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If the Floor's Dirty, Don't Call a Meeting, Pick Up a Broom

Mother Theresa. How would you describe her? Compassionate? Kind?That’s not what people who knew her said. In my Strengths course, I ask the learners to name the major strength of different well-known people. Here’s what Pamela Sheppard replied: ...

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YOUR “SUCCESS” INSTINCT

Do you know about the "success instinct"? A squirrel does nothave to be taught how to gather nuts. Nor does it need tolearn that it should store them for the winter. A squirrelborn in the spring has never even experienced a winter. Yet inthe fall of ...

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So You Want to Be A Speaker

Like many people, you’re intrigued by the speaking profession. So was I. Ten years ago, I was teaching English as a Second Language to adult immigrants and bored silly. I was looking around for a profession that would supplement my income. When my ...

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WHAT YOU THINK UPON GROWS

A magical maxim is WYTUG. You can remember WYTUG because it sounds like “Why tug?” So many of us are tugging at our life, trying to pull it along as if it was an obstinate, stubborn, headstrong mule. Why do that? Your life can be like the old chi...

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Is Your Life Out Of Control Then Do Something About It!

When it comes to living "out of control", often, you're thelast person to truly realize it. It is so easy to becomecaught up in a cycle or circle of negativity,self-sabotaging, struggle, adrenaline addiction (or anotheraddiction) or even depress...

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Be a Master of your own Destiny

Be a Master of your own Destiny (2001 June McHardyIt is now a proven fact that this universe operateswithin a perfect system of natural laws. One of themost universally recognized of these laws is the Law ofGravity. According to the law of gravity, w...

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Psychology as Storytelling - Part II

To qualify as a "psychological" plot, it must be:All-inclusive (anamnetic) – It must encompass, integrate and incorporate all the facts known about the protagonist. Coherent – It must be chronological, structured and causal. Consistent – Self-c...

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Abundance Flourishes in an Atmosphere of INTEGRITY

The following story is an excerpt from Rebecca's upcoming book:Law of Attraction For Businessby Rebecca Hanson© 2003-2005 All rights reserved. Please ask permission to reproduce: rebecca@youcanhaveitall.comThere's no way to fake INTEGR...

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The Inner Dialogue

Do you talk with yourself? When we hear people talking aloud with themselves we consider it weird. But have you noticed that all people, with no exception, talk silently with themselves? This, we do not consider odd or weird.If someone hurts you in s...

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Give Yourself Positive, Nurturing Messages

I don't know about you, but I find that negative or hurtful messages zing their way into me faster and easier than positive ones. If, in an hour, seven people gave me real, glowing compliments, and one person criticized me, it is the criticism t...

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