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P is for Priorities
Your choices determine the quality of your life experience. The act of making choices implies the chance or the power to select one option over another. Positive Choices are life choices elected to support your body, mind, and spirit. Negative life choices, such as doing unsatisfying work or ...
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The 12 Secrets of Highly Successful Women: Secret #1
Why did I write this book and why now? For years, my readers of The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women: A Portable Mentor (Conari Press) have written me asking for a follow-up book and a special journal book too. Well, both of your wishes have come true as this new book is out already and the journal book The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women journal is due out in two weeks, but more about that later. We are in the midst of a work and lifestyle revolution right now. Women
June 14, 2012
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Prosperity, Goal-Setting and Visualization
What is prosperity for you? A key element in the Positive Choices strategy is the addition of positive choices to your life that reflect your prosperity goals. Prosperity for most people is not simply money in the bank. Your health, peace of mind, and well-being all count. Think about combinations of fulfilling work, great relationships, a sense of community, healthy lifestyles, harmony with nature, personal growth and creative expression. You are the author of your own life
June 29, 2011
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Invoking the Power of Positive Life Choices
Work has the potential to be a vehicle for your creative self-expression as well as cover your expenses. A key success strategy is to choose work that suits your talents and lifestyle and reflects your passion as well. In this topsy-turvy work culture, where reliance on others for job security is fast disappearing, building a work-life based on what you love has emerged as a quest. The question of meaningfulness is capturing the sentiment of the stressed-out baby boomers as w
June 23, 2011
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Are You Ready for Self-Employment?
Ah, the fantasies . . . make your own hours, invent your own rules, choose your own associates, express your creativity, and make unlimited money. These are the dreams of the aspiring self-employed. Yet, if you interview people who have built a profitable business, they will tell you about the long hours, financial insecurity, lost contracts, loan problems, self-employment tax, and the daily dance with risk that it takes to run your own business. On the positive side, there a
August 30, 2009
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TIME TO SPEAK UP! II - PRESENTATIONS
Our discussion here will highlight developing your presentation and meeting skills. These two areas offer you a chance to demonstrate your leadership competence, organizational and project management abilities, and facilitation mastery. As I said before, if these activities are not currently in your job description, you want to find a way to exhibit your capabilities in these two arenas. ORGANIZE YOUR PRESENTATION 1) Prepare thoroughly. 2) Introduce your topic and indicate
August 30, 2009
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TIME TO SPEAK UP!
Passivity is out; speaking up is no longer an optional skill. Successful people are both vocal and visible. Even if you’ve managed to avoid communication challenges to date, you will most likely not be able to cower in the back room much longer. Whether you’re called upon to make a presentation or conduct a meeting, communication proficiency is essential for endurance in today’s marketplace. Sitting quietly by the sidelines could put you at the top of the layoff list or place
August 30, 2009
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Spark Your Creativity Via Your Intuitions
Worried that you’re not creative? You are, but you may be out of touch with it. Your intuition can lead you into a world of novel ideas, experimentation, and brainstorming that will perk up your work life and stimulate innovation and problem-solving. Intuition training is not just for New Agers. Many executives, business owners, and research and development professionals attribute their successes to following intuitive clues. Intuition is your internal information and feelin
August 30, 2009
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Challenge! Assessing Your Collaborative Potential
Before you embark on a partnership or alliance for yourself or if you’re in one already, take the time to complete the following Challenge. While this is a lengthy exercise, it will increase your awareness of your natural abilities and vulnerabilities in collaborative relationships. Successful partnerships and alliances depend on complete honesty, open communication, self-awareness, and a commitment to resolve conflicts for mutual benefit. Challenge: Your Collaborative Profi
April 24, 2009
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Running Meaningful Meetings
As you know, there is nothing more boring than sitting through a meeting that is pointless or unfocused. It’s a common time waster. Meetings are also very costly in terms of time and productivity. So if you’re called upon to run a meeting, the first question you should ask yourself is, “Is this meeting really necessary or can I accomplish what needs to be done in a more efficient manner”? If you have a better alte ative, use it. Today with E-mail, faxes, conference calls, tel
April 24, 2009
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Seven Deadly Sins of Job-Hunting
After an unsuccessful nine-month job search, Darlene Dawson, a former vice-president of a bank mortgage department, knew she was stuck. Darlene lost her job in the midst of a take-over. She opted against outplacement assistance because she was sure she'd be hired quickly elsewhere. Now she feels angry, frustrated, and pessimistic about her options. Bob Jones, a training manager for a healthcare company, felt over managed and plateaued in his job. He had also looked for a new
April 23, 2009
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Procrastination Strategies
The progressive realization of worthy goals propels you towards that vision of prosperity. The addition of positive choices everyday improves the quality of your journey? So, why not get started? In case you’re a procrastinator, here are eight tips to help you begin: 1.) Acknowledge that procrastination creates needless stress for you. By procrastinating, you put yourself under an energy-draining emotional strain. Procrastination is the opposite of success. If your procrasti
April 23, 2009
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