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- The Importance of Hard Work in Success - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Andrei U.You do not come across success just by hoping for it. To achieve true success, you need the strength of mind and body to struggle and work hard to reach your fullest potential. You need the right attitude, self-discipline and the ability to put your goal before your own needs, if you are really ...
Views: 73357(3 votes) - How to deal with people who mock and criticize you - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Teppie and Christina ChartomatsidisEveryone who is destined to succeed in life will at some time be the subject of mockery or criticism. If you are now facing this type of abuse from people, either in your personal circle or at work, it’s valuable insight to know exactly why it’s happening so you can deal with it ...
Views: 21704 - Realizing What It Means To Show Grace - by Submitted on May 15, 2012 from Jan MiesseTo show grace isn't about being kind now and then. Grace transcends little prayers at dinner and women named Grace. Grace isn't always about moving your body gracefully; it's a much higher calling. To be able to show grace fully is a tall order. Look for ways to shine your grace toward ...
Views: 20267(1 vote) - Definition: Attitude - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2008 from Shelly WalkerAttitude is a hypothetical construct that represents an individual's like or dislike for an item. Attitudes are positive, negative or neutral views of an "attitude object": i.e. a person, behaviour or event. People can also be "ambivalent" towards a target, meaning that they ...
Views: 19556 - Emotionally Needy Friends: Where Do You Draw the Line? - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2012 from Randi FineFriendship is one of life’s greatest gifts. It is a fulfilling relationship that is shared by two people who care about each other, trust each other, and want only the best for each other. A good friendship is honest, loyal, and truthful; good friends understand and accept each other in ways no ...
Views: 18895 - Attitude: The Power of Positive in the Workplace - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2008 from Mary Jane Paris• Did you know that 75% of employees are unhappy in their current job? • Have you ever thought about how your attitude affects… • Personality and work performance? • Your employees, your customers, your relationships and your work environment? • Workforce ...
Views: 16565 - 15 IMPORTANT CHARACTERS TO DEVELOP AN ATTRACTIVE PERSONALITY - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2010 from jane nnadiThe determinant of where you are in life today and where you are going tomorrow is you. Blaming other people for your misfortune can never bring a way to your solution. Instead start today to examine yourself and give corrections to the way you live it. Life is all about give and take; having an ...
Views: 16411(3 votes) - Appreciating What You Have In Your Life - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from Kimberley CohenAppreciating What You Have In Your Life by Kimberley Cohen Sometimes it’s difficult to appreciate what you have in your life because you might be looking at and longing for what you don’t have. When you can be grateful for the love and abundance in your life right now, you are less ...
Views: 15778 - 10 Attitudes and Attributes every professional needs - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2010 from Rabison ShumbaModern business world is ever changing, more competitive and requiring individuals who will stand and be counted as leaders above others. When you stand head and shoulders above your own colleagues, employers will rush for you, business will come your way, your department will win all the prizes ...
Views: 15308(2 votes) - The Main Causes of Your Irrational Anger - by Submitted on May 12, 2010 from Greg BakerPeople often get angry and many times they don't even know why they get angry. As a counselor, I've dealt with many people who are genuinely puzzled why they got so angry. Have you ever gotten angry over something small, stupid, or just plain silly? Have you ever sat down later and felt ...
Views: 13920(3 votes) - Your Own Personal Bill of Rights - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2011 from Lisa PhillipsWhat do you think you are worth? Do you think you deserve to be treated fairly? Do you believe that other people deserve to be treated better than you do? Actually…………….We all possess the same basic rights! Many people seem to have forgotten or may have never been told that these basic ...
Views: 13785(6 votes) - How to Overcome an Inferiority Complex - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2010 from Eduard EzeanuAn inferiority complex is defined by psychologists as negative feeling (usually of shame and anxiety) triggered in certain situations by viewing oneself as inferior to others in some way. Inferiority Complex Symptoms However, things are not that straightforward. We often repress that ...
Views: 13687 - Become and stay determined to succeed - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2010 from Gwen ThibeauxIf you truly want to succeed in any endeavor, you must be hungry for that goal. How hungry are you for the things you want in your life? Determination fuels your motivation and will keep you moving forward. Everyone has challenges and obstacles in their life. It is part of the process of ...
Views: 12651(3 votes) - How to Maintain a Positive Attitude When Someone Lashes Out at You in Anger - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Cindy .HolbrookWhen someone lashes out at you in anger what does it really mean? People who are judgmental and harsh towards others usually disapprove of something within themselves. It could be that they see a trait in you that they desire for themselves or one that they dislike about themselves. An ...
Views: 12365(3 votes) - The Transformative Power of Forgiveness - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.One of the gifts of being a co-creator of WITH Forgiveness is that I have the opportunity, on a daily basis, to expand and deepen my capacity to forgive by practicing what I preach! One afternoon, I was home watching some documentaries. The first and last one, I watched that day was, “Jesus ...
Views: 11049(4 votes) - Put on Your Oxygen Mask First: Self-Care For The Caregiver - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2010 from Sharon Roth-LichtenfeldHave you been on a plane and heard the flight attendant tell you to put on your oxygen mask first? The immediate response is, "No way, I need to take care of my kids (husband, mother, best friend, stranger in the seat next to me...). The idea clashes with our instinct. What does it really ...
Views: 10428(12 votes) - Patience leads to successful leadership - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Debra Slover“Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard So many people equate successful leadership as the act of achieving results. Having patience can help you achieve results because it is the ability to tolerate frustration that can come about ...
Views: 10407(8 votes) - Stop Assuming and Start Trusting! - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2010 from Mandy ZadoorianAssumptions are made too often and ordinarily will not get anyone too far while trying to get to the bottom of most issues that arise. For some, assuming answers, rather than allowing facts to be discovered, can come naturally to an individual. This person may have used this method for so ...
Views: 9869(4 votes) - The 8 steps to be unhappy, miserable, and depressed! - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2010 from Justin CrinerThe 8 steps to be unhappy, miserable, and depressed! So… people ask me all the time what they can do to be unhappy, more miserable, or depressed. There are so many people in this world that need the answers to these important questions. I decided that I would dedicate my time and vast ...
Views: 9628(10 votes) - How stressful is it living in a big city? - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2013 from Elmira StrangeWhether you have been living in a big city for several years or maybe you are thinking about moving to one, then some of the questions you might ask yourself are: "How stressful is it to live in a big city?” or "How damaging might this stress be to my health" and "What can I do about it?" ...
Views: 9604 - 5 Steps to Flexible Thinking - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2009 from Kimberley CohenSome people are more flexible in their thinking and the way they do things. They seem to flow through changes quite easily and effortlessly whereas for others it can be extremely challenging. If you have ever taken a Yoga class or know a bit about it, you realize that you wouldn’t start at ...
Views: 9596(5 votes) - Smile and Smiling Quotes and Poems - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2012 from Robert PhippsToday, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day. ~Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. A smile confuses an approaching frown. ~Author Unknown People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a big smile. ~Lee ...
Views: 9472 - Tips for Improving Your Personal Strengths - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2009 from Renee ShupeEach of us is unique in our own way and this means having different weaknesses and personal strengths. If we are to improve our personal strength we must be willing to face our weaknesses. Simply there is no other way for improving our personal strengths. It is very easy to believe you have ...
Views: 9360(2 votes) - 4 Myths About Self-Confidence - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2020 from Vivian HarteMany people believe a number of myths about self-confidence. They’ve heard these myths from relatives or friends, or perhaps they’ve read them in books or in articles. These myths can be very damaging because they keep people from developing their self-confidence. They make people feel ...
Views: 9324(1 vote) - Want To Get Even With Someone? Try This! - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Tom JustinRecently I was eating in an airport restaurant. The waitress was absolutely great. She was all smiles and when she asked me how I was doing, it felt like she really cared. Her service and attitude in this busy place, filled with its transient clientele, was quite intriguing. I guessed her to ...
Views: 9282(3 votes) - The Importance of Acknowledgement - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2010 from David SamuelThe reason it is so vital to always acknowledge the source of whatever you have achieved or received is to avoid arrogance. When a person achieves anything, be it financially or spiritually, and they think they have done it on their own, they become arrogant and that leads to their ...
Views: 9095(4 votes) - How to Think Positive Without Thinking it Will Jinx You - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2010 from CHARLES GLASSMANThe automatic brain always defaults to the worst-case scenario. This is an automatic, evolutionary instinct developed, over a few hundred thousand years, to protect us from pain and suffering—in other words, from the worst-case scenario of any situation. A few hundred thousand years seems like a ...
Views: 9049(10 votes) - Luck Or Hard Work – Which One Determines Life Success? - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2011 from Sijith SalimI have been thinking about this question since a long time. How much percentage luck and how much percentage hard work play in our life success? I am sure that at any point of your life, you would have looked at a person and said “How lucky He/She is. I wish I was like him/her”. In order to ...
Views: 8955 - It's That Time Of Year - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2013 from Laura YoungThe last two months of the year usually finds us in a frantic state of shopping, decorating, cooking and traveling, so is it any wonder we are more stressed than cheerful. Having so many "to do" lists, we are wound up and too exhausted to enjoy that which normally makes us happy, as in ...
Views: 8938(3 votes) - What Causes Negative Thinking? - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2012 from Joyce Shafer, Book DoctorDo you ever wonder if or wish there was an On-Off switch when it comes to negative thinking? Maybe if you know what causes it, you can find the switch and flip it. What we usually notice about negative thinking first is the Effect, not the Cause, of it. In fact, we may not even be aware that ...
Views: 8920(2 votes) - Giving and Receiving Compliments - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2012 from Lucy Pemberton-PlattGiving and Receiving Compliments Deflecting compliments is a well strengthened reflex for a surprising number of people. Someone speaks kind of us and we brush it off, change the subject or fail to find the truth in what has been said. Inability to receive a compliment mirrors our own ...
Views: 8806(1 vote) - The Importance of Being Calm - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2010 from Willie HortonFor those of us who live in these times – where economic adversity continues to be the order of the day, where extremism simmers in various quarters from Al-Qaida to Yemen, to Plains, Georgia where an effigy of President Obama was found hanging recently, to the ongoing political upheaval in Iran ...
Views: 8743(2 votes) - Cougar Dreams and The Power of Choosing - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2012 from Dan StoneBelieve it or not, even personal development coaches can sometimes feel themselves struggling with inertia, seemingly unable to figure out much less take the next step, feeling stuck. Recently, in the throes of a particularly impotent (figuratively speaking) period where I felt both my personal ...
Views: 8707 - Are you just drifting through life? - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2011 from Andrew HortonAre you just drifting through life? Too many people just drift through life, going with the flow, never having any direction about where they want their lives to go. They are like a paper cup that blows around in the car park at the shopping Centre. It is totally at the whim of the wind and ...
Views: 8558(2 votes) - You Can't Change the Wind But You Can Change Your Sails - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2017 from Dante PetrillaIt’s not what happens to us in our lives, but what we do with what happens that makes the true difference. This is a notion, a truth, that has its roots in 100% responsibility, and this is precisely why many people do not believe or agree with it and often respond with anger to it. When you ...
Views: 8499(11 votes) - How Do Your Personal Decisions Affect Others? - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2012 from Amr AbbasIt is often that we make decisions which are not going to be popular with our friends and family. Usually one will think that his family and friends would accept any of his decisions and support him into them without arguing or throwing any blame on him. But that is only what we expect and not ...
Views: 8301 - The Extraordinary Powers Of Human Mind - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2008 from Mohit SharmaAll over the world- there has been a firm belief in the supernatural throughout the ages. The debate and dichotomy of science and religion are blown out of proportions. Wherever we are, whatever we do- we do come across instances which look strange and have a mystery tied to them. We label them ...
Views: 8205(1 vote) - ****10 Ways to Unstress in Under 10 Minutes - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2012 from Talyaa LieraDe-stress FAST. Quick: ten things you can do right now — in ten minutes or less — to feel more alive, more awake, and more space to feel You again. 1. Take a bath. While a twenty-minute bath is awesome, just ten minutes of scented hot-water bliss can turn a day from ARGH to AHH. Make it ...
Views: 7979 - How do movies influence our behaviour and impact the Law of Attraction? - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2011 from Jennifer HallHow do movies influence our behaviour and impact the Law of Attraction? So many movies can lower our vibration with content of murder, mayhem and gratuitous violence and sex. Have you ever watched a violent movie and felt afterwards as if you had actually suffered? The same can be said about ...
Views: 7413(4 votes) - 9 Ways to Pick Yourself Up After Failing - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2009 from Mark FooThink of failure as a road you have to travel to arrive at success. This isn't meant to oversimplify failure or treat it lightly; knowing how to deal properly with failure can determine the course of your future and how you will achieve success.Everyone reacts to failure in different ways and ...
Views: 7382(3 votes) - Feeling Inferior - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2011 from Lisa PhillipsWe are all liable to feel inferior to another person at some time. This can show up in the fact that we may feel not as attractive, intelligent, slim, rich, popular or somewhat ‘ less than’ other people for many different reasons. When we feel like this, we look at others in our lives as being ...
Views: 7301(1 vote) - ***Improve Your Attitude: How to Create New Brain Pathways - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2010 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.Understanding your thought patterns and how the brain works provides a frame of reference for creating a healthy attitude, improving your self-esteem and boosting your confidence. Brain Pathways The brain is made up of cells called neurons. These cells have nerve endings called synapses ...
Views: 7259(15 votes) - The Best Careers for Shy People - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2011 from Eduard EzeanuShy people often struggle with achieving success in the workplace. This frequently happens because they choose bad careers for them. Fortunately, it can be solved or avoided. Due to the fact that they’re not very comfortable dealing with people, shy individuals need to pay special attention ...
Views: 7213(1 vote) - We Cannot Direct the Wind but We Can Adjust Our Sails - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2010 from Gayle LaSalleI first saw this quote at a friend’s house several years ago. I don’t know who said it but it’s one of those things that you don’t think much about, at the time, but it keeps coming back to you. For me it was reoccurring as I’ve had to adjust to events that were beyond my control. Some were ...
Views: 7198(3 votes) - Embrace the Challenge - by Submitted on May 22, 2012 from gladys cruz~Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition, such as lifting weights, we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.~ By Steven Covey Challenges are the stepping stones we need in oder to become ...
Views: 7167 - How to Project a Better Public Image? - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2010 from Hernan VazquezNowadays people do not buy products or services because of their quality or price. In fact, they don’t even buy the product itself! How many times have you bought a product just by looking at it, having heard something good about it, or even having seen it on TV? This means that the product ...
Views: 7141(2 votes) - Faith, Family, Friends - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2010 from Dr. LaVerne AdekunleThe Acceptable 3 F’s (Faith, Family, and Friends)” Our focus today should be faith, family, and friends. I want to emphasize the importance of all three because each increases the quality of your life. Find time out of your schedule for each priority of faith, family, and friends. These ...
Views: 7109(1 vote) - 7 Common Negative Labels & The Hidden Strengths They Reveal - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2012 from Krystal KuehnWe all have strengths and weakness. Our strengths are usually referred to in positive terms such as "smart," "strong" or "talented." Rarely do we view our weaknesses or deficits as potential clues to our strengths. Some common and negatively perceived characteristics can actually help us ...
Views: 7106 - Are You Hoping Or Expecting? - by Submitted on May 29, 2008 from Bill Tyler"It is only through your conscious mind that you can reach the subconscious. Your conscious mind is the porter at the door, the watchman at the gate. It is to the conscious mind that the subconscious looks for all its impressions." — Robert Collier: Self-help author Are you hoping that your ...
Views: 7102 - 4 Steps to Wake Up on the Right Side of the Bed - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2009 from Tom WeberWhen you wake up, your brain's alpha waves are powerfully flowing. No other time of the day is more influenced by our own actions and thoughts than right now. Again, we have the great ability to program how we feel. The first 32 seconds after you awake are the most sensitive. Many people ...
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