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New View, New You, New Life - by Rob White5 Primal Principles of Communication - by Rob White- Perfect Action - No Mistakes - by Everyone has had setbacks before. Normally, most people find a way around, over or through their setbacks. But then, there are those who begin to believe in their mistakes. They begin to give their mistakes life by constantly reliving them. Ernest Holmes says "if the belief in the necessity of ...
Views: 1065 - The Uncertainty Principle - by Two sailors ran into each other in a pub. Over a few beers, one of the men told the other about his last voyage: "After a month at sea," he said, "we discovered our masts had been eaten through by termites! Almost nothing left of them."
"That's terrible," said the second sailor.
"That's what I ...
Views: 720 - Think Strong - by Some people are emotionally stronger than others. They can take a lot of stress and strain without falling apart, while others collapse into a whimpering heap at the smallest things.
The main difference between an emotionally weak person and an emotionally strong person is what they think when ...
Views: 919 - ONE SACRED MOMENT IN TIME AND SPACE - Essay poem - by We have entered this human body for a short, scared moment on Planet Earth.
Each moment is precious At each moment we make choices on how to navigate our soul through time and space.
Our soul seeks to experience love in the human form, in physical reality.
Each choice determines our past, ...
Views: 2869 - 10 Things To Do Before You Die - by A friend of mine once said, "The fear of death seems to stem from the fear of not living the way we want to." Interesting thought.
Whether you agree with that statement or not, one thing is certain: Our time here on this mound of dirt is limited. Why not make the most of your life with the ...
Views: 793 - 10 Simple Things To Do To Create An Incredible Life - by Let's face it; life is not complicated. The most important things are often the most basic. We humans like to complicate life with "issues, excuses & clutter." Are you interested in simplifying your life? The following suggestions, done on a regular basis will create incredible results for you: ...
Views: 697 - 10 Simple Things To Do To Create An Incredible Life - by Let's face it; life is not complicated. The most important things are often the most basic. We humans like to complicate life with "issues, excuses & clutter." Are you interested in simplifying your life? The following suggestions, done on a regular basis will create incredible results for you: ...
Views: 720 - SELFISHNESS IS A GOOD THING - by By selfish, I don't mean that you manipulate or intimidate other people into doing your bidding...That is egotistical. Selfishness means giving yourself permission to do exactly as you darn please, and respecting everyone else's right todo the same. That way, when you come together, you will ...
Views: 3709 - Fear or Confidence: Which Are You Choosing? - by Fear can be the greatest motivator, but it is also the number one cause of stress,
which leads to effort, struggle, suffering, accidents, pain and disease. Fear wears
many masks, some of which include:
¡¤ Fear of rejection
¡¤ Fear of failure
¡¤ Fear of losing ...
Views: 729 - So What? - by * So what if I am confused, I can seek clarity.
* So what if I feel overwhelmed, I can always change my point of focus.
* So what if I am upset that I didn’t know that sooner, I know it now.
* So what if that didn’t turn out okay, I gained new knowledge and wisdom from it.
* So what if I ...
Views: 760 - When the Chips Are Down, That's When You Know - by I have long thought that when the chips are down and things are not going my way is the perfect time to see who I really am. Recently, I had an incredible opportunity to find that out and to take a huge leap in evolution at the same time.
I completed a project, for which I was partially paid, ...
Views: 861 - A Message from the Big U - by I am your confidant. You can tell me anything at all and I will always understand and love you. I know that you always do your very best and that sometimes your fears get the best of you. I know that you have come a long way and have grown and matured in immeasurable ways. To me, you are a ...
Views: 822 - Making Difficult Decisions with Ease - by Have you ever struggled to make a decision? Do you sometimes base your decisions on what you think you will get as a result of a given choice? For instance, "If I take that job, I will have more money, and when I get more money then I can stop worrying about my bills."
The problem with a "If I ...
Views: 765 - Financial Abundance or Lack: Which One Are You Creating? - by I've noticed that there are many people who feel they lack sufficient money to be completely happy. However, while wanting money, they frequently think about not having enough money and how that lack prevents them from having, doing or being what they want. Yet, their very thoughts about lack ...
Views: 837 - Your Mission, Should You Decide to Accept it...... - by Are you one who acts or reacts? Does it matter?
To act means to produce a result. Many of us are doers, we love to accomplish things, reach goals, act on ideas, begin or complete projects, close deals, etc. But what happens when we go beyond action to reaction? Well obviously we still produce ...
Views: 1013 - Whose Thought Is It Anyway - by Winter is finally yielding to spring in the New England town I live in. I woke up this morning excited to go outside for a walk to feel the warming air and sunshine on my face. As I walked briskly throughout my neighborhood I was grateful for my life and all my blessings.
As I was breathing in ...
Views: 720 - The Perfect Mind and Body - by Yes, any man or woman can be a knockout -- rapidly, forever. How? By harnessing key knowledge, any man or women can quickly develop a super mind, a super body, and super happiness. Amazing, perhaps. But starkly real.
Consider that the human mind and human body are one; they are an integrated ...
Views: 1697 - Are You An Average Person? - by Submitted on May 30, 2007 from NancyAnn PicotteWe are all basically alike in our desires and capacities. There is not too great a difference in our abilities. Because there is not much foundational difference in people, we could theoretically assume everyone should progress at the same rate of speed. However, in practice this is just not ...
Views: 1170 - Be A Quitter Like Me - by Submitted on May 29, 2007 from Kyle EasthamIt used to bother me when someone called me a Quitter! In junior high school I quit the baseball team. “Look, there goes Kyle. He’s a Quitter!” Then after high school I had the tremendous honor of being accepted to attend the US Military Academy at West Point. What an amazing place. This is the ...
Views: 867 - Manage Your Negative Habits, Eliminate Your Payoffs - by Recently, Dr. Phil McGraw, the author of "Life Strategies" sat down with four women on Oprah to talk about why they haven't been able to take their excess weight off. It was music to my ears… here, finally, was someone talking about what I have said for years… to manage your life, eliminate your ...
Views: 946 - Oh Those Pesky Bad Habits, Part II - by Okay, now that's you've read part 1 and have your list of good, positive habits together, it's time for part 2 and back to those negative pesky habits again .
What I have discovered that grabs our attention the most are those pesky habits, both small and large, that seem to get in the way of ...
Views: 687 - Oh Those Pesky Bad Habits, Part I - by One of the things I ask every new coaching client to examine is their everyday habits. Why? Basically because good habits strengthen and empower. Negative habits weaken and harm. While positive habits add to our lives, negative habits simply detract, derail and disempower us from truly living a ...
Views: 686 - What Motivates You? - by Motivation is something I have been interested in all of my adult life. I have read several books, listened to countless audio and video tapes on the subject, interviewed people who are successful in various areas of life, and done a great deal of self-evaluation.
I must say, to this day, I ...
Views: 708 - Persevere And Fly! - by "The Wright Brothers created
the single greatest cultural force
since the invention of writing.
The airplane became the first
World Wide Web, bringing people,
languages, ideas, and values together."
~~~ Bill Gates, Microsoft
I had the ...
Views: 724 - THE FRESH PICTURE - by Can you recognize qualities about others, that they do not recognize in themselves? If you did, is it possible for you to use this gift to benefit all related parties?
Each of us possesses a unique gift (at least one), and most of the time, only WE know what it is. If YOU could read minds, you ...
Views: 739 - Cultivate Your Gift - by Are you prepared with the right attitude to serve others? Is your mind organized in an orderly way in agreement with your most core values and principles?
It is not really possible to continually focus our minds on this orderly way. The way I am referring to is established not by what we are ...
Views: 965 - Predictive Miracles - by Aren't there any other alternatives?
This question points to whether or not you have any options which may be different, hopefully better, than to the way things are now (as in your present circumstance).
My personal philosophy is not to let current circumstance dictate each response. Each ...
Views: 855 - Get REAL! - by Can you trick the Universal Laws of nature and do you listen to the Call of the free?
In life, many people practice complacency and are not aware of the reality of what they were born to accomplish. They do not acknowledge the possible potential which lies within each and every one of us. ...
Views: 745 - Journey Through The Wilderness - by During the Journey between your present situation and your intended destination, you will travel through a "Wilderness." This is a time after having made the most important life- changing decision of your life, leaving your past behind, setting a new track to run on ... focused on your future. ...
Views: 789 - How I Inspired Myself to Exercise - by Submitted on May 27, 2007 from JoAnn SkyWatcherThis last summer I had the pure joy of being able to hang out with our God-daughter, Kamala. She was a couple of months old at that time, and I got to hold that sweet bundle of joy! To my dismay, it really hurt my elbows, wrists and hands to hold her. In fact, a couple of times I felt as though ...
Views: 924 - Recognizing Who We Really Are - by Submitted on May 26, 2007 from JoAnn SkyWatcherI have been focusing my energy in sharing EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) with as many people as I can. I believe that it is an incredible tool that helps people energetically dissolve issues that may have created stumbling blocks in their lives. I personally have worked with numerous people ...
Views: 973 - Clarity, Creativity, or Genius: Finding your Diamonds in the Mud - by Submitted on May 26, 2007 from Tama KievesHere’s a little secret. You can’t force clarity, creativity, or genius. Yes, it’s maddening when you don’t know what you want--and no one else knows--because it’s your life. Years ago, I felt very confused about a relationship issue. I journaled about it, cried about it, meditated about it, ...
Views: 991 - Bubble Over from Within - by How clear are you and how deep do you "bubble over" from within, the life you aspire to bring into reality? Have you memorized your mission and does the evidence of this belief exude from in-between the spaces that exist moment to moment, thought by thought, action to action?
Here is the best ...
Views: 911 - So Many Dreams Are Waiting To Be Realized - by So many dreams are waiting to be realized - Maybe it's a business you've wanted to start, perhaps it's something as simple as growing a home garden, even still maybe it's a trip to another country you've always dreamed of visiting. Whatever it is you owe it to yourself to do what you have to ...
Views: 1627 - Don't Give Up Just Shy Of Your Dreams - by Don't give up short of your dreams - A necessary skill for achieving that which you desire in your life is the ability to give the task at hand that one last go around... Often it is a matter of looking near defeat in the face, and just plain moving forward in spite of all the difficulties ...
Views: 862 - No Need For Being Happy All The Time - by I am really shocked at what people do to feel happy. It seems like this is a disease.
Actually I think what's really happening is that we all had this feeling of happiness at least once in our life. When we were born to this planet, at the beginning of our life there was happiness.
Pure ...
Views: 926 - Emotional Strength Through Muscle Building - by Submitted on May 24, 2007 from Bette DowdellIt’s a much mourned fact of life that watching exercise videos doesn't build muscles. Couch potatoes who can legitimately boast about six-pack abs don’t exist. Reading bodybuilding books doesn't get the job done, either. Reading can take us on many wondrous journeys of the mind, ...
Views: 1130 - Human Design Perspective on Behavior - by Submitted on May 23, 2007 from Kip WinsettHuman beings, as we know them today, have been successful as a species for many thousands of years. Over those millennia a number of behaviors have sustained us and helped us to survive in many different circumstances. Most of our behaviors have stuck with us for so long because, in general, our ...
Views: 861 - Are You in the Waiting Room of Life - by Submitted on May 23, 2007 from Lynda BevanAre you in the Waiting Room of Life? Are you waiting for life to happen to you? Do you feel that you are sitting in a waiting room and that in the next room you can see through the window where true life is being experienced by other people? Do you want to enter that room but don’t know ...
Views: 1623 - Change Your Mind - Change Your Life - by Submitted on May 21, 2007 from Gary SpolanskyThe opinions we hold of ourselves are often influenced by the views and observations of our family, friends, schools, work, society, etc. These opinions are often based on inferences, assumptions and the subjective interpretation of experiences from earlier times in our lives, when we were ...
Views: 894 - Claiming YOUR More than 15 Minutes of Fame! - by You are a small business owner, alternative health care professional/doctor, and/or selling health-care related products. GETTING AND KEEPING THE WORD OUT that you exist IS and should be your Number One Top Priority. As part of your total marketing plan, you probably advertise in various places, ...
Views: 852 - Top Ten Steps to Focus on Achieving What You Really Want - by 1. Write a list of everything you want in all 8 areas of your life. Physical environment, Health, Friends/Family, Work/Business, Partner/Relationship, Fun/Recreation, Personal Development, Finances. When you can clearly see everything you want, your choice of focus is more balanced.
2. List ...
Views: 828 - I Don't Have Enough Time - by How often do you hear yourself saying you don't have enough time? Even if you're not saying it out loud, I bet you think it. "I wish I had more time" or "There's never enough hours in a day" are statements voiced every day by most people. It's a fact of life that there just isn't enough time. ...
Views: 954 - Do You Have Faith in What You Are Doing? - by Starting out on any venture whether it's a new business or a trip to the local supermarket requires faith.
We live by faith or we do not live at all. Either we venture or we vegetate. If we venture, we do so by faith, simply because we cannot know the end of anything at its beginning. ...
Views: 864 - Global Love Feast Day - 22nd November 2001 - by Here is a date for your diary for THE event of the year :
GLOBAL LOVE FEAST DAY - 22nd November 2001
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THIS IS A DAY dedicated to LOVE -- be love, give love, share love, make love!
THIS IS THE DAY to tell your family that you love them - go on, blow ...
Views: 1131 - Continually Improve Your Life - by Northrop Frye, a Canadian literary critic, has said that "the mind best fitted for survival in any world is the mind that has discovered how knowledge can be joyful, leading to a friendship with wisdom that is pure delight. That mind is ready to tackle any kind of knowledge with intentness of ...
Views: 772 - Self-Sabotaged by Research - by A woman in my MasterMind group posed a question today: why did she spend all her time doing research and never actually go on with "doing" the thing she was researching? She loved looking up information, finding resources, interviewing people, gathering facts. But taking these facts and applying ...
Views: 718 - How to Make a Successful Complaint and Get the Results You Want - by Submitted on May 19, 2007 from Rebekah FensomeMaking a complaint is part of our lives and so to shy away from it will mean that we are not getting what we want from life. Whatever excuse you may use to avoid complaining, “I don’t like confrontation”, I’m not the argumentative type”, then please ignore this as it’s about standing up for ...
Views: 1812 - The Power of Stories - by 2. WORKING THOUGHTS: Powerful Stories
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"That’s the story of my life."
"What’s your story?"
"I want to hear the whole story."
"The rest of the story."
"That’s his story."
"A likely story."
These phrases attest to the power of story. Stories shape our ...
Views: 675 - Calling Your Energy Home - by Do you have the energy to sustain a full and balanced life (what I often refer to as "your bigger game"), or do you sometimes suspect that if your dreams came true you would be too tired or scattered to sustain them?
Two reasons we run short of energy are leakage and lack of focus. These ...
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