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Here's Your Calm During The Storm Of Discouragement

Have you ever known someone like this? "A person who knows how to start well, but finds it difficult to keep going"? A person whose successes are dependent on the quality of someone else's encouragement and motivation? Someone who consistently l...

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How to Create a Good Self Image Part Two

"Life is about finding, then following the dream... and one's dream/vision comes to reality through believing in yourself, making the commitment and then creating it."- Craig LockThis article follows on from Part One...Central to genuine success...

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Let's Get Positive

It seems that lately I’ve been reading an awful lot of articles in e-zines about the difficulty of doing business online. They talk about all the hype, all the scams, all the lies and false promises. They talk about all the worthless web sites, loa...

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Whatever You Fear Has Already Happened

That huge elephant, I thought to myself for the 100th time, tethered on that tiny stake. They can weigh up to 7 tons, and there was this huge elephant rocking back and forth, kept from moving more than a few feet by … an electric fence? 25 armed me...

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The Procrastinating Perfectionist

Are you a procrastinating perfectionist? I once read an article dealing with the fear of failure and success. The author described it as the following: “The curse of the procrastinating perfectionist”. Boy did I ever associate myself with that st...

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AN ALL-TOO-COMMON ADDICTION

It was a beautiful spring morning in LaJolla, California. I had flown to San Diego the evening before. After a pleasant breakfast, the cab driver had taken me five miles to LaJolla. In an hour and a half he was to pick me up for the trip to the San D...

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Blogs aren’t just about expounding your ideas to others; they’re about getting to know yourself better.

I still consider myself to be a blog writing novice but as I’ve got a few entries under my belt I can tell you about an unexpected bonus of this journaling process. A lot of people think that blog writers are just people who are tooting their own h...

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What a Bully Taught Me About Public Speaking

I hated Kyle Sisk. A notorious bully, Kyle punctuated my grade school years with misery. He would tease me about my weight, purposely rattle me with shocking language, delight in making me look foolish at every opportunity. Kyle had scary, penetratin...

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Stage Fright

Stage FrightBy Tracy Brinkmann ©2001-2003First lets set the record straight. It should really be called 'before getting on stage fright.' At least for me all - ok well most - of my fears hit before I get on the stage. Once I'm up ...

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Life on the Front Burner

How many times in your life have you had to put something 'on the back burner', letting an idea or a project simmer in the background while you focused on something else? How often were the things that went on the back burner your personal ...

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