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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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Why People Overcommit

The idea that time is on your side may not always be true, according to a recent study by the American Psychological Association.Research by two business-school professors reveals that people over-commit and overspend because they expect to have mo...

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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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Meditation Is Like A Dinner Party

Try Not To Force Things Too MuchOften, when meditating, we try too hard to force a certain state of mind that we think we should have. We try hard to suppress thoughts, for example. This is just another thought, of course, and another obstacle to the...

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How Much Time Do You Invest in Relationship Maintenance

When starting a new relationship, we usually adopt asubconscious idea as to how much maintenance thisconnection will need. Usually, if given some thought, wecan throw a microscope over this concept while it is in itsfledgling state. However, time, no...

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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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Getting Older, Getting Better

As baby boomers, we have been spoiled all of our lives. When we were teenagers, the world took note because there were so many of us. Our music, our beliefs, our fashions, our styles dominated the culture of the age. When we took to the streets to pr...

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