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- What Motivates You? - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesMotivation is the reason we get out of bed in the morning instead of sleeping all day. It is what drives us to get to work or the gym and work harder, smarter, and more efficiently than the day before. Motivation is the reason that great ideas are turned into great accomplishments. Motivation is ...
Views: 15345 - Increase Your Vibration . . . Change Your Life! - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesDid you know that you can achieve your dreams using mind power or thought energy enhanced and strengthened with the natural energy of plant extracts, meditation, and affirmations? The life force energy of the blood of the plant can help you focus and amplify the energy of your thoughts to better ...
Views: 11172 - Signs of Authentic Intuition - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIntuition is the quiet inner voice or feeling that consistently guides us toward being and doing our best in every moment. So how do we know that voice or feeling is truly authentic? That it belongs to us? That we are getting the “right” information? Here are 10 indicators to help you know your ...
Views: 9340(1 vote) - Stop Hoping, Start Knowing: Your Life Is What You Intend - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesDo you know the difference between hoping and knowing? Hoping has you wanting a new outcome—knowing has you living it. Hoping comes with skepticism—knowing stems from conscious intention. Whatever you call that Higher Being in your life, it is always delivering according to the strength and ...
Views: 7810(3 votes) - Romancing the Woman You Love - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHave you ever seen a woman who has received a romantic gesture or gift that is so spectacular, so powerful, it actually moves her to tears? Tears of joy. Tears of love. Tears of being overwhelmed with a man’s complete thoughtfulness. Even if only in the movies, have you seen that woman? That ...
Views: 7117 - An Amazing Interview: How Jill Kinmont Boothe Turned Tragedy into Triumph - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesLife presents each of us with a seemingly endless series of tests and challenges. It often seems that just when we catch our breath, the next challenge hits us. But regardless of our circumstances, we always have the power to choose how we will respond to life’s difficult moments. Choosing to ...
Views: 6776 - The Antidote to Anger: How to Calm an Angry Person and Turn an Adversary into Your Ally - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWe cannot be a world at peace until we are first a people of peace. —Janet Pfeiffer I think it is fairly safe to say that at any given moment in our lives we have all encountered an angry individual: someone who may be yelling, threatening, ranting, or raging, someone who is out of control. How ...
Views: 4972 - What Makes the Best Decisions: Your Logic or Intuition? - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesLife is all about decisions. The right choice can catapult you to great success, just as the wrong one can send you spiraling downward. So the question is, how do we take advantage of the power of logical reasoning or intuition to make better decisions? The worst decisions we make are often ...
Views: 4870 - The Four Temperaments - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhy do some people hate to swim and others love it? Why do some people like broad-shouldered, solid physiques and others are drawn to willowy frames? Why do some people explode with anger when others would pout and withdraw? Why do some people become leaders and others are content to follow? Why ...
Views: 4472 - How to Successfully Create a Long-Lasting Love Relationship - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesLove relationships start as the biggest thing in life, but relationships change as time goes by. Suddenly, when you find your partner has become strong and dominating and you are weak and inferior, you ask yourself, how do I successfully create the long-lasting love relationship that I am worth ...
Views: 4097 - It’s a Catastrophe! The Fine Art of Catastrophizing - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesToday’s common understanding of catastrophe—a sudden disaster—is not the word’s original meaning. It first meant “a reversal of what is expected,” something altogether more broad, more benign, and perhaps more useful (you can see the connection with words like apostrophe, the etymology of which ...
Views: 3525 - Four Steps to Improve Communication with Your Family - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesCommunication is one of the most important aspects of our lives that, ironically, many of us pay the least attention to. Regretfully, the main reason is that many of us have never been taught how to communicate in a way that benefits us and the person we are communicating with. From the moment ...
Views: 2961(2 votes) - Profound Words of Wisdom to Fire Your Life from Within - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesDuring the 20 years in which I worked with various people helping them to overcome numerous health problems, one question I was frequently asked by my patients and clients was “once I have regained better health, what can I do to keep it?” Reaching a healthful state is only half the journey. ...
Views: 2949(1 vote) - Memorial Gardens Are Divine - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIt all started out as a birthday gift for my wife, Bobbie. I bought her a beautiful, painted, concrete bear. It looked so real, and it was the size of a real bear. She loved it. I placed the bear in the center of a circular-shaped flower bed I had landscaped near our house. Then I added a ...
Views: 2708 - Talkitout: How to Become a Powerful Speaker Fast! - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhen Jane came to see me, she was terrified. She was a living example of that old saying “I’d rather die than speak in public.” For a minute I wondered if she really would die before she gave her speech. She could not look me in the eyes. She turned bright red. There was sweat on her brow. She ...
Views: 2438 - The Architect of Destiny - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesOne should have an excuse-ectemy and remove them all from life! —Kevin Lankford Dare mighty things! —Teddy Roosevelt This chapter is one I find to be quite a challenge because the only architect of destiny there can be for you is you! So in this chapter you will be required to write your own ...
Views: 2336 - Transitioning into Retirement - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles“The only thing constant is change itself,” Heraclitus the Greek once said, and so right he was. Our societal lives demand flexibility. The average citizen makes many significant transitions within a lifetime. As sure as life and death, as definite as paying taxes, changes are inevitable. ...
Views: 2323(1 vote) - Is Your Cup Half Full or Half Empty? - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHow do you typically embrace the world? Are you constantly waiting for the storm to arrive, or do you look forward to a day of uncertainty? Do you typically see the good in most situations, or are you constantly looking over your shoulder? I am a firm believer that the lens through which you ...
Views: 2216(1 vote) - Eyes Open? - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesAs I sit here now, I feel the warm sun on my face and hear the children afar. I notice the walkers, bikers, skaters, and strollers all scoot by me. I hear the humming of the highway adding to the noise behind me and birds of many kinds in the trees above. I see the sand as it runs into the ...
Views: 2006(1 vote) - How to Memorize Anything - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHow much do you think you can improve your memory? The answer may surprise you. Did you know that your three-pound brain (approximately 1.4 kilograms) contains 100 billion brain cells that can form gazillions of connections? According to Karen DeBord, PhD, “there are enough brain cells to learn ...
Views: 2005 - The Work of Byron Katie: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesMeeting Your Thoughts with Understanding The Work is a simple yet powerful process of inquiry that teaches you to identify and question the stressful thoughts that cause all the suffering in the world. It consists of four questions that you apply to a stressful thought. It’s a way to understand ...
Views: 1904 - Who Is Wearing Your Pants? Living Your Dreams . . . Not Your Hopes - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesA solitary fantasy can transform a million realities. —Maya Angelou Who is “wearing the pants” in your life? Who determines your destiny and success? One aspect to wearing your pants is creating your present and future. You are the creator of your destiny . . . so what does that look like for ...
Views: 1895 - Achieve Balance, Contentment, and Harmony through Managing Your Chi - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThere are 100 other ways to improve your life in this book. We all have our own needs and aspirations and will be drawn to those chapters we feel most relevant and appropriate for us. I hope this is one of them, for whether you are looking for new skills, ideas, and perspectives or are seeking ...
Views: 1872(1 vote) - A Primer for Creating Miracles - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThere are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. I believe in the latter. —Albert Einstein Need a miracle? You have the resources to create your own! Whether you need a miracle regarding your health, finances, or ...
Views: 1845(2 votes) - From Distress to Success: Practical Ways to Transform Your Distress into Success - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIn my 30 years of professional experience as an analytical chemist, toxicologist, microbiologist, professor, speaker, specialist in natural medicine, and consultant for large companies, I decided to complete my doctoral degree specializing in stress management at the University of Toronto, ...
Views: 1712 - The Power of a Positive Workplace - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIn an organization where empowerment is the watchword, all things are possible. No magic elixir, no one-time effort, no management fad will make people gung-ho about the company they work for. Creating a positive environment is an ongoing commitment. I have often said that profit is the ...
Views: 1676 - How Breaking Routine and Acts of Kindness Can Energize Your Day - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesSometimes life becomes so routine that we do not have to think about a thing we are doing throughout the day. We are programmed to run on automatic. It is important to shake things up every once in a while to get the creative juices flowing, to give us an added boost of energy, or to give us ...
Views: 1637 - Developing the Correct Mind-Set for Stepping Outside the Box - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesStepping outside the box is a term used to describe the creativity and innovation of entrepreneurs from all professional fields. Outside-the-box thinking often provides solutions to complex problems or allows entrepreneurs to develop new methods of doing business that can increase profits, ...
Views: 1619(2 votes) - How to Achieve Your Wildest Dreams in Just 12 Minutes a Day - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesFaith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. —Martin Luther King, Jr. How much would your life change if you knew that achieving your wildest dreams could take as little as 12 minutes a day? Think of the unlimited possibilities that provides! Most of us believe ...
Views: 1613 - Use Encouragement Instead of Criticism to Help Children Improve - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesOur words are very powerful tools, especially with impressionable children. We need to pause and think before we give corrections and feedback on what our children are doing. Criticism Is Punitive Our children judge themselves on the opinions we have of them. When we use harsh words, demeaning ...
Views: 1550 - Do Not Let Physical Pain Keep You from Your Full Potential! - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesOne day, as I listened to a life coach teach on the power of transformation, somebody asked him, “How can a person do all you’re talking about if they’re in constant physical pain?” His response shocked me. He condescendingly said, “Just do it.” I was incensed by his insensitivity and lack of ...
Views: 1475 - Don’t Die with a Million-Dollar Idea Still Inside You! - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesDid you know that you were brought to this earth for a specific reason? You are the only person who can fulfill the purpose and mission for which you were born. What is your purpose? What is your mission? You have within you the ability to create anything that you can imagine. The fact that you ...
Views: 1434 - Angie - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesI met Angie in December 1993, on a cold, cloudy day, on the train destined for Beijing, after attending the funeral of my father in my hometown, the City of Lanzhou, some 1,200 miles west of the Chinese capital. As the wind howled and darkness descended, the steam engine–powered train puffed ...
Views: 1433 - The Keys to Thinking Positively - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesRecent studies into how our minds work have revealed that you can be shown how to think positively. You will discover, to your delight, that you have a powerful friend just waiting and willing to help you through your life. This friend, when asked in the right way, will be happy to make thinking ...
Views: 1378 - Satisfying Couple Relationships: Some Common Sense Approaches - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhat gets in the way of a satisfying couple relationship? There are many things that prevent a couple from really enjoying each other. Differences of opinion, misunderstandings, power struggles, unmet needs, and lack of time together are just a few. In order to be successful in our approach, we ...
Views: 1357 - Shooting for the Summit: A Metaphor for Life and Business - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesRecently, I took a much-needed vacation to Zion National Park in Utah. At the time we planned the trip, we had no intention of tackling one of the park’s crown jewels, the Angels Landing trail. We had read about it (strenuous, not for the faint of heart), heard about it (“I was never so scared” ...
Views: 1348 - *** Transformation – Claiming Online Learning - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIn one form or another, distance education has been around for well over a century. It was an effort to bring formal training to students who could not otherwise attend school. Starting with postal service, educators soon added the telephone, radio, and television to their tool belts. For ...
Views: 1334(2 votes) - The World’s Greatest Self-Improvement Superheroes and Their Success Secrets - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHave you ever realized that you have the power to get anything you want and be anything you want to be? If you’re still clueless about your abilities, continue reading and learn about the success secrets of the world’s greatest self-improvement superheroes. In a land full of potentials, ...
Views: 1321 - 8 Points for Ranking Your Next Company: How to Avoid the “Lots of Eggs in the Basket” Syndrome and Help Yourself Decide Between - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesYou have assessed your strengths and weaknesses and made a list of your past accomplishments. You have committed them to memory so that they are readily on the tip of your tongue during interviews. You have examined your previous jobs to gain insight into what is important to you and motivates ...
Views: 1317(1 vote) - Strengthen Your Relationship and Strengthen Yourself - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesDo you remember all those fun science experiments as a kid? How about the one with the magnet and the iron shavings? Was it not amazing to see how powerfully two magnets would oppose each other when they were faced the wrong way? It was incredible how strongly they connected and how much more ...
Views: 1312 - Learning through Life’s Knowledge Diamonds - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles“Experience is the best teacher” may be a time-tested proverb, but in reality, learning from life’s experiences is not always as simple as the conventional wisdom suggests. We each learn different lessons from life’s experiences based on the knowledge we use for making sense of things that ...
Views: 1310(1 vote) - Tipping the Scales: How Is Your Work-Life Balance? - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesRecently, I did a Google search on the key words “life balance”; it yielded me 10.1 million hits. The key words “work life balance” got me almost eight million hits. Work, life, and balance between the two are quite hot topics! Balance = 50-50? Is there something objective that we can call ...
Views: 1294 - Where There Is Smoke, There Is Fire - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesEvery manager and almost every employee has tended his share of workplace fires. From smoldering embers to raging infernos, they hamper our ability to manage the routine events upon which our operations depend. The world is not a perfect place, and we should be proud of our ability to multitask, ...
Views: 1280 - REFLECT on the Future - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThere will never be a more exciting time to retire than today. Retirement will pose opportunities and challenges that will make your journey an individual and very interesting one. If you are like most preretirees and retirees, you hope to (1) spend time with loved ones and friends, (2) live a ...
Views: 1249 - To Achieve Clarity in Life, Make Meditation Part of Your Day - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesI had not been home from Vietnam very long, in 1972, when I met a charismatic man in his mid-forties, with salt and pepper hair and a broad smile. He introduced me to meditation . . . acquiring the creative, sleepy state of mind also known as the alpha state. Thus began a lifelong quest to learn ...
Views: 1239 - Leadership Tips from My Dad, A Real Wise Guy: Lee (L. B.) Weiss (September 21, 1925–April 30, 1982) - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesMy dad has been dead for almost half of my life, yet I think about him every day. I am grateful to have had a funny, loving, and wonderful dad, who left a legacy of decency and wisdom. L. B. had a saying for almost any situation. Something about his style made these sayings stick—perhaps a ...
Views: 1231 - Enrich Your Life - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesEvery once in a while, we hear a sports hero, celebrity, or person of prominence decry: “I am not a role model.” It is an interesting statement because role models, like heroes and mentors, often are not labels we give to ourselves—they are badges of honor given to us by people who find us ...
Views: 1224 - Mentoring: The Gift of Yourself - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesAs we move through our lives, we gather an abundance of knowledge and experience covering a myriad of areas. As we stop and reflect on all this knowledge, we may be struck with the desire to share with others our experiences and the knowledge we have gained. We know in our hearts that what we ...
Views: 1216 - Do You Dream of Being a Full-Time Writer? - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIf your dream is to become a full-time writer who works in the comfort of her own home, sitting at the computer in cozy pjs or a sweat suit all day, then you need to make sure you are ready for the writer’s life. Mainly, you need to ask yourself this question: Do I really like to ...
Views: 1208(1 vote) - Stress and Stones - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles“Why do you have a pile of rocks on your desk?” “Those aren’t just rocks,” I replied. “These small stones are gifts, remnants from great bridges that people built to cross over troubled waters. I keep them here to remind me. Take one, as my gift to you, and remember.” Everyone faces periods of ...
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