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10 Enjoyable Ways To Improve Your Mind

Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Who says self-improvement has to be hard? Here are 10 quick and easy ways to improve your most important asset - your brain.

1. Try something new. ... (Read All)

10 Guiding Principles For A Notary

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100

It becomes natural to place a fork on the left side of a plate, to hold the door open for a woman at the mall, or even cover your mouth when you cough. These polite gestures and tasks have become so natural and engraved that we don't think about them anymore. The same is true for how a notary is to conduct herself/himself in business. The 'Code of Professional Responsibility' is listed on the National Notary site. It is by no means something every notary is required to read, or secret like th... (Read All)

10 Keys to Personal Growth

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Personal growth doesn't have to be a mystery. You can learn and change, becoming the person you dream of being. It just takes paying attention to the ten keys of personal growth.

1. Take time to dream. Personal growth requires investing a little time in exploring your own desires and hopes. How can you know if you are growing if your goals are unclear?

2. Keep a journal. Journaling is a wonderful method of increasing personal growth in several ways. For one thing, it gi... (Read All)

10 Keys to Using Color With Feng Shui

Sat, 23 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0100

For those that are looking to change their lives and want to take a fresh, organic and affordable path to that goal, Feng Shui is the answer. Feng Shui is much more than just organizing your belongings in a particular way to allow for optimal chi flow, it is an entire state of mind.

Feng Shui is much more effective if used in conjunction with other aspects of your life like positive thinking, honest living and meditation. Those aspects of your life work like a magnifying glass tha... (Read All)

10 Killers to Personal Development

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Many people want to change their lives for the better. It seems that the majority of individuals are unhappy with some aspect of how they are living. Perhaps they would like to lose some weight. Some want to improve their relationships. And others want a successful career path. Regardless of what someone wants to change, there is a model available to follow. ... (Read All)

10 Steps to a Stress-free Holiday

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

"The stress-free way to enjoy the holidays is to plan, take one step at a time, and have a sense of humor.â Beth Tabak

Can you feel the holiday jitters beginning? Suddenly there it is right around the corner. Relax! Take time to plan well today and ease into the holidays with a big smile. Grab your journal and pen, and letâs get started. ... (Read All)

10 Terrific Time Management Tips

Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Ten Terrific Time Management Tips Everyone Can Use

1.Prepare a daily to-do list and stick by it. Ideally you can put this together the day before so that you are already primed into action from the get go the following morning. Take pleasure in ticking off tasks done on time and reward yourself with rejuvenating breaks before you get into your next work activity.... (Read All)

10 Tips For Unlocking Your Social Potential Through Self-Empowerment

Mon, 07 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Have you come across a person who is so naturally friendly that when you put him inside a room of strangers, he'll be friends with almost everyone in no time?

We call such person a "people-person", someone unbelievably nice and charismatic that he can charm anyone into doing anything.

A socially-empowered person achieves so much greatness, basically due to the people that catapult him to success. He earns the trust and full support of the people, whom he has helped befo... (Read All)

10 Tips To Achieve Any Goal

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100

We all know how important it is to set goals. Goals give us direction and purpose.They are something by which we can measure our success by. A successful life is a life by which goals are constantly set and achieved. We also know that most of us never achieve our goals. So how do we go about setting and achieving our goals?

1: Firstly we need to make sure that our goal is in fact our goal. By this I mean it must be something that is personal to you. It must not be something that ... (Read All)

10 Tools for Dealing With Criticism and Rejection

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0100

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Ouch! Whether it's feedback we've asked for, an unsolicited remark called out from the audience or a simple "no" result of an audition or submission process, criticism and rejection are a huge part of our lives as creative artists.... (Read All)

10 Ways Music Can Help You During The Holidays

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

This might be a time of year where you're looking for, oh, some different ways to soothe, level, motivate, energize yourself and otherwise get on top of your cascading emotions. The EQ Foundation Course© emphasizes the great arts as an adjunct to Emotional Intelligence, though the not-so-great are helpful too. May we suggest?

1. Need to get solidly centered

Like, as the metaphysicians say, when you vision yourself growing a tail and having it grow like an ancho... (Read All)

10 Ways To Find Happiness In Retirement

Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Retirement is not the end but is merely the beginning of a new life, a new you. As such, it is nothing that should be dreaded or something that should cause you unnecessary stress. Instead it should make you happy and can bring you a new sense of pleasure, if only you let it. In this article, we'll discuss ten ways that you can find happiness in retirement.

1. Be open and receptive - Change your attitude and you'll change your life. Retirement is simply a new phase of your life on... (Read All)

10 Ways to Manage your Grief at Holiday Time

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Are you dreading the approaching holidays? Fearful of being alone or without your loved one? Or have you been thinking about the possibility of receiving a greetings card from someone who does not know your loved one has died?

Most experts agree that anticipation of a holiday and what is expected is almost always worse than actually experiencing the day. There are many unrealistic expectations at holiday time.

In any event, here are 10 things you can do, that have been u... (Read All)

10 Ways To Say No To Fear This New Year

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0100

It's a New Year and a new set of resolutions. But how many will you actually see through to the end? And how many will fall by the wayside because of one simple four lettered word . . . FEAR.

Fear gets to the best of us, whether it is fear of failure, fear of success or even fear of fear. All of us have experienced fear at some point in our lives and it can be a real stumbling block that holds us back from being truly successful.

But don't panic, there is a way to co... (Read All)

10 Ways to Start Taking Control of Your Own Life

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

There are few ways to get you ahead of others. You need to stay focus and keep motivating yourself in order to avoid depression and boredom out of your life. Even if you are married with kids, work in a not so high rank job, there is potential to go ahead and be happy with your achievements.

1. Take Good Care of Yourself
It's much easier to be positive when you are eating well, exercising, and getting enough rest. Drinking enough water also helps. Stay away from substance like... (Read All)

11 Top Tips To Be More Creative

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Everyone has a creative side, whether they can paint great masterpieces, write classic novels, make effective decisions or solve problems. In some people the creative side is supressed, but in others it is closer to the surface.

Whatever you want to have more creativity for, you can develop your creativity through hypnosis and reaching inside yourself for your hidden talents.

The following eleven steps will help you to develop your creativity.

* Do crosswords... (Read All)

12 Keys on What Makes a Winner

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100

To be a winner is one of the most painstaking kinds of a job. Every person in the world has an intense desire to become a winner in any games of life whither he is educated or uneducated individual.

A person who has a desire to become a winner, always longing and trying to be on the top of the ladder, never at the middle, and never, never at the botto... (Read All)

12 Ways To Maximize Time And Life

Sat, 11 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100

My business experience has taught me one true thing: That maximizing your productivity, happiness, peace, or impact can best be accomplished if you clearly understand the 12 Rules of Time.

1. Have goals

Being more efficient with your time is irrelevant if you don't know how you want to spend it. In managing time, the compass is more important than the clock. Know where you want to go and spend your time on the things that get you there.

Many people spend en... (Read All)

13 Tips To Effective Decision Making

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100

There are some people who find it really easy to make decisions whilst other people get tied up in procrastination and find it impossible to make decisions - particularly very important decisions. When the decision is big and has a major impact on your life it can be very difficult to make a decision because you might be worrying about making the wrong decision or even worried that you can't undo the decision once you've made it.

It is natural for us to have regrets about the past... (Read All)

15 Easy Steps to an Incredible Day!

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Today is a brand new day. And you get to decide what to do with it! What decision will you make?

Will you use this day in the very best way you can? Will you use it to create the most value for your employer and to accomplish the greatest good in your life and the lives of others?

Are you acutely aware that yesterday is gone forever and tomorrow has not yet arrived? Do you know that tomorrow is not promised to you? What are you going to do with today?

Wou... (Read All)

2 Fast Ways to Deal With Stress

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0100

It's one of the most common problems experienced by stress, depression and anxiety sufferers alike. That overwhelming feeling that no matter what you do, no matter how hard you try, things will never change. This terrible feeling is the high-octane fuel boosting stress, depression and anxiety, deepening the torment making it so very hard to see light at the end of the tunnel.

I want to give an all-to real example of how a sufferer can reach the point where they feel life will neve... (Read All)

2 Steps To Stay On Track

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Are your goals set? Are you all geared up to get started on them? Have you established some ways to support your goals? What will ensure that you actually stay on your desired path?

It is easy to get off path. It is easy to get all wrapped in stuff in everyday life. You know what I mean? I know, I have been off track with my goals. When you do set goals and establish ways to get where you want to go, how do you stay on track?

When you have clear goals that you want... (Read All)

2 Super Techniques that will Improve Your Life

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0100

How would you like to learn two simple techniques that can vastly improve your life?

If I told you that it is possible to significantly relieve yourself of anxiety, worry and stress as well as bad habits in a very short time, would you take the time to learn these two simple procedures?

You may be more interested if I told you it had help me personally and I have witnessed the proof. I was taking 5 blood pressure pills daily. Anxiety and stress were an everyday battle. There seeme... (Read All)

2 Ways To Create Your Own Custom Subliminal Messages

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Subliminal messages are basically suggestions for you mind which are exposed on you for such a short period of time, or hidden, that your mind does not consciously register what it suggests. Instead, you register it sub-consciously. And also, they can be either positive or negative. In this article, I will tell you about 2 different ways through which you can create your own custom subliminal messages.

The best way to prove to you that subliminal messages work is through an exper... (Read All)

20 Ideas I Wish Were Told to Me at 20

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Success seems to be an elusive treasure for many. There are some many ways to attain it yet most of us get caught up trying to figure it all out ourselves. This leads to a great deal of lost time to gain the âexperienceâ needed to be successful. Looking back, I wish someone had put together a list of hard facts that were true in life. Since it was not done... (Read All)

20 Tips For A Great Night's Sleep

Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Getting a good night's sleep helps us to be happier, more productive people, so here's some tips to help you get a good night's sleep:

1. Avoid drinking tea or coffee late at night

2. Stop smoking - nicotine is a stimulant and so can make it difficult to get to sleep and stay asleep

3. Go to bed at the same time each night so that you set a routine

4. Only use the bed for sleeping and sex

5. Use dimmers on your light switches, and dim t... (Read All)

3 Biggest Law Of Attraction Mistakes

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0100

There are a few mistakes that most people make when working with the law of attraction, and most people make them right from the start. Knowing about these mistakes can help you avoid getting little to no results with the law of attraction. Here are the biggest mistakes people make.

1. Testing the water. Many people are skeptical about the law of attraction, and there are plenty of skeptics out there that tell them it doesn't work or that it's fake. Many people just want to try it ... (Read All)

3 Confidence Building Exercises

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Confidence does not only affect people in North America or people of a certain age group. Itâs a world wide problem that people of all ages can have. When one is facing self doubt or low self esteem it can ruin their day, stop you from having fun and maybe even prohibit you from achieving your goals. You can make yourself feel worse than anyone else can. However to regain your confidence, confidence building exercises may help give you that boost you need.

Some of the most common... (Read All)

3 Easy Steps Towards Nursing Stress

Mon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Are you pressed for time in your nursing profession? Are you always on the go? Do you ever feel stressed out? Are you stressed out during the day in your nursing career? You know what I mean. You get up in the morning and have to rush out of the door to get to your nursing job. At your job, you have 100 things coming at you and a list of tasks to get done for the day. You rush home, you take care of the "stuff" at home, and do it again the next day. So how do you deal with the stress in your ... (Read All)

3 Great Tips On Choosing Your Free Hypnosis Script

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Hypnosis has been gaining a lot of popularity in recent times. More and more people are finding it to be an effective method of self development, which explains why you are now looking for free hypnosis scripts. And as mentioned in my other articles, the Internet is playing a huge role in spreading awareness and knowledge on this subject.

Hypnosis scripts are a great source of ideas for hypnosis trainees and experts alike. You will be able to find many of them by searching around... (Read All)