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Reaching for the Brass Ring
Author: chas brothers
So, youve decided to go into business for yourself to capture your part of the American Dream. Now that thats all settled where the heck do we go from here? Many people wake up each day because an alarm clock is beckoning them to their same old day

Alert | An Over-50 Jobseeker Has Just Entered the Building
Author: Teena Rose
Interviewing Tips for the Older Job-seeking Population A red alert is probably melodramatic, but Im sure jobseekers in this age bracket probably feel there is one. The bulk of the job-seeking population is currently facing job-search woes that the

Achieve Your Goals without Negative Stress
Author: Johan K. Burns
Working smart to reach your goals is important. Working hard on your goals is OK, but beware of work without thought for better ways or new ways to reach your personal goals. Don't let unneccesary or harmful stress lead you away from what you want to

Five Reasons to Bring your Heart to Work
Author: Kevin Eikenberry
Take a minute right now. Get yourself a sheet of paper and a pencil or pen. Yes, do this right now before you read on. Then draw a tree. When you have finished your tree, you can read further. Having done this with groups before I can tell you

How To Walk On The Path Of Peace (Part 6 of 6)
Author: Jin Dhaliwal
From the beginning of time, people, in spite of their needs, in the midst of all their attachment to material things, have been intuitively conscious of the limited, transient, and illusionary nature of their material existence, and in their wise and

Purposeful Perspective
Author: Kathy Gates, Professional Life Coach
Dr. John Gray (Mars/Venus) tells a story about how his father was robbed by a hitchhiker and left in the trunk of his car. In the heat of the day, his father was unable to get out of the trunk, and ultimately died of heat stroke. After the funeral,

To Procrastinate Or Not That Is The Question
Author: Michaela Scherr
Procrastinating can be fun, sometimes! It can also be a great source of frustration and anxiety when we keep putting off what we could be doing today. I manage to fit unscheduled shopping sprees into my already busy timetable, visit people I haven't

Discover Your Path to Success - Part 1
Author: Paul M. Jerard Jr.
Success can easily be compared to the genie trapped in a bottle. For many of us, it is a matter of finding a way to open the bottle, and then, follow a specific path. This path is filled with pitfalls, and traps, along the way, so it is wise to expand

Facts About the Art of Influence
Author: Paul M. Jerard Jr.
All of us could work on our skills in influencing others - whether it is within a company, a family, or a group of friends. Within the corporate world, influence is a power that you can control with your supervisor, upper management, customers, and

Selling to the Senses - How to Master the Art of the First Impression
Author: Kevin Nations
The fine art of professional selling is a production. You can do it poorly, or you can do it excellently. A great deal of selling depends on interaction with your prospective client. But - to a great deal - within the first two minutes of any

Thinking Games
Author: Steve Gillman
Classic thinking games are a great way to tune up your brain. You can use these mind games to help you increase your brain power and to get you out of your thinking ruts. Play them enough, and they'll habituate you to using creative problem solving as

"Relaxing with a Mental PDA" Your 5 minutes daily program to Stress management
Author: Nick
We all have this favorite expression when it comes to being stressed out, and I wouldn't bother naming all of them since it may also vary in different languages. But when it comes down to it, I think that it is how we work or even relax, for that matter t

Are you a Sleep Walking Zombie?
Author: Royane Real
Do you get enough sleep? Chances are you dont. Many people living in modern industrial societies suffer from a chronic, and worsening sleep deficit. Until a few decades ago, most people lived lives so very different from ours that we would scarcely

Are you an ex-career woman living in a new country?
Author: Caroline Jalango
Were you once a successful, professional woman who had a significant status level and received adequate remuneration for your work? Have you re-located to a new country where the educational degree you worked so hard to achieve is neither recognized

Been There, Done That
Author: Wayne and Tamara
Direct Answers - Column for the week of April 12, 2004 Fourteen years ago I was divorced from my second wife, her idea. I'll call her Kay. But I never lost my love for her. She married again and had two children. We always remained friends,

Breaking Bonds
Author: Wayne and Tamara
Direct Answers - Column for the week of March 8, 2004 I am just out of high school, and I have come to realize what I really want is completely out of my family's standards. I come from an Indian family, where the standards are extremely high. Like in

Casting Vision
Author: Jeff Earlywine
One of my greatest loves as a kid was fishing. This love developed quickly because my family owned a little bait shop that was located near Toledo Bend Lake in Louisiana. Toledo Bend is well known for its large bass and large quantity of crappies. I

Christmas For One: Mental Health Over the Holidays
Author: Kristin Johnson
My dear friend, poet Dessa Byrd Reed, often spends holidays alone as a widow. However, she doesnt see this, as many people often do, as a depressing circumstance. In a November 2000 POETIC VOICES interview, she said, Because I am single and live alone,

Compassion A Powerful Doorway to Personal Growth
Author: Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
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Creating Supportive Environments
Author: Alicia Forest
Im writing this on my laptop in a Cosi caf in Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. The reason I am here has nothing to do with me or my business, but the reason I can continue to be successful in my work is because I have set myself up to do so. How? By