This Just Ain’t Good! “Nope, this just ain’t good!” How many times in our lives have we had those or similar words bouncing around inside our skulls? Yeah, I’ve lost count, too! There are usually only a few reasons th...
Humble Riches "We come equipped with everything we need to experience a powerful life full of joy, incredible passion, and profound peace. The difficult part is giving ourselves permission to live it." – Deborah R...
Prioritize with Two Questions "Because there will always be something more to do, we need to consciously choose what we are doing." -Helen Ksypka Why is it such a challenge to prioritize? We have enough to-dos to last for a l...
Your Success Success starts in your mind. Positive Thinking creates the advantage. Success comes with a good mood. Listen to your most preferred CD before an import...
Your Pot of Gold: Waiting for the Rainbow’s End An old story tells of a country pastor who had created a very beautiful garden. He had removed the old decaying trees and replaced them with healthy young saplings. He had dug granite stones from the...
Name That Tune This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Health Care Service Direct Answers - Column for the week of July 26, 2004 I have been married to a wonderfully grounded woman for nine years, and we have two young children. The problem? My mother-in-law lives from cr...
Improve Your Listening Immediately! We are good at talking, but we have trouble listening. One sage said, “The only reason we listen is because we know we get to talk next.” Here are some tips that can change your listening behavior ...
Ethics in Speaking: A Practical Point of View Often managers have to deliver presentations with unpleasant content. The vice president has to announce that there is a hiring freeze or a downsizing. The human resource director speaks to the emplo...
Run Towards Fear: A Prescription For Success Fear, or negative anxiety, is the modern day bubonic plague, infecting millions upon millions of people. It spreads with viral effect, and leaves behind consequences of mediocrity and regret. This “p...
10 Ideas to Jump Start Your Self-Confidence This Article is About: Working From Home, I Love You To begin feeling that first spark of self-confidence within you, try as many of these as you like. It's important to enjoy yourself along the way. Have fun! 1. Correctly do 25 pushups, 50 sit-ups, ...
Angel to Angel This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Health Care Service Years ago, my minister spoke to us about how you could solicit the help of your guardian angels to help with conflict resolution. She told us stories about how she and others had successfully asked ...
How To Write A Successful Personal Ad This Article is About: Dating Site, Dating Sites, Great Dating No one would know how good you are if you would not let them know about it. Whether you are promoting yourself for a job or for a date, you have to advertise yourself well. You have written your own ...
It’s Good to be Goofy To paraphrase a saying my mother liked to use occasionally, “The whole world is goofy – except you and me. And sometimes I’m not too sure about you!” Rest assured that no matter who we are or what w...
Mirrors Mirrors, mirrors all around Why don’t I hear the joyful sound Of myself clapping as I stroll by? Is it you or is it I? Aarghhh! My sincere apologies to the real poets of the world! The things I do...
Conflict In Faith Direct Answers - Column for the week of July 19, 2004 My husband is Jewish, and I am Catholic. That wasn't a problem when we were dating, because he isn't religious. He married a Catholic before, a...
What is Success? This Article is About: Get Out Of Debt Everyone wants success. People talk about setting goals and positive thinking and getting to the top. However, most of these same people never really define what success means to them. Instead they t...
The Red Ribbon Everyone wants a blue ribbon. Blue. First place. The best. Even kindergarteners want that blue ribbon. In sports, I was never a blue-ribbon person. In a race I was always last. In baseball I w...
Electromagnetism, the Universe, and You An electric current produces a magnetic field. This is the principle of the electric motor - varying electric currents moving along wires make magnets with drive shafts spin around in circles. A mov...
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