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Afternoon Pick me ups with no Starbucks in sight!

It's afternoon, you're starting to feel rundown, wondering how you’re going to muster enough get up and go to finish out your day.If you have given up caffeine or trying to cut back, here are three energy-boosters without a coffee cup or soda in sight! Walk or run up 2 flights of stairs trying to take 2 at a time. Land on every other one going up, then turn around and land on the one missed goi. . .

Stress And Anxiety

Stress and anxiety put people in the hospital every day. It may not be common to go to the doctor to say "I think I have stress," but the National Institutes of Health say that 80% of illnesses are caused by stress, directly or indirectly. Powerful hormones, including adrenalin, are released into your blood when you're stressed and anxious. They cause a rise in blood pressure, a faster heart an. . .

Stress Management: New Age Solutions

With the hectic pace of life today, most people experience stress on a daily basis. The debilitating effects of stress are such that corporations provide employees with free stress management programs, an increasing number of people are seeking treatment for an anxiety disorder, and medications are being dispensed for people who experience an anxiety attack. In this age, new therapies for stres. . .

Why not realize your goals?

Have you forgotten what it is you want to become and have? Probably you have made a few attempts, found that your strategies didn’t work and lost yourself along the way.Why not give yourself another chance to realize your goals?It all starts with the goal.Define and describe it. Write down when you want to achieve it. Write down the reasons why you want it. Write down how it would feel like wh. . .

New Years Resolutions - Some New Ideas

New years resolutions. You promise yourself you'll quit smoking, lose ten pounds, take that vacation or buy that dream car. Did you know that 93.5% of new years resolutions are never followed through on? Okay, I made up that statistic, but it's believable, isn't it? Time for some new ideas.New Ideas For New Years ResolutionsHow about a resolution to do the things which make all your goals more . . .

New Year Goals

“Action Steps To Success”Life Coach AdviceThink back to the beginning of 2005. Like most, you started the new year with many goals. What goals did you set? Maybe 2005 was the year you were going to lose weight, get a better job, make more money, meet someone or quit smoking.How did it go?2005 has come to an end. How many of those goals did you accomplish? It’s ok to admit that you didn’t accomp. . .

Managing Your Fears And Anxieties Takes Practice

Like everything in life, managing your fears and anxieties takes practice. The more you do it, the better you will become. Here are a few reminders on how you can become better at dealing with your fears, depression, and anxieties.Take advantage of the help that is available around you. If possible, talk to a professional who can help you manage your fears and anxieties. They will be able to pr. . .

Boundaries Support You and Your Relationships With Others

Boundaries are the lines you establish between yourself and those around you, that support you in caring for yourself. When clear boundaries are not established and upheld, your personal needs can become enmeshed with the needs of your family, friends, co-workers, community, bowling group, or stranger on the street. Your personal needs can become lost in the melting pot of all the needs and con. . .

Making Better Decisions

Decisions MatterThe execution of Australian "drug mule" Van Nguyen polarised opinion in Australia. On one hand the "pro-choice" lobby said he knew what he was doing, made a risky choice and paid the price, whether they agree with the price. Others portray him as a victim of circumstances, a pawn in a much bigger game.Generate options and find informationWhatever you think about the death penalt. . .

7 Fun and Feisty Resolutions You’re Guaranteed To Achieve...

January 1st rolls around and there are resolutions up the wazoo – which no one seems to keep. Society instantly asks to you recognize some glaring personality flaw - on the spot. Without any planning, preparation or foresight you go for it! You pick something monumental to fix. You never start small or say, “I promise to water and care for the house plants!” Instead you pick something that’s b. . .

Learn How To Appreciate Yourself and Others

I grew up in a home that was filled with guilt. As bizarre as it may seem, that guilt grew out of very generous behavior. My parents always thought of other people. In many cases, they were forced to. Both worked hard and were always striving to do better. While not rich or even financially comfortable by any stretch of the imagination, relatives were often envious of the fiscal stability that . . .

Are You Sensibly Sense-full? Don’t Miss The Day

“Can you hear it? It’s there. Listen.”“What? I can’t hear a thing.”“That is exactly the point. Listen to the quiet.”Yesterday was a typical day for me. I was up early, practiced a presentation for about an hour, had a quick cup of coffee and toast, and then perched myself in my office. The hours zipped by as I made calls, answered calls, and typed voraciously on the computer. My mind was awhirl. . .

No Problem is Too Great to Solve

At the famed Waldorf-Astoria in New York, J.C. Penny, an energetic 95-years old at the time was asked, “You’ve had plenty of problems in your life. What is your philosophy about problems?”He answered, “Actually I’m grateful for all my problems. As I overcome each one I became stronger and more able to meet those yet to come. I grew because of my difficulties.”Like J.C. and others who have achie. . .

Social Anxiety (And Other Things I Didn't Know About Myself)

Mid life for me, as most people, is a time of personal review, trying to fathom the twists and turns in life that have brought me to where I am today. Among the questions I have asked myself is: What led me to specialize in treating social anxiety? Upon private reflection, the most compelling reason is that I, like many of my clients, have suffered from that disorder. We are in good company. Ju. . .

Tips For Improving Your Memory

Do you forget peoples names as soon as you are introduced to them? Did you ever go to the store only to forget what you went there to buy? These are actually common occurrences that happen to people every day and there are methods you can use to help improve your memory in these areas.When you are introduced to someone, this event is stored in immediate memory only long enough for the event t. . .

Gambling Addiction: How To Get Rid Of It

There are many vices lurking in the society today. One of which is gambling. What’s even worse is the fact that people who are so hooked up with gambling have the tendency to get addicted to it.Addiction is a serious social issue that society is still trying to muster. With gambling addiction, gamblers just don’t lose money but life and family as well. That is why it is extremely important to s. . .

Time Management Tips For A Successful Life

The application of time management skills has tended, in the past, to be thought of as something that is for business life only. In reality, though, time management is something from which we can all benefit in our personal lives as well, and in the art of marrying our working lives with our home and social lives. Those benefits show in a number of ways, including health, well being and satisfa. . .

Do You Really Want to Change Your Life in the Coming Year?

Do you really want to change you financial landscape within the next 12 months?Because if you do, I'm going to tell you how.You MAY not want to read what I'm about to write because it WILL remove excuses you have. In fact, after this very simple tip, you will no longer have the ready-made excuse that perhaps you've used in the past. I will strip it away like Dad rips off the warm covers on a . . .

More Time Please

You’ve got goals haven’t you? Things you want to achieve in life? The thing I would guess you are lacking is the time to do it. I mean, you’ve got a job, then your social commitments, then your hobbies, sports, TV time and … oh yes … you have to sleep too.And after all this, what time is there left to work on your goals and making your life outstanding?Very little.And I bet you would like more . . .

Eliminate Boredom In Your Career

The truth is our careers can be boring. We wake up everyday at the same time, take the same route to work, eat the same breakfast, see the same people, work on the same projects, and then we go home and get ready for the next day. All while counting the days to the weekend.Depressing? No. Knowing that your career will pretty much be the same can be empowering. Focusing on what's stable in your . . .

Who Am I?

Who am I? What come to mind when you ask this of yourself? How many different memories, ideas, and things seem like a part of you? What do you identify with? Does this process of identification help you, or just cause suffering?Perhaps when your favorite basketball team loses, you suffer as though YOU lost. When your car is damaged it feels like YOU are hurt. When somebody attacks who they thin. . .

Why You Must Stay On Course

"After speaking with a lot of people who are disappointed trying to make something out of their 'passions', Marquez Comelab releases his first of a series of articles, saying that despite the cycle of frustrations experienced by artists and entertainers, there are reasons why they should stay on course." I believe that all of us want to express something: an idea, a theory, an opinion or a stat. . .

A New Year: a New Start!

An ingenious spiritual teacher, Lester Levenson, shifts people out of old, crippling emotional patterns with the simple suggestion: “That was Then. This is Now.” This statement of truth reminds us that our pain and suffering occurred in the past—and brings us into the present to see if the experience is actually still occurring. And, in fact, that old experience of life is never occurring in th. . .

Wealth and Material Things In Relation To Personal Happiness

A common misconception is that money and material things can help buy you happiness. One of life’s truth is that many times having wealth and buying that new material item will only offer an empty temporary boost in happiness. Soon afterwards, these temporary boosts of happiness often wear off. The trick for people that have extra income for buying non-necessity items is to only seek out materi. . .

5 Simple Ways to Kick Start Your Goal-Setting

It’s that time of year again where many pause and reflect on the previous year and consider what, if any, changes are needed and appropriate for the new one.There are five important, yet simple steps to follow, which I believe are necessary for seemingly impossible goals to be achieved.Step Number OneSpend some quiet time and write down exactly what the change or changes will be and why you wan. . .

Who's To Blame If You Are Not Getting Promoted?

Who or what is to blame if you are not getting the promotion you want and think you deserve?Many factors, in various combinations can be the cause, but one thing is almost certain. Like it or not, you and you alone must take most of the credit or the blame if your career is stuck on "hold."There is valuable insight into all of this in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar." Cassius is advising Brutus a. . .

12 Techniques for Letting Go of Your Clutter

Remember, it’s not clutter if you really love it. Always keep in mind that it’s ok to keep the things you really appreciate, this is more about discovering what you love and separating those things out from the overwhelming mass of “stuff” in your surroundings so you can have more freedom to enjoy your life. Make sure that you really want to do this, and are not doing it because you “should”, o. . .

Dealing with Post-Holiday Blues

After the usual pre-Christmas and post holiday celebrations, I found myself feeling a bit depressed and lethargic. The house has become too quiet; friends and family have returned home.It is not uncommon that we end the holiday season with a sense of letdown. This is probably due to our unrealistic expectation that holiday events can provide us with lasting happiness despite the fact that we kn. . .

The Significance Of Attention

Firstly I would like to discuss the difference between attention and retention. Many in the past have deemed that attention is requisite to acquiring information. For without attention a profound impression cannot be made.In the medium of retention there is an objective at the outset. That motive is to retain information. In the realm of attention that purpose may not be present but that does n. . .

Why Do We Hurt Those We Love Most And How To Stop This

You love each other but can’t manage to communicate without arguing, fighting and ending up exhausted, each one in his corner, trying to lick his wounds and thinking of how to protect one self against a new attack. And in spite of that…you love each other? How is this possible? Why do people hurt most those they love?How come we can’t express our love? How come we are full of good intentions bu. . .

The Magic of May

As we reach the half point in this month of May, there seems to be a calling to remember what this particular time of year is about and how we can take advantage of this in our lives. It’s a perfect time to use all the energies that are available to create the magic – that spark of light, laughter, and joy – that helps us to move forward with enthusiasm. Perhaps, in your own life, it’s a time. . .

Tomorrow's Happiness Begins Today

If you want to be happy tomorrow you need to begin working at it today. Some people spend their lives waiting for happiness to arrive on its own and it never comes. Others work hard at creating wealth but still aren’t happy, discovering that money only brings a whole different set of problems. Happiness is a state of mind and not the size of your bank account. Happiness is emotional and not phy. . .

Seven Sure-Fire Steps from Resolutions to Results

What would January be without personal commitments for change? It’s a chance for a fresh start! With the promise of a new year before us, we believe that anything is possible. Yet, all too often February can bring a familiar refrain of resolutions not kept and promises broken.What can you do this year to change this pattern and ensure your resolutions have staying power?Here’s my list of 7 S. . .

Finding Spiritual Guidance

There is spiritual guidance all around us… are you listening for it?Spiritual or inner guidance is available at all times, everywhere. It is found in casual conversation, in books that fall into our hands, in "wrong" numbers dialed… always available when we listen. After all, we believe that the Divine presence is everywhere, so why would the Divine voice of guidance not be everywhere, too? A. . .

What is Time?

Although time is time, we could for the sake of understanding break it into time by the clock and psychological time. Time by the clock is simple, I have to be somewhere at a certain time, however psychological time is a little more interesting. I know myself through time, through experiences; I am this today I will be that tomorrow. We have the idea that I am this and I will become that.We are. . .

Creating Powerful Goals – Learn How to Generate Wealth by...

I am going to write to you about a time-tested great way to start your New Year. You guessed it – making your list of monthly and yearly goals.The business philosopher Jim Rohn said that, “The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.”The process of reaching your goal changes you for. . .

Common Sense Tips For Public Speaking

Here are a few tips you’ll want to keep handy when you’re just starting out in public speaking. These aren’t anything out of the ordinary and for the most part the points below are really common sense. The idea here is that too often we forget common sense when we’re overtaken by anxiety, social phobia and fear of public speaking. That’s a reality for a lot of people who are just starting to sp. . .

Setting Personal Objectives For The New Year

The end of one year and the start of another brings with it the opportunity and inspiration, for many, to consider their personal situation and plan for the year ahead. We all hope that we will end the New Year better off in our personal lives than we start it. By “better off” we may mean financially, in terms of happiness and relationships, in our careers and lifestyles; in fact, in any aspect. . .

How Are Your Choices Forming Patterns and Perspectives In...

The way you view life is vital, it is the key to the method, the way you understand and experience life. There are those who find life to be wonderful, breathtaking, magnificent, amazing, joyful, miraculous, adventurous, and there are those who don’t.I find it to be quite amazing how some people truly do live life out of the thoughts or feelings of lack. I hear them complain and be negative i. . .

How to Make and Keep New Year Resolutions

Each year there are at least two significant dates when people contemplate about changing something of their lives they don’t like. One is the birthday and the other one is obviously the New Year. Although, you should not feel obligated to wait till your birthday or the New Year in order to act on improving your life, it is not a bad idea to start a new commitment on an important date. On the o. . .

5 Steps to Re-charge When You Feel Like Giving Up

Even the most mild-mannered of us have days when we want to spray paint over happy face buttons and strangle the next person who comes close to suggesting that there is always a silver lining.Even those of us who are completely dedicated to doing WHATEVER it takes to reach our goals have days when all feels hopeless and it seems as if our ability to achieve these goals is rapidly spinning out o. . .

Our Fears And Worries Can Distort The Reality Of The Situ...

At times, our worries and anxieties can overwhelm us. In addition, our worries can distort our perception of what is reality and what is not. Here is a brief list of techniques that a person can use to help gain a better perspective on things during our anxious moments.When feeling anxious, stop what you are doing and try to do something that will relax you. A person should take a deep breath a. . .

Public Speaking Tips To Remember When You’re On Centre Stage

There are many public speaking tips you’ll need to take into consideration when writing your speech and when preparing to deliver your speech. That said, once you’re centre stage, there are a few simple (but crucial) public speaking tips to always keep in mind:Simple Public Speaking tips to remember:• Start every speech with a smile. Don’t think for a minute that it’s silly, a warm and endearin. . .

The Power of Thinking Big

It has often been said that bigger is not always better. That may be true when considering automobiles and the current price of gas, but it is never true when it comes to new ideas or personal dreams where thinking big is always better.Let me illustrate. Think back to when you were a child. Perhaps you dreamed that one day you would grow up, get married, and have children. A nice dream, right? . . .

Five Things Leaders Do Everyday

As top producers in our organizations and as viewed upon as some of the best mentors in our group we are often asked," what are the things leaders do everyday"? I would like to share these with you. Actually, they are very simple. When we got involved in our business there were five simple things everybody did who were at the top of their game. I did not take long for us to jot them down clearl. . .

8 Rules of Rules of Success for Your 2006

Do you ever wonder what the difference is between those people who DO accomplish their dreams and those that DON’T? Over the last several years I have taken quite an interest in understanding that very phenomena - understanding the character trait(s) that separate those that DO and those that DON’T. In my research of various readings by noted “successperts” and well known figures who have achie. . .

What Does it Mean to “Self Improve?”

Self Improvement has become mainstream. In the last few years, since I have been writing articles and submitting them to article sites, I’ve noticed that the category of “Self Improvement” has been showing up lately when it was never there before. To me, this is very good news.But what does it really mean to “Self Improve?” What are we really improving when we self improve? And what “self” are. . .

Making Your Leadership Your Life

Many leaders think that their leadership is something they do on-the-job and not in their life off-the-job. However, the author contends that the best leadership should be applicable both to on-and-off-the-job activities. Companies facing global competition are expecting more from all employees, more initiative, more innovation and more results. Critical to meeting these expectations is leader. . .

A Leadership Secret: Replace Goals With Processes Using T...

Summary: Most leaders have been taught to set goals for their groups. However, the author asserts that goal-setting is not the most effective way to lead. He suggests that turning goals into processes achieves more results, and he details a step by step plan to do it.I bring leadership processes that help leaders get more results faster continually. The results will come in a specific length. . .

The Hanging Of Jonathan Wild: A Leadership Lesson

Jonathan Wild, notorious English criminal (1682-1725) picked the pocket of the priest who administered the last rites on the gallows at Tyburn. The unrepentant felon triumphantly waved his trophy, a corkscrew, just before he was dropped to his death. There is a leadership lesson in this. And it's a lesson many leaders miss. When you're leading a group of people of whatever size to get result. . .