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ARTArticleNarcissism UnderstoodThis information is a purposeful broadcast.
What is Narcissism? Narcissism is an unhealthy focus on self that affects others in unhealthy ways. Everyone to some extent is narcissistic. Most people ‘want the good stuff’ and from a psychological point of view: everything we do is for some ...ARTArticleNo Parent Is PerfectWanna Know What You Can Do to Guarantee that Your Children Won't Fall Prey to Drugs, Sex and Peer Pressure in the Teen Years?
I often talk to people who believe that teaaching good values, taking their kids to church every time the doors are open, putting them in a religious school and promoting family togethe
ess will guarantee that all will be well in the teenage years. Like buying an insurance plan, they think that doing the right things will bring about the right result.
Sticking with the insurance policy analogy, why do we buy insurance?ARTArticleParenting: What Praise Helps And What Praise Harms?"...telling children they're smart...made them feel dumber and act dumber."n--Mindset, by Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., p.74
In her extraordinary book, Mindset, Dr. Carol S. Dweck presents research that, hopefully, will change the course of parenting and education. In one of her research studies, ...ARTArticleParents and Their Child’s PrivacyWhen does a child’s right to privacy begin and a parent’s right to know end? I don’t have definitive answers but I do have what I hope will be some helpful guidelines.
Let’s begin by looking at the opposite ends of the continuum. To begin at the beginning, you start off with an infant, who ...ARTArticlePersonal Success Strategies - Accountability Circles, Peer-Leaders and Your Personal PosseHave you ever noticed that successful people have a "team" that they surround themselves with? For example, the president has his cabinet, as well as numerous other advisors and consultants. The head coach of any sports team has countless assistants and trainers. Every CEO has a board of directors.
And what about you?
Who is on your cabinet?
Who are your assistant coaches?
And who is on your board of directors?
Do you have anybody? Read on...
One big reason people have difficulty accomplishing their goals is due to trying to do all the work in isolation and on their own.ARTArticlePersonal Success Strategies - Boundaries With Yourself: The Most Important ParametersBoundaries with yourself? It does sound a bit odd, doesn’t it? Well, if you will bear with me for a few minutes here you can have a major break-through...really!!
I received a phone call from a client who had a new employment opportunity, but felt scared because of the unknown elements involved in the change. I don’t blame this person for having some apprehension, as I think most of us would (sorry to speak for you all. I know I would!).ARTArticlePersonal Success Strategies - Boundaries: The Tripod Model Of Health And WellnessThe old real estate cliché asks the question, "What are three most important elements of property?" which is, of course, answered by, "Location, location and location."
...So, let me ask you a question: What are the three most important elements of successful relationships?
Answer: Boundaries, boundaries, and boundaries.
And that would mean first of all, the "internal" boundaries that you have with yourself, as well as the proactive boundaries of assertive behavior that you have with others, and the reactive limit-setting boundaries that you also have with others.ARTArticlePersonal Success Strategies - Bull-Fighting, Rabbit-Chasing And Wrestling With PigsSo...did I get your attention? Yes? I thought I might! I did a small presentation for the Greater Seminole Area Chamber of Commerce on "How to Win Over Difficult Prospects" and the bull-fighting, rabbit-chasing and wrestling with pigs came as a result of that (I never know what is going to come out of my mouth when I get up to present!).ARTArticlePersonal Success Strategies - Father's DayMy dad woke up one morning feeling, as he put it, “Not quite right and a bit wobbly”. In being the strong-willed, tenacious, non-complainer that he is, he figured it was just part of the package of being 80 years old.
However, after a few days of these lingering effects, he decided to go see his doctor. Upon calling the doctor's office, he was told that they had an appointment opening in ten minutes.ARTArticlePersonal Success Strategies - Heart, Head or Hell?I have a confession: I was confronted by a friend recently. She suggested that I might possibly be living more from my head than my heart. She wanted to know where all the successful relationships were and was asking me, since I am THE REALationship Coach (That's pretty much the way she said it, too!) to show her evidence that these happy and successful relationships really existed. She was angry. She was hurt.ARTArticlePersonal Success Strategies - Living Your Life On Purpose - What Is The Purpose Of Your Life?You have a unique purpose. You're here for a very significant reason. When you know your purpose and live according to it, you'll experience the passion of living your purpose, and you'll have the greatest opportunity to have an impact on all humankind.
When it comes to discovering your life purpose, spend some time answering the following for yourself.ARTArticlePersonal Success Strategies - Self Talk: Whose Voice Is That?No; I’m not hearing voices...not very much, at least. However, I do have a question for you: How do you manage that little voice inside your head? Now if you’re thinking, “What little voice is he talking about?” that would be the little voice right there!
You know, that voice that tries to convince you that something is too hard, or too painful, or too embarrassing or too risky. Yes, the same voice that might even try to tell you that you’re not good enough, that other people don’t like you or that you won’t ever amount to anything.ARTArticlePersonal Success Strategies - The Expression-Repression-Depression-ConnectionWith all these rhymes I was tempted to write a poem (and I may still...stay tuned for the sequel!!) about this topic. However, I decided I would just be straight-forward with these dynamics, seeing how critically valuable they are in our day-to-day lives.
We have a choice we make many times during the course of a day: Express it or repress it.
In other words, we either find a way to release our expression, which may be referred to as “emotional discharge”, or we “stuff it”, which is synonymous with repression.ARTArticlePersonal Success Strategies - Value Your Values, and Don't Leave Home Without Them!Your personal integrity is dependent on you living according to your values. If you commit yourself to a values-driven life, you'll attract people of similar values and people who'll support and encourage you to continue to live accordingly, which will only increase the standards to which you've been living.ARTArticlePersonal Success Strategies - Your Living Legacy - What is the Legacy You Hope to Leave?How will you leave your mark? How will the world know you've been here one hundred years from now? What impact do you want to have on humankind in your lifetime?
Simply put, your legacy is what you'll leave behind for those who come after you.
No pressure, but from the looks of things now, we could all stand to leave as much of a positive legacy as we possibly can, and as quickly as we can!
Many Native tribes have made their decisions based on what they foresee the affect of decisions on the seventh generation out.ARTArticlePersonal Success Tip - Creating Accountability Circles, Peer-Leaders and Your Personal PosseHave you ever noticed that every successful person has a team with whom they surround themselves? For example, the head coach of any sports team has countless assistants and trainers. Every CEO has a board of directors. Of course, the President has his cabinet, as well as numerous other advisors and consultants.
And what about you? Who is in your cabinet? Who are your assistant coaches? And who is on your board of directors? Do you have anybody?
One big reason people have difficulty accomplishing their goals is they try to do all the work on their own.ARTArticlePersonal Success Tips - Are You Tired of the Bull?I have a few questions I'd like to ask you.
Warning: They WILL make you think. They might even make you squirm a bit. They'll also invite you to take a few more steps into your greatness. Are you up for that?
Okay...here we go...
What would happen if you were pushed from the edge?
Would you fall? Or would you fly?
What would you do if you found yourself faced with a charging bull?
Run? Or be like the matador and dance around it?
What would you do if you fell into a deep darkness?
Would you just give up?ARTArticlePersonal Success Tips - Create A Whole Lot Of Passion, Power and Purpose!Live according to your purpose, and you'll discover a natural passion for life; and within that, you'll feel a great deal of personal power. If you want to feel totally empowered, learn who you are and be 100% of you 100% of the time!
You may need to do some soul-searching and uncovering in order to discover your true self and determine your bigger connection in life.ARTArticlePersonal Success Tips - Creative Self-ExpressionHow is your self-expression going? Are you able to set and keep your boundaries? Are you asking for what you want? Are you letting people know if they are meeting your needs? And where are you having difficulty carrying out your self-expression?
Better yet, why is it so important to do all this self-expression stuff?
I think you know the answer to that: If you don’t express yourself, you’ll not get what you want, need or desire in life AND you will get much of what you don’t want.ARTArticlePersonal Success Tips - Don't Let Your Barometer Direct Your CompassHuh??!! Let me explain...A barometer is used to measure atmospheric pressure. This pressure change helps weather forecasters to predict what weather conditions might be forthcoming. Barometric conditions are always changing; therefore barometric measurement is always fluctuating.
A compass, on the other hand, is used to determine direction. Since our North Pole has a natural magnetic pull to it, the needle of a compass will always point in that direction.ARTArticlePersonal Success Tips - Out Of The Box And Into the Land of PossibilityIt is time for you to set yourself free and allow some discomfort in so that you may fully embrace your greatness...
I know “out of the box” is one of the most used up clichés out there, but I couldn’t find anything better. If you live in the box you live a life of predictability, familiarity, and comfortably. In other words, you like to play it safe.ARTArticlePersonal Success Tips - R U Cre8ive E-Nuff 4 U?You may have to get your secret decoder ring to decipher the title. Get it? Well, are you? Do you have enough creative outlets and enough creative expression in your life? I’ve heard that if you suppress your creativity it will go directly to your hips!
Creative, which comes from the word create, has the following origins: from L. creatus, pp. of creare "to make, produce," related to crescere "arise, grow".ARTArticlePersonal Success Tips - The ABC's Of SuccessI like to make things simple, like the ABC's. It makes it easier for me to remember and therefore, live that way in my life. I'd like to share my ABC model with you.
A stands for Attraction; more specifically the Law of Attraction. The Law of Attraction states that like energies attract each other. Positive attracts positive and negative attracts negative.
Therefore, if you are putting out negative energy you will in turn attract negative energy into your life.ARTArticlePersonal Success Tips - The Deeper Your Roots, The Sweeter Your FruitRoots and fruit...one of my favorite life philosophies.
I believe we are all very similar to trees in a metaphorical sense. We have our “fruit”, which are our results. These results are based on our behaviors in that our behaviors, or actions, are what create our results.
We have feelings and emotions, which are like the branches that carry the fruit. It is our emotions (e-motion = “energy in motion”) that motivates us (or not) into action. We have thoughts, which are carried in the trunk of the tree.ARTArticlePersonal Success Tips - The MoodI recently went to one of the local home improvement stores to buy some lighting items for my office. Since I am not an electrician, I was looking to have the “experts” at this store assist me in this endeavor. Upon arriving and having gone to the lighting department, I was confronted with a couple of challenges.
First, there was a pallet full of boxes parked right in front of the area that I was wanting to get to. In addition, one of their roll-around ladders was parked there as well. This ladder was occupied (he was sitting on it) by an employee having a telephone conversation.ARTArticlePersonal Success Tips - Wu-Wei Techniques (Verbal Kung-Fu)The Wu Wei principle is to yield to an oncoming force in such a way as to render it harmless and at the same time, change its direction by pushing it from behind instead of resisting it from the front.
When there is a conflict between two or more people, conditioned response is to cope by fight or flight.
Flight responses are passive and range from giving into an unreasonable request from your mother, accepting a role established by your mate, lying and making up an excuse when your friend wants to borrow your car, to complete withdrawal, hiding from any contact with potential adversarieARTArticlePostponing the Most Important ThingsAs parents our days can easily be filled to overflowing with all the tasks that are required to keep our families running: making meals, doing dishes, driving kids to activities, washing clothes and working. These are certainly not the most important things in our lives but they can quickly ...ARTArticleProstate Ejaculate Massage - How to Give Him a Tantric Healing and Energy ExperienceJust what is it? And is for real?
Well i’m here to tell you that it can happen, although it does take a bit of practice.
In case you didn’t know, the prostate gland is a walnut sized gland located just under the bladder. It can be felt by placing a finger 2-3 inches into the anus, although it ...ARTArticleProtecting Yourself Against Internet ScamsScams? With missing children?
You Bet! Its unfortunate but true. There are some scurrilous individuals around that play the “missing child” alert to scrape and steal email addresses for their spamming purposes.
Even child safety experts get side tracked by this.
The alert came ...ARTArticleRe-thinking Cohabitation!Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are the new family role model as cohabitation becomes an American institution. While celebrities living together is nothing new, what is new is that it has gone mainstream, become widely accepted and wildly popular.
Years of condemnation appear to be backfiring as ...