10,129 articles on "improvement"

Emotional Dependency or Emotional Responsibility

Emotional Dependency or Emotional Responsibility by: Margaret Paul, Ph.D. Emotional dependency means getting one’s good feelings from outside oneself. It means needing to get filled from outside rather than from within. Who or what do you beli...

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How to Turn Around A Sinking Conversation - 7 Tips

How to Turn Around A Sinking Conversation - 7 Tips by: Peter Murphy When a conversation is not working out there is the potential for massive frustration or a breakthrough depending on how you look at it. 1. Question your assumptions about the ...

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Depression and Procrastination: Twins In the Job Search

Depression and Procrastination: Twins In the Job Search by: Marilyn J. Tellez, M.A. Let me examine these two mental states. My definition of procrastination is that a person delays and delays actions that are required by a job or actions necessa...

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Ever Find Yourself Struggling to Express Your Thoughts and Feelings?

Ever Find Yourself Struggling to Express Your Thoughts and Feelings? by: Pat MorganIt can be challenging to find the right words to express what we really want to say. We often think that good communication is only about being heard, but is it n...

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How To Propagate Seeds Outdoors

Annuals can be grown readily from seed in most cases. The method of growing depends upon the delicacy or hardiness of the seed, and may require planting in frames or pots initially, transferring to the bed only when the weather is sufficiently mild ...

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Framingthe Backbone of your Log Cabin

Framingthe Backbone of your Log CabinFraming is the structural skeleton of your house. The drawing atthe top indicates the important framing members of any of thecottages. The most important elements are the sill, header,joists, girders, sole, floori...

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Gratitude For Aptitudes

BE KIND TO PIGSMany of you have probably heard the wise admonition: "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig."The pig just doesn't have that aptitude.A human example: Don't try to teach ...

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That Was No Gorilla, That Was My Inattentional Blindness

If you were watching a basketball game and someone in a gorilla costume stomped across the court pounding his chest, you'd notice, wouldn't you?According to psychologist Dan Simons, there's only a 50% chance you would! It's called...

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Biting the hand that feeds you

Learn how to join with and utilize a person's current "bad" behavior. Rather than telling a person they are doing something "wrong" and suggesting a fix,validate their current model of the world, and change will occur "on its own." Many years ag...

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6 Steps To Making A BIG Change

Do you want to make a change, but you don’t know how? Do you want to make a change, but you’ve made changes before and they haven’t stuck? Do you want to make a change, but you don’t see it worth expending the effort?Check out these six steps...

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