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Stress Strategy: Flex Your Spiritual Muscles

Stress Strategy: Flex Your Spiritual Muscles by: Michelle Casto In his book, Stress Without Distress, Dr. Selye suggests that a person’s interpretation of stress is not dependent solely on an external event, but also depends upon the perceptio...

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Moving Small Loads - Load Sharing for Students

Anyone moving a small load over a long distance could consider load sharing to reduce their costs. We are not discussing the larger national companies whose niche in the market is certainly 'expensive' (and whose branded image may or may no...

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The Retail Cardiac Chain of Survival; or, How to Survive a Heart Attack at the Mall

What if your customer suddenly clutched his chest and passed out in front of you? Do you know what to do? The federal Cardiac Arrest Survival Act (CASA) states that "A successful chain of survival requires the first person on the scene to take rapid ...

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The Magic of Positive Thinking

Yes, there is magic in positive thinking! In aviation, the word attitude means the angle at which the plane meets the wind, whether the wings are level with the horizon, and whether it is climbing or descending. The pilot who fails to take responsibi...

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From Complacency to Power

Simmering like a pot of vegetables right on the verge of a boil, Grace knew something had to change. She was stagnant, nothing was moving. People had made promises yet situations had notchanged. She was frustrated. She was clearly not in the driver&a...

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How Can Empathy Shape Your Values

One of the most underrated concepts that most peopleoverlook is approaching life from an empathetic standpoint.Despite our best intentions, it is not always that we live bythis ethical code that is deeply embedded in all of us. Much of my writings ar...

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Becoming Excellent Outsmarting Racism

Thinkers know better than to be racist. It's generally understood that racists are, well, not thinkers. It's not that racists are necessarily stupidit's that they are ignorant. We like to think that racists are choosing to hang on to t...

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Planting And Care Of Shrubs

Planting And Care Of Shrubs by: Paul Curran In general, trees and shrubs are planted and cared for in the same way, the difference between them being chiefly one of height. One definition of the difference, however, is that while a tree has only...

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How to Transplant Lilacs

Lilacs are exceptionally easy to transplant. I have transplanted many lilac bushes from the original bushes that my grandmother planted on our Wisconsin dairy farm 70 years ago. Early spring until late spring, from when the lilacs develop buds until ...

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Sedona Arizona Real Estate is Red Hot

Sedona Arizona Real Estate is Red Hot by: John R. Barker The Sedona, Arizona real estate market is a small market but full of beautiful, luxury houses Being a first time visitor in Sedona, Arizona is quite a glorious experience as the beautiful ...

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