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Quit Flogging a Dead Horse (or in my case, a big chocolate lab)
Ever tried a key in a lock and found it wouldn't open? What did you do? Did you continue to force the key, twisting and turning, praying the planets would align and the lock would magically open? Chances are you tried a bunch of different keys until you found the one that worked, am I right? This is called Behavioral Flexibility - an essential component of success. If at first you don't get the outcome you want, try a different strategy. Explore all your options, varying your
May 6, 2007
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The Power of Choice - Your Life is Your Decision
Your life is a result of your decisions and your choices. In life, while you are not always able to control what happens on the outside, you can always choose how you want to respond & what you want to experience. How you respond and what you experience is largely dependent on what meaning you choose to impose on to what is happening. This is a key distinction - no matter the circumstance or situation, you will ALWAYS have the choice as to what something means to you personal
April 25, 2007
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Dealing with Change in your Life and Career
Does the idea of a change in your life or career send you running for the hills? Do you get nervous; feel unsettled or anxious about change? Would you prefer that things just stay the same? Well you are not alone. Millions of people feel the same way you do. Why is Change so Difficult to Embrace? Change often stirs up feelings of uncertainty, doubt, fear and trepidation. Emotions most of us don't like to experience very much. Change can be scary as it sometimes means you h
March 25, 2007
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3 Tips to Boost your Self-Esteem and Confidence
Self-esteem is essential for psychological survival. It is an emotional sine qua non- without some measure of self-worth, life can be enormously painful, with many basic needs going unmet. One of the main factors differentiating humans from other animals is the awareness of self: the ability to form an identity and then attach a value to it. In other words, you have the capacity to define who you are and then decide if you like that identity or not. The problem of self-estee
March 25, 2007
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Kick Your Stress In The Butt!
“Stress is the number one cause of death and disease in America” Your body has a natural response to threats. If something dangerous is happening, your body will produce a chemical reaction to let you know that you need to run away or quickly react - the “fight or flight” response. A long time ago the fight or flight response came in handy when we had to run from cheetahs, or protect our food source from a nearby tribe. Nowadays most of us experience the same fight or fligh
March 6, 2007
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Is 'Stinkin Thinkin' Sabotaging Your Success?
Once upon a time I was so depressed and so convinced my life was going nowhere that I quit my job and lay helpless in bed for three weeks feeling sorry for myself. What I was unable to realize at the time was that my depression was largely a result of my ‘stinkin thinkin’. My mind was a consistent chaotic symphony of so many negative thoughts and beliefs that everywhere I looked in life all that was reflected back to me was sorrow, dread and tragedy – a mere projection of my
March 6, 2007