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Top Ten Ways to Improve Your Communication Skills

Top Ten Ways to Improve Your Communication Skills by: Dr. Dorene Lehavi1) Listen without judgment. The key to good communication is listening well. Save your judging for later after you have heard and understood what was said.2) Listen with the ...

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Five Ways to Stay Positive in a Negative World

Five Ways to Stay Positive in a Negative World by: Lucy MacDonaldIn view of the increasing negative events happening around the world here are five things you can do to help you stay positive.1. Take a news sabbatical. Listening to the news can ...

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Bad Luck ... Or Blessing In Disguise?

Bad Luck... Or Blessing In Disguise? by: Michael LeeThere was a woman who was in such a hurry to go to the airport. She told the cab driver to step on it. She was so engrossed with her own thoughts that she was not aware they were going on a dif...

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Petitioning for Your Needs

Petitioning for Your Needs by: Isaac Nwokogba Human beings are blessed with a unique gift: the gift of prayer or petition to the Infinite for our needs. A religious person would call it prayer; others may call it petition or meditation. There is...

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Speak up or Sit Down

Speak up or Sit Down by: A. Raymond Randall, Jr. Last night the phone rang; my wife said, "I hope it's for you". When I answered, the caller asked, "Ray, would you speak to the Lions Club next month?" First my gut said, "No"; however, my he...

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The "Flow" Of Money

The "Flow" Of Money by: Sheree Rainbolt-Kren The more we worry about money, and who's asking for it, and why their asking, and should they be asking, and should I be listening, and judging others, then judging their ideas and their work and...

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Failure is Only Feedback

Failure is Only Feedback by: Della Menechella Does the thought of failure send a cold shiver down your spine? Failure is the thing most of us spend the greatest amount of energy trying to avoid. What is failure? In reality, when you strip away a...

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Why We Chose The Person We Love

Why We Chose The Person We Love by: Terri Arnold, MS (Spicy Grandma) “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana “Why do I always wind up with the wrong person? I want someone who is kind, loving, re...

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Following Through

Following Through by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers - Column for the week of March 24, 2003 My final divorce papers sit in front of me waiting for my signature. In fact, they've been sitting on my desk for five days now. It took me two da...

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When Things Happen Without Reason

Things Happen Without Reason by: Selena Richardson Sometimes things happen in life for apparently no reason at all. You think that there isn't any reason for something to happen until after the fact when that something has changed your life...

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