| 1111 | Dealing With Negative People Made Easy Preview: I was playing tennis today with one of my tennis buddies. We play once a week and we usually chat about work, professional tennis players and local news. Today he was very negative about the people of the area we live in. According to him they are all thieves and crooks. Now this makes me really angry when I hear him talking like this since I ha... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1112 | 7 Ways To Make a Great First Impression Preview: When you have an important event to attend there are 7 great ways to make sure you perform at your very best. These tips are relevant for social events and business meetings. Discover how to communicate with confidence while making great conversation. 1. Decide what you want to say before the event. Review it in your mind to make sure it sounds o... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1113 | Four Common Rapport Building Mistakes and How to Fix Them Preview: 1 Pretending You Are Interested When You Are Not Do yourself a favor and be honest with yourself and the people you spend time with. If you are really not interested in the topic of conversation say so. If possible change the subject or simply postpone that particular conversation until another time. Obviously if there is a danger of offending ... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1114 | How To Deal With People Who Dislike You Preview: 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. However you also need specific guidelines for dealing with situations when nothing seems to be working despite your best efforts. One of the hardest things... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1115 | How to Give Yourself a Motivational Warm Up When You Wake Up Preview: Question: What is the worst thing you can do when you start your day? Answer: Wake up feeling lethargic and expect yourself to perform at 100% from the moment you get up in the morning; and then compare how you are doing during the day against this unrealistic benchmark. There is a better way! As you wake up in the morning take charge of your... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1116 | How to Talk to Yourself When Nobody is Listening and You Want to Preview: Do you ever pay attention to the thoughts inside your mind? And more importantly do you ever notice the way in which you talk to yourself? We all pay a lot of attention to the way we communicate with the outside world but we often neglect to improve the way we communicate with ourselves. When it comes to motivating yourself to be a better person... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1117 | 3 Easy Steps to Low Stress Communication Preview: Life is all about choices. And so is the way you communicate. You can fill your days with frustrating high stress communication or you can have days of low stress effective communication with your peers. Now take a moment to learn three ways to have low stress communication. 1 Recognize Positive Intentions When someone you are talking to is unk... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1118 | Three Great Ways to Deal with Negative People Preview: 1 Do not believe everything you hear! With close friends and family it is not unusual to think that you ought to take onboard everything you hear. However do not confuse caring with knowing. Just because someone is concerned for your welfare does not mean that their advice or input has value. For example, I know a lot about peak performance. I d... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1119 | How to Solve Disputes with the Helicopter Talk Technique Preview: Do you ever find that when a friend asks for your opinion on a problem it is a lot easier for you to see a solution than it is for your friend? And do you also find that sometimes you feel completely stuck when it comes to your own problems? The same applies to disputes, relationship issues and disagreements. When you are part of the problem it... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1120 | 1. If What You Are Doing Is Not Working Change Your Approach Preview: The fear of saying something silly and feeling embarrassed stops many of us from contributing more to discussions at work and when we are relaxing with friends. And ironically the more we worry about it, the more tense we get and the more likely we are to say something stupid. Let us a take a look at some remedies: 1 Learn to relax when you fee... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1121 | Recreating Yourself Preview: So it's time for a change. You've taken that hard look in the mirror and you've decided that who you are is not who you want to be. Or perhaps you're standing at a fork in the road and where you'd like to go requires that you make some changes. Maybe you're just really bored with your life as you've been in that same old rut for so long that you j... (more) Published By: Skye Thomas Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1122 | Happy Talk and 3 Simple Secrets to Happiness Preview: What is the one thing you want more than anything else for the people you love the most? If you had a magic wand what would you grant your family and friends? What is it that everyone wants? To be happy! How can you make other people happy until you are happy? How can you be happy? Lester Levenson, creator of The Sedona Method, discovered the k... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1123 | How to Take Control of your Self Confidence Preview: Having confidence is all about believing in yourself and the only way you can build your belief in what you are capable of is by taking action in the world and learning through trial and error. If you think success, happiness and love are going to happen without learning through mistakes along the way you are mistaken. Our brains are wired to le... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1124 | How to Tune In Your Brain & Feel Confident with People in Moments Preview: One day when I was in school, many years ago, the school principal wandered into our class room, sat down and started to talk. He talked and talked; and there was nothing we could do to stop him seeing as how he was in charge! For once he actually said something that interested me and I never forgot what he said. Not because he was so original b... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1125 | 7 Simple Tips For Cultivating Tons Of Confidence Preview: 1 Spend time each day with confident people. Their energy and inner strength is so inspiring that you will find yourself feeling more empowered just by listening to them talk. And you can get tips from them. All you need to do is ask! Even one good idea could point you in a whole new direction you would not have otherwise considered. 2 Find a m... (more) Published By: Peter Murphy Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 1126 | AN ALL-TOO-COMMON ADDICTION Preview: It was a beautiful spring morning in LaJolla, California . I had flown to San Diego the evening before. After a pleasant breakfast, the cab driver had taken me five miles to LaJolla. In an hour and a half he was to pick me up for the trip to the San Diego airport, where I would catch a shuttle for the two-hour trip down to Ensanada, Mexico. From t... (more) Published By: Terry L. Sumerlin Submitted: 07 November,2004 |
| 1127 | What to Do When You’re Worried Preview: Worrying? Who doesn’t these days? There’s such a great choice of things to worry about – terrorism, the economy, the rising cost of health insurance – and then there’s our more personal list – the difficult teenager, an aging parent who’s not doing well, the threat of being downsized, the difficult in finding good employment. What we choose to w... (more) Published By: Susan Dunn, MA, Personal Life & EQ Coach Submitted: 08 November,2004 |
| 1128 | A Quick Tip for Delivering a Great Speech Preview: Does speaking in public leave you tongue-tied? Do you stumble over your words? Do you want to learn how to speak more eloquently in front of a crowed? Here’s a simple tip for getting started: Talk about something that you’re passionate about. Have you ever noticed how people sound more eloquent when they’re talking about something that’s dear to... (more) Published By: V. Berba Velasco Jr., Ph.D. Submitted: 08 November,2004 |
| 1129 | Half a Legacy Preview: My daughter is an avid VH1 watcher. We have watched a lot of the Newlyweds- the show where Jessica Simpson first uttered the now infamous question- “is it chicken or is it tuna?” We’ve also followed Ashley Simpson and her drive to success. There is also another series- Driven. Have you noticed how many younger performers are becoming succ... (more) Published By: Carole Pagan Submitted: 09 November,2004 |
| 1130 | The Path of Relationship Preview: THE PATH OF RELATIONSHIP Each month after completing and fine tuning Letters on Life I'm excited about sending it out. Within a few hours I start to wonder about the next letter and whether people will like it. Is it going to be good enough? Because of this concern I procrastinate and wait until the last minute to start writing the next lett... (more) Published By: Mark Susnow Submitted: 10 November,2004 |