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Doing Favors versus Being Of Service

At the end of interviews, Oprah Winfrey asks people “what do you know for sure?” I know exactly what I will tell her when she asks me that question. One thing I know for sure is that the grandest changes in our lives come from subtle shifts in ou...

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Fear for the Future Don't

Fear for the Future? Don't. In one sense there are three parts of our lives. Past, present and future. How each of these is viewed has huge consequences. The past:If one looks back at the past for anything other than experience, the past can par...

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Belief Is Essential For Success

Why Belief Is Essential For SuccessCopyright Gordon Bryan 2003Want to unlock your potential?Want to move forward to success?Well neither of these will happen in a month of Sundays without belief. I always harp on about attitude being the magicword, a...

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Changing Fear into Excitement

Fear scares people. That’s what it’s supposed to do; it’s just a matter of how much and how often do we really need to be scared? Basically, there are two kinds of fear. Real fear allows you to save your butt in challenging situations (like bei...

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When I Grow up...

One of my favorite commercials was an ad for Monster.com. It showed fresh-faced kids looking into the camera andsharing their dreams for the future. We're accustomed tokids saying they want to be a doctor, or an astronaut, or aballerina, but ins...

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7 Lies That Prevent Powerful Results

Everyone has something in their life that they wouldlike to change. Nobody's life circumstances andenvironment are perfect. But what do you tend to tellyourself about these circumstances? Often it's easy tofix blame on others. Consider, how...

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A Grand Conspiracy

A Surprise For Me A SymphonyToday I took a long walk. The wind was warm and wholehearted making me push energetically against it as I walked. To my great surprise, when I passed a towering pine tree, all the wind on the ground suddenly stilled. The ...

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Mapping your Goals

You have the ability to attain whatever you seek; within you is every potential you can imagine. Always aim higher than you believe you can reach. So often, you'll discover that when your talents are set free by your imagination, you can achieve...

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Panic Attacks Effective Ways to Cope

Jill is a 21 y/o college student who used to do well until about a few months ago when she started to experience “weird” attacks almost daily. She described her experience as “horrible.” When she has the attack, she feels that she’s about t...

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Twelve Principles for Developing Positive Relationships

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