| 1091 | Let There Be Life! The Kabbalah of Transformation Preview: BS”D Creating your World with Words Try saying these words to yourself: Depressed, sad, afraid, guilty, alone, weak, fragmented, disconnected, weary, helpless, victimized, threatened, tired, drained, resentful, unappreciated, misunderstood, burdened, angry, hate, hard, not good enough, dreary, stupid, ugly, lonely, impossible, overwhelmed, isol... (more) Published By: Shifra Hendrie Submitted: 27 October,2004 |
| 1092 | I'm always busy, but nothing much gets done! Preview: I decided to finally clean out the shed in our back yard recently. My wife left the house early on a Saturday morning to run some errands and I knew that my cleaning the shed would please her greatly. On the way out the door to fulfill my noble task, I take a quick look at the morning mail and notice a past due bill so I run upstairs to write a ... (more) Published By: Charlie Badenhop Submitted: 29 October,2004 |
| 1093 | A small piece of carpet Preview: 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 nurtur... (more) Published By: Charlie Badenhop Submitted: 29 October,2004 |
| 1094 | Biting the hand that feeds you Preview: Learn how to join with and utilize a person's current "bad" behavior. Rather than telling a person they are doing something "wrong" and suggesting a fix, validate their current model of the world, and change will occur "on its own." Many years ago my parents gave me a parrot. The first thing I learned is that parrots can be dangerous to be arou... (more) Published By: Charlie Badenhop Submitted: 29 October,2004 |
| 1095 | Welcome to my stress-free world Preview: Welcome to my stress-free world By David Leonhardt What the world needs more of is...stress. Sadly, I must deliver a formal apology to all 17,124 subscribers to my newsletter, A Daily Dose of Happiness, for running a series on stress reduction tips and wasting their time in such a frivolous fashion, when they could be using that time to watch... (more) Published By: David Leonhardt Submitted: 29 October,2004 |
| 1096 | 3 Keys to Making Small Talk Easy to Do Preview: Small talk used to be really hard work for me. I never knew what to say and I always worried about saying the wrong thing. Then something awful happened to me.... I had to take a job dealing with the public. My worst fears came true and I had to make small talk with a whole range of people each and every day. I found it difficult, tedious and n... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1097 | How to Quickly and Easily Deal With Rude People Preview: Where I live there seems to be a a growing population of rude and vulgar people. And no matter how hard I wish for things to change it is not going to happen. It is up to me to change how I think and feel about these people. The same applies for you. 1 What does it mean when someone is rude? Your initial angry reaction may be to think the person... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1098 | Do You Make These Common Mistakes When Talking to People? Preview: Many moons ago. Talking to people was something I avoided where possible. At the time, I did not know I was unconsciously setting myself up for failure. I kept making the same mistakes without even noticing what I was doing wrong. You may be doing the same thing. Here are three common mistakes together with tips on how to deal with them: 1. Ju... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1099 | 4 Quick, Easy Ways to Say No to People Who Take You for Granted Preview: No matter how wonderful you are sometimes other people will try to take advantage of your good nature. They will push you, get you to do more than your fair share and keep asking you to do even more. And worst of all -- often your efforts will be taken for granted. Unless you can say No, the situation will not change in fact it may get even more ... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1100 | The Amazing Success Secret Anyone Can Start Using Today Preview: The way we live today more and more emphasis seems to be placed on career success, material gain and achievement. And in an increasingly complex world sometimes it seems like technology and rigid processes have become more important than the people they were set up to serve. However there is one success secret that costs nothing. And we can all u... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1101 | What People Are Really Interested In & How to Win Friends Preview: A lot of your people problems and concerns about what other people think will fade into the background when you understand one crucial reality. Most people are interested in you only to the extent they can get something from you. I know this sounds harsh. Bear with me a moment while I explain. Apart from your family and closest friends most oth... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1102 | How to Turn Around A Sinking Conversation - 7 Tips Preview: When a conversation is not working out there is the potential for massive frustration or a breakthrough depending on how you look at it. 1 Question your assumptions about the other person Perhaps the breakdown in communication is based on rumors that have no basis in reality. You may be unfairly judging the other person and filtering every word ... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1103 | Feeling Self-Conscious? 6 Tips to Turn it Around Fast! Preview: When you feel self-conscious it means you are putting too much attention on your self, too much focus on what you are doing and how you are doing it. And this is a formula for poor performance. The secret then to dealing with this problem is to become other conscious. If all you do is shift your focus from self to others you will communicate bet... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1104 | How to Deal with Discouragement and Develop Exceptional People Skills Preview: Ever feel like giving up? Do you ever feel so discouraged that even one more day of frustration will be too much to handle? Everyone gets discouraged at times however there are a number of key differences between people who keep on going and those who give up: 1 Focus On Your Goal Not On Your Problems One of my mentors is a highly successful pr... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1105 | Why Pacing and Leading is for Wimps! Preview: Okay, you have read some books on body language and they all said you must mirror and match, pace and lead.... And you failed miserably when you went out into the real world. Let me tell you why and what you need to do instead. But first a story that illustrates my point... A few years ago I moved into a very well paid position in the company w... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1106 | Say Adios to the Fear of Rejection! Preview: Do you ever get an uncomfortable feeling in your stomach when you have to approach someone? In situations like this does your mind go blank? This is not unusual. That feeling is often the fear of rejection. When you feel afraid your emotions take over, you feel tense and your ability to think logically vanishes into thin air. And that is why y... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1107 | You Are What You THINK YOu Are Preview: Think out of the box, they say. But what's a box? In the context of the discussion here the 'box' is the sub-conscious mind. More specifically box is the limitation imposed by sub-conscious mind. Sub-conscious mind is the repository of all life's experiences, memories, feelings. We have experienced the joy of being appreciated, the disappointmen... (more) Published By: Sanjay Johari Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1108 | How to Kill Fear When Dealing with Aggressive People Preview: The book Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers is regarded as a self help classic. Have you read it? I read it many years ago and I was disappointed by the content of this book that has helped a lot of people take control of their fears. Why? Because I believe we all have the power to go far beyond feeling the fear. And I really think ... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1109 | 3 Secrets to Developing Superior People Skills Preview: 1. If What You Are Doing Is Not Working Change Your Approach When I was in school I always had a small group of close friends but I never found it easy meeting new people. By the time I reluctantly entered the work force it was clear that my communication skills were limiting my progress. The fact that I was as capable or even more capable than ... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1110 | The Amazing Secret To Ridding Yourself Of Self Consciousness Preview: 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. If I give you tips for listening more effectively and you rush off to practice the tips you may not get very far no matter how hard you try. Why? ... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |