zander, author, motivational speaker, and conductor of the Boston Philharmonic, often quotes his father as saying that "there is no bad weather, just inappropriate clothing." I live in southern coastal New Hampshire, about an hour north of Boston, and when each winter brings day after ...
Views: 1308 - Qualities and Attributes of a Best Selling Author - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2014 from Kathleen GageWhether you plan to create a bestselling book or via the Internet or you plan to go the traditional route with a major publishers, it will ultimately be up to you how you create, handle and release your freshly written masterpiece. Many new authors are under the mistaken impression that they ...
Views: 1308(2 votes) - Two Tantamount Truths - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2016 from William CottringerTwo Tantamount Truths By Bill Cottringer “Conscience is no more than the dead speaking to us.” ~Jim Caroll There is no shortage of authors, books and movies about near death experiences, with over 5 million Internet works available. Authors like Moody, Jakoby and Greyson; books like ...
Views: 1308 - Believing is the new “Seeing” - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2016 from Ascendance Project“I’ll believe it when I see it.” There’s something wrong with this sentence. To a certain extent, it could be true. You need to see results and consistency in something or someone before you truly are sure of it or them. But there’s still a problem here. When you have a really awesome ...
Views: 1307 - Managing your Energy - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2011 from Daniel RipAs organizations demand more and more from their people these days, time-pressed employees have to scramble to keep up. You may not be able to make the day any longer, but you can take steps to replenish your energy. Often, employees think that making it through the day using effective time ...
Views: 1307 - Married to your business & partner… 2 Hot Spots - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2015 from Valerie LipsteinAre you and your sweetheart running a business together or thinking about it? These unique partner run businesses are on the rise. If you are one of the 2.5 million and growing spouse run businesses, or you work with them here are two areas to address from the get-go for greater ...
Views: 1307 - Who is Sitting in the Bleachers Seats of Your Life? - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2012 from Debbi DickinsonI find that my confidence level has a direct correlation to the positive attitudes of those people I am around. It doesn’t matter if they are at the office or my personal life. If I am constantly around negative people, overtime doubt and fear start edging their way into my life and my ...
Views: 1307 - Eat Me Now - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2009 from Deborah McIncrowDo you ever have a day when no matter how hard you are trying to stay on track and be thoroughly aware of portion size and food allotment that you seem to be under attack from the “Eat Me Now” nemesis? You know the days when you have eaten a sensible amount of food and that archenemy inside of ...
Views: 1306(1 vote) - To Transform or Not to Transform - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2017 from Dante PetrillaThe Monarch caterpillar has no choice. From the time it emerges out into the world to become an eating machine, it has but one destiny: it will transform into a Monarch Butterfly. It is a necessary part of its life cycle. It begins life in one form and will end it in an entirely different ...
Views: 1306 - Are You Doing It Because You Want To? Or Just Because You Think You Should? - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2013 from Andrea NovakowskiSomewhere along the line, back when you were working your way up the corporate ladder, someone probably gave you advice.The advice made sense at the time, you followed it, and today you’re the owner, leader, or manager of your organization. Congratulations! Now is the perfect time to take a ...
Views: 1305 - Create Your Own Reality: Your Perceptions Are Key - by Submitted on May 17, 2012 from Rhod JonesDo you know you possess an unlimited source of power to create your own reality… a reality that can exceed your wildest dreams? Before we go any further it’s important to point out that ‘your reality’ is not controlled by governments, your boss, your parents or your friends… but solely by ...
Views: 1305 - How To Enjoy Your Christmas Family Get – Together - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2017 from Veronica HislopIt is so easy to get caught up in the nostalgia and hype of Christmas. This time of year we are bombarded with movies promoting happy family experiences. Whatever struggle our movie protagonist seems to have endured, they always seem to resolve their conflict and make it home for ...
Views: 1305 - Stress Relief: 5 Simple Steps to Master Your Mind and Raise Your Spiritual Energy Starting Now! - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Hyma Kunamneni"I am a spiritual being having a human experience" - Is this your belief? My urgent request to all my friends who know and believe the above statement is to make your energy management your utmost priority. Why? Because we know the following facts: I, the spirit am energy. Thoughts are ...
Views: 1305 - You Just Never Know! - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2010 from Pat MussieuxMy Gratitude Journal, for the past week, is overflowing. I am so blessed, and grateful, to be doing the work that I truly love. As an entrepreneur, however, there are those moments and those times when I sit back and wonder......am I really making a difference? Does my work really ...
Views: 1305(5 votes) - You're Enough for You; Stop Leaning on Others - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2016 from Maria Khalife“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and ...
Views: 1305 - Do You Project Failure? - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2013 from Tracy CrossleyOften, we approach things with an attitude of CAN DO, when it comes to our goals. We say we’re going for it….and yet, how in alignment are our actions with the goal we want to achieve? Sometimes, we have a goal that we think everyone will approve of and yet, we’re not really all that high on ...
Views: 1304 - Reasons Why You Can't Count On Others To Motivate You - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2013 from Tony BurnellDoes anyone else really care if you are motivated? Of course, we all have a few people in our lives that care and some who depend on us being motivated. But most people are fully occupied running their own lives and dealing with their own issues. They are working to motivate themselves, unless ...
Views: 1304 - Success and Equality - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Geoffrey CanavanWhen you view life as a journey, you start to realise that you do not have to repeat your limiting or negative patterns. You start to look at how you make decisions and how you take your Self forward. You start to teach your Self that holding the true nature of who you are – which is successful ...
Views: 1304(3 votes) - The Logjam - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2013 from Carrie GreeneI was speaking with a client earlier today who related a story to me about a river in Louisiana that was jammed full of logs. Nothing was moving in or out. Many strategies were employed to loosen the jam but nobody was able to clear it. Everyone and everything was stuck. Finally someone came ...
Views: 1304 - Why You Can’t Go Back To The Future - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2013 from Geoff LaughtonIt started before the election returns were even coming in, much less votes being cast. After months of being saturated with the incessant doom and gloom (great new Rolling Stones song about that, by the way) of all the political advertising, the media immediately pounced on the next thing for ...
Views: 1304 - How to Overcome Indecision and Doubt - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2019 from Estra RoellI used to be caught in indecision about nearly everything in my life. I even had a poster in my dorm room in college that was a quote from Harvard professor Harvey Cox: "Not to decide is to decide.” I put it up as kind of a joke about how indecisive I was and my boyfriend at ...
Views: 1303(1 vote) - Live Life, Love Life - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2009 from Oluwatobi SoyomboI was walking down the street when I saw LIVE LIFE, LOVE LIFE boldly written on a lady’ shirt. I paused to think about the powerful statement when I saw it. I asked myself: Am I living and loving life? Many are people who do not live in line with what the four words above are saying. We just ...
Views: 1303 - M Is For Mindset - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2011 from Sara DillingerThey say that it is the perogative of a woman to change her mind. I think that is sexist. I think that all of us need, from time to time, to change our minds. Certainly, we sometimes need to change our mindset. What's a mindset? Break the word down. Well, it might make more sense if you ...
Views: 1303 - Take THE ATTITUDE CUP CHALLENGE! - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from Maria MarsalaIs your cup 1/2 full or 1/2 empty. That is the conundrum every individual is wondering in this economy. It’s not easy to keep yourself positive with so much negativity and change taking place in the USA and the world. But looking at the 1/2 empty glass just breeds more negativity. Look for ...
Views: 1303 - Getting What You Want and Need: More Tips On Asking - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Melissa McCreeryThere is a big difference between knowing what you want and asking for it. There is also an important distinction between asking and hinting. Unfortunately, many of us were raised in a culture that encouraged us to be less than direct about what it is we’d like to occur. I talk with many women ...
Views: 1301 - Instant Gratification Part II: Instants and Ideals - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2012 from Richard AkhmerovIn the previous article we talked about instant gratification and how it manifested into an epidemic. We also discussed the psyche and how it is affected by things that try to satisfy long-term problems with short-term solutions. Now we'll dive a bit deeper, and examine the two different types ...
Views: 1301 - Keep Commitments with Yourself and Create the Success You Desire - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2011 from Andrew HortonWhen you make a commitment with yourself, do you generally keep all of them? Or do you continually let yourself down? There is always a price to be paid when you make a commitment or promise to yourself. The price can either be one of regret or one of accomplishment. How do you feel when you ...
Views: 1301 - Sabotaging Situations - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2009 from Deborah McIncrowThere are people, places, situations and events in your day-to-day happenings that lurk around just about every which way you turn. One moment you are going about your own business and then from out of the clear blue sky, wham! Sometimes there’s no warning at all. These impairing imposters ...
Views: 1301(4 votes) - Self-Sacrifice: Embrace the Suck and Push Past Barriers - by Submitted on May 03, 2017 from Implement BlogI’d like to force some of my opinions about self and self-sacrifice on you for a minute and how that sacrifice coincides with your accomplishments and how to be successful. There are a thousand different notions the world over on what ‘self’ is. I’m not concerned with the cosmic sense of ...
Views: 1301(1 vote) - The Liveliness of Childhood - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2015 from Maria KhalifeYouthfulness is a way of being, and the vitality of the young is frequently enviable. Healthy children embody youthfulness not only because of their age, but because of their natural inclinations which have not yet been shut down, along with the fact that they don’t accept most forms of ...
Views: 1301 - Knowing WHY you came from, Choosing WHERE you're going! - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2014 from JAMES MAIOHOKnowing Why You Came From: Choose where you’re going! I have seen this picture posted around a lot over the past couple of years: It’s a quote attributed to Wayne Dyer. Wayne is a writer, mentor, near avatar that I greatly admire and read quite often. However on this statement, taken at ...
Views: 1300 - The Gift of Growth: How to Recognize and Use Three Sources of Personal Growth - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2011 from Lauren StillThe capacity to grow and change is a gift to our current and future selves. When we expand our minds, we expand our horizons and therefore our possibilities. With the ability to change comes the potential that what appeared impossible before may suddenly become possible. The gift of growth ...
Views: 1300(1 vote) - LET EVERY DAY BE YOUR DAY! - by Submitted on Oct 03, 2018 from Sara Fabian“Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul. “ – Mario Quintana Looking back on my life, I can recall there were two days I was looking for every year: my birthday and March 8th. In my home country, Romania, that’s not only a Mother’s day ...
Views: 1299 - Do You Think Too Much? - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2010 from Laura NashYou’ve probably had moments where it suddenly hits you that you’re capable of far more than what you’re currently doing. You have no proof of this, yet you instinctively feel you could be “doing more” with your life. Where does this knowing come from? The brain can process our thoughts, but ...
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