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How to Overcome Being Shy

Scott — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:27:40 +0000

6 Tips on Overcoming Shyness For many people their shyness can be crippling. They cannot face social situations on their own, and in fact, can’t even go into restaurants alone. Some even find leaving the house and going shopping difficult. They feel that they are being watched with every step they take, or worse, judged [...]

“How to Make Hard Decisions in Life”

Scott — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:25:28 +0000

How to Bounce Back from Hardships

Scott — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:28:40 +0000

Life always happens. There will be times where you end up getting knocked down and your highly organized life gets turned upside down. Without a doubt, you will experience serious sicknesses, whether personally or with somebody close. You might get challenged with losses of loved ones, losses of jobs, divorce or other unfortunate life experiences. Face [...]

How to Focus on Your Personal Success

Scott — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:49:21 +0000

Fame or focus – which one are you? Let’s begin with “fame”. Whenever people see you, what would they say you are most famous for? Would it be procrastination, horrible time management, negative words…? What would you be famous for? I happen to be famous for my structure, consistency, and focused everyday techniques and strategies [...]

The Importance of Gratitude

Scott — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:47:54 +0000

Although various countries have their own version of Thanksgiving, any time would be the perfect time to practice attitudes of gratitude. A lot of times, people get dissatisfied with life. This is no wonder since an entire industry seems to be set up just to make people feel inadequate. They say we aren’t rich or thin [...]

Why do we, humans, do what we do?

Louanne — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:14:32 +0000

Love When I think of love, I see that love is made up of many different ingredients. All of these ingredients are needs which we all strive to have met in our lives. Ingredients of love (list not exhaustive): Patience (the more understanding, the more patience) Kindness Tenderness/tender affection Friendship Caring Peace/contentment/happiness Trust Compassion Life Unselfish orientation Respect Equality Justice Nurturing Humility “heart” When I think of a “heart”, I think [...]

What is Germination?

Scott — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:58:36 +0000

A popular concept that is recognized in coaching is known as seed planting. Seed planting refers to taking time for brand new suggestions and ideas to be embraced. Some clients take complete hold of brand new ideas and just run with them; while other people take a bit more time to let ideas grow and [...]

9 Positive Quotes To Help Brighten Your Day

Scott — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:54:27 +0000

1) “Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out.” 2) “It’s nice to know that when you help someone up a hill, you’re a little nearer the top yourself.” 3) “Life is like a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes us depends [...]

Self-Improvement Preparation – 10 Questions To Ask Yourself

Scott — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:01:13 +0000

10 questions you should ask to yourself: a preparation to self-improvement 1. What do I really want? The question of the ages. So many things you want to do with your life and so little time to even go about during the day. Find something that you are good at can help realize that small step towards [...]

Finding the Loving You

Suz — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:26:16 +0000

Space. It’s that place you stare into for hours at a time. It’s that negative world beyond your soul, where you are lost in thoughts and feelings. It is an escape route, a sanctuary from desperation. It is also the place that collects and stores your anger and desolation. It [...]

What Are The Limits To Success?

Scott — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:42:57 +0000

Perhaps the limits we believe in are nothing more than wrong assumptions caused by having too little information, too little experience. Since we haven’t been out there in the unknown (that’s why they call it the unknown), we can’t make definitive declarations about territory we haven’t yet experienced. Obviously, nobody knows. However… There’s a marvelous cartoon sent to [...]

Improve Your Self Esteem and Accomplish Great Things

Scott — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:30:59 +0000

Be determined to improve your self esteem and you are on your way to accomplishing great things in your life. Do not let a low self-esteem affect your life. The way you think about yourself determines how you interact with others. What are some examples of low esteem aspects in you mind that you need improvement on? 1. [...]