10,129 articles on "improvement"

Caring for a Living Christmas Tree

The Christmas season brings with it many decisions to be made. Among them is, "What type of Christmas tree should I put up?" This year, consider a living Christmas tree. Not only will you enjoy it through the holidays, but a living tree can be plante...

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Tips to improve the quality of your outdoor space and patio

It’s easy to get overwhelmed trying to figure out just how to bring an outdoor room together to make it a peaceful spot to relax or enjoy quality time with friends and family. But if you think of it as yet another room to decorate and furnish, the ...

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A Call to Men to Live a Strenuous Life - Inspiration from the Life of Theodore Roosevelt

Any man would be justly proud to claim even a portion of what Teddy Roosevelt accomplished in just one of his fields, whether politics, hunting, writing, military, or family. He was an extraordinarily accomplished man with an enormous appetite for li...

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Spring-To Life

Spring is about to come to our part of the world. It's a marvelous season filled with a breath of "fresh" air and a warm breeze once in a while. We look for the first signs of those tulip bulbs we planted and we gently brush the snow away hoping...

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How to Use Humor to Improve Your Relationships

Humor has long been considered one of the most effective tools to judge the quality of any relationship. If there is laughter present you can assume that the relationship is a healthy one. When the laughter ceases you can be quite certain that the re...

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Innovating Your Way to Success

The calendar is chock full of fun facts like this: "The first successful parachute jump from a MOVING airplane was made by CaptainBerry at St. Louis, Missouri in 1912." Naturally my mind immediately jumped in wonder to the first successful parachute ...

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Keep Your Eye On the Goal and Go Around the Mule

One of the most exciting activities you can engage in isgoal setting. The future is bright and filled with endlesspossibilities, and by carefully planning a set of actionsand milestones you can achieve nearly any goal you commityourself to. After you...

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Nightmare After The Ordeal

Sarah is a 28 y/o accountant who had a traumatic past that she kept to herself. At age 15, she was grabbed by a masked man while she was jogging in a park. The man threatened to kill her with a knife and brutally raped her. She screamed but nobody se...

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10 Compelling Reasons to “Stop Singing the Blues” Part II

6. Cultivate your strengthsWhen you work to develop your inner strengths, you:· polish your diamond and stop singing the blues· will become more confident, optimistic and focused. The more developed your strengths, the more likely you are to aspire...

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Circles In The Water

When you were a child, or maybe even when you were older, did you ever toss a pebble into the water and watch the ripples that emanated from the point where it broke the surface? Or watched the effect of raindrops falling on a body of water? I have d...

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