Handling Disappointment By Janet K. Ilacqua

Disappointment is an inevitable part of home-based business. Clients won’t pay, bids fall through, or business associates don't come through on t

The Long Way By Wayne Mitchell

I wrote you about four years ago, when my eight year marriage was ending in divorce. At that time you gave me some great advice about beginning

Do you know WHAT MAKES ME MAD?? It makes me SO MAD I just want to... By David Thomas

Sound familiar? If you want to manage anger, the only way of doing so is to listen to your self-talk. This doesn’t mean listening to yourself ta

Your Past and Present Hold Key to Your Future By Andrew Abernathy

Knowing more about who you are will give you the insight for your future goals.Where are you going?This isn't about location...It's

Automatic Brain Works Overtime For You By Andrew Abernathy

Use all of your brain to be your most effective."Running on Automatic" is what I call the ability to visualize what you need to have happe

The Non-Conscious Mind at Work. Harness it for Your Success By Andrew Abernathy

Thoughts are real things. As soon as you realize how to control your thoughts you are on your way to making vast changes in your daily success.

Communicating Anger Compassionately By Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD

Whether it is irritability or unmitigated rage, anger is an emotion everyone knows about. Unfortunately, few people have been taught how to mange

Curse of Competence: How Being Good gets in the way of Becoming Great By Jeff Simon

Just before the storms hit last winter, my father-in-law and I replaced 26 feet of fence on my property. I must say, for a couple of non-handyman

Profitable Idea Generation in 4 Steps Using Improv By Dina Amadril

A large percentage of business are stuck, tied to narrow ways of thinking about themselves and their products. In the business environment you ca

Sheep Do Not Start Out Lost By Anthony Mullins

Have you ever thought about how sheep get lost? Even with a shepherd, they still get lost. How does this happen? The one thing I know for sure

Gullible's Travels By Jim Murdoch

A journey by a web-footed gull through a sea of sharks.Definitions:Gull - a dupe, a fool; vulnerable to deceive; to trick; to defra

A Beginner To Beginners By Jim Murdoch

You may be just starting, or contemplating, your first online business. Or, just like me, you may be trying out yet another online business schem

Top Ten Things to Build a Bridge and Get Over By Mary Rosendale

God must love Top Ten lists because she made so many of them. They crowd my Inbox daily. They’re right up there in popularity with offers to re

Guilt: Is it Getting in the Way of Your Self-Care? By Linda Dessau

When Do We Usually Feel Guilty? When:We're not feeling ok about who we are.We're not feeling ok about the choices we're maki

Attitude By Daniel Okula

What makes attitude so important? Why not just learn some "seduction techniques" to get the girl? The answer is simple: learning techniques (or h

The Problem with Blame? If You Fix the Blame, You Ignore the Problem By Jeff Simon

Have you ever found yourself in a hurry to leave the house for an appointment when you could not find your car keys?Imagine that you and a

Success at Work : People Skills : Complaining By Stephen Bucaro

Do you know an individual at work who is a chronic complainer? Are YOU a chronic complainer? People don't like complainers. Listening to a chroni

Are You Invisible? By Margaret Paul, Ph.D.

Ellen was brought up to be invisible. She was taught to be very tuned into others’ feelings and needs, but to never have any of her own. Her fami

Are You Addicted to Anger? By Margaret Paul, Ph.D.

Michael was raised in a home where anger was used to control. His parents used their anger to attempt to control each other as well as their chil

The Difference Between Approval and Appreciation By Margaret Paul, Ph.D.

Having worked with individuals, couples, families and business partners for 35 years, helping them learn to resolve conflict, I have often been f

Personal Power By Margaret Paul, Ph.D.

All of us would love to have personal power – the power to manifest our dreams, the power to remain calm and loving in the face of fear, the powe

You Have The Right By Kenia Morales

The other day I was having a interesting conversation with an acquaintance, but it soon turned out to be surprising and unpleasant. The other pe

The Adventure Attitude By Cheryl Perlitz

Of the 60,000 people who lived to be over 100 in the United States in 2002, the single most important characteristic they had in common was their

Attention! Thought Crossing! – Or, The Secret of What’s Between Your Ears By Inna Nirenburg

What are you thinking - right now? 'I'm reading your article!' you say. Well, take a little bit of a closer look. What's spinning in the back o

Think, Pause & Talk By Nilesh Gore

There are two kinds of peoples we generally face in every walk of life1] who talks negative and excessive and2] who talks whenever

How to Adopt a Losing Attitude By Jackie Stanley

We have all heard the expression, “Where your heart is?, your treasure will be also.” Allow me to modify this tried and true wisdom, to create a

Take Responsibility for Reshaping Your Life By Jackie Stanley

We say we want to eat better, feel better, and look better. But in order to make our goals materialize, we have to take responsibility for what w

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: How Do You Change the World? By Dorene Lehavi

Recently, I saw an exhibition of paintings by a very talented artist. He clearly has a social conscience and his depictions of the pain and miser

Anger: To Control or To Learn By Margaret Paul, Ph.D.

Many of us will do anything to avoid another’s anger, yet may be quick to anger ourselves. Many of us dread another’s anger yet continue to use o

Friends? By Wayne Mitchell

I met my friend when we were in graduate school, and we enjoyed hanging out together outside of classes. After receiving our degrees, we both le