I'll Be Home For Christmas This Article is About: Tips For Public Speaking by Wayne and Tamara, Way. Direct Answers - Column for the week of November 29, 2004
I have been married 25 years. We come from completely different backgrounds. I grew up in a large family in a small town, and we were poor. My husband is an only child, privileged, and he...
Love and Light This Article is About: Business Public Speaking by Skye Thomas, Sky. Seems that everyone who writes to me signs their letters "love and light." It has such a bright uplifting sound to it. Lightworkers are being taught to hold the energy of the light and to equate love with a warm white light that heals and...
Giving Up Too Soon This Article is About: Goal Setting Articles by Skye Thomas, Sky. So you feel beaten up and bruised and you're ready to quit. You have no support system or the one you have is pathetically inadequate for the goals you've set. You're so tired that the couch is looking more and more inviting everyday. You have...
MISTAKES This Article is About: Goal Setting Theory by R J Farey, R J. Don’t worry about making mistakes.
Everyone makes mistakes.
Why should you be different.
The person who never made a mistake, never made anything.
Mistakes can be costly. They can also be educational.
Look upon your mistakes as an asset.
Life is a...
The Stories We Tell Ourselves This Article is About: Improve Public Speaking by Rabbi Michael Ozair, Rab. The Hasidic master, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach taught that on Passover night we are bringing our entire life stories to the Seder table to be freed. What exactly does this mean? To begin with, we are by nature, storytellers. Whether we are aware of...
How to Get Motivated and Have Industrial Strength Self-Motivation This Article is About: Setting A Goal by Peter Murphy, Pet. It is not your fault if popular self-help courses have never worked for you over the long term.
How to get motivated is not adequately dealt with.
Why?
Because generally speaking there are problems with the material you have read and listened to...
A Global Empathy Deficit- 2 Lessons This Article is About: Stress Management Center by Patsi Krakoff, Psy. D., Pat. "...We've got a budget deficit that's important, we've got a trade deficit that's critical, but what I worry most is our empathy deficit.” – Interview in O Magazine with Barack Obama.
Perhaps this is not only a US national concern but a global...
Healing The Abandonment Wounds This Article is About: Improve Public Speaking by Margaret Paul, Ph.D., Mar. I have counseled individuals, couples, families and business partners for the past 35 years and authored eight published books. Every individual I’ve worked with has had some abandonment wound to heal, and most relationship problems stem from...
Should I Give Up Me To Not Lose You? This Article is About: Overcoming Public Speaking by Margaret Paul, Ph.D., Mar. How far can you afford to bend your values to preserve your relationship? How far can you go in giving yourself up to avoid losing your partner? How much of yourself can you afford to sacrifice to not lose someone you love? How do we find the...
How Can I Get My Partner To Change? This Article is About: Overcoming Public Speaking by Margaret Paul, Ph.D., Mar. How much energy do you spend trying to get what you want from your partner? Think about it for a moment - how much of your thinking time is spent on what to say to your partner to get him or her to be the way you want him or her to be?
Many of us...
Fight, Flight, or Loving Action This Article is About: Public Speaking Book by Margaret Paul, Ph.D., Mar. Fight or flight - our automatic response to danger. When fear is present, adrenaline pours into our system to prepare us to fight or flee - from the tiger, the bear, the lava from the volcano….
Fight or flight - today we automatically respond this...
To Thine Own Self This Article is About: Quotes Public Speaking by Wayne and Tamara, Way. Direct Answers - Column for the week of December 6, 2004
Someone gave me a bit of advice, and I'm doing my best to get my head wrapped around it, trying to understand and comprehend and translate it into my own life. What does it mean to "follow...
The Disciplines of Success This Article is About: Setting And Achieving Goals by Maria Palma, Mar. Success, in the dictionary, is defined as, “The achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted.” So why is success in our society defined by the balance in your bank account, the car you drive, or how big your house is? You are successful...
Speeding Myths and Facts This Article is About: Goal Setting For Students by Magda Santos, Mag. Speed Reading is one of those subjects that is spun to sound like a tonic that will solve all your educational ills and grow hair on your bald head for 2 easy payments of $19.99 each. At times it sounds like a medicine show.
Some write about how...
The Art of Learning This Article is About: Good Public Speaking by Dr. Tim Sams, Dr.. My temples begin to throb and I can feel the panic rising in my throat, as I sit in the classroom. The minutes tick by and I still don't know what he's talking about. I look around the class and everyone else seems calm. It's just me.
I rifle...
My Journey This Article is About: How To Set Goals by Dr. Tim Sams, Dr.. I believe it's important for you to develop a mission statement for your life; one that is unique and articulates your values, goals, dreams; how you want to live.
Your mission statement is a living, breathing testimony of the life you are...
The Art of Forgiveness This Article is About: In Stress Management by Dr. Tim Sams, Dr.. Forgiveness is a critical element in becoming self actualized and fully loving. Forgiving is the process by which you let go of feeling victimized or having wronged others. It allows you to climb out of the dark well of anger, bitterness, or guilt...
The Art of Selfishness This Article is About: Stress Management Activities by Dr. Tim Sams, Dr.. Mature selfishness is the cornerstone of effectively living with passion and purpose. A commitment to self- interest is practical and efficient since you are better able to meet your needs than hope that someone else does. It is the basis for the...
Passion or Purpose? This Article is About: Stress Management Center by Dr. Tim Sams, Dr.. I hate moderation. I hate doing things moderately. I hate having to be controlled, mature, and disciplined. I don't want to moderate how much I eat or drink. I don't want to be moderate with sex, or playing, or vacations. I don't want to moderate...
The ‘Stand-Out’ Principle This Article is About: Stress Time Management by Paul Shearstone, Pau. Think for a moment about all the people you know that Stand Out from their peers.
Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky and Tiger Woods may come to mind. Singers like Madonna, Paul McCartney, Pavarotti, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald. Actors like Tom Cruise,...
The Magic of Thinking Small This Article is About: Goal Setting Theory by Mike Litman, Mik. Hey!
Many of you might disagree and I'm prepared for that.
Many 'guru's' might say "Mike, you're wrong." and I'm prepared for that.
But what I'm about to share with you has been one of my biggest secrets to my success.
This secret has been so...
The Magic of Hearing This Article is About: Public Speaking Coach by Angie Dixon, Ang. I’m working on a coach training certification, and one of the “proficiencies” I’m expected to have mastered is “engages in provocative conversations.” Now, that really got me thinking. What’s a provocative conversation?
Well, the word “provocative”...
Letting Go of Clutter In Your Office This Article is About: Stress Management Books by Angie Dixon, Ang. Some people would say I’m the last person in the world to be writing about clearing out clutter; I seem to accumulate so much of it. But I also get rid of it, when it reaches the point of bothering me.
That’s the first thing about clearing out...
