7,912 articles on "self_improvement"

The Healing Conscious

- "The Healing Conscious" tells the story of an Ethiopian immigrant boy on his fascinating journey to America and adulthood. Author Kifle Bantayehu, a 23 year-old second-generation Ethiopian immigrant, recounts this poignant tale in poetic format. Hi...

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Three Effective Ways to Reduce Stress

The American Institute of Stress reports that stress among Americans is significantly rising. About $300 billion a year is lost due to stress-related reduced productivity, absenteeism, insurance cost, health-related programs, and employee dissatisfac...

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Migration and Brain Drain - Part II

Politicians in some countries decry this trend and deride those emigrating. In a famous interview on state TV, the late prime minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, described them as "a fallout of the jaded". But in many impoverished countries, local kle...

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Resolutions and Desire

The first week of January is barely over, and already the media is bombarding us with reflections on New Year's resolutions and how most people fail within the first month, or even first week. As a slight aside, are you aware of the top ten reso...

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Ron Sathoff's Speaker Tips

It seems like a lot of old public speaking books seem to believein the strategy of telling the audience a joke at the beginningof a speech in order to break the ice.That isn't a bad idea, but it won't work if you JUST tell a joke.Rather, ma...

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HOW NOT TO SOUND LIKE A DAMN FOOL

All is won or lost in just a few seconds. This can be aterrifying thought. Lasting impressions are made during thefirst few moments after you meet a person. Thus, your firstmeeting may be your only opportunity to generate a favorableoutcome.This is t...

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Pecked to Death By Ducks

Pecked to Death By Ducks  by: Maureen Killoran Ever been in a situation where it seems like minor criticisms are all you hear? Sure, there are things you could improve, you know that... but a constant peck, peck, peck of negative feedback sure d...

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Overcoming Shyness

Overcoming Shyness by: Trevor Dumbleton Overcoming shyness can't be that hard. All you need to do is just go start talking to people. Ready? Here we go! Any second now. It's coming. Just start talking and… right now! Yeah. Okay, mayb...

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These Are The Signs Of The Times

These Are The Signs Of The Times by: Geela It seems like everywhere you turn these days, extreme stress and high anxiety are the norm and joy of life is the exception. Sure, we have our “toys.” The only problem is that like anything that’s...

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How Fast Can We Do It? Speed Dating Online and Off

How Fast Can We Do It? Speed Dating Online and Off by: Kathryn Lord In an effort to cut down the time between meeting and mating to as close to zero as possible, up has popped Speed Dating! For the uninitiated, speed dating happens when groups o...

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