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New View, New You, New Life - by Rob White5 Primal Principles of Communication - by Rob White- Urgent vs Important - by Learn to distinguish "urgent" from "important".
URGENT - "requiring or compelling speedy action or attention" (NOW!) We react to urgent tasks.
IMPORTANT - "of great significance or value" (GIVES RESULTS) Important tasks require more initiative and being proactive.
Sometimes urgent things ...
Views: 949 - Communicating With Your Doctor - A Guide to Doing It Right - by Have you ever come home from a visit to your doctor wondering if you really understood your medical problem or how to take your medications? In the past, doctors were in charge of your care and you were to "follow orders." These days, patients and doctors have an equal responsibility for care. ...
Views: 780 - When You Know What You Want, You Get What You Want - by You know what you want out of life, right? You may quickly answer, “Of course!” but take a moment to really think about this. Can you write down exactly what it is you want? Most of us think we know, but when we sit down and try to write it down, we draw a blank. Others may know what they want ...
Views: 771 - On Creating Excellence No Matter What - by If you hate your job, your relationship, or some other part of your life, you are not exactly a rarity. Many people are caught up in their own personal crisis. In such a situation, it becomes all too easy to moan, grumble, and seek to undermine others. Essentially, you do as little as possible ...
Views: 673 - Uprooting The Tree Of Ignorance - by Why do we fail to do the good that we know we should? Why do we fall below our own standards? Why do we try so hard to make progress in life and yet have little to really show for it?
In Yoga philosophy, the term AVIDYA is used to describe the condition that causes this tendency within us. It ...
Views: 1529 - The Key Attitude For Success - by There is one key factor that can do more to guarantee your success in life than anything else. Conversely, the absence of that factor will be a sure guarantee of a life of failure and almost continual disappointment. That key factor is RESPONSIBILITY.
It sounds like something your mother told ...
Views: 850 - Stand Up For Your Rights - by I'll always remember the slogan, "You've come a long way Baby". Yes, women have come a long way. In the job market, in politics, and even at home, women have taken on stronger, more prominent roles. However, fairness and respect are often just out if reach. I know how it feels to be treated ...
Views: 851 - Sharing some more Thoughts/Writings on Peace (Part Two - Updated) - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2007 from Craig LockArticle Title: Sharing some more Thoughts/Writings on Peace (Part Two - Updated) Author Name: Craig Lock Key Words: Inspiration, Spiritual, Peace, World Peace Publishing Guidelines: These "rather heavy" writings may be freely published, electronically or in print. Enjoy (hopefully)... ...
Views: 596 - Are You Living Life Small or Big? - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2007 from Gini GreyWe always have a choice to be big or small, to operate from our higher selves or our egos. We can let our fears, inadequacies, judgments and smallness dominate or we can let our inner knowing, truth, trust and bigness lead the way. It’s a choice between dropping down to lower vibrations of ...
Views: 945 - Finding Your Personal Power in the Midst of Chaos - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2007 from Cari VollmerWhat can you do when the stuff that makes life crazy happens? As hard as it is not to get stressed out by unexpected events that demand your attention, getting stressed out only hurts one person: you. In the midst of chaos how can you regain your composure and feel in control once again? How ...
Views: 876 - Journal Writing as a Tool for Change - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2007 from Mark SanfordAs a tool for overcoming inner obstacles, I have found that journal keeping is an invaluable resource. I have used it in various strivings in the areas of smoking cessation, overcoming writer’s block, mastering call reluctance and, most recently, managing weight loss. As an inveterate ...
Views: 592 - Using Your Internal GPS - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2007 from Bishop Martin WilsonBack in February of this year the Lord blessed me with a Chrysler 300. One of my favorite parts of having this new car is what is called the GPS or Global Positioning System. This is an onboard computer that is link to 3 satellites. These Satellites can track my location within hundreds of feet. ...
Views: 1406 - Millionaire Analysis – Where Am I Now On My Road To A Million Dollar Net Worth? - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2007 from James Lee ValentineThis “Millionaire Analysis” is a roadmap for success, designed to enable you to discern your monetary strengths and understand your financial ambitions. Written in the first person, you will become a part of the message, literally woven into its financially empowering fabric. Let’s begin. My ...
Views: 507 - 10 Lessons Learned from a Grove of Giant Sequoias - by In the hushed silence of the forest deep within Sequoia National Forest, life lessons were whispered from amazing heights as these elderly giants grew magnificently heavenward.
1. Be ever observant and aware of the Majesty that surrounds you.
2. A spirit of wonder and child like delight will ...
Views: 915 - Embracing Uncertainty: Live Passionately Today - by Leonardo Da Vinci called it Sfumato. Many people call it confusing. For me, it was life changing. I am speaking of embracing paradox, ambiguity and uncertainty. We continue to grow outside of our comfort zones and lead a more passionate life when we accept its lessons completely.
In today's ...
Views: 699 - Deeply Rooted - by In a Wildlife Preserve outside Savannah, I experienced a scene like out of "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak. I went on a walk through a Spanish Moss covered dense wood within the swamp. The unusual collection of birds sang a symphony as they gathered there on the sunny May morning. ...
Views: 648 - Flying to the Top - by It started out well enough. I was talking to my two older brothers about the last six months of my life. We do not see each other often. In fact, twice in a calendar year is amazing! I got very excited at the prospect of telling them all that has been happening in my life. There have been so ...
Views: 759 - 8 Practical Methods to Remain Empowered During Stressful Time - by 1. Acknowledge that requesting support, guidance and partnership is not the same as being needy. Allowing someone else to give freely to you primes the pump in the universal law of giving and receiving. There are as many blessings to the giver as there are to the receiver: being open to ...
Views: 780 - 10 Secrets to Becoming a Catalyst for Personal Transformation - by 1. Make living on purpose your only way of being. No matter what role you are playing, job you are taking, always be endeavoring towards your larger vision.
2. Reach inside when you hit obstacles. Instead of looking outside yourself, playing a subtle blame game, go deeply within yourself. ...
Views: 750 - You have been programmed - by It is what it is - not what is programmed into us.
If you are going to be programmed at least know it for what it is.
Whether it be religion, politics or what ever belief systems you have bought into.
.............At least know that you are programmed and have bought into it.
We are ...
Views: 1171 - Little Things - by What a week this is going to be, right?
Opportunities, ideas, new ways of looking at things...
You create your Spiritual Success today!
Spiritual Success? This is the success you achieve from following spiritual principles to happiness that lead to your worldly and spiritual success. ...
Views: 872 - Sassy - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2007 from Jim CarpenterThe first time I saw Sassy Lewis, she was holding a nurse and two psychiatric attendants at bay with an upheld chair and a torrent of obscenity. She was 14 years old, very dark-skinned, a little chubby and short, but as intimidating as a wounded bear. It took a little fast talk and several ...
Views: 1209 - Our Humanity - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2007 from Tom WrightSucceeding is like winning a foot race. We cross the finish line, win or lose, with all that we have. There aren't certain "parts" of ourselves that we leave behind, even though in the arena of personal growth it sometimes seems that way. It seems like we leave our ability for frustration, or ...
Views: 692 - Don't Blame Yourself For The Shortcomings of Self-Help Programs - by With the start of the New Year and a new millennium, you may consider embarking on a self-help program in a quest to improve the quality of your life.
If you strictly adhere to a "proven" program that has succeeded for others, however, and fail to produce the results you want, you may become ...
Views: 1491 - Earning Your Own Respect - by Be careful to not become so caught up in getting ready to live that you forget to live.
Imagine a football team that becomes so involved in planning their strategy for the big game that they forget to leave the locker room to go on the playing field, or the student who never applies the ...
Views: 638 - Self Growth - by In various writings about emotional issues in people’s lives, you have probably seen reference to the term polarity, as well as the term shadow. One way to notice when we have a polarity within our own life situation is when we have a fixed negative viewpoint about our situation. When we do, it ...
Views: 755 - Emotions are the Dashboard of Your Life - by How many of us put on a happy face to conceal the real sadness, anger, or jealousy we feel? Most of us hide our real feelings many times a day for fear of being judged, being inappropriate, or appearing petty.
Ironically, by resisting our negative feelings we are resisting our own happiness. ...
Views: 1991 - Are You Enjoying Your Journey? - by Are you living the life that you truly want and enjoy? Many people tell me: “Larry you always look so happy and fulfilled.?I normally respond: “I am having the time of my life!!!?
I truly enjoy doing what I do. I have always loved talking and traveling. Now, to get compensated for something I ...
Views: 896 - Get up and Get Over it! - by Ok. So life has thrown you a curve ball. You have fallen and your feel like you can’t get up. You lost your job, your money and your honey. What do you do? My advice is: "Get up and Get Over it!" Yes, you read right. Let me say it again, "Get up and Get Over it!" When will you realize stuff ...
Views: 729 - Ten Excellent Ways How Failure Can Be More Beneficial To You Than Success! - by _______________________________________________
"Ten Excellent Ways
How Failure Can Be More Beneficial To You
Than Success!"
Written By: Darren Roberts
Copyright ?1998, All Rights Reserved
Five Of Which;
Very Few Conventional Marketers Would Have Ever
Thought ...
Views: 2360 - Mind Control - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2010 from Lynne HoftMind Control Mind Control By Lynne A. Hoft, EdD & Vivian Hildebrandt, MA Do you have trouble getting to sleep? Are your thoughts keeping you awake? Try as one might, it often seems impossible to quiet those racing thoughts. Yet it is possible to quiet a busy mind by ...
Views: 1012 - Does Your Life Have Meaning ? - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2007 from carol powel-smithDOES YOUR LIFE HAVE MEANING? How often do you ask yourself-What’s it all about? What’s my purpose? Where am I going? Like most people, many times I would imagine. In reality we won’t know the answer to that question while we are alive. We can speculate and guess and make educated hypotheses. ...
Views: 541 - Finance your Dream - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2007 from Derrick HayesFinance Your Dream Encouragement Speaker Derrick Hayes Is money stopping you from fulfilling your destiny? I recently read a book by Hotep called The Hustler’s 10 Commandments. The 9th Commandment is “It takes Dough To make Bread.” Most people don’t know how to raise the dough so that their ...
Views: 1321 - THE ART OF ACTIVE LISTENING - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2007 from Roy BurtonThe Art of Active Listening There is an old German proverb that says “No man has learned to speak well until he has first learned to hold his tongue.” But many of us are so used to speaking with others throughout the course of a day, and so eager to get our opinions heard, that we tend to ...
Views: 15621 - "Hello, How Are You?" This is a Trick Question - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2007 from Dr. Kathy Joyce AbbottYes, this is truly a trick question, and one that we have noticed people get wrong when they first start out trying to think positively. Us included. The law of attraction says that we attract to us whatever we say. So, if our answer to the simple question, “Hi, How are you?” is something like ...
Views: 2552 - La Vie en Rose: Edith Piaf’s Transformation - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2007 from Susan DunnI have been a fan of Edith Piaf’s for many years. Among her esoteric US following was the basketball team at my college, which used to warm up to her song, “Milord.” I was also a student of French, and learned to sing along with many of her songs. Even though I knew nothing of her life, and ...
Views: 3458 - “SURVIVOR TO THRIVER”: Healing The Impact of Childhood Abuse - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2007 from Lauri Allison LaBadieHealing the impact of childhood abuse is a difficult yet hopeful process. If you were physically or sexually abused as a child, you may often feel fragmented, confused, vulnerable, and somewhat chaotic inside. You may have difficulty with trust and intimacy in your relationships, and your ...
Views: 1395 - Knowing Myself Through Collage - by These collages are not about art. They are not meant to be framed for a gallery. They are about me - my likes, my fears, my regrets, and my dreams. I spent my life focusing on others ?trying to please them. I was interested in their opinions, likes, dislikes and desires. I never spent any time ...
Views: 2932 - How To Keep Your Entrepreneurial Spirit Strong In Challenging Times - by Hope, opportunities and possibilities – these are the lifeblood of the entrepreneurial spirit. Yet now, with world events, economic forecasts, and the reality of your own bottom-line your entrepreneurial spirit may be having trouble responding. You may not feel the hope, see the opportunities or ...
Views: 704 - Top 10 Steps to Improve your Personal Effectiveness - by What would your life look like 1 year from today if you increased your personal effectiveness by just 5%? You can do 5% - everyone can. Here are some field-tested and approved tips for doing just that.
1. Know that you CAN change your life.
For each area of your life(family, career, health ...
Views: 1782 - BUILDING TRUST IN YOUR LIFE - by Without trust, you can't be willing to sacrifice, cooperate or commit yourself. You want to be appreciated for what you contribute. Building respect for individual differences, where one person can relate to another's interest - even when they disagree - is paramount to developing a respectful ...
Views: 622 - Your Challenge is to Achieve ! - by Several years ago I read the book "The Achievement Challenge - How to be a 10 in Business". The authors, Don Beveridge Jr. and Jeffrey P. Davidson outlined ten specific activities and personality traits hat will help you reach that goal. In this article, I've given examples for each of these ...
Views: 749 - Act as If - by We can only control our attitude and actions. Each of us has a choice each minute, of each hour, of each day, how we will think and act. The bottom line - “what we give out will surely return, be wise” Try a smile or kind gesture. It only takes a moment and will show results immediately. ...
Views: 648 - Time Surfing - by Live in the moment. Stay in the present. How many times have we all heard that advice? But the truth is, most human beings are either having thoughts about something that just happened or something that is about to happen in their life. Those thoughts might be from a few seconds to a few ...
Views: 805 - Put Your Hound Dog Out of His Misery - by “You ain't nothin' but a hound dog, just a'cryin' all the time.?Who hasn't heard Elvis belt out that rock and roll classic, but did you ever consider the hidden meaning behind those words? Clearly this was a song about the long-term effects of a negative attitude, and the hidden implication is, ...
Views: 787 - Overcoming Your Fear of the Unknown - by We fluctuate between two extremes in our daily lives-the known and the unknown. The known is our comfort zone, a path where we are contented, and yet confined. When we operate in the known, we anticipate, plan, control, and limit ourselves by creating boundaries.
The unknown, while more vague ...
Views: 774 - Transcendending through Meditation - by In 1980 John Pronchik, who graduated from Penn State in 1978, was a stressed out electronic engineer burdened with work pressure and health problems stemming from a back injury as a result of a motor cycle accident. "I felt I was losing my grip," he says, "and found myself drinking more in order ...
Views: 1127 - About self-help - by Are we all talking about the same thing when we talk about self-help? I don’t think so.
The American Heritage Dictionary defines self-help as follows: “The act or an instance of helping or improving oneself without assistance from others.” Note: “without assistance from others”. This is very ...
Views: 630 - Your Dreams May Be Telling You Something - by Your dreams can become a reality. This is true! Yes, this is possible by learning to tap into your inner power and strength. While dreaming, you release your doubt about your world of possibilities. Without doubts there are no limitations. Personally, I believe that your dreams do not reflect an ...
Views: 9274 - Appreciate Me! - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2007 from Noelle NelsonYou scrimp, you save. You wash dishes, mop floors, endlessly pick up dropped sweaters, backpacks, skateboards, CDs, dirty dishes. You help with homework, chauffeur regardless of how tired you are or how early/late/inconvenient it is. That’s on top of your 40-stretching-to-50 hour work week. Does ...
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