The Ultimate In Positive Thinking? There are rare moments in your life when you meet someone, or something happens, that you know you will remember forever. In 2003, I met a 100 year old gentleman I will never forget. When I met him, I thought he was a young looking 65.
Being Tender With the Ugly Parts of Yourself We don't like to think about our "ugly parts," do we? By ugly parts of course I mean those aspects of ourselves we perceive to be less than perfect. For some it might be physical flaws like acne, jiggly thighs or a persistent pot belly no matter how many hours we spend in the gym. For others there may be emotional issues like fears, phobias or low self-esteem.
Seeing Challenges as Opportunities Are you a person who loves challenges, or hates them? I must admit I've spent most of my life as a person who hates them. I've always thought of challenges as frustrating, maddening obstacles keeping me from where I want to be. I even used to take them personally, feeling like the universe must hate me and like to see me struggle.
My Attitudes Where do your attitudes and beliefs come from? How do they affect your daily life? If the world is a mirror, what are you giving it to give back to you?
Living Mindfully Normally I race around multitasking. I am always thinking about a million things, while I try and do at least two activities at once. This article is about paying attention to the now, living mindfully and finding the joy that is right in front of you everyday.
The Power Of AND Did you know that what is most likely crippling your flexibility, choices in life, levels of enjoyment and even the dreams and visions you are allowing yourself to set your path by is the absence of the word, "AND"?
How Do You Talk to Yourself? The Relentless Boss Syndrome: Have you ever worked for a manager who responded to every piece of work you did by giving you a new assignment? Who never said things like...
Get Your Grouch Potato Off the Sofa: 7.5 Ways to Deal with Challenging Moods A great philosophy professor named Luke Barber once told me: "If you are feeling caught in negativity and are struggling--go watch water." My first reaction to that advice was confusion. It was hard to understand how this would apply to work interactions. He continued:
The Power of Laughter: Managing Change with a Sense of Humor Often the first thing to go when you are stressed out is your sense of humor. I lost mine at the tender age of 23. I was working two part-time jobs and going to university full time. One day a mentor remarked to me that I acted like a 45-year old funeral director. It stopped me in my tracks. She said it was because I acted so serious. I thought if I'm this serious now, what am I really going to be like in 20 years? I decided to change the course of history...
Being Alive At Any Age Your attitude toward life. The knights of old knew all about attitude and we can learn
from them today. Make a conscious efffort to be interesting, interested and alive.
Aliveness has everything to do with the way you see yourself and the way others see
you. As a creative human we have a natural, adventure seeking questioning attitide.
Taking Positive Action to Make YOUR Dreams Come True! How long have you sat and wondered "What If?" Did you ever think that all that could be missing between your personal reality and your desires is ACTION? Motivational Speaker and Author Robert Paisola looks at How You Can Change YOUR life by taking ACTION today!
Four Steps for Wonderful Attitude In this article I want to share a few ways to keep you acting and thinking both creatively and positively. Thus keeping your attitude at its very best under all those circumstances that will be thrust upon you time and time again.
Avoiding Negative People You`ve all heard the importance of having a positive attitude while trying to achieve your bodybuilding goals. However, negative people can bring your positive attitude to an end and leave you in the dust.
Crossing the Pacific Ocean by Rowboat; Think Tank Discussion Recently a man from France crossed the Pacific Ocean in a rowboat. He did so in 129 days, setting the world record, of course being the first to do it, he set the record and holds it.
Making Choices - Sabotaging or Supporting? We all begin life traveling on the "road to happiness." At some point during this journey we may come to realize we turned left when we meant to turn right; which sidetracks us and puts us on plan "D" instead of plan "A". Life's not exactly "unhappy" - it's just not as fulfilling as we know it can be. We begin to feel as if life became" sabotaged" somewhere along the way. Now it's time to regain control and get back on track. You just need to readjust the road map!
NLP: Your Path to Personal Success A brief introduction to NLP. NLP is about discovering who you are and how you can achieve your desires in life. NLP is more than just techniques. It is a curiosity about how people who are high achievers accomplish what they actually set out to do.
The Powers of a Positive Attitude Thoughts are very powerful. They affect your general attitude. The attitude you carry reflects on your appearance, too - unless, of course, you are a great actor.
Spiritual Side of Humor The use of the two primary tools of witnessing and sharing, discussed in a previous article, is closely tied to one of our most precious commodities: a sense of humor. What is the quality we call a sense of humor and why is it so highly valued? Understanding the answer to that question will raise the level of desirability on those two fundamental tools and will hopefully make us want to cultivate them more completely.
Keep Being Positive And You Will Have A Happy Life I have met many people in my life who are very negative. They moan about seemingly everything and walk around with the weight of the world on their shoulders. I was also like that until the age of twenty-two, at this age I decided to have a new approach to life.
Surprising Truths About Tax Preparers Choosing the right tax preparer for your business is a decision best not left until April. A former tax preparer and small business mastermind offers insights i...
Planning Kitchen Remodeling If you are planning to remodel your kitchen then various aspects need to be considered before you begin. Given below is a series of steps and guides you can kee...
Stock Your Kit with Digital Camera Accessories There are a large number of digital camera accessories available in the market today. Even though you might have invested a few hundred dollars in your digital ...
Is it Antique and is it Worth Anything? Is it antiques and is it worth anything? At some point in our lives most of us are going to be put in a position where we have to ask ourselves the question. ...
Your Wedding Countdown This is intended as a guide to help you plan the essential elements in the count down to the wedding day. Organise everything in advance and everything should g...
Turning On The Lights Thinking strategically when starting a business will increase the probability of wealth and success. This article examines some common issues faced by business ...
How To Wear Contact Lenses In The Allergy Season The allergy seasons are a real challenge, especially if you
wear contact lenses. A chronic allergy to mold, pet dander
or other environmental allergens can crea...
Stress Free COBRA If you have recently lost health insurance coverage from termintion of employment, understanding the basics of how COBRA works and what your options are, can he...
Managing Stress From Another World Managing modern stress can sometimes be assisted by taking a different perspective of life on a regular basis. It involves stepping out of the daily tedium, to ...
How to Negotiate Debt Settlements Negotiating a debt settlement isn't difficult, but it is essential to fixing debt problems and securing your future financial success.
The Tiniest of Gladiators I stared into those biggest of navy blue eyes and felt the power of
his fighting spirit, despite the pain and week long raging fever. Most
of the time my heart ...
Change Your Thinking -- Change Your Life! The only thing in life we have direct control over is our thoughts and our thoughts determine how we experience life. Master the art of reframing your thoughts...
Motivation: You Can Be Successful! Staying motivated and focused is essential to your business. Remember those goals you wrote down? You did write them down, didn't you?? Good! Think about those ...
Money Matters - Really! This short article talks about some of the pressures money and finances (or the lack thereof) can put on black relationships. The focus is on ways to improve pe...
Does It Matter If You Are Overweight? Everywhere we look in the western world we are inundated with pictures, images, icons and inferences of the 'perfect' female shape! The truth is that many of th...
How To Create The Life You Really Want It can become all too easy to forget about the simple pleasures and priorities in life, particularly when working to deadlines or within busy schedules. This ar...
