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How To Deal With People Who Dislike You


When you read books on personal development and articles about making your life better the emphasis is generally on the positive.You learn all about deciding what you want and how to get it.

The Amazing Secret To Ridding Yourself Of Self Consciousness


One of the biggest challenges to developing superior communication skills is that you already have your hands full in those situations where you need help. Take a typical scenario - meeting new people.

Do You Make These Common Mistakes When Talking to People?


Many moons ago. Talking to people was something I avoided where possible.

Among the Purpose & Personality


I have one magical thought, lets see it more closely. Every one has purpose of life.

Five Steps to Vocational Passion: A Disciplined Plan for Major Mid-life Changes


There's a famous song lyric that asks: "Is that all there is?" Every seven seconds, an American turns 50 years old. So there's a good chance that song is running through some of their heads.

Trust In The Moment, and Trust In Yourself


Do you often get yourself upset and feeling less than fully confident, as part of your preparation for facing a daunting challenge? You can improve your performance if you let your somatic intelligence lead the way."You move too much to be effective.

A Small Piece Of Carpet


Have you ever noticed how the way you feel about yourself sometimes depends on whether or not you get confirmation of your value from others? When you enter into challenging situations with a positive self identity you will discover that you are living your life with a greater sense of enjoyment and fulfillment.I have learned a lot about nurturing a positive identity of love and appreciation from the man who taught me to train dogs.

The Rewards and Risks Of Personal Freedom


We all need to decide whether to "play it safe" in life and worry about the downside, or instead take a chance, by being who we really are and living the life our heart desires. Which choice are you making?One of the first things I noticed about my newly purchased parrot, was that he couldn't fly.

Why?


I met Sean a year and a half ago in a crowd of 50,000 people. We struck up a conversation and really hit it off.

Being an Emotional Victim


None of us like to think of ourselves as victims. The term "victim" brings to mind a pathetic image of a person who is powerless.

Fear of Intimacy


Emotional intimacy is one of the most wonderful experiences we ever have. Nothing else really comes close to the experience of sharing our deepest thoughts and feelings with another, of being deeply seen and known, of sharing love, passion, laughter, joy, and/or creativity.

Could You Be A Workaholic?


If you need to put on boots and grab a lap-top computer to relieve yourself at night, you might be a redneck workaholic.It never crossed my mind that there could be such a thing as a redneck workaholic, until I read a column on "Are you a workaholic?""Did you read this?" I asked my wife.

How to Jump-start Your Emotional Health


You've probably heard the expression: "It's not what you're eating. It's what's eating you!" This well-known saying reminds us that the thoughts we entertain can have an impact on our health.

12 Reasons to Develop Exceptional People Skills


Why should you bother to spend your valuable time learning how to develop exceptional people skills?Here's why..

The X-factor


Would you agree that today most of us have the same set of opportunities and the same set potential?If you agree with me, then perhaps you might like to consider this puzzling question: if we all have the same opportunities and potential why are some people more successful than others?It could be said that some people are more privileged than others, and while this is certainly true, you could argue that there is proof in every day life of people who started off with zero and went on to accumulate incredible wealth. It could be said that some people have better academic ability than others and while this is true you could argue the case of all the people who achieved success after years of under-achieving in education.

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