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New View, New You, New Life - by Rob White5 Primal Principles of Communication - by Rob White- A MINI-FACELIFT TO HELP YOU REVILITALIZE AND REJUVINATE YOUR PERSONALITY - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2013 from Marcia CammarataIt is a long standing belief that major personality makeovers are not possible according to most psychologists. We unconsciously follow the script written in our genes since birth. The basic construction of our unique personality is set by our DNA, but we can utilize the cards we are dealt to ...
Views: 1590(3 votes) - A New Year, A New Us: My New Year's Plan. - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2010 from Mackenzie PearceHappy, happy New Year! If you are like me you cannot wait to let go of 2009 and all the garbage that came with it (and did there not seem to be more in 2009 then any other year???) then take today to reflect and let go of everything negative and upsetting and just down right sucky from 2009 ...
Views: 1604(1 vote) - A NEW YEARS RESOLUTION: YES or NO? - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2003 from Dave ShieldsI've heard it said that by the end of January, over 90% of individuals who make New Years resolutions don't remember what they were. Why is this so? People are often sincere, however, they are not yet in the right place for big changes in their lives. Many others want to continue same ...
Views: 2886(1 vote) - A Stunningly Successful New Year's Resolution - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2010 from Ed MayhewRecently we looked at why most New Year's Resolutions are doomed to failure. Today let's look at a resolution that was stunningly successful and see if we can figure out why. Let's face it, by the time we hit our forties, many, if not most, of us have had so many failed New Years' Resolutions ...
Views: 1212(2 votes) - A time for change - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2003 from carlos amadorChange. What is it about change that makes us uneasy. What is it about the thought of being alone that keeps spouses together when one finds the other cheating? What is it about a new job that keeps people at jobs where they can't advance or will never get ahead? What is it about new challenges ...
Views: 811(1 vote) - A Winner’s Strategy: Write it Like You Own It - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2010 from Joyce ColemanHave you ever been frustrated when others fail to heed your suggestions for change – changes that will bring value to the organization or project beyond what anyone could possibly hope to achieve? Does it seem that others who don’t have a clue get immediate access to decision makers, when no ...
Views: 1803(1 vote) - Accepting What We Can’t Change & Embracing What We Can - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2010 from Sharon MikrutOne of my favorite quotes comes from Reinhold Niebuhr. He said “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” I think that most people have seen or heard this quote at some point in their lives. ...
Views: 2668(1 vote) - Accidental Millionaire – the Next Chapter - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2009 from Stephanie FrankIt was a room filled with about 300 networking engineers. True geeks, that’s for sure. I was there in the room to deliver a training to these high-level engineers about a subject they all loved – TCP/IP. As the training went on, I discussed protocol, troubleshooting, hacking (oh excuse me, ...
Views: 1378(1 vote) - Actor Joe Pantoliano Transforms His Depression to Empower Others - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery Satterwhite"I am now the most miserable man living. Whether I shall ever be better I cannot tell; I awfully forebode I shall not. To remain as I am is impossible; I must die or be better." - Abraham Lincoln American film and television actor Joe Pantoliano once identified strongly with Lincoln's sad ...
Views: 2481(1 vote) - Ambition is the Key to Personal Power - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2009 from Gerri D Smith"People who are in their personal power often affect others without trying. As leaders, they empower rather than control." -Joan Sotkin What are your dreams, your hopes, and your desires? Are they in harmony with your personal ambition to improve your life? Whether your goal is to be a ...
Views: 3122(1 vote) - An International Look on PTSD - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2014 from Abigail FazelatAlthough Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has always existed in the human psyche, it was not officially recognized by the medical community until about 1980, the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs estimates. When it first entered the DSM-III, the condition was apparently met with a stark ...
Views: 1359(1 vote) - An MBA? A Master of Being Alive - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2009 from Rebecca AstaraAs we begin the transformation process, our beliefs need to shift so we can experience beneficial behavioral changes. With everything in chaos around us, we require a system that’s Functional, Adaptable, Sustainable, (now in Time); FAST. Everything we do must be Functional, Sustainable, ...
Views: 1244(1 vote) - Apologizing brings great results - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2010 from Elinor StutzLong ago a sales manager said to me, “Sometimes you have to fall on your sword.” He was referring to saying the words, “I’m sorry; My error; My apology.” For many, and I’m one who had to learn, these words are difficult. But I quickly realized he was right. Forgiveness comes far more quickly ...
Views: 1334(1 vote) - Are We Affected By the Thoughts of Others? - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from Lissa JanniniLike a stone thrown into a body of water produces ripples over that water, your thoughts produce ripples and waves which transmit over the great ocean of thought that surrounds us. The same way that we are surrounded by a sea of air, We are encircled by a great sea of Mind. Our thought waves ...
Views: 3390(1 vote) - ARE YOU A QUANTUM THINKER? - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2014 from Natalia AlexandriaARE YOU A QUANTUM THINKER? by Natalia Alexandria No doubt some part of you is, but don’t be surprised if one day soon, you find that conventional thinking (the Cartesian, which is based on the principles of Newtonian physics), has taken a sharp turn toward quantum thinking. It’s been over ...
Views: 6587(1 vote) - Are You Answering the Call? - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2009 from Reggie OdomDo you know that you are being called to greatness, your greatness, at this moment? You are being called to your greatness not only at this moment but every moment of every day? Your greatness is what you must be and do to feel fully alive. What is that? The answer is to be found within ...
Views: 909(3 votes) - Are You Asking for Feedback In Your Life? - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2009 from Kimberley CohenOften people are afraid to ask for feedback from their partners, kids, co-workers, bosses, friends, and family because they are afraid of what they might say. Don’t worry, if you ask you have a choice of how you will interpret the comments. You can take them in as negative or positive. You ...
Views: 1209(1 vote) - Are You Attached to How Your Life Looks? - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2009 from Joyce Shafer, Book DoctorWhich is more important: the structure of your life or the foundation of who you are? One individual provided an extreme example of why this is important. A friend/coaching client asked me to help him find his footing about a work-related incident. He works in the mental health field where ...
Views: 1600(3 votes) - Are You Chasing After What Makes for a Rich Life? - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2010 from Beau HendersonYou’ve no doubt heard the many various quotes about the ladder of success. The point being, what if you climbed the ladder of success only to find it leaning against the wrong wall? While the whole thing has become something of a cliché, still and yet it’s true that many people are chasing ...
Views: 1562(1 vote) - Are You Feeling Defeated Today? Learn New Empowering Techniques to Empower Your Life! - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2010 from Kat StarloveAre You Feeling Defeated Today? – Learn New Empowering Techniques to Empower Your Life! Are you facing obstacles in your path? Do you get to feeling defeated when things seem too hard? Many successful people do not know what the word defeat means. Do you listen to all those little nagging ...
Views: 2061(1 vote) - Are You Fighting Your Natural Way? - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2010 from Fia-Lynn CrandallDo you always feel like you're "trying" to be more or do more? Like you have to become something you're not in order to get what you want? It is common to think that if you haven't created what you want in your life that something has to change. But what if what has to change is not ...
Views: 2194(1 vote) - Are YOU living your life as a Robot? - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2010 from Judy MarteneIn this particular time and space, in our world as we know it, I see all around me, people moving through live as robots. I witness people living in an automatic state of being. Some are repeating the same day over and over, just like the movie, Ground Hog Day. They are living their lives in ...
Views: 817(1 vote) - Are You Ready For Change? - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2003 from Linda-Ann StewartAs a hypnotherapist, I have people come to me who want to improve their lives. Many of them succeed with their goals. But some of them aren't ready for the change they think that they want. For instance, I had a client who wanted to stop smoking. He quit with very little problem, but a couple of ...
Views: 1159(1 vote) - Are You Receiving Feedback In Your Life? - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2009 from Kimberley CohenIn last week’s newsletter I talked about receiving feedback and the importance of doing so. You have now mustered up the courage to ask and listen to the points of view from others on how you are doing and you’re feeling pretty good about yourself. You are beginning to shift and ...
Views: 1308(1 vote) - Balance In Life - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2010 from Rhonda HamiltonMost professionals struggle with balancing work with personal life. It is oftentimes difficult to find that middle ground that nourishes both areas. It is important to note that finding balance in life involves knowing yourself and what’s important to you, then making choices and establishing ...
Views: 1112(1 vote) - Be "You-nique"! - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Bryan HallBe "You-nique"! One thing to always remember: "Bad association spoils useful habits." In other words, surround yourself with positive-minded, caring, loving, and giving people, whether in your friendships, love relationships, or family. The more you surround yourself with the energies of love ...
Views: 1592(1 vote) - Be Your Own Financial Controller - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2009 from Lillian LiAnything in life worthwhile requires some education and practice. Rather than handing over your hard earned money to a financial "expert", take the time to learn financial terms and trends on your own. Take control of your own financial destiny by learning what works for you and your personality ...
Views: 1449(1 vote) - Becoming a Thought Leader - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2011 from Daniel RipEveryone has a personal brand these days. But if you want to move ahead you need to be more than the "finance guy who understands the business." Distinguish yourself as someone with a truly unique perspective respected inside and outside the organization. Here are three ways to do that: ...
Views: 962(1 vote) - Being Selfish: Is It Bad Thing? - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2013 from Oliver JR CooperThe word selfish has all kind of associations, however I’m sure one of the images that comes to mind for most of us, is of the person who only thinks about themselves and is extremely self centred. This person only seems to think about what is in it for them and how it will benefit their own ...
Views: 7962(1 vote) - Believing in a New Room - by Submitted on May 17, 2003 from Dan BrittSeeing a great performance inspires me to no end. I'm moved by others' dreams and by their devotion and courage in the pursuit of excellence. I get choked up when I see a kid, or anyone else, fighting hopeless odds - someone who goes out there to run the lonely roads with a dream in the heart, ...
Views: 2506(1 vote) - Bigger Fish To Fry - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2003 from Deborah MartinLast month I was on another adventure, fishing Dog Lake in Northern Ontario. That trip really brought home to me the power of the Law of Attraction. I have been reading about and practicing the Law of Attraction for several years now. It started with Lynn Grabhorn’s book, Excuse Me, Your Life ...
Views: 1700(1 vote) - Brainwash Children? Yes, Let's Get it Right - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2010 from Evelyn ColeThe term "brainwashing" carries connotations of propaganda at best, disappearance into ideological cults at worst. If we think of it as manipulation to change attitudes, then we're in the mainstream of contemporary society. Our children are brainwashed every day. They are bombarded with ...
Views: 1457(1 vote) - Break or Breakup? - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2017 from Laney Zukerman The Relationship CoachBreak or Breakup? I recently had a discussion with a couple of friends about the controversy of “taking a break” from a relationship that may be heading south. It seemed that the consensus was if it was basically meant to be you wouldn’t need a break. “If someone wants a break, it is ...
Views: 1483(2 votes) - Building your decision making skills - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2011 from Debra SloverThe process of making decisions is a skill that can be developed and learned like any other skill. By practicing the critical thinking that is necessary to make complex decisions, you will become better at making all decisions. By learning how to make good decisions, you will avoid mistakes and ...
Views: 1043(1 vote) - California Invests $75 Million for Clean Energy Workforce Training Program (CEWTP). Top dollars budgeted for Solar Panel Installation Training - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2010 from Fida HossainCalifornia residents will have greater access to Solar Photovoltaic Training because over $75 million dollars will be invested in the California Clean Energy Workforce Training Program (CEWTP). This action lets us know that the state of California believes the hope for California's economy lies ...
Views: 1925(1 vote) - Can Goals, Strategies, and Systems Prevent Your Success? - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2010 from Joyce Shafer, Book DoctorGoals, Strategies, and Systems vs. Magnetic Visions. What thoughts are triggered when you consider this? Which one feels like a better “ride” for you? Wallace Wattles wrote in his book, The Science of Getting Rich — “Man is a thinking center, and can originate thought. All the forms that ...
Views: 1465(2 votes) - Can People Really Ever Change? - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2003 from Sally FranzWhen is it time to change? When you become aware of dissatisfaction in your life. What causes people to examine how they got caught up in their present situation? Often a word from a friend—not always a kind word either—a book you read, a speaker you heard. It begins when it occurs to you there ...
Views: 4647(1 vote) - Can Specific Words Change Your Body's Behavior? - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2011 from Hal Wechsler(Don’t Laugh) - Can Specific Words Change Your Body’s Behavior? The latest neuroscience research makes skeptics nervous. And you and I are both skeptics, right? The normal (standard) mind-body connection for interpersonal communication is? All information transfer between humans is managed ...
Views: 1606(3 votes) - Can you Learn to be Confident - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2011 from cedric riceMy answer to that question is a resounding yes! You can learn to be confident. As a matter of fact confidence is the result of learned behavior. We have either learned to be or not to be confident based on our experiences in life. The confident person has learned that they in fact can overcome ...
Views: 1339(1 vote) - Caring Citizens Deserve Credit - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2010 from Stephanie MannI read with great interest the article "Despair is up — so why isn't crime?" (Dec. 22 – Contra Costa Times, CA) The so-called experts are "scratching their heads over why crime has ebbed during this recession." A former Los Angeles police chief gives credit to tracking, analyzing numbers and ...
Views: 2126(2 votes) - Case Studies: A Sure Fire Way to Sell Your Services - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2010 from Charlene RashkowIt is common knowledge that every business owner is constantly on the lookout for ways to effectively sell his or her services. As entrepreneurs, business owners and company managers, we do our utmost to provide our services and products with professionalism and style, hoping that we can ...
Views: 2526(2 votes) - Cease Smoking before It Is Too Late - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2012 from Daniyar AhaFour thousand chemical compounds in one little white stick, or — to be more precise — in the smoke coming out of it. More than 50 of them are proven to be carcinogenic. Just listen to the more familiar names — and what they represent — to get the feeling of what they are: benzene—petrol ...
Views: 1580(1 vote) - Celebrate Your Child! - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2009 from Mariaemma WillisCelebrate Your Child! Whether your child is in traditional school or is homeschooled, here are some tips taken from the C.A.R.E.S. and F.I.T.T. principles from Discover Your Child's Learning Style, co-authored by Mariaemma Willis & Victoria Kindle Hodson: 1. Celebrate your child! Please, ...
Views: 1779(1 vote) - Ceremony for Balance - by Submitted on Jan 20, 2013 from Amethyst WyldfyreWhenever I feel that I need to bring balance back into my life I turn to my medicine work - I like to go right to ceremony. In the Inka Tradition we have a word - Ayni - which means balance - not just balance in ourselves but balance within every area of our existence - with all of our ...
Views: 941(1 vote) - Challenge Life - by As I talked with my 85 year old Grandpa Eddy the other night he told me that he still likes mowing his lawn. "I mow the front first. Then I take a break and mow the back. I look at it as a challenge not a chore," he said. Then he added "When mowing my lawn becomes a chore and I have trouble ...
Views: 1007(1 vote) - Change the World - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2003 from Clive TaylorIt is becoming clear that the way a country or society is, the kind of “psyche” it has, depends on the way people relate to each other one-to-one, at the day-to-day level of life. At this one-to-one level there are very simple “Rules” of behaving. It is these Rules that determine how things ...
Views: 1350(2 votes) - Change your heart, change your mind, the spirit will follow - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2011 from Debra SloverA song that the group, Sister Hazel sings is called: Change Your Mind. I wanted to share the chorus with you. "If you want to be somebody else, If you're tired of fighting battles with yourself, If you want to be somebody else. Change your mind . . ." These powerful lyrics ...
Views: 2141(1 vote) - Change Your Life By Changing Your Beliefs - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2010 from George HummelLife seems to have been against you from the start. You've had a lousy career and have spent countless 40 hour weeks at a job you despise. The chance for success and wealth seem to have long ago slipped from your grasp. It is exactly this kind of thinking that keeps you where you are--stuck ...
Views: 1008(1 vote) - Change Your Life In 7 Days! - The Daily 30-Minute Makeover - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2011 from Robert PierceI love challenges and I'm about to show you exactly how to change your life in 7 days. No fluff, no B.S. Here are the exact steps I took to get my life onto a trajectory for success. I lost 16 lbs., got the best performance review and bonus I ever had, started a business that I'm passionate ...
Views: 1255(2 votes) - Choose Happines and Success - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2009 from Willie HortonWhat kind of a day are you having today? Because, it doesn't matter what day of the week it is - Monday or Friday - it's a beautiful day. If you're not having your perfect day today, then you're wasting the only opportunity you have right now to be effortlessly happy and successful - doesn't ...
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