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How Much Dysfunction Should You Allow Into Your Life

What exactly is dysfunction? It is a word society,although probably overused, labels most anythingand everything. However, its true attribute can becharacterized as a negative that is mostly hurtful andcounterproductive. A parent who consistently tal...

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Resolutions Worth Keeping

8 RESOLUTIONS WORTH KEEPING(c) 2004 Shawn Driscoll, Succeed CoachingWell, it’s that time again…time to wrap up another year and chart our course for the next. We are, of course, naturally drawn to create resolutions as we enter into a new calend...

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THANKS FOR NOTHING

We gathered at our daughter, Amanda’s, and her husband, Russell’s, for Thanksgiving at Rockwall (near Dallas). Our daughter, Jo Ellen, and her husband, Curt, came in from the Tampa area; and our son, Jon, and his wife, Priscilla, were there from ...

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10 Ways to Lose Your Common Sense

As someone said, there’s nothing common about common sense. Roughly equivalent to Emotional Intelligence, it can be lost, or can fail to be acquired in the following ways:1. Lose the common touch.Have more money than common sense (or taste). Use yo...

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Focus on Listening

Do you really listen to others? Or do you simply hear what they're saying?"What's the difference?" I hear you say. Well, this is what I've learnt.Persons speak to us and we don't listen! We hear them.We listen 25% of the time and ...

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Will You End Up On Oprah or Jerry Springer

How are those ideas flowin'? To keep at the top of your game you have to keep a clear head. Don't fill up on news and negativity. The world's overflowin' with it and the only way to be a winner is to be in control of your thoughts...

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Imagination is Power

Imagination John Lennon entitled a song "Imagine." Thoreau once said: "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined." Neville once said: "Imagination is the very gateway of reality." Exactly what is all of this t...

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Procrastination Sometimes You Need to Just Accept It

You might wonder how procrastination applies to loving yourself. Well, if you procrastinate, and are anything like me, you'll put something off, and put something off, all the while nagging yourself and feeling worse and worse about yourself. We...

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ECONOMIC JUSTICE

The people who have enough to eat in this world, either produce the food, hunt and gather it, or pay others to provide it. In few instances do these people produce meaningful surplus for those who do not have enough to eat. Until the well fed care a...

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Science and Religion Part 1

Could life have evolved by accident? Are we alone in the universe? These are the questions which have pounded the consciousness of individuals. Plus this no less persistent question: what is the purpose of life? Dinosaurs have come and gone. Modern m...

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