10,194 articles on "improv"

Installing a Brick or Paver Walkway

The key to installing a Brick or Paver Walkway is to first properly prepare the area where the bricks/pavers are to be installed. The area should be dug out at least a foot down, removing all topsoil and clay soil.Once the area has been dug down, 3/4...

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Is There a Fungus Among Us

Mold has taken hold! Not that the microbes have reached out and grabbed us, but rather they have captured our attention. A rash of recent high profile media stories have petrified many people with concerns for both their health and finances. While i...

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Limiting Beliefs - How to Break Through the Barrier

Circus trainers used to tie a chain around a baby elephant'sankle to stop it from escaping. The chain would be connectedto a tall spike which was hammered deep into the ground. As a baby, the elephant was not strong enough to pull out the spike,...

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Overcoming Boredom in Six Ways

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Finding Peace A Taste of Mindfulness

When we are ill and don’t know it, we are in a state of ignorance or delusion. We don’t view ourselves as sick, so we don’t believe it’s necessary to go to a doctor or take any medication. We fail to recognize our own need for care and suppor...

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A Time for Every Season

There’s a time for every season,Sorrowing when death gives its’ call;A reality of living thatEventually come to all.But, unless one dies to themselves,It’s a life never lived;A life filled with selfishness,A heart that never learned to give.The...

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Who Is Wallace Wattles and Why Is He One of My Mentors and Heroes

Who is Wallace Wattles? Wallace D. Wattles died over 90 years ago so how can he be one of my mentors and heroes? I had been studying the works of some of the most famous self-improvement 'gurus' of recent times and several of them mentioned...

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Financial Freedom Blues

Steps to Financial Freedom, roadmap to financial freedom, achieve financial freedom…Financial freedom seems to be the current buzzword in the world of self-improvement. This has spawned a new industry, and alongside it, some curious schemes and fan...

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The Healing Conscious

- "The Healing Conscious" tells the story of an Ethiopian immigrant boy on his fascinating journey to America and adulthood. Author Kifle Bantayehu, a 23 year-old second-generation Ethiopian immigrant, recounts this poignant tale in poetic format. Hi...

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Short Sighted – Part of Prison Series

There are two major causes of crime in America today. One cause is professional lawmaking in government that passes new laws against previously legal behaviors, day after day, without ceasing. The second cause is lousy parenting, most especially in ...

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