Sure-Fire Conversation Starters!
by Arlen Busenitz.Use this three step approach to start a conversation withanyone! Stop fearing meeting people! Apply the three stepapproach now. Memorize these and have them in your arsenalto start a conversation with a customer, stranger, or newcontact. 1. Start by ...
"The Wish-Idas"
by Jo Mcnamara."Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness." George SantayanaIf someone had told me in my 20s I would attempt to start my own home business at 50, I would have thought they had taken some really good (bad?) drugs. If someone had tol...
Positive Thinking
by Bob Osgoodby.The late Norman Vincent Peale was a controversial preacher whoburst into public consciousness with his best-selling book, "ThePower of Positive Thinking". He believed that ordinary peoplecould become really quite remarkable when they start thinkingth...
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TIME MANAGEMENT
by Craig Lock.GET MORE FROM LIFE EACH DAY* Focus on one day at a time.* Live the moment.* Forget yesterdayand look forward to tomorrow. If you are guilty about what happenedyesterday, or are anxious about what might happen tomorrow, yourenergy will be dissipated.*...
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HAND-BOOK FOR SURVIVAL
by Craig Lock.A collection of writings on various subjects to help the everyman or woman survive in a rapidly changing un-certain world. An introductory look at the concepts of success, motivation, attitude, goal setting and stress. 1. SUCCESSWhat is success?Who d...
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Are You a World Class Dreamer
by Chris Small.Contemplating the new century, my mind wandered back to the turn of the last century. I thought about some of the great men and women who made a profound impact on society by putting their dreams into action. I think you can observe a lot about the f...
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HUMAN MOTIVATIONS
by Craig Lock.What motivates us to do the things that we do? Why do we think and behave as we do? What influences people to do what they do? Is is all because of that one word MONEY, which drives us to do what we do? I think not.The word "motivation" means differe...
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CONFIDENCE IS COOL
by Oscar Bruce.REMEMBER THE TIME you could not think of anything to say tothe person sitting across from in that little café or acrossthe conference table? You stammered when they looked yourway. They smiled at you, but still, there was no way toreach out - and yo...
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Do You Believe That You Can?
by Deborah Brown.Or, all the reasons why you cannot? Do you want tothink differently, but are unsure how? Would youlike to look at your life and say yes instead of no?The path to believing that you can starts with yourthoughts, and your thoughts can be shifted. Yourl...
The Art of Gratefulness
by Michael Angier.The word appreciate has several meanings. One is to be thankfulor show gratitude. Another is to raise or increase invalue--such as how a good investment appreciates with time. Ithink that by appreciating--practicing gratefulness--the thingswe have an...
An Apple A Day....
by Dave Cole.John Chapman was a man who saw opportunity wheneveryone else saw garbage.Chapman had a vision, a tremendous vision for his futureand the future of his country. That vision destined him tobecome an American folk hero.He developed a business plan for h...
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The Castaway
by Dave Cole.In the recent movie, "The Castaway," Tom Hanks playedthe role of a FedEx delivery man. His job was to fly all overthe world making sure that the packages were delivered on time. One fateful trip found his cargo plane flying through a nastystorm somew...
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The Superman Syndrome
by Kathy Paauw."Life is what happens while you are busy making otherplans." --John LennonI just got back from a business trip to the East Coast.While I was away several hundred email messages accumulated,in addition to a tall stack of postal mail and a full voicema...
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Dealing With Mistakes
by Jeff Mccall.Earl Nightingale once said "What the mind can conceive and trulybelieve, it can achieve!" Was he right? Well you tell me, the proof is right in front of you! Takea look around, right now, this very moment. Everything you see beforeyou, the consumer g...
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TOWERING INFERNO OF PERSONAL STRENGTHS
by Ilaxi Patel.1. Possess Self ConfidenceFeel the DifferenceYour strength lies in your own vision and outlook. Build the confidence and be optimistic. Proceed ahead ‘I can do it and I will win’ The game is yours and you are the ‘Winner’ – Quite Naturally!...
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Independence Day - Free Your Mind
by Kathy Paauw."Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice."-Stephen CoveyI saw the movie Pearl Harbor over Memorial Day weekend. Itserved as a good reminder of the tremendous cost of freedom.There is also a tremendous cost to not having freedom.In a physic...
THE TRUTH ABOUT DREAM-REALIZATION
by Sasikumar.We all have our cherished dreams. Held close to our heartand sometimes hidden even from our closest people, we expect it to be realized one day. But how do we do it.Dream vividly: Let the dream flow. Try to see all the details. Feelas if the dream ha...
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BLOW AWAY THE DEAD STUFF
by Sharon Dalton Williams.Yesterday morning I was looking out of my office window at the trees inmy front yard. The trees were filled with brown, shriveled, deadleaves. These leaves were once healthy and green. They had turnedbrilliant colors under the fall sky. But now they ...
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Stretching That Comfort Zone
by Teri Mitchell.Where is your "Comfort Zone"?Every person on Earth has a comfort zone, whether it bein their personal life and/or their business life. I definethis zone as "the place where one feels safe that is devoidof challenges or threatening circumstances".When...
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Coping with Difficult People
by Mike Moore.According to a new survey carried out by Alliance & where ID_NUM=9270;Leicester, one in five small business owners view tax astheir greatest concern. The Chancellor has announced in hislast budget that companies with profits below 10,000 willno...
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Lets Get Positive
by Anita Foley.It seems that lately I’ve been reading an awful lot of articles in e-zines about the difficulty of doing business online. They talk about all the hype, all the scams, all the lies and false promises. They talk about all the worthless web sites, loa...
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