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7 Simple Ways To Kill Self-doubt And The Fear of Making Mistakes

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7 Fast Ways To Overcome Laziness

So many times we are pestered by a lack of confidence in the things that we can do, hindering us from moving forward and accomplishing our goals. Those feelings may come from things like losing your job, settling into your routine or simply boredom. Other times, distractions and just a general feeling of complacency pushes us into a place of laziness, keeping us from doing our best and performing at our most effective. Never fear! There are ways of countering that lull in

October 10, 2008

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8 Simple Ways To Overcome Distractions And Stay Focused

It happens to the best of us: we have a job to do, we get ready to do it… in some cases, even starting it… and then we get a phone call. Or our favorite show comes on. Or someone knocks on the door. We get hungry, sleepy, tired or any one combination of the three. For whatever reason, we are more prone to distractions when we most need to focus. I don't know of anyone more susceptible to this phenomenon tha I am. So I've put together a list of the methods I have used tha

October 9, 2008

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9 Great Ways To Survive Burn Out

We have all experienced the familiar sting of burnout: the feeling of being mentally and physically exhausted, the fear that any moment now, you will drop down and not be able to get back up. You've been going a hundred miles a minute and now that shifty, unpredictable rollercoaster is catching up to you. You feel like you have to keep going but you don't know if you can, and the crashing and burning is imminent. It doesn't have to be that way. Nine time out of ten, we ha

October 8, 2008

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The 6 Ways Winners Plan For Success

Once upon a time, I used to be the messiest person alive. I don't just mean in terms of messy room and messy car. I mean messy plans, too. I would have a general idea of what I wanted to do, but wouldn't be really sure about how I wanted to make it happen. Over the years, through watching others and by trial and error, I have finally found ways to come up with plans, organize them and following through with them in ways that are much more manageable than they are overwhelmi

October 7, 2008

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9 Motivation Secrets That Make Dreams Come True

Dreams do come true as long as we can stay motivated in the face of setbacks. That´s where most of us get discouraged. So often, reality doesn’t measure up to expectations. We can have all these grand plans, whether it is buying a house, making improvements to your kitchen, or write that novel we’ve always dreamed of. When trying to get yourself psyched for a task, follow a few simple steps, and you’ll see yourself putting forth some real effort. 1. Know your limitations

October 6, 2008

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10 Ways To Deal With Negative Thinking, Panic, And Paralyzing Fears

I recently heard from a friend who had been laid off at the newspaper she worked at because of the faltering economy. She didn't have many job leads and her motivation was at an all-time low. She felt that there was nothing more frightening than being a writer in an uncertain job market. Panic and fear quickly took over; where would she go from go from there? How would she pay her bills? How would she cope with uncertainty? Her mind was plagued with self-doubting, self-de

October 2, 2008

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3 Ways To Stay Motivated Despite Movable Deadlines

It is important to know how to find self motivation when you are dealing with unstructured timetables and deadlines that can change from one moment to the next. Unstructured time and changing deadlines can be very frustrating and can cause motivation to dwindle away. Motivation can also sometimes be difficult to recover in these types of situations unless we can find a way to put more prediction in the unstructured time and changing deadlines. Most of us find motivation so

September 12, 2008

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6 Simple Steps To Big Goal Achievement

If you really want to achieve your biggest goals, you have to tart somewhere. Some goals can be long-term, complex goals which may take months or even years to achieve. That can be overwhelming. If you start to get overwhelmed by a task it can unfortunately mean that you get too scared to even begin with it. That won’t get you anywhere! What you have to do is begin somewhere. Here are a few simple steps to help you get started on a big task which can at first seem overwhe

September 11, 2008

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5 Easy Ways To Drop Self-Doubt And The Fear Of Making Mistakes

Each of us is bombarded with many decision-making opportunities each and every day. Some of those decisions we can make quickly without much thought. However complex decisions are sometimes difficult to make. Many factors can become involved in the decision-making process. Sometimes one of those factors is doubt, specifically self-doubt, and fear. Let us not get confused here. Doubting is a natural human response to any unfamiliar situation. But self-doubt is about ourselve

September 10, 2008

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10 Great Ways To Follow Through On A Project Once You Start

Everyone starts big projects and gets overwhelmed by them sometimes. They can take a long time to complete and problems crop up so you wonder whether it is worth carrying on. But you know you won’t achieve anything of you give up, so what you have to so is find ways to stick at a project. 1. Break the task down into manageable chunks One of the most important ways to manage your workload and stick at a project without being overwhelmed by it is to break tasks down into man

September 9, 2008

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8 Simple Ways To Follow Through On Your Success Plans

The single most important step in getting somewhere is the knowing where you're going and having a plan for getting there. If you don’t have a goal you won’t be satisfied because you won’t be able to judge when you’ve been successful so you will constantly feel like a failure. But the story isn’t over when you have a goal in mind. You then need to split that overall goal into smaller steps so that you are able to see yourself achieving success step by step. That will help to

September 8, 2008

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