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Perseverance and Success: Essential to Reaching Your Goals

Perseverance and Success: Essential to Reaching Your Goals by: Colin Dunbar "Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all." – Dale Carnegie I’ll ven...

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Ten Critical De-Escalation Skills

Ten Critical De-Escalation Skills by: Kim Olver Being able to de-escalate one’s own and the anger of others is an important skill to have in business. Hopefully, this is not something the reader deals with on a regular basis but unfortunately ...

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Koan Meditation

A Koan is a question or a puzzle given to a meditator to contemplate during a meditation session. The object is to think long and hard about the question and try to solve the puzzle. It does not matter whether you are right or wrong in your conclusio...

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Simple Stress Relief Meditation

A number of folks these days are affected by anxiety and stress. With so much stimulation bombarding us on a daily basis...on the job, in our homes, on television, in the media, in the news, all the noise, cell phones, the information overload...it&a...

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Cultivating Your Creative Resources for New Ideas

Recognizing and cultivating the creative resources in our everyday environment helps encourage idea development. Unknowingly we are all guilty of not always identifying or engaging in situations that stimulate or more fully develop our creative think...

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Reality Testing & Emotional Intelligence

Has this ever happened to you? You’re sitting there, let’s say you’re at work, and you start to feel chilly, so you grab the sweater off the back of your chair without thinking – the one you keep at work – and slip it on. A few minutes late...

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How to Develop a Big Vocabulary

How to Develop a Big Vocabulary by: Royane Real If you want to be a great communicator, do you need to have a great vocabulary? You might be surprised to learn that a really big vocabulary is not necessary in order to express yourself clearly an...

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4 Steps to Assertive Communication

4 Steps to Assertive Communication by: Dr. Tony Fiore “Dr. Fiore,” my 42 year old married patient (Mary) began, “once again my family expects me to host Christmas dinner and I am simply too exhausted; what should I do?” “Why not tell ...

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The Dating Scene - Signs of a Promising Relationship

The Dating Scene - Signs of a Promising Relationship  by: Margaret Paul, Ph.D. Celine was just starting to date again after a difficult breakup. She was feeling anxious because she didn’t want to go through another unhappy relationship, but sh...

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Difficult Situation as a Present?

Difficult Situation as a Present? by: Catherine Pulsifer When all seems to be doom and gloom, there are still positive possibilities; you just have to look for them. Too often, we only see the negatives. Learn to look at every difficult situati...

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