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Imagine! 40 is old. The California State Supreme Court has said that when are you are 40, employers can discriminate against employees using this age as the excuse.
I attempt to ignore all headlines in the newspapers. I try not to react ...
Views: 996 - Easily and Effortlessly - by Do you sometimes find that when you want something, be it money, clients, products, new jobs or relationships, that you appear to be traveling down a congested highway?
Well, that problem can be easily solved. Yes, easily. Actually easily and effortlessly.
People make too big of a thing ...
Views: 970 - Sink or Swim: The Task of Autonomy - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2007 from Marybeth BethelLately I’ve been intrigued by an image that disturbs me: the image of Virginia Woolf walking into a lake, the pockets of her dress weighted with stones to ensure the likelihood of her death by drowning. Unfortunately, she succeeded with this fourth suicide attempt, and died at the age of ...
Views: 605 - Choice, Will and Vision - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2007 from Marybeth BethelIn honor of Martin Luther King, I’d like to share some ideas that I’ve been working on; ideas that concern the roles that choice, will, and vision play in our lives. These concepts are directly related to courage and inspiration, fundamental aspects of the creative process. I ...
Views: 510 - Millionaire Profile – On A Scale Of 0-100 How Financially Empowered Am I Right Now? - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2007 from James Lee ValentineThis Millionaire Profile determines how financially empowered a person is. Attaining a million dollar net worth for most people is not a rapid occurrence, often it happens over many decades and is the result of many financial disciplines diligently followed during the course of the millionaire’s ...
Views: 502 - Can You Live Totally In The Moment? - by Do you know what that means?
It means erase all of your personal history, so nothing will get in your way of living for the moment.
You can't remember that so-and-so used to call you a dummy -- and therefore your are.
You can't remember that your teacher told you you couldn't write or ...
Views: 899 - Make My Day - by When you approach a business to ask about something that you’ve asked about before, do you say “I spoke with that elderly lady over there.”?
Can she hear you? If so, why not make her day? Why not say “I spoke with that nice lady over there.”?
When you need to describe someone, do you go for ...
Views: 846 - Do You Know You Have A Brain AND A Mind? - by Your mind is where you think your thoughts.
Your brain is in your head and pretty much controls your body.
Now, if your mind is suddenly shocked by something you see, it translates very quickly to your brain -- which translates very quickly to your body. Depending on the severity of the ...
Views: 851 - A Little Known Secret That Helps Anyone Be A Hero - by Have you ever been in a meeting where you are all trying to come up with a solution, but no one can? Everyone is looking at their papers, or gazing into space, or shaking their head in puzzlement. No one knows the answer, and they're pretty sure they're not going to come up with one any time ...
Views: 893 - Does Your Brain Make You A Winner? - by Your brain can make you a winner or a loser. It just depends on what your mind has told it! If your brain makes you a loser, would you like to change your mind?
OK. Here's how we're going to do it. You will be visualizing, so get comfortable.
Please put your hand on that soft little spot in ...
Views: 840 - Walk Your Talk - by You are ready to go on your job interview, your first date, your first meeting with the in-laws. What are you saying to yourself? What picture of yourself are you projecting? What kind of pitch are you pitching in your mind?
If your thoughts are "Why am I doing this? I know they won't like me. ...
Views: 822 - Fear of Success? Fear of Failure? What’s Holding YOU Back? - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2007 from Lorraine CohenAt the beginning of the year, you probably created your marketing and business plan along with your business vision, right? Perhaps getting more clients, building a blockbuster business, starting a new business, eliminating procrastination, improving your marketing efforts, generating affiliate ...
Views: 964 - Wounded Wolves -- The Journey Forward - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2007 from Dr. Rick (Eric) JohnsonThis is a story about finding your way. It’s dedicated to any and all people that may have found themselves lost, confused, powerless, in a dead end career, going nowhere and those who may have lost sight of what they really want from life. It’s a story about “Wounded Wolves” and making the ...
Views: 1447 - From The Frying Pan Into The Fire - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2007 from Linda-Ann StewartYears ago, a friend of mine planned to move from one job to another because she didn't feel valued in the one she had. Since I was afraid she hadn't dealt with the reason she'd attracted the original job and feeling of being mistreated, I wondered if changing jobs was a good idea. She asserted ...
Views: 868 - Principled Living - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2007 from Vicki MotsingerPeople without principles are like boats without rudders; cars without steering wheels. Their directions are aimless and their decisions are haphazard. When principles occupy the center of your life, they help you arrive quickly at the right decision for you when opportunities open or crises ...
Views: 1787 - Love & Energy Healing for Your Sick Children, Family Members & Friends - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2007 from Brent Atwater:Love & Energy Healing for Your Sick Children, Family Members & Friends The alternative medicine of Love is a great Healer. Often times when a child is sick, a Mother doesn't know where to turn other than to allopathic medicine. Complementary to and integrated with traditional medical ...
Views: 5983 - Old Tapes Tell Us We Are "Not Enough" - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2007 from alex blackwellListening to old tapes we play over and over in our head keep us from creating the life that we want, and deserve. Think of an old tape as a message that you retrieve, perhaps subconsciously, when confronted with an opportunity for growth. The message contained in this tape is essentially a ...
Views: 1039 - Discover Your Individuality - Women 40 yrs Plus - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2007 from Danette HibberdWomen 40 yrs Plus must discover how to breakfree and become an individual. Your most precious possession in this life is your individuality. Know that your life will be based on mediocrity if you simply use others as a model and go along with the flow. You must learn to break free from the ...
Views: 1373 - Prayer: Suggestions on How to Pray, Realizing the Power of YOUR Prayer - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2007 from Brent Atwater:There is a technique for everything, including prayers. Although emanating from your heart and soul, prayers can be refined to produce better results through the following suggestions on how to verbalize your prayers. 1. Be SPECIFIC, YOU MUST BE SPECIFIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!! . Being specific lets ...
Views: 1839 - Are You Just Right? - by Do you often think you are just right, or is it just the opposite? Have you ever thought you were too skinny or too fat, too tall or too short, too young or too old, ugly rather than beautiful or handsome, and so on?
These are untruths that have been foisted on us by all with whom we have come ...
Views: 836 - What Has Passed, Is Gone! - by How many of us are guilty of living in the past? Some spend their whole lives trying to live in the past and others only brief moments. Our lives are right now, right this moment.
We should look to the past only to learn from the mistakes we have made and the lessons we have learned. We then ...
Views: 809 - Can We Really Change Other People? - by We often fool ourselves into thinking we can change other people into what we think they should be. And we often go to great lengths in attempts to do just that. What an enormous waste of our personal time and talents! Before you disagree, read on and see what has led to this conclusion.
Those ...
Views: 1027 - How Do You Treat Others? - by When others are angry with you, loving to you, critical of you, and so on, do you treat them the same? We tend to treat others, except those in a position of authority or power over us, the same way they treat us.
Let's say you enter a restaurant expecting great service and a tasty meal. The ...
Views: 1350 - Does It Really Matter? - by We are all involved in this game called life and we will have our challenges and successes. One thing that will have great bearing on our attitude and lives is how we treat those challenges and successes.
Have you ever had one of those days where nothing seems to go right? What was your ...
Views: 749 - Are You A Perfectionist? - by There are those of us who wish for every single thing to be absolutely perfect before we move. We believe in perfection and strive for perfection. Is there such a thing as perfection or is it only an illusion we have accepted as being real?
In reality and in nature, is anything truly perfect? ...
Views: 793 - Nothing Is As Good (Or As Bad) As It Seems! - by We often think it would be good to win or inherit several million dollars. Why? For starters, we could pay off all our debts, travel around the world, purchase that magnificent mansion we have always wanted, acquire the automobiles of our dreams and obtain just about anything else money can buy. ...
Views: 2305 - Is Life Fair? - by How we look at life depends greatly on our circumstances. When we are happy, healthy and have sufficient money for all of our needs and wants, we think life is more than fair.
Put the shoe on the other foot where we are unhappy, sickly and constantly worried about money, and we deem life to be ...
Views: 886 - Change, You, And The Internet! - by It is strange that most of us fight change and are unwilling to go along with anything new or different. Perhaps it is because we are frightened by it. We always prefer to cling to the known and familiar.
Where would we be today if everyone had always clung to the known and familiar? There ...
Views: 900 - Do You Take On The Problems of Others? - by How many of us either willingly or unwillingly try to solve the problems of others? It seems to be a common trait of humanity that our own problems are not enough, we have to also take on other people's problems.
We do not realize we cannot solve the problems of others because we did not ...
Views: 1787 - How Do You Handle A Bad Day? - by Actually there is no such thing as a bad or a good day. Nothing is either good or bad unless your thinking makes it so.
Let's say you are in a bad traffic jam and on your way to a very important meeting. Your thoughts immediately turn to the dire consequences of being late for or missing the ...
Views: 803 - Your Life Is Like A River! - by Your life begins small, something like the drops of rain which become small streams and eventually great rivers which flow into the ocean.
Like these streams and rivers, we encounter obstacles and challenges. The streams and rivers overcome these obstacles by wearing them down or finding a ...
Views: 17224(1 vote) - 9 WAYS TO GET THE MOST OUT OF LIVING YOUR LIFE PURPOSE - by You have finally clarified what your life is about, you know who you are and what your life purpose is. You have even created a life purpose statement. Now what? How do you get the most out of the work you've done. How do you have your life purpose shape your life? This list will help guide you ...
Views: 754 - 9 Ways to Getting the Most out of Living on Purpose - by Finally you've clarified what your life is about. You know who you are and what your life purpose is. You have even created a life purpose statement. Now what? How do you get the most out of the work you've done. How do you have your life purpose shape your life? This list will help guide ...
Views: 1613 - You have the Courage - by As a Minister, Spiritual Teacher and one who is fortunate enough to be clairvoyant, I am often involved with the "death" process. A strange expression? Not really. You would not object to my saying the "moving process" in regard to your relocating. You rully accept the various steps that have to ...
Views: 667 - Manifesting Your Dreams and Desires - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2007 from Shirley KnappWhat are your dreams? Are you in a place in your life where part of it feels limited or exhausting? If so, it is the time for you to begin manifesting your dreams and desires. First of all you must remember that Miracles do happen and that it is time to reach for the top. Not to order from ...
Views: 809 - A Little Bit of Appreciation Goes a Long Way - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2007 from Mike RobbinsOprah Winfrey is one of the most successful and influential people in the world today. Her life-story of the difficulty, poverty, rape, teen pregnancy, and pain that occurred in her early years are well-known and documented. For the first six years of her life, the young Oprah Winfrey was ...
Views: 3625 - Helping the Children is the Priority for the Mobile Scientology Volunteer Center of Tamil Nadu - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2007 from Linda WielandThey travel throughout the region, visiting with local leaders, finding out what each village or town needs and providing services that really help. That's how the members of the Mobile Volunteer Ministers Center of Tamil Nadu, India have come to be known, and why they are becoming an ...
Views: 2147(1 vote) - The power of a decision - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2007 from Dennis FisherThe Power of a Decision. By Dennis Fisher. This first step on your road to success is to make a decision. A decision is a product of the mind that initiates a course of action. You have to make a definite, serious, specific, ...
Views: 1198 - Understanding WORK (part 4) - Flush that stinking job. - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2007 from Johan CampbellRemember that there are 3 ways to get out of a job you don't like. 1. Do it so badly that you get fired. 2. Do it so well that you get promoted. 3. Resign and find another job or go out and start your own business. What we want to work on is the positive side of life and the best way to ...
Views: 1141 - Curse of the If...Then, Maybe...When... - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2007 from Katie MattsonThousands of writers have written about it, thousands of friends have advised it, thousands of inspirational speakers have promoted it... “It” is the theory that if you do something, anything to move towards a goal, you will be closer to it. Why? Because you are no longer standing ...
Views: 1404 - Understanding WORK. (part 3) - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2007 from Johan CampbellBased on some of the feedback that I have received this is a very sensitive subject. In fact I have been told that I am heartless and that this is not motivating, however I am going to persevere with this subject as I believe that it is of great value. The only way we can build this nation is ...
Views: 950 - The Universe Is On Your Side - by "Nothing ever works for me," "Everything I try fails," "Whenever something good happens, something bad happens." Have you ever felt this way? I have had clients who have had these ideas as core concepts. Because this is what they believe, this is exactly what they manifest. They experience Life ...
Views: 1508 - AFFIRMATIONS: YOUR WONDER TOOL - by Affirmations are a wonderful tool and can be used to help bring change to any aspect of your life. An affirmation is a positive statement written in the present tense as though you have already achieved what you’re setting out to do.
It must always be absolutely positive and cannot include any ...
Views: 702 - Becoming More Conscious - by You are creating your life experience every single day. Your life is formed from what you think about all day long. The beliefs and attitudes that are so habitual that you don't even notice them shaping your experiences. Instead of responding to situations from an awareness of All Potentials, ...
Views: 673 - The Secret Of Affirmations - by I knew the power of affirmations. For years I'd used them sporadically, and for the main part, silently. At this point, however, I needed to make some drastic changes. So I began saying affirmations out loud. I declared them in the shower, in the car, while dressing, on walks, after meditation. ...
Views: 1240 - You can, move from feeling stuck to achieving success - by After 20 years of study, we've discovered what we believe to be the real secret to "happiness and achievement," but it cannot be described in a headline so please read this letter carefully
I have to teach you something in this letter. Once you understand it, you have a key that Paul Scheele ...
Views: 1150 - Sharing some Thoughts to Live By (and hopefully "put a smile on your dial - Updated) - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2007 from Craig LockArticle Title: Sharing some Thoughts to Live By (and hopefully "put a smile on your dial - Updated) Author Craig Lock Web Sites: http://www.craiglockbooks.com and http://www2.webng.com/writernz/books.html Publishing Guidelines: All my articles (and quotations) may be freely published. ...
Views: 1188 - MAINTAINING YOUR BEST PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE - by “The mind is everything; what you think you become.”
- Guatama Buddha
Do You Have What It Takes to Take It?
Without the strength to deal with the stresses in life: pain, sickness, disappointment, missed opportunities, bad business decisions, and more, you can easily be discouraged. ...
Views: 6038(1 vote) - The Perils of Postulating, or Why Some Things are Never Completed - by Having an idea is a good thing. Unless, that is, the idea never leaves the safe confines of your neural pathways. Most of us are truly visionaries. We’re dreaming, fantasizing, stepping out of the shower with a monumental idea that will resolve every problem that’s ever existed. Then what? The ...
Views: 781 - Managing Interruptions - by How many times are you interrupted in the course of a day? Chances are it is too many. Do you feel in control of your schedule? If the answer is NO, would you like to start to manage your interruptions?
Interruptions usually happen when there is a conflict of priorities between yourself and a ...
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