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3 Keys to Making Small Talk Easy to Do

Small talk used to be really hard work for me. I never knewwhat to say and I always worried about saying the wrongthing.Then something awful happened to me....I had to take a job dealing with the public. My worst fearscame true and I had to make smal...

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Do You Make These Common Mistakes When Talking to People

Many moons ago. Talking to people was something I avoidedwhere possible.At the time, I did not know I was unconsciously settingmyself up for failure. I kept making the same mistakeswithout even noticing what I was doing wrong.You may be doing the sam...

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How to cope in a hostile work environment.

Do you get stressed out at the thought of going to work every morning? Does the thought of spending eight or more hours at work each day get you all wound up and sweaty? Do you constantly find yourself wishing that Monday morning were Friday evening?...

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Letting Go of Beliefs That Don’t Work

“You have learned something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something.” ~ H. G. Wells“It struck me like thunder,” Cammie said. “I was sitting in class hearing about rigid people, and I recognized my father. Could it be true t...

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Laughing Toward Truth Six Tips for Lighthearted Thinkers

Do you believe in the power of your convictions? It's time to lighten up. People love attaching themselves to ideas. We can get pretty feisty when one of our beloved beliefs is challenged. We're too busy defending to spend our time analyzin...

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Sleep, Thoughts, Worries and Fears

Do you fall asleep immediately after entering bed or do thoughts and worries begin to flow into your mind, keeping your sleep away? Do you find it hard to stop them?When you are in bed at night there are fewer outside distractions, it is quiet and da...

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What's Your Definition of Fun

“What you need to do is to have some fun,” a therapist friend of mine told me last month. I wasn’t there as his client, but I could be, if that sort of conversation continues. You see, I’d just had what I call “fun”, in visiting with him....

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A 't-crossing' 'i-dotter' - Is This You

When you make plans for your future, do you try to cross every ‘t’, and dot every ‘I’?If so, welcome to the party!I do it, everyone tends to, but it can lead you down so many blind alleys, you won’t know which way to turn!(Ok, I’m not sur...

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Words To Live By For The Recovering Rageaholic

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What Is Driving The Corporate Beasts

What Is Driving The Corporate Beasts? by Bas de BaarWhy does the chicken cross the road? To get to theother side. But why does the chicken want to be on the other side? Perhaps there is more food. Better sunlight. Who knows.Sit behind your desk in yo...

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