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Be Self-centric - Work Harder on Yourself than on Anything Else!

You look at this magnificent car and you say to yourself: "This is too expensive!" This is a huge mistake, the most self-defeating mistake you could ever make.Instead of saying: "This is too expensive", say :" I can't afford it, at least for the...

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Do You Have Your Best Life

For many years I had a good life. My illness was reasonably under control, I had a nice relationship with my husband, I did work I didn’t hate. It was, as I said, a good life.But there’s a saying that the good is the enemy of the best. I finally ...

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Unemployment Blues Emotional Damage Control

Looking for work is a roller-coaster ride: high with elation when you think you’ve found a great position, low with discouragement when you realize that someone else was offered a job you wanted.Most of the time, you fall somewhere in between, you...

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Thoughts on a Desert Ledge

I’m an American woman in mid-life, who for the most part has bought into the prevailing model where busy is good. Outside of an hour’s walk through the woods and a few weeks’ car camping when my daughter was young, I’m a city girl whose idea ...

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Life on the Front Burner

How many times in your life have you had to put something 'on the back burner', letting an idea or a project simmer in the background while you focused on something else? How often were the things that went on the back burner your personal ...

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Dancing On Your Brain The Cha-Cha Effect

My grandmother used to say that the secret to living a good life is maintaining a flexible spine and a flexible mind. Whether we’re talking about joints or brains, there’s just no room for rigidity.Mark Twain once made a comment that illustrates ...

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Faithless

Aside from how difficult it is to say the word, what does being faithless have to do with being successful? Isn't it important to HAVE faith?Absolutely, faith is important.It is equally important to be able to let go of a previously conceived no...

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Are You Stuck

Are You Stuck?(c) Copyright 2003 by Murdo MacleodYou know the feeling.There's something you want to do. You've thought about it,you've made your decision, and now it's time to act.Except... you don't.You want to take the next...

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Never Forget A Name Again

NEVER FORGET A NAME AGAIN by Mike Moore http://motivationalplus.com/cgi/a.cgi?blastersWhen I first began to speak for a living I found it difficult to remember the names of the people who hired me or those I met during refreshment break or during the...

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How to Change Your Attitude Today!

Sure, it's easy to say, "Change your attitude and you'll change your life," but how do you do that if you don't know what to do? After all, if changing one's attitude was easy why don't more people do it? Especially if it mea...

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