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These Are The Good Ole Days
I am sitting here at a public access wireless location and can't help but listen to some of the conversations going on around me. One group of senior citizens is talking about "the good ole days" with a touch of whimsy in their voices. Makes you long for days gone by, right? Not exactly.
Procrastination: Hypnosis Can Help You Overcome It
I recently saw a t-shirt with the following saying: "Procrastinate later." I had a great laugh. However, procrastination is really not that funny.
Who are they to say it can't be done?
Doesn't it just burn you up when you have just shared your 'great idea' with someone and not only are they not as enthusiastic as you, they even go as far as to say your idea won't work! Trust me if this has happened to you you're not alone.
Danger In The Comfort Zone
I don’t know who said it or where I heard it, but I’m sure it was brought to my attention by a sales trainer somewhere, at some time during my journey through the maze of countless sales trainings and seminars that I have attended over the years, but it does make perfect sense.
Don't Be Afraid To Build The Dream
Don't be afraid to build the dream - Attempting to live our life by our own design is certainly no small feat. Often it means doing without in the short term. It can mean going against the grain. Even meeting with some pretty serious opposition from folks that say that it just can't be done...
Self Confidence: How To Build Your Confidence In Three Simple Steps
To Feel Confident – A C T A new, more exciting and happier life is yours when you know how to build your confidence. You can do it with these three simple steps. You grow in confidence by accepting challenges and overcoming obstacles. The three elements involved in becoming more confident are represented by the word ACT. A stands for ACTION You have to do something to overcome obstacles in order to grow in confidence. In other words, do not say, ...
Quick Tips On Getting Motivated When You Don't Feel Like It
The secret to getting started on something when you don't feel like it, is surprising, but easy.
After the Big Project: Recovering From Success
My older daughter got married 10 days ago. The wedding was a joyous and extraordinary experience, way beyond our imaginings. I am deeply happy about all of this, and feel strongly validated by the whole experience.
Self Esteem: You Matter
You’d be surprised. Maybe amazed. If you could see the far reaches of your influence you’d be stunned. The point is: You matter.
Facing Our Fears
‘You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.’
L I V E 12 Steps to Living Your Life
Many of us only inhabit our lives- we do not Live our lives. But, we can. In today’s chaotic world we are bombarded with things we think we should do, need to do, must do to be happy or successful. We have a list of things that we should have, need to have, must have to be happy or successful. Much of the time these lists are imposed upon us by the outside world. We get so caught up in striving for the world’s sense of happiness and successfulness that we that we ignore our ...
Why You Should Write Your Obituary Today
Writing your own obituary sounds and feels a little strange, I know. If the idea doesn’t appeal to you, try pretending that you have just won an award and the newspaper is doing a feature story on your accomplishments. By recording what you wish to be remembered or acknowledged for, you will be able to pinpoint the values you would like to live by. And, by identifying your life’s values you will be more able to live them now and in the future.
Give Me the Ball March Madness!
March madness is great to watch not because I have basketball ability, (you can tell that by my height), but because every year there are some good players that become great players. Some of the tournament games are nail bitters and come down to last second shots. When they do there are maybe one or two players on the team that have this attitude of, "just give me the ball." They want that pressure shot, they want to be the one making or breaking the teams future. Those are the players that ...
Choosing Your Vision
There is a new television show, called Blind Justice that will be replacing NYPD Blue. The show follows a Detective who, at the prime of his life and career, loses his vision in a heroic attempt to thwart a bank robbery and save other police lives. The shooting of this Detective results in his losing his eyesight/vision. He refuses the “disabled” label and sues to get his job back. What immediately struck me as I watched the promo for this new TV show was the idea of losing one’s vision. ...
Do You Know Which Door To Open?
Do you remember that old television program that gave the contestant the opportunity to choose one of three doors and receive whatever was behind the door?
Smarty Jones That's My Name!
Our deepest fear us not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us…..We are born to manifest the glory of God that is within us….And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. Nelson Mandela
Tim Mcgraw Has It Right - Live Like Your Dying
Chorus: An’ he said: “I went ski diving, I went rocky mountain climbing, “I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu” “And I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter, “And I gave forgiveness I’d been denying.” An he said: “Some day, I hope you get the chance, “To live like you were dyin’.”
Opps I Slapped Go In The Face
For years, I dreamed of becoming a certified life coach and partnering with others who really wanted to make a difference. I would get excited about the idea for awhile, then drop it. After all, I reasoned, “Who am I to start my own business, My reasons for not going forward with my dream were genuine and logical: I didn’t know how to market, I didn’t know how to tell people about my service, I didn’t know how to build a webpage and I didn’t know how to get people to my webpage if I did ...
How To Make Time For Your Soul
The locust are buzzing. The fireflies flashing, and we can almost swim in Lake Champlain. That means it's just about popsicle weather, which is the perfect time to get serious about your dream. There's more daylight, less squeeze in schedules, and more time to connect with your soul.
Perception
PERCEPTION A friend of mine said to me one evening, “this is what I admire about you, whenever you say you’re gonna to do something, you do it”! People always ask me how do I stay motivated? How do I stay encouraged? Whenever I am asked this question my answer is always the same. I tell them that I stay focused and motivated by remaining in an autopilot mode. However, when I ponder that question on a deeper spiritual level, I come to the realization that the true answer is much more involved ...
Reflections - Sending Out Loving Kindness To The World
It's been an emotional week this week, in a lot of ways. I don't think that there are any of us, reading this, who have failed to be touched by the events that happened in London on Thursday, in some way. I was actually in London on Thursday, on an NLP course, in Hammersmith, and as reports started coming in, one of the first thoughts was letting my loved ones, friends & family know how I was, and that I was safe and away from the trouble. Amazingly on the course, we spent some time ...
Another Nature Boy?
Sometimes a person comes along that has potential greatness written all over them. That something special that Muhammed Ali, Elvis Presley, Ric Flair, and a select handful of others possessed. That something that let’s you know that you’re in the presence of someone who literally transcends whatever their field of endeavor happens to be. Folks, these type people seldom come along, and, if you read their biographies, you’ll find that most knew years before they hit it big that they would. They ...
10 Things To Do This Summer (for A Happier, Healthier, Easier Life)
Looking for a summer project? How about working on who you are, and what kind of life you really want to live? Here’s some ideas.
Create A Realistic Plan For Your Success
Copyright 2005 Arun Pal Singh Success is the most desired ambition of the human beings. Every one of us wants to be successful. But only few endeavor towards that purpose consciously whereas others rely on luck and chance to achieve their goals. The best example in this case is someone who wants to get rich but only has one alternative: playing the Lotto. Of course, there are chances of becoming rich over night, but how likely is it that this will actually happen? Creating a realistic plan ...
How To Create Hip, Mature And Lush Harmonies
Copyright 2005 RAW Productions Rarely is a chord played with its tones contained in a single octave, the root on the bottom, the third in the middle, and the fifth on the top. Usually chords are "voiced!" This basically means that the positions of a chord's tones are scattered over the keyboard. The tones may be altered, doubled, added to, missing, and so forth. There are a great variety of possibilities available in voicing chords. Voicing chords properly is an art within itself. Using ...
New Rules
Last week I was working with one of my small business clients, a bright and dynamic woman who’s passionate about positioning her artisan business for growth. We were talking about her financial picture and forecasting robust sales over the next three years.
Being Independent, Not Keeping Down With The Joneses
Most of us are fortunate enough to live in places where we’re free to choose how we live. What we think, what we do for a living, how we spend our time – for the most part, we choose all of those for ourselves.
Open Your Unlimited Potential
It is high time you know the truth about yourselves. You can be whatever you desire, you can do whatever you think or imagine. You have the magic key in your pocket, which opens the door to all your highest dreams and wishes, the key, which opens the gates of prosperity and abundance beyond your imagination.
First Step To Success, Eliminate Your Inner Obstacles
Copyright 2005 Flaming Life Coaching INC. Think back to a time in your life when you felt inspired and excited to make a significant change. Did you go for it or did your inner obstacles get in the way? Your thoughts and beliefs are the foundation on which you build your success. You can't build a solid house on a foundation of clay and debris and the same truth holds for your success. If your thoughts and beliefs are shaky, these obstacles will hold you back unless you eliminate them. ...
Words That Inspire - Passion
WORDS THAT INSPIRE A monthly quick shot to motivate you, in less than 45 seconds, from Julie Cohen Coaching