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Children remain 'bundles of joy' all over the world. We love their innocence, and their need is our command. But have you every been exposed to their healing powers? You might be thinking that I am out of their minds and possibly am over-influenced by films like Matilda where the little girl had ... Views: 1662
Samuel Johnson said, ‘do not suffer life to stagnate; it will grow muddy for want of motion: commit yourself again to the current of the world.‘ Motion, or change, is the one constant in life.
We are always moving, whether it be forwards, backwards or in circles. Most of us would, I imagine, ... Views: 1657
“The fact is,” said Rabbit, “we’ve missed our way somehow.” They were having a rest in a small sand-pit on the top of the Forest. Pooh was getting rather tired of that sand-pit, and suspected it of following them about because, whichever direction they started in, they always ended up at it, ... Views: 1657
Writing an assignment, report, thesis, or an exam can be very challenging for most students. Not only does it put them under a lot of pressure, it also forces them to evaluate themselves as to where they stand, how much they know and how much justice they have done to their work. When a student ... Views: 1655
The best way to achieve your dream is by making a commitment to start today. Determine that you will not let another year go by where you have not pushed the limits to achieve your dream. Even if you get half way there during 2013 you will be closer than you have ever been. The greatest thing ... Views: 1647
Employee Performance Review plays a very crucial role in the Performance Management criteria of any organization irrespective of its size and level. This Employee Performance Review is a systematic and a periodic process that evaluates or calculates an individual employee’s job performance or ... Views: 1646
My daughter, Sammi, goes to Lehigh University (my alma mater) and just pledged a sorority.
Sorority recruitment (or rush) at college is a pretty intense experience. Sammi referred to it as a solid week for "girl flirting". At Lehigh rush happens DURING winter break. The freshmen girls go ... Views: 1644
When it’s back to school time a lot of formerly working moms out there start to consider going back to work. It can be hard as a stay-at-home mom to get back into the workforce once your kids start going to school and you’re ready to get back into work mode. On top of the emotion of watching ... Views: 1643
There are thousands of learning resources online, many of these resources are free for everyone, so if you are willing to learn a new language, online learning will be a great choice. However, when you are learning something new online, there is an important hint you need to pay more attention ... Views: 1642
Millennials and Generation (GenZ) all have one thing in common - they don't like the idea of buying insurance. Wait...; maybe this is across all generations? Plus, there are the labels - lazy, entitled, self-centered, disloyal and spoiled, but again are this not all generations at this young ... Views: 1641
Hiya,
A while back when I was getting ready to launch my book ‘How To Change Your Life One Day At A Time‘ I decided to create a street video to help promote it.
I had only one question that I wanted to ask of many complete strangers: WHAT ONE THING YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE ABOUT ... Views: 1641
Picture this: A light plane goes down in the Arizona desert. A team from the NTSB descends on the scene to investigate what happened. After three months of rigorous study and analysis, they're ready to report. They call a news conference.
The NTSB administrator approaches the podium. You've ... Views: 1636
Those who are fortunate enough to have a job in these tough economic times are often working longer hours and carrying the workload normally done by two or more workers. The holiday season is the perfect time for employers to show their employers they appreciate their efforts. Appreciation ... Views: 1633
Rituals are actions that are performed which “act out” thoughts produced from beliefs, myths or ideas.
Rituals are important because they provide us with opportunities to enhance our experiences as individuals and as a society. Rituals accomplish this by adding meaning to circumstances ... Views: 1628
Rituals are actions that are performed which “act out” thoughts produced from beliefs, myths or ideas.
Rituals are important because they provide us with opportunities to enhance our experiences as individuals and as a society. Rituals accomplish this by adding meaning to circumstances ... Views: 1628
If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong.
—CHARLES KETTERING, inventor of the electric starter for automobiles/
Founder of the S-Kettering Foundation
In my previous blog (available on my site: http://www.jamesmapes.com/insights-managing-change-by-james-mapes ) I addressed ... Views: 1628
Welcome to Creating Harmony’s note of indication for August 2016. As we move further through this re-structuring phase our intention in this Harmonising Times is to provide our readers, friends and everyone else with foresight as to the influences impacting all our lives. What you focus on in ... Views: 1628
Facts of Life That Get In The Way Of Living
By
Bill Cottringer
“It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.” ~Victor Hugo, Les Misérables.
If we didn’t think and feel so much about living, believe certain things to be true and others not, expect certain outcomes, and try to ... Views: 1625
A poet once wrote on his essay about the Painting of Modern Life, "be very sure that this man, such as I have depicted him, this solitary, gifted with an active imagination, carelessly journeying across the great human desert aims for something other than the fugitive pleasure of circumstance.” ... Views: 1616
Most people do not want to link being spiritual with hustling…
The two states seem so disconnected…
The silly spiritual peeps want them to be disconnected because they really do want there to be a spiritual magic bullet that means they can sit on their asses, begging, pleading, praying and ... Views: 1612
As I’ve worked with clients throughout my career as a coach, I’ve noticed that it’s usually pretty easy for most people to give voice to their dissatisfaction. It’s not a difficult thing to define that you’re overweight, in debt, or that your relationship isn’t working. While painful, those ... Views: 1612
Why do people seek out a Professional Counselor or Hypnotherapist for help? There are many reasons a person may seek help. Some people would like to understand themselves better, while other may have a particular issue or self-defeating behaviors they want to address. Perhaps change is needed ... Views: 1611
Inspiration of the Day
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
- Walt Disney, 1901-1966, American Film Producer/Director/Animator
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We have all experienced the blowing winds of disappointment, despair, and heartbreak. Why, then, would each of us, in our own ... Views: 1611
Let’s take a look at why you hate your present job to see if there’s ANY chance the situation can be salvaged. In this article I want to deal with 3 issues...
1. What’s Going On That Bothers You?
2. Why Does Your Job Bother You?
3. How You Can Change It
According to Gretchen ... Views: 1610
In reality the process of “changing” is simply making a decision to do something other than what we are currently doing. Change is a reflection of current attitudes. Sometimes we choose to make changes that are relatively simple like deciding where to eat or what to order. Surely deciding ... Views: 1610
Let’s start by getting clear. Taking bold action is what will both fuel your soul and fill your bank account. So how do you do it?
It simply takes a willingness to choose to move beyond what is comfortable and to move forward without wavering. At EnergyRICH® we call it being Considerably ... Views: 1607
Over past decades the issue of diversity has taken a very visible place in the growth and structuring of the workplace population. Whether it was caused by mandates or natural shifts in population, the job sites look quite different.
The challenge, as I see it, is not only to continue to push ... Views: 1604
In fact, some banks are still flourishing and rising. Therefore, you should not give up their goal of finding a job at a large bank. Instead, you should head forward and never give up your dreams. In this brief article, we will tell you how to find a good job where new bank that is perfect for ... Views: 1603
I recently read two different posts that caused me to think about how people are treated in the workplace. The first was a series written by Chad Balthrop about the trap of transactional leadership. It seems that sometimes, many times, actually, we view our personal interactions as ... Views: 1600
Not everyone likes change. Some are comfortable precisely where they are and prefer to stay within their comfort zone. Others are more adventurous and enjoy a good challenge. They are more open to trying new things in order to experience something new or perhaps to learn something that will ... Views: 1597
Do you ever find yourself disagreeing with others? Or maybe you find yourself disagreeing with yourself? Perhaps you’ll agree that disagreement is pretty much an indication that we are very much in non-agreement or strongly dislike of something in its current reality. It is also saying that ... Views: 1594
Dr. Romance writes: When life hands me a very difficult time, and I feel defeated and overwhelmed, I enter a hopeless and helpless state of mind I think of as The Little Orphan girl. This is the way I felt, as a teen, when I lost nearly my whole family, father, aunts and uncles, between the ... Views: 1592
Every year I am faced with new challenges that push my personal and professional development further into research, training, and application. Over the years, I’ve learned to embrace change and adapt to my current environment--seeking a better way to achieve success. For me, this “self-seeking” ... Views: 1590
“Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means” ~Ronald Reagan.
The transition from the Manufacturing Age to the Information Age brought is a value revolution. The current values revolution has turned the traditional workplace upside down and ... Views: 1589
When does playing video games, visiting Facebook, checking email or watching TV cross the line from stress buster to bad habit? How many working hours define a “workaholic”? Is an occasional glass of wine a bad habit? Where do you draw the line before activities involving electronics, hobbies, ... Views: 1589
Most of us would do just about anything to prevent that terrible feeling of being out of control… but in life, it’s unavoidable. At times, uncertainty isn’t just unsettling, it’s crippling. However, it’s vital for growth and when you find yourself faced with a change or period in your life that ... Views: 1588
What does it take to stop believing that the image in the mirror is unattractive? First of all, notice what you are holding in mind. What are you creating for yourself by labeling yourself negatively? When we look in the mirror and dislike our image, we are seeing ourselves in a distorted ... Views: 1586
Deadlines are a natural part of the universe. There is no need to get stressed and resist them.
In the Kybalion, one of the Hermetic laws is; As above, so below. This is to say that within the larger, there is a smaller version of the larger. The microcosm is in the macrocosm, etc.
If ... Views: 1585
There's a concept that keeps coming up lately when I'm doing coaching and consulting with my clients. It's the concept of experiencing the valley of your "new normal." It could be a huge change that you're making to your business, like adding on a new income stream, or closing down a division ... Views: 1584
It costs too much to do business with some people.
Who are your “some people?”
How much time do they steal from your enjoyable customers? How much energy do you give them? How much attention that can be more profitably invested in your ideal customers’ relationships?
You’re throwing ... Views: 1581
There are 15,000 coaches in the United States alone.
If you're looking to find the right life coach for you, where do you start?
There are over a dozen coaching directories to choose from. You can go through these directories to try to find the right life coach for you (though there may ... Views: 1581
Negativity can really affect your life. It can lead to depression, cause health issues, and destroy your connections with others. Here are a few tips to help you eliminate the negativity in your life.
1. First, figure out what is triggering the negativity. Before you can eliminate it, you ... Views: 1580
You play an integral role, in the way people treat and respond to you. If you are not enjoying the way people in your environment are treating or responding to you right now, there is only one thing you need to do. Change the way you treat and respond to all the people around you. As you know it ... Views: 1580
Welcome to Shamanics in Portugal´s Earth Spirit Journal. Our intention is to remind you our readers, friends and connections we are all part of a much larger, ever evolving community. As part of that the Journal is available on YouTube so that you can listen to it as well as view some of the ... Views: 1578
The Harmonising Times, from CreatingHarmonyinYourLife.com, is a regular newsletter of indication created with the intention of providing you with clarity of what's going on energetically for every being on this planet. With the Universe’s process of evolution continuing to ensure constant ... Views: 1573
One of my dogs, Kobe, has epilepsy. It’s very well controlled with--of all things--Chinese herbs, but when there’s a major stressor, Kobe may be wracked with seizures. In his world, mercifully, there are few major stressors, but one of them is--thunder.
We had a major storm in California last ... Views: 1572
There is currently a class war between the workers and the ultra-rich, and the rich are winning. That's unfortunate, because this is not sustainable for anyone. Money, which is nothing more than a piece of paper representing an agreement and a contract, is losing its stability. Investors are ... Views: 1570
Employee training is one of a business owner’s or manager’s top priorities and can pay some of the highest dividends in terms of productivity and profitability as well as leading to greater customer satisfaction. There are such companies that can provide training services to other businesses, ... Views: 1567
Life is the lump sum of our choices. ~ Albert Camus
A successful person does not drift through his or her days. They focus their mentality on what they believe to be important, they take the time to make deliberate choices and they are disciplined in their emotions. They are living by ... Views: 1562
"You are asking me if I am surprised?"
Bill and Kay are sharing a private moment talking about diversity changes planned for their regional bank, along with the initial executive board response.
"Well, I knew we would have some resistance from at least one board member after we presented ... Views: 1556