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What Can I Do How Can I Get What I Want

Aunt Bettie agreed to look after my house while I went on vacation. She isn’t my Aunt Bettie, she’s Etta’s Aunt Betty. Etta is my neighbor across the street, who’s a doctor, and Aunt Bettie, who is in her late 70’s, comes over and takes car...

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EQfor the Agony and the Ecstasy

“The Agony and the Ecstasy” is the title of a novel about Michelangelo, by Irving Stone. When I encountered the title in middle school, I decided to read the book to find out what “agony” and “ecstasy” might be like, states of existence a...

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Melting The Thinking Mind Is your self confidence based on what you accomplished in the past

Do you ever find that your level of self confidence tends togo up and down like the stock market? Or perhaps it evengoes up and down along with the stock market! Here is astory about a Japanese businessman that might give you a newperspective.I recen...

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Are You A Victim Of FABS Part One

Have you heard of the FABS? The FABS are quadruplets; they are not identical but they are very, very similar! The FABS are: Fear, Anger, Blame and Shame. This quartet love to arrive, uninvited, at people's houses and literally stay forever. They...

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ARE YOU WILLING TO PROSPER

Are you willing to prosper in life?Many people have a feeling that prosperity and spiritualitycannot co-exist when, in fact, the two cannot truly existapart. Some think that, at some level, it is "more spiritual"to live in scarcity and lack, to sacri...

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Where's The Map, I Think I'm Lost!!

How many times have you begun the year with grand ideas of things you needed to do? The calendar changes a little bit, and we have this sense of a new beginning. You know what I'm talking about, those silly things we call "New Year's Resolu...

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20 Predictions for the Future of EQ

EQ isn’t just a “designer” fad that’s going to fade, and many are interested to see what directions it will take in the coming years. Here are some of my predictions:1.Emotional Intelligence will become a household word. Parents will actively...

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LIFE LESSON FROM A ZIT

LIFE LESSON FROM A ZITOne Saturday morning, at age 15, I looked in the mirror and was horrified to see a huge, red pimple on my forehead. To a teenager that is a major crisis, especially when half a tube of Clearasil only makes it look worse. Who wou...

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Isn’t It Time For You

Does it seem like there is never enough time in the day? Why is there plenty of time for everyone and everything but ourselves? The fact is that you only get one shot at this life so it is important to spend it doing something you love. The good news...

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Smelling the Roses Better Living Through Savoring

“Stop and smell the roses,” people often say. Then they smile ruefully, because everybody knows there isn’t enough TIME to stop or, as my daughter says, to “chill.” This is the Conventional Wisdom – and I’m here to tell you that the CW ...

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