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81) Toot Your Own Horn - Don't Blow It
Author:
Connie Glaser
Category:
Self Improvement
Nick Corcodilos, online host and author of Ask the Headhunter, shares this story about a women who knew how to crow.Leslie was a successful manager at a large retail chain. Recently divorced, with two children to support, she decided she needed a change of scenery and an opportunity to start over somewhere else."So I picked the city, identified the two best companies for me, and did lots of homework," Leslie says.One of the companies -- an international clothing retailer...
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82) Cutting Edge Ideas to Transform You and Your Life
Author:
Chris Mcaulay
Category:
Self Improvement
We as human beings are bombarded with messages that somehow we're not good enough and that we need to improve ourselves. From negative messages received from our inner critic (our mind) to our parents teachers and spouse who are constantly telling us where we went wrong and how we can make improvements.Then there is the media who are constantly telling us that we need the new car or watch or fashion accessory in order to be cool. If you too wear this watch you will have the status of...
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83) The Selfing Process Series - Verbal Communication - Step 1 of 5
Author:
Chloe Taylor Brown
Category:
Self Improvement
The way you present yourself can set you apart and give you power and credibility or it can destroy your chances of ever getting through the right doors, not to mention obtaining great success in certain areas of your life. It is a silent language that speaks volumes. Your image and appearance can be a reliable and legitimate way to present yourself to the world, authentically, or as a persona.Usually, when we refer to a person's appearance we naturally think of the way they look or t...
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84) The Selfing Process Series - Poise, Posture and Movement - Step 2 of 5
Author:
Chloe Taylor Brown
Category:
Self Improvement
I believe we project our best image when we demonstrate perfect posture; which seems to be a dying attribute these days. When an average woman demonstrates good posture she is revered for her confidence and often her attractiveness. Posture maintenance is a wonderful way to build confidence and feel better about yourself. Your body will love you for it. Your body will begin to show itself off because it feels so much better. Almost immediately you begin to receive positive responses f...
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85) Human Resources: It's About the People
Author:
Kelley Rexroad
Category:
Self Improvement
Human Resources is THE topic in today's world. There are downsizings, union negotiations, pay issues, telecommuting, health insurance, retirement issues and how to save the historic memory in talent. The networking today is social media and that involves people. So, why is the HR department still talking about "getting a seat at the table?" This is the boardroom or executive table where the decision makers are doing what they do best. Why is the HR department is not THE RESOURCE?
It is easy...
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86) Activate Your Intuition: Creating Sacred Space To Unleash Your Inner Wisdom
Author:
Laura Alden Kamm
Category:
Self Improvement
It can be said that wisdom is a combination of knowledge, experience, and understanding of life as you know it. Within this wisdom you can access striations of compassion, patience, appreciation, and grace. You naturally feel compassion if a friend's pet dies if you have experienced that sadness, too. You have tolerance for an elderly man who shuffles across the intersection; though he may keep you from making that all important left-hand turn, as perhaps you have had shuffling parents. Once, o...
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87) How Radical Forgiveness Works
Author:
Colin Tipping
Category:
Self Improvement
Ordinary forgiveness is 'letting bygones be bygones'. A certain willingness to forgive is implied but the belief something wrong happened is never questioned. "You did that to me, but I'll let you off the hook and forgive you."
Research based at Seattle University, WA showed that ordinary forgiveness:
(a) is universally difficult.
(b) takes a long time - typically years. (Success was defined as finally feeling peaceful about the situation.)
(c) The more people tried to 'will' forgivene...
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88) Make Decisions Like a CEO
Author:
Mikhail Hutton
Category:
Self Improvement
This is from an article by Andreas Gloeckner and Tilmann Betsch "According to the PH, individuals do not make trade-offs between gains and probabilities, as proposed by expected utility models...but use information in a non-compensatory manner and ignore information." In other words, people do not actively consider the pro's and cons of their decisions, instead they use a form of decision making that does not tie back to what they stand to gain.Very Simply, people are afraid to do it,...
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89) Is Your Bottom Line at the End of the Line?
Author:
Kenneth Wallace
Category:
Self Improvement
The bottom line is often said to be the ultimate goal of the individual. Organizations of individuals, whether for-profit or non-profit, are similarly focused. It's self-evident that it takes a certain amount of money to survive and even more money to thrive in life. Money will never go away. Some form of it is the glue that holds any nation's economy together and is the lifeblood for its continued viability and growth. But let's not assume that the bottom line is only about dollars. It's a...
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90) Share Your Gift With the World
Author:
Gloria Arenson
Category:
Self Improvement
Have you ever been complimented on something you have done and wondered why since it was an ability you took for granted? Have you ever complimented someone else about what they do that impresses you because you couldn't do it no matter how hard you tried, and they do it so well? We each have a gift to give the worldMany years ago when I was teaching classes at a City College adult education division, Joan, who programmed the classes said, "How can you do what you do? I would be terri...
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91) Don't Let Others Spell Your "Meekness" As "Weakness"
Author:
Tayo Solagbade
Category:
Self Improvement
PreambleThose who have read my writings and/or heard me speak know that I am not exactly someone you would call "religious" by any standards. Yet a good number will also acknowledge that I love quoting religious leaders/persons like Pastor Tunde Bakare and others.Why do I love listening to - and quoting - this gentleman so much (despite my attendance in church being close to zero)? Well, it's because I have found that he is passionately driven to speak truth objectively...
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92) Mindfulness of Parts - Consciousness Through the Identification of Trigger Words
Author:
Wil Langford
Category:
Self Improvement
Parts Consciousness is the awareness of the three basic parts of each human being's consciousness, those parts being, the subconscious, conscious, and higher self. As discussed before and in The Theory of Parts Consciousness, human beings are a hierarchal consciousness projected into this domain as a light array that is endowed with intelligence.The rational, conscious mind, is most often concerned with intellectual comparison and logic. The subconscious mind is the emotional mind and...
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93) Mastering Your Mind Power: A Gargantuan Myth Could Be Stopping You
Author:
Harold L Lowe
Category:
Self Improvement
Would you like to:
- Make of your life anything you want it to be?
- Free your days of the deadly monsters of boredom and monotony fill your days with things of interest to you; pleasure, health, and love?
- Banish irrational fears and to make happiness a habit with you?
- Use every hour of the day to add life to your years and years to your life?
- Claim or re-claim control of your mind power?
If you will remember those were promises to you from an earlier article in this ser...
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94) How to Increase Your Brain Power and Stop Forgetting Things
Author:
Janet Martin
Category:
Self Improvement
Having memory lapses like forgetting where you placed the car keys or missing your appointment with your hair dresser can be considered normal if they happen only occasionally. But even if such situations do not set off alarms about your brain's health, it is far better to be able to prevent them from happening. More often than not, small memory lapses come as a result of tremendous stress or fatigue at home or at work.Fact is, there are ways that can help you sharpen your memory and...
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95) The Progress of Change
Author:
Phillip McGough
Category:
Self Improvement
Did you know that change is a progression? You cannot and will not change overnight. Change is inevitable, we all know that. Life is about change. Can you imagine if we never evolved? Never hit puberty, got married, had kids, retired? Life would be boring without change. Think of how many changes you go through in a day. I've never thought about it before but we actually change many times during a typical day. We get out of bed in a certain mood and fluctuate all day long. We feel determined...
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96) Jamie McIntyre - The Law of Opposites
Author:
Banjo Smyth
Category:
Self Improvement
Jamie McIntyre has a famous theory called 'the law of opposites' - despite its simplicity and almost comical nature the law of opposites can be an incredibly powerful tool for creating a successful life and developing the mindset of a millionaire.
What exactly is Jamie McIntyre's 'Law of Opposites?Quite simply Jamie McIntyre suggests that one of the best ways to become financially successful is to "find out what most people are doing and then do the exact opposite".So when...
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97) Exchange Beliefs
Author:
Doreen Amatelli
Category:
Self Improvement
Sitting in a Boston train station on a damp Tuesday morning in March, I overheard a conversation between a male customer and a female ticket. The customer asks the ticket agent for change of a $20 bill. The rep shook her head no and the man shrugged his shoulders and walked away.I then caught the end of this man's conversation with his family, "I'll go and find someplace [to get change]". A few minutes later, I spotted the man walking back from down the corridor carrying some donuts a...
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98) Easy Ways to Overcome Self-Consciousness
Author:
Peter Murphy
Category:
Self Improvement
A great many people have trouble with nervousness, shyness, and a host of other "issues" that make it difficult for them to interact with others. Well, there are a number of ways you can relieve yourself of that problem, and we are going to go over them now.First off, you want to become comfortable with the idea of being around other people. An excellent way to start that is by getting involved in community theatre or by taking an acting class or a class in public speaking. The point...
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99) Making, and keeping, friends at university
Author:
Matthew Pressman
Category:
Self Improvement
Leaving for university is a huge step in life and one that comes with mixed feelings. The dread of moving to a new city, possibly living with strangers and having to fend for yourself is counteracted by the sense of independence, the thrill of a new adventure and the prospect of a lounge full of traffic cones.
One of the best things about university life is it gives a huge opportunity to meet new people. Although you may be leaving some childhood friends behind as they move to...
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100) Change is the Catalyst of Life
Author:
Judy Davis
Category:
Self Improvement
"Change; to make the future course of something different from what it is"So you want things to be different? Being at a turning point in your life can mean many things, but most importantly it can mean change. Change is often met with resistance, and may be looked at as a source of stress, but it doesn't need to be that way. What if you could think about change in a whole new way? What if the idea of change brought about excitement and inspiration? What if change was the catal...
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