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Are YOU Ready for Bonza Bottler Day

BONZA BOTTLER DAY is any day when the date and the month have the same number in this case, JULY 7. Bonza, I'm told, means "excellent" or "really great" in Australian, and there's some suggestion that "bottler" means the same. Bonza Bottle...

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Evangelical Skepticism Pursuing Your Right To Be Wrong

Michael Shermer speaks with the energy and passion of an evangelist, so it's not too surprising to learn that he used to be one. What is surprising is that he has made a 180-degree turn in his approach to belief. As a college student at Pepperdi...

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Three Steps Critical to New Year's Resolutions That Work

his is the time of year when many of us will make NewYear’s resolutions-some out of habit, others out of thesincere hope to improve some aspect of life. Research andexperience tell us that most resolutions fail. Why is that?There are many reasons-s...

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Introverts Have Rich Inner Worlds

Here is what one Introvert has to say, primarily about her school years. Shelley McIntyre [fictional name for a real person] is a body worker in the Mission Hills area of San Diego. She grew up in northern California. She has a long-established pract...

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Overcoming Anxiety

Overcoming AnxietyRobert Elias NajemyIn order to create the healthy, happy and harmonious reality we all desire, we will need to create emotional harmony. This process can be divided into six basic steps:1. Recognize our emotions. 2. Accept them as t...

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Underextend Yourself

It is the current trend in this world of opportunity for people to over-fill their schedules, over-spend their income, over-promise to their family and friends. All of this leads to overwhelm, overload, and being in over their heads and over-extended...

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Getting Out of the Zone!

We’ve probably all heard the famous movie quip, “why don’t you wait here while I slip into something a little more comfortable”. It’s a comment to make most of our ears (particularly male ones!) stand up on end with the anticipation that th...

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Mystery Shopper 007

Living a Double Life as a Mystery ShopperAs a mystery shopper you are kind of like a spy. Just as James Bond gets briefed on his next top-secret assignment at some high-tech cave complex beneath a tropical island, you the mystery shopper are briefed ...

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Identifying and Recruiting Future Volunteer Leaders

"We sometimes feel that what we do is just a drop in the ocean, but the ocean would be less because of that missing drop." - Mother Theresa Identifying and Recruiting Future Volunteer Leaders: Did you know that for the most part, the higher the educa...

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Stop Lugging The Past Now, Time For A New You!

Of course, we all made some mistakes in our past and if you remember them, it can be painful, regretful or even embarrassing. Just like your bag, if you keep opening up your past mistakes and carry it with here and there, what will you see? Usually,...

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