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ARTArticleIs Charismatic Leadership Good for Teams?Clearly we're all drawn to charismatic leaders. Whether we're talking about political leaders like JFK, public speakers like Zig Ziglar, or trainers like Anthony Robbins, how does the charisma or strength of a leader impact a team, pro or con? We've become increasingly conditioned to being ...ARTArticleIs It Important To Have An Accurate View Of Reality?Is It Important To Have An Accurate View Of Reality? BynBill Cottringe n“How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.” ~Abraham Lincoln. I suppose some people would pose slightly different versions of this title question: ...ARTArticleIs Life Coaching For You?Do you have a dream you want to realize or a goal you want to accomplish, but you keep getting stuck? Do you feel stuck with an unsatisfactory personal or professional life? A Life Coach will help you get "unstuck". Imagine having someone in your corner to always be supportive of you. Imagine ...ARTArticleIs That the Truth?Earlier this year, a client expressed excitement that Oprah, the woman who has everything, was going to admit that even she couldn’t lose weight and keep it off. I didn’t know what Oprah was going to say during her January show about her weight and living her best life. I only know what is true – right now - in my life, or in some cases my clients’ lives. I can relate to a client struggling with weight loss.ARTArticleIS THERE A POINT OF NO RETURN IN RELATIONSHIPS?IS THERE A POINT OF NO RETURN IN RELATIONSHIPS?nby Bill Cottringe nn“There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of choice, because all you have staked will be lost if you look back. This is life's point of no return.” ~Dag Hammarskjold.nnn I have ...ARTArticleIs Your Idea Worth Millions?So you have a good idea. Maybe it’s even a great idea. Now what? I am very happy for you. Chances are likely, though, that one of three things will happen. 1. You will tell nobody about your idea for fear of it being stolen. 2. You will think that your idea, in and of itself, has value and ...ARTArticleIs Your MindSET for Productivity with Greater Ease?Productivity does not need to be hard. Hard work does not define success, nor real productivity. Success as we tend to define it does not often equal happiness, either. Perhaps if we stop implying that hard work and success are required before we can be happy, we can be happy as we work and become successful, and we can do it with more ease.ARTArticleIs Your Website Content Getting You Customers? If not, Change it!byr Susan Fox © 2013 Susan Fox You want more customers. Your website or blog professionally tells all about your valuable offer. But if it doesn’t contain useful information for your site visitors, your content might actually repel them. What might you do? Change your website content. And write it from the viewpoint of your visitors. Why change your website content? Because if the current content doesn’t interest your site visitors, they click away. It needs to be changed if it doesn’t connect with your market. Think about yourself when you visit an online site.ARTArticleIsn’t It Time To Agree Upon The Important Stuff—Doing What Matters Most?Isn’t It Time To Agree Upon The Important Stuff—Doing What Matters Most? BynBill Cottringe n In making the long, bumpy and winding way home in my own reality repair journey, I have finally discovered answers to the two most important questions I imagine we all have. These are: • What is ...ARTArticleIt Doesn't Work if You Don't Do ItWe all find activities that make a big difference in our lives. If we write gratitude lists every day, we notice an increase in our enjoyment of life. Or if we walk on a regular basis we notice we have more energy and our mood is uplifted. Then, for unknown reasons, we quit doing what we know improves our lives. It doesn't cost much, doesn't take much time, and greatly increases our ability to appreciate our gifts and deal with our challenges, AND YET WE STOP DOING IT. What is this about? Most of us know this phenomenon. "Yes, I was doing those things and was feeling better.ARTArticleIt Means Get ResourcefulMy theme today is not the excesses, the extreme greed, the corruption that overextended the American economy and forced the inevitable correction to come. No, it's much simpler, much more important to each of us—and that is the fact that this is normal. Ups and downs, days and nights, winters and summers, positive and negative, front and back, left and right, male/female—pretty normal, yin and yang. I've never seen an economic chart, graph, or indicator that didn't change—and if you can point one out to me, I want to see it.ARTArticleIt's all about organizingThe road to organization is sometimes a long one, especially if you want to start organizing an area that has been growing and spreading for a while! If you can start at the beginning, by that I mean, before things get out of hand, get organized from the get go. The sooner you start, the less ...ARTArticleIt's How You Attack Things"The light will never be green by the time you get to it," my passenger said. And of course, here's old Ted Ciuba, thinking about the Law of Attraction, thinking, That doesn't mean that I won't get through it. And you know what? That's exactly how it played out. The light turned yellow just as I hit it. And of course, I legitimately had time to get through it. So we were both right. We both created a situation according to the Law of Attraction that we held in our minds. And this is an interesting thing.ARTArticleIt's Just a Thought, But it Makes All the Difference in the WorldSeems like America and the individuals inside of America are really focused in on their problems right now. "Oh, woe is me!" And they're wondering, in the helpless little state they're in, who's going to bail them out, who's going to give them economic stimulus, who's going to pay their mortgage, who's going to give them free medical care, who's going to, who's going to, who's going to, who's going to!ARTArticleIt's No Laughing MatterIt's no laughing matter today. If you're an employee, or a business owner—especially if you're an employee—your job is at risk. People are hearing it in record numbers. You’ve got to recognize that there is no security out there now. And you better recognize that if something does come as a setback in your life, it could get "nasty" if you've been living like most employees—that is, if you take your current paycheck and you try to pay your current bills… and you may even have credit card debt.ARTArticleIt's Only Thinking, But Thinking is the CauseMost people think that they're very ordinary, very normal—or said the other way around, "Well, there's nothing special about me," or, "What's special about me?" The fact is, there's another group of people who say that everybody has a gift to give, something unique.ARTArticleIt's The Next MileCaptain Edward James Smith, known as E.J., was the most experienced of the White Star Line masters. He had over two million miles of safe experience—a long and admirable career. And he was the one selected to captain the maiden voyage of the Titanic, the largest, most luxurious passenger liner in history. Of course, you've seen the movie, you know the stories; it was a festive, festive time. They were out to the North Sea, under the command of a man who knew how to sail a ship… and of course, you see what happened. That's why, in all our efforts, we need to be very careful.ARTArticleIt's Valentine's Day - Remember the LoveMy favorite day of the year has always bee Valentine's Day. It didn't matter if I was alone on that day or not, I still adored it. Valentine's day for me is a celebration of love, love in its many forms, romantic love between a man and a woman, the never-ending love of family and dear friends, ...ARTArticleJoint VenturesAre You Looking For A Great Speaker Who Can Entertain Your Group, Deliver Content and Sell Well? Then Look No More! Bill Duquette Can Do All of That and More! Bill can come to your event and supply a fun filled evening of entertainment with his Stage Hypnosis Show where he’ll train on ...ARTArticleJump On and Scramble All OverA lot of people say to me, "Ted, you just seem so sincere and so honest, and you just don't seem to have so many pretentions." Well, I would say I'm sure my redneck Ciubas, my brothers and sisters and my family members, wouldn't mind another beer brawl dow Broadway. When people think that I seem so down-home and unpretentious…folks, it's because I came from down-home and unpretentious. I mean, when I'm talking about having another beer brawl dow Broadway—well, now that I have a certain number of years and a little bit of maturity, I know now that that's not normal.ARTArticleKeep on Dancing and Anything is PossibleWhat I have noticed lately, is that things don't always seem to happen for the reasons we think, and that can be perfect for us. I started several projects in the last few weeks, that did not work out the way I thought they would, or the way I wanted them to, thank God. Because they did not ...ARTArticleKeeping the Real in Reality with Mary Schmidt AmonsMary Schmidt Amons is perhaps most known for her role as a cast member of Bravo's Reality series Real Housewives of D.C. The spotlight gave her an opportunity to bring awareness to Labels for Love, a charity she founded in 2006 to raise critical funds to support women's and children's organizations where it is needed most. What you may not know about Mary is the TV show was only one small step in her life-long mission and heart's intention to nurture, to be of service and to mindfully grow as an ever evolving spiritual human being.ARTArticleKeys to Overcoming LonelinessAccording to a New York City psychologist, "Loneliness is a leading social problem of our times. And when people make no attempt to overcome it, the consequences are often stagnation, sitting in front of TV doing nothing, anxiety and depression." In fact, researchers in the United States, ...ARTArticleKnowing When to DelegateWritten by Traci Brosman Understanding when to delegate is probably the toughest situation we face as small business entrepreneurs’. We are taught that we we must do it all. If we do not know how to do something, we try to get the training to do an adequate job and we muddle through it. We know that we must do things we don’t like to do. We often even get stuck doing things that we down right dread.ARTArticleLandscape Your Way To Success With A Metaphor"They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." -Edgar Allan Poe Metaphors are great in visualizing your goals. They take you to your imagination and away from the "how." The how can often be a goal killer. Goals are usually going after something ...ARTArticleLaughter is the Best MedicineMy grandfather was one of the most positive influences in my life as a small child. I shared the most special times with him before he passed on before my eleventh birthday. He believed that Laughter is always the best medicine. My Grandfather was diagnosed with cancer and heart disease and spent his last few weeks in a small bedroom with an oxygen tank. Next to his bed on the floor, a stack as tall as me was issues of Readers Digest magazine.ARTArticleLead the Way with Your Talents"Have I dreamed of late; of the person I want to be. Have I renewed of late; my vision of the world I want to live in; my dreams shall not crash down. My visions go not glimmering. So long as I have breath, I know I have the strength to transform what I can be to what I am.” – Unknow Life is ...ARTArticleLeaders Anticipate Change, Prepare For Change, and Lead ChangeWhat is change? Put simply, change is an effort to improve an organization in some way. This change could take the form of new processes and procedures, upgrades to a new system, changes to the organizational structure, or changes to roles and responsibilities. Leaders understand that the only constant in today’s environment is...change! Leaders do not have the luxury of sitting back and waiting for change to wreak havoc on their organizations - a leader has to lead change.ARTArticleLeaders Are CuriousCuriosity is what makes a leader…a leader. Most people don’t understand that this curiosity is what separates a leader from the rest of us. Immersion is the key – the more you learn, the more connections and insights you will have. Leaders are driven to accomplish the mission. The leader leverages information and knowledge as tools to improve the organization, to increase efficiency, and to create the next innovative idea.ARTArticleLeaders Ask For Resources to Accomplish the MissionAs the leader of an organization, you need resources to accomplish your mission. As you execute your daily mission, you may identify gaps or shortfalls that impede mission success.

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