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Remodeling Tips Should You Do The Remodeling Yourself

When we decide to remodel often we have tastes that outway our budgets. We have a vision of just what we want, then we get the bids from the contractors, they are far beyond what we can afford. So we suddenly see ourselves as do it yourself contracto...

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How to Use the Power of Words to Your Benefit - Part II

A friend of mine read the article, How to Use the Power of Words to Your Benefit, and dryly made the comment, "So what?" At first it didn't concern me, but a few days later I began thinking about his comment. I had obviously not made the point c...

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Can You Make a “Torpedo” Out of Personal Junk How to Optimize What You Have

“Junkyard Wars,” a TV series showed two teams of experts contending for a title. The aim of the competition was for teams to construct a torpedo that can hit a target. But the challenge was more than just the process of construction. The challeng...

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HOW TO GET A GREAT ATTITUDE TO LIFE PART TWO

Realistically analyse your strengths and weaknesses. As a matter of interest, people generally list more weaknesses than strengths, especially women (nice things those!). Too often people discount their accomplishments and focus on what they haven&ap...

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Raw Talent

Raw talent is one of our largest untapped resources.Everyone has raw talent: abilities and interests that remain undeveloped and unexpressed. By discovering-or rediscovering-your unused raw talents, you can bring more balance to your life, revive a j...

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Two Fairy Tales Reveal the Secret of Life

TWO FAIRY TALES REVEAL THE SECRET OF LIFEWhen we were young we became acquainted with the stories of Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks. Both these little girls have encounters with wild beasts and one is eaten, whilst the other gets clean away. Why were...

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This is my Story

This is My Story (And I have to stick to it, I don’t want to, but that is the way it is)I am currently in Recovery from Drug Addiction. I have been clean now for nearly eight years. I relapsed on my drug of choice-cocaine-when my mother died in 19...

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Fast Track Learning Results

Fast track your results, develop positive learning behaviour,establish purpose and design goals that motivate, with "study skills"!What is the most important skill? I'll give you a clue - you're doingit right now. It's not reading, alt...

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Squeeze To Relax!

This heading may seem like a contradiction in terms. How on earth is squeezing anything going to allow for relaxation to occur? Surely it will generate more tension, won’t it?Well, not necessarily. Indeed, combined with focused breathing it is a gr...

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The Achilles’ Heel Of Management Coaching

While heading home at day’s end, you begin reflecting on a coaching meeting you had earlier that day with an employee, Chris. You hope that, this time, you finally succeeded in getting her to understand the importance of spending less time in disru...

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