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- Do You Think of Other People As Separate Individuals? - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2014 from Peter MainThis is the sort of question that people will instinctively answer yes to, without really taking a moment to consider the real implication of what the question is asking, and why it is particularly important to any notion of personal development or self growth. At some level people think of ...
Views: 1929(1 vote) - How Do You Motivate People? - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2013 from Peter MainThe question of motivation is one that has become much more widely asked with the rapid growth of the self-development industry over the last few years. The question tends to be asked in two different ways. Firstly, people are asked or told how they can motivate themselves in numerous ...
Views: 2516(1 vote) - Self Help Tips - What are Boundaries ? - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2013 from Peter MainMany people will hear the word boundaries and immediately think that it only applies to someone who works in or understands the world of therapy or counselling. In fact healthy boundaries are something that hopefully will be developed in most families with kids, and are essential for any ...
Views: 1600(2 votes) - Self Help Tips - What Does Self Help Really Mean? - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2013 from Peter MainIn modern day usage, self-help really refers to a process concerning people's own personal development or self growth. The good side of this is that it leads to people trying to become aware of who and what they are, and pursuing avenues that can help them become more rounded and happy people. ...
Views: 1970(2 votes) - Self-Help Tips - What Does Abandonment Really Mean? - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2013 from Peter MainWhen people talk about abandonment, or fear of abandonment, they often feel it is something that either happened to them, or what happens to other people in childhood, often without a really clear sense of what it might mean. There is some truth in this interpretation of abandonment, but its ...
Views: 1877(2 votes) - Self-Help Tips - Why Are People Resistant to Change? - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2013 from Peter MainMany people who have been involved in any type of personal growth or self development work and have subsequently sensed a real change in their inner world, will often forget the real difficulty and fear involved in doing any type of work that necessitates change. People approaching ...
Views: 1671(2 votes) - Spiritual Terms - How Do You Deal With Anger? - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2013 from Peter MainDealing with anger comes at two particular levels - most important is realising that it is your problem, and secondly devising strategies to actually dealing with it. Most people, when they get angry about something will instinctively blame someone else, either a particular person or if they ...
Views: 1053(1 vote) - Spiritual Terms - How Do You Give Hope to Someone? - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2013 from Peter MainGiving hope to someone who needs it, whether their situation be a desperate one or simply a need for inspiration is perhaps the most important gift one can give, as well as in many ways being the most difficult thing to help instigate. It is often easier to give a false sense of hope than a real ...
Views: 5012(1 vote) - Spiritual Terms - It's Ok to Be Human! - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2013 from Peter MainWhen many people hear the word spiritual or spirituality, or any word associated with religion or spiritual terminology they immediately assume that the underlying idea or rationale behind it is that of becoming a good or a better person than they were before. To many if not most people, this ...
Views: 1703(1 vote) - Spiritual Terms - Self Acceptance Not Self Improvement - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2013 from Peter MainSelf-improvement has become something of a mantra and a watchword for a vast industry that has grown up around it in the last 30 perhaps 40 years. A lot of the self-improvement industry has flourished in the last 10 or 15 years with the growth of the Internet. Perhaps an inevitable ...
Views: 1827(1 vote) - Spiritual Terms - The Value of Listening - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2013 from Peter MainQuite recently there was television footage of a politician surrounded by his advisers, listening to a voter telling him what she thought about a particular subject. The commentary was about how this politician had been listening to this woman, and was designed to show him in a more human ...
Views: 1652(1 vote) - Spiritual Terms - What Does the Serenity Prayer Actually Mean? - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2013 from Peter MainThe serenity prayer has a special place for many people, aside from its actual or little meaning, it has become something of a mantra for members of Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12 step fellowships. The wording and dating of the serenity prayer goes back far beyond the beginning of ...
Views: 2714(1 vote) - Spiritual Terms - Why Do People Isolate? - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2013 from Peter MainIsolation is often thought of in physical terms, as being a process where people physically remove themselves from other people and live apart, either from society or from family and friends and other people. Isolation is sometimes thought of as a good thing, often in the context of someone ...
Views: 3420(1 vote) - What Is the Best Way to Deal With Anger? - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2013 from Peter MainLevels of anger and stress has increased hugely in recent times, especially in large urban areas and cities, resulting in increased tension and instability in many people's lives. The effects of anger can be seen very clearly in many domestic or work situation you care to imagine. Anger as an ...
Views: 1963(1 vote) - What Is the NHS? - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2016 from Peter MainTo answer this question fully would require several extremely large volumes of written material including analysis and data as to the development of the health service in the UK. The point of the question, what is the NHS, is actually to provide a bit of background to the broader question of ...
Views: 1138(1 vote) - A Spiritual Awakening - What is it ? - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2011 from Peter MainThe term a spiritual awakening gets bandied around quite a lot , and has perhaps get quite misunderstood for a number of fairly obvious reasons. The term itself has become quite well known through the twelve step movement, and in particular the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, where the ...
Views: 745(1 vote) - Why reflection matters - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2011 from Peter MainReflection is one of those terms that can sound a bit pompous, but actually has a lot of value in it in for many people for different reasons. Most of the major religious and spiritual traditions advocate a sort of review of the day, where people take a bit of time out to look back over their ...
Views: 1636(1 vote) - How to boost your creativity - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Peter MainCreativity is one of those words that implies something slightly artistic.That if you want to be thought of in terms of creative, it means creating something such as a painting, or a sculpture or writing a book or manuscript. Actually, creative is much more powerful than simply meaning that, it ...
Views: 1043(1 vote) - Small business start up - how to choose the best location for your business - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2012 from Peter MainEven when you are starting up or thinking about starting up a business there are a number of practical considerations both short-term and long-term that are worth having in mind. They may not be hugely relevant when drawing plans up or making plans for the business, but they are issues that will ...
Views: 873(1 vote) - Small business start up - how to motivate yourself - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2012 from Peter MainOne of the first questions you want to ask yourself is why am I starting a business, or why do I want to set up my own business. The value of asking yourself any question you get it helps to focus your mind and clarify thinking around a sense of reality, rather than simply a fantasy bubble that ...
Views: 785(1 vote) - Small business start-up – How to choose a business location - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2012 from Peter MainLocation is perhaps the most important decision you make concerning a business start-up. Surprisingly or unsurprisingly it is also one of the decisions that people give least attention to. Its importance lies in a number of factors and is a decision that needs to be taken after much careful ...
Views: 799(1 vote) - Small business start-up – how to start a home-based business - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2012 from Peter MainThe idea of starting up a home-based business has become a significant reality for many people in today's world and is likely to increasingly become the norm in many people. This is because the term home-based business means a variety of things. It can literally be a business that starts and ...
Views: 1130(1 vote) - Small business start-up – Who is your competition ? - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2012 from Peter MainAs a small business you need to know who your competition is. This is one of the first questions you need to ask yourself. Realistically who am I likely to be competing against for custom of my service or product. Many people think of this question and say to themselves that either there is no ...
Views: 902(1 vote) - Small business start-up – Why you need a business plan - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2012 from Peter MainAnyone who is starting up a business or plans to set up and run their own business needs to have a business plan. Many people think they only need to have a plan if they are going to be seeking funding either from a bank or an institution or an investor, and as such they either leave it to the ...
Views: 832(1 vote) - Farming as a Small Business - Farm and Tractor Safety - A Guide - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2013 from Peter MainUnderstanding the safety implications of buying and using a new or a used tractor is an essential element for anyone working either on a farm of any size, any type of small holding or any type of residential land where a small or compact tractor might be used. Agriculture generally is ...
Views: 1358(1 vote) - Farming as a small business – skills needed - by Submitted on May 23, 2013 from Peter MainMany people have quite a romantic view of farming, normally people who have never worked on one or been involved with any type of farm or agricultural business. A farm is a multi-complex business, that can range from a very small acreage or smallholding to a multimillion dollar enterprise ...
Views: 1112(1 vote) - Small business start up - are you an entrepreneur ? - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2012 from Peter MainMany people have a real desire and inclination to start up and run their own business either as a sole trader, or as a small or potentially large company. Often they are put off even before they start by a number of sometimes well-meaning and sometimes not so well-meaning people who advise them ...
Views: 772(1 vote) - Small business start up - starting a green business - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2012 from Peter MainStarting a business that is deemed to be environmentally friendly is a big call for people nowadays and one that receives a lot of attention both in terms of support by state and government authorities as well as by consumers. A so-called green business may literally be a business that is in the ...
Views: 812(1 vote) - Small business start up - what are your obligations to employees ? - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2012 from Peter MainAs a business start-up you will need to consider whether and at what point you will be wanting to employ people. It may not be in the immediate future, but having a plan will help hugely in the event that your business takes off and you need extra hands. It may be that you want to take on a ...
Views: 1128(1 vote) - Small business start-up – how much money do you need ? - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2012 from Peter MainMoney is the big question runs through all the other ones. At the outset of setting up your own business the question tends to revolve around how much money you need to start the business up, both in terms of the funding that the business itself will need, and any money that you or your family ...
Views: 1073(1 vote) - A guide to snowblower operating controls - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2019 from Peter MainSnowblowers come in different makes and sizes, some one stage to stage or even three stage, some have tires and some have tracks, and some are in effect compact tractors adapted to clear large areas of snow. It is important when operating a dedicated snowblower to understand what the various ...
Views: 699 - A Life Coach - do you need one - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Peter MainWhen people first started talking about life coaches, there was quite a buzz about who they were and what they did – what exactly was a life coach. No-one really knew but the idea sounded appealing, a sort of grown up buddy system with someone on your side , guiding through the dramas of life. ...
Views: 1037 - Agricultural Safety – Manure Handling and Spills - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2020 from Peter MainAlthough not a particularly nice subject to write about, manure is a big issue in farming and agricultural related work, and has potential to cause significant damage to both land and water. Such damage can occur either through improper storage, improper usage or when manure is being ...
Views: 611 - Best place to buy a used car - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2017 from Peter MainFor some people, the very idea of a used car brings up images that are inherently negative, and many manufacturers avoid the term nowadays, in favour of terms such as certified pre-owned etc. Having said that, the used car market is huge, and with a bit of thought and research it is very ...
Views: 1185 - Best way to sell an ebook - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Peter MainWriting a book used to be thought of as a great but often idealistic way of expressing a persons creativity. The rise of the internet has actually given people an opportunity to do this , but like everything to do with the internet it is often easier than it sounds. The term ebook has come to ...
Views: 1222 - Buying a tractor from a dealer - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2019 from Peter MainBuying a tractor from a major manufacturer has many of the same principles and drawbacks as when buying a new or second-hand car. Dealerships of tractor manufacturers will normally offer for sale new and used tractors, as well as a wide range of other types of agricultural machinery, as well as ...
Views: 875 - Can you buy a tractor on credit - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2019 from Peter MainThe short answer is yes, given that the cost of many tractors runs into thousands of dollars, some of the big ones costing upwards of 60 - $70,000 US. For many people the need for a tractor or some type of agricultural machinery is a commercial necessity, and as such getting the right credit ...
Views: 815 - Can You Put Up With Immature Behaviour? - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2014 from Peter MainThe answer to this to some extent depends on who the person is, and what the behaviour is, and how much their behaviour affects you and in what ways. Obviously this is a very broad question but there is an important point behind it, in terms of an individual's willingness to let other people be ...
Views: 1388 - Can You Really Work From Home - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2010 from Peter MainWhen working from home was first mooted by people as an alternative to an office based career, peoples spirits rose. It seemed a fantastic solution for a lot of people, both in terms of pluses and minuses. It meant an end to the dreaded commute, the fear of being late, of continually being ...
Views: 833 - Car Buying Tips - Arranging Finance - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2017 from Peter MainAnyone thinking of buying a new or a used car, or even leasing one, would do well to start off by investigating and arranging their financial credit. Knowing how much money they can afford to spend on any type of car gives them a much better structure both in terms of whether to buy a new or a ...
Views: 1091 - Car Buying Tips - Finance and Insurance - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2016 from Peter MainAnyone thinking of buying a new or used car has a huge range of options to choose from in terms of manufacturer, type of car, gas, diesel or electric etc. Whatever the individual chooses to buy in the end, it is important from the outset to understand the various additional costs that can be ...
Views: 1205 - Car Buying Tips - When to Buy a New Car - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2016 from Peter MainMany people dream of buying a new car, partly because they assume, sometimes wrongly, that it will be completely reliable and they will never have a real problems with it. Whilst a new car generally is very reliable and will have a manufacturer's warranty for a period of years, some people do ...
Views: 1045 - Car insurance and the importance of the proposal form - by Submitted on May 05, 2020 from Peter MainThe transition from paper to digital hat in many ways changed both the format and the understanding of what a proposal form is in the context of car insurance. Pre internet, people would have to fill in a proposal form in order to obtain car insurance, often having been given a verbal quote ...
Views: 630 - car insurance basics - how online car insurance works - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2012 from Peter MainCar insurance basics – how online car insurance works Buying car insurance online broadly falls into three or four categories : using car insurance cost comparison sites, getting quotes from insurance companies that don’t sign up to cost comparison sites, using the internet to find insurance ...
Views: 959 - car insurance basics - why is my insurance premium so high - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2012 from Peter MainCar insurance basics – why is my premium so high ? Understanding why your car insurance premium seems very high may give you the insight needed to understand the nature of the risks involved, and what you may be able to do to reduce them, and in effect reduce costs, in this case premiums as ...
Views: 998 - Car insurance basics – how motor insurance policies work - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2012 from Peter MainCar insurance basics – how motor policies work Most people buy all forms of insurance, including car insurance on an emotional rather than a rational basis. What this means in reality is that people pay a company a sum of money, and in return expect someone to come along and look after them or ...
Views: 1017 - car insurance best deals for young drivers - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2012 from Peter MainCar insurance – best deals for young drivers Cost comparison websites for car insurance have become the norm nowadays for many people to get their car insurance For young people however they may well not be the best option despite giving the illusion that they are. The illusion exist because ...
Views: 1050 - Car insurance – what rating factors are most important - by Submitted on May 05, 2020 from Peter MainAny individual who has had to purchase car insurance may well have discovered huge discrepancies in the various quotations they are asked by different insurance companies. This has historically always been the case to an extent, but even more so given the rise of cost comparison sites online. It ...
Views: 613 - cheap car insurance - car hire or rental insurance - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2012 from Peter MainMany people use car rental for many different reasons, and there are many different ways it can impact on their own car insurance policies. The two main ways are firstly in terms of the cost of a drivers own car policy and the additional cost of having vehicle hire included as an optional extra, ...
Views: 1223 - cheap car insurance - car safety - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2012 from Peter MainCar safety may seem to be something that you assume most people take for granted, and really means just making sure it is locked and possible has an alarm and possibly a crook lock as well. It can mean all these things and important as they are, there are several aspects of car safety that are ...
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