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  • Procrastination: Face It, Trace It, Erase It  By : Mary Eule Scarborough
    For some, procrastination is a way of life... and this trait is hurting them personally and professionally. Read this article to learn the most common symptoms of procrastination, its root causes and steps for gaining mastery over it.l
  • Saturn Returns - Name And Title Changes  By :
    Saturn Returns are major milestones in life. Saturn Returns occur for each of us every 29.5 years. Saturn returns between the ages 28-30, 58-60, and 88-90. Feared and misunderstood, Saturn Returns are indeed times when the chickens come home to roost. This can be either good or bad depending on what you have learned in the previous 29.5 years and how you have put this knowledge to use.

    A well-maneuvered Saturn Return corrects and furthers out path, and brings magnificent r...
  • Live a Prosperous and Carefree Life With Advanced Alpha Training  By : Richard Weber
    Alpha is a brainwave state that people experience on a day-to-day basis, but they only experience it for a few seconds or minutes at a time. By learning to stay in this 'magical' alpha state of awareness for an extended period of time, it can reduce your stress, improve your happiness and problem-solving problems, and will generally make your life more carefree and enjoyable.
  • How to Get the Results You Want!  By : Michael A. Verdicchio
    The choices you have made and the actions you have taken have produced the results that you see in your life right now. A lot of people might totally disagree with that statement, but I believe it is very true. Your results are directly produced by the decisions that you have made.
  • What Does It Mean -- Saturn Return  By :
    You’ve heard about Saturn Return. What is it exactly? It’s a time to prepare for, that’s for sure. Saturn returns every 29.5 years, so this will happen to you between the ages of 28 and 30, again at 58-60, and again at 88-90.

    It’s not often we get to see a third Saturn Return, but Picasso lived to have one. It is at this time that he invented neo-expressionism.

    Got an idea now of what can happen?

    Lt. Col. Thomas E. Lawrence, a British soldier, was sent to investigate...
  • Transform Your Imperfections  By :
    "In nature every moment is new; the past is always swallowed and forgotten; the coming only is sacred. Nothing is secure but life, transition, the energizing spirit. No love can be bound by oath or covenant to secure it against a higher love. No truth so sublime but it may be trivial tomorrow in the light of new thoughts. People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled it there any hope for them."

    ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance

    Recently I was reading t...
  • Alternatives to the past  By : Mike Scantlebury
    What's so good about the past? It seems so certain, so solid. It's there to tell us who we are and where we came from. Actually, it doesn't exist. It's there in our heads and we have to recreate the details in our minds. It's actually as flabby and full of fantasy as our dreams about the future. Let Mike Scantlebury demolish your obsessions and chip away at your bad memories. After all, they're holding you back.
  • The Biggest Challenge To Change - The Status Quo  By : Andrew Cox
    The Biggest Challenge To Change - The Status Quo Creating change, accepting change, making change work, being rewarded by change - all are resisted by that condition called the Status Quo. And most of the time we don't even realize it.
  • Law of Attraction - Anger - Introspection and Knowing Yourself  By : Aldian Prakoso
    Every morning for the next week before you start your day, go to your bedroom, close the door, and pile all your pillows in the center at the head of the bed. Kneel on the bed with the pillows in front of you. Bow gently to your inner self and to the Universe. Then start beating the living daylights out of the pillows.
  • Loving Ways To Deal With Death and Dying  By : Helene Rothschild
    Death is a natural occurrence, a passageway. When we can accept human death as another cycle of life, we can enjoy our daily lives more because we won’t be in fear. Then we can also gracefully release others who are dying. Read the 23 suggestions that can help you deal with death and dying in a loving, healthy way.
  • My Life Sucks - Can It Be All In My Head?  By : Priscilla Parham
    Nothing is going right. I don't even have enough money to pay attention. Me and my mate keep fighting and my kids are driving me crazy. My job is totally unfulfilling, I hate it!
  • Discovering Everyday Gratitude: How to Live a Life Filled With Appreciation & Enjoyment  By : Mike Robbins
    We don't have to wait until everything is handled. We don't have to wait until we get it all perfect. And, we don't have to wait for people to do things exactly as we want them to. We can start appreciating life, others, and ourselves exactly as we are, right now.
  • How To Be A Healing Presence  By : Kate Loving Shenk
    The Healing Presence Requires A Being Vs A Doing-ness.
  • Psychological Identity and Identity Crisis  By : M.Farouk Radwan
    Psychological Identity and Identity Crisis
  • Are You Sabotaging Your Own Success?  By : Stan the Mann
    We all know that the bedrock foundation of your business is you. But sometimes we forget. We go off hunting some new marketing strategy or sales technique that will put us over the top. But when we find that killer technique, do we implement it fully, consistently and with vigor?
  • !0 Simple Techniques To Initiate Stress And Anxiety Relief At Work  By :
    Ricky Gervais and the BBC's stunningly successful sit-com "The Office" has been a huge hit around the world spawning countless spin off's and remakes.

    The fact is that the comic situation transfers across cultural barriers. The exact idioms of the language may alter but essentially we see people in the show that we relate to in our own workplace - sometimes we even see ourselves.

    The people are not the only aspect of the show tat transfers, so do the situations the char...
  • Law of Attraction - Body Language and Mind Reading  By : Aldian Prakoso
    Human beings use many different channels of communication. Yet, despite thousands of years of human development, we have regarded only the verbal channels as important — what we say and what we write. But based on the Law of Attraction we can realize that there's an entire channel, non-verbal communication, that is just as important as words, because it gives us as much attraction and information about what people are thinking and feeling.
  • How To Be Helping And Not Hurting Who You Love  By : Enoch Tan
    Are there times when you try to help someone you love, but you end up hurting them instead? You can feel frustrated because you wonder why is it that when you try to help, they can’t seem to receive your help. It makes you feel powerless. You think that if only they would listen to you, you have the solutions, you know what they should do to heal, to be happy. What you don’t realize is that you are not really helping them when you try to help.
  • Fear Of Public Speaking? Ease The Tension  By :
    You’ve spent endless hours preparing the perfect speech - enthralling, witty, entertaining and attention grabbing – and the minute you get near a stage or podium you begin to fall apart! Fear of public speaking is all too common amongst the professional and social arenas and tackling your nerves may appear to be an impossible mission. There are however great tips and techniques included with training courses that can really help and overcoming the fear of public speaking ca...
  • Embrace Narcissistic Pleasures and Inner Happiness!  By : Marion Chamberlain
    American women often feel they can’t live up to an ideal to becoming a kind, gentle and positive person. They lock on to inner turmoil and also fear being seen as conceited, arrogant or self-centered if they place any attention on themselves. The women repress their uniqueness and individuality.
  • Giving Is The Nature of Abundance  By :
    Abundance is a fascinating topic. A solid understanding of it can make you rich in many ways. So, let's examine the root of abundance, which is giving.
  • Personal Development Is A Journey  By :
    First, let me welcome you to my personal development article. I´m really excited to be able to share my visions and thoughts about how to attain a better and more abundant life. I have been on this fantastic journey quite a while already - about 20 years by now - and I thought it is about time to share some of my experiences here. Maybe it can be of some help to you.

    Personal Development is a journey, an inner journey and you will not get there overnight. But since everybo...
  • 18 Malcolm Forbes Quotes To Celebrate His August 19th Birthday  By : Noel Jameson
    Malcolm Forbes was one of the most successful businessmen in history and when it comes to success quotes, the words of this success story are always a treasure. Let these 18 Malcolm Forbes quotes remind us of what it takes to truly succeed.
  • The Double Minded Man  By :
    “A double minded man is unstable in all his ways,” wrote the ancient apostle James (KJV, James 1:8). When part of us wants one thing and another part of us wants something else, we become double minded. And, like James taught, when we are double minded, it is nearly impossible to achieve our goals—we’re unstable.

    This is perhaps the single most significant obstacle individuals encounter on the path to creating goals and realizing dreams.

    I often use this physical descri...
  • Unleash The Power Of Your Subconscious Mind  By : Carol Robinson
    Understanding the power created by your subconscious mind can change you life in an instant. Use these four steps to unleash this power and improve your life.
  • 10 Barriers To Clear Perception And Smart Choices (Which EQ Can Remedy)  By :
    "Everything is self-evident," said Rene Descartes, mathematician and philosopher. Everything is self-evident if you have high emotional intelligence and are good at reality-testing. If you're clouded with emotions, stuck in the past, inflexible, inauthentic, or inept at verbal and nonverbal communication, alas, everything is not self-evident.

    When you develop your emotional intelligence, and the ability to understand and manage your emotions and those of others, you see th...
  • Power Of Persuasion - Key To Moving Consciousness  By : Enoch Tan
    The secret of the universe is the power of persuasion. Persuasion is the one key to getting what you want, becoming rich and having success in anything. Without persuasion, nothing gets done. It is about persuading yourself and others. Persuasion is about moving consciousness, and when you can move consciousness, you can move anything. All persuasion is persuading to take action whether mental or physical action.
  • Why Men Are Afraid of Commitment (And How To Help)  By : Brenda Shoshanna
    After a relationship ends, women ask what went wrong, again and again. In this revealing article we see that often it has nothing to do with the woman. The article explores some patterns and needs that cause men to run from relationships. It also offers specific guidelines and advice to help. Women will learn about male psychology and men will be better able to understand themselves.
  • Televison's picture of the World  By : Aaron Solly
    In 1980, one of the tribe's leaders acquired a television. Members of the tribe describe the event as the beginning of an addiction. Learn what happened next.
  • How To Make People Really Envy You  By :
    Recall the last basketball game you attended.

    Where you the player or the spectator?

    There’s a stark difference between the two.

    Players live IN the game, experiencing an adrenaline rush and living every moment in constant focus, drive and passion. They make things happen, exerting consistent actions committed to a goal.

    Despite the risk of winning or losing, players are fully alive.

    The spectator, on the other hand, sits from the stands. He watches and observe...
  • Nine Quick Self Confidence Boosts  By : Emmanuel Segui
    Everyone has had a day where the world just did not seem to be on their side and that black cloud was persistently over their head. If you are simply having one of those days, instead of wallowing in self pity, take steps to boost yourself up! Learning a few tricks to quickly boost your self confidence will have a bounce in your step and your head in the clouds in no time!
  • The Power of Subliminal Advertising  By :
    The 1957 movie theatre experiement with popcorn & cola by James Vicary may have been a sham and fabricated but in 2006 an astonishing discovery was made in Holland. Does subliminal advertising really work? And, can subliminal messages really change your behaviour? Find out here.
  • Life's Crystal Ball - Your Future Looks Bright  By : Priscilla Parham
    Ever use the services of a psychic or fortuneteller? Whether we seek advice or not, most of us get curious about what the future holds at some point in life. If you had lifes' crystal ball would you want to know your future? Why or why not?
  • Stop Complaining About It!  By : Michael A. Verdicchio
    People many times fail to recognize just how detrimental complaining really is. The choice of what to think about is always yours. This choice determines what you will receive.
  • Dealing With Emotional Pain  By :
    (Hurt - Bitterness - Injustice - Abused – Pain)

    We feel emotional pain when we do not get what we want, need, or expect. We might feel hurt, rejection, bitterness, abuse, injustice or simply emotional pain.

    In such cases, we have not received the behavior or outcomes we expected or believed we deserved.

    We feel this kind of feel pain in cases when * people * do not behave to us in the ways that we had expected as well as in situations where * life * does not give us ...
  • What Can I Do Now To Feel Good?  By : Helene Rothschild
    We have all of our answers inside of us. When we become quiet and ask ourselves a “What” or “How” question we can receive the information and clarity that we need at the time to feel good, and to resolve our problems. The past is for us to learn from, and our future is dependent on what we choose to think and how we decide to act in the present. Change your present and reshape your future!
  • Champions Will Not Be Denied  By : Daniel Sitter
    There will always be that quiet temptation to quit, to find a job and escape, but the serious entrepreneur realizes that during those disconcerting moments, success is often waiting, just ahead, obscured by the next curve in the road. Though currently unseen, triumph awaits beyond the coming dip.
  • Gratitude Lies In Guessing Harry Potter's Grandfather's Name  By :
    Before you see where this article is heading, maybe you would like to take a short quiz on Harry Potter.

    To all Harry Potter's fans and foes out there, please give your best shot at answering the following question. What would you call Harry Potter's grandfather? Any success yet, no? Come on, surely you can think harder than that? You've read it at least three times in the books before! Ok, here's the answer, Harry Potter's grandpa is' Mr Potter!

    Isn't it funny? I apolo...
  • Why You Should Show Gratitude To Yourself To Avoid Failure  By :
    Have you ever watched or heard about a person’s success story and believed that you could never do what he/she has done? Or have you seen someone come up with a revolutionary idea and thought to yourself that you can never accomplish such a feat?

    If your answer is yes to either one or both of my questions, you probably have self-limiting beliefs and negative thoughts about yourself. These are what I would term as a person’s inner ‘monsters’ and these ‘monsters’ are very co...
  • The 'Gratitude' Dilemma Unsolved  By :
    As you will soon find out, showing gratitude for everything, ranging from mundane trivia to life-changing events is frequently touted as the route to happiness.

    Gratitude can be adequately defined as a form of self-acceptance that shows your appreciation for your surrounding situation. You can be grateful for practically anything: the tangibles and the intangibles, the gains and the losses, the past and the future.

    Certain religions and schools of thought have included ...
  • Mastering The Art Of Showing Gratitude To Ultimately Achieve Your Success  By :
    Gratitude. I’m sure you have heard of this word before and you probably know that it simply means a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation. Gratitude may be a mouthful to pronounce but the act of showing it is actually rather simple and effective to implement. Knowing the power and potential of showing gratitude and subsequently applying it accordingly can be the single most decisive factor in ensuring better degrees of success for yourself.

    Let’s dwell a little on exact...
  • How to Keep Motivated and Achieve the Life of Your Dreams  By : May Chew
    How to keep yourself motivated is a perennial issue everyone has to grapple with. Especially when the going gets tough. The motivated person will be able to carry on over the difficulties and make dreams come true. Here are 7 Tips to keep yourself motivated and see those dreams to fruition. It works well for self motivation as well as in students and employees. Keep motivated to see yourself through to success.
  • Alternatives to emotions  By : Mike Scantlebury
    There's a mountain of books out there that will encourage you to 'listen to your heart' and 'go with your gut'. Mike Scantlebury, ever helpful, swims against the tide as usual and urges caution. Just because you feel something inside, it doesn't mean that it's going to help you with your life. It might just be indigestion. Or it might be an innate fear. Fine, but if you want to move forward, you need more than that.
  • Law of Attraction T-Tool  By : Aldian Prakoso
    The definition of the Law of Attraction is simple: We become a magnet for whatever we give our attention to — whether wanted or unwanted. Whatever we think about causes an emotion that feels either good or bad. The sum of our feelings creates the mood that sets the frequency of the vibrations we're emitting.
  • The Three Ingredients To Manifestation That Work Every Time!  By :
    Thoughts become Things! Anyone who studies personal development knows this is true but how many know the three ingredients that guarantee you Manifest your desires?
  • The Meaning Of Life. Really.  By :
    Since Day ONE of the creation, blokes like you and I searched for that elusive reason to life.

    “Why are we here?”

    “What is our purpose?”

    “Does the world follow some rhyme or reason?”

    And check out the great books and authors that elaborated on the idea: Summa Theologica, The Egyptian Book of the Dead, The ‘Quoran, The Bible, Jean Paul Sarte, Socrates, Paulo Cohello, Donald Trump.

    Okay, I arbitarily inserted up that last name.

    But seriously. You never realiz...
  • Two Pillars For Great And Simple Life  By :
    Over the last few years I've spoken to a number of people who want to know 'what life is all about'.

    A decade or more ago I had my own questions on this subject. Since then I have listened too and read the theories of people who seemed wise enough.

    Funnily enough I think one of the wisest comments on the subject came from Woody Allen, He said, 'I'm astounded by people who want to know the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.'

    Allen's quot...
  • How To Have a Great Day  By : Andrew Grant
    Discover how to lift your mood, banish your worries and brighten up your day with three simple steps.
  • How Visual Subliminal Mind Programming Tools Can Enhance Your Life  By : Richard Weber
    How would you like to experience charisma, success, and confidence without doing any conscious work!? Too good to be true? Not anymore. Learn about new advanced mind programming software that can let you attract more friends, wealth, and opportunities completely on autopilot!
  • Change The Channel  By : Kate Loving Shenk
    We Are What We Think About All Day Long

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