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ARTArticleWhat is EFT?“The cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in the body's energy system."
(EFT discovery statement.)
EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) is a process developed by Gary Craig, an engineer from Stanford, USA; that works with the body's energy system to help 'rewire' it and remove the disruption, thereby healing the negative emotions.ARTArticleWhat is Ho'oponopono?Cleaning Your Life With Ho'oponoponoARTArticleWhat is Stopping My Goals From Manifesting?Lester Levenson taught me that the ONLY thing stopping my goals was my SELF IMPOSED LIMITATIONS. What does that mean in every day terms? It means that WE have put the brakes on postive changes in our lives, and these appear as negative thoughts and feelings. You can experience these whenever you think of something you really want, like more money or a new job. What pops up when you imagine something good happening for you?ARTArticleWhat Makes The NEW Think And Grow Rich So Special?One of the frequent questions I receive is, "What makes The NEW Think and Grow Rich, and Think and Grow Rich, so special?"
It's not necessarily that people are asking, "Why are you saying that it's so special?" If I were in advertising, that would be a logical question. If I were advertising ...ARTArticleWhat Qualities Represent a Great Leader?It's popular to believe that a cigar-chewing, crew-cut, fire-breathing son-of-a-gun, gets the most out of people and is the prototype of a great leader. You do occasionally find instances of this but let's take a moment and think of modern US history from WWII forward. Does this description fit ...ARTArticleWhat To Look For In A Network Marketing Training ProgramWhen considering joining a Network Marketing company you should carefully evaluate the companies network marketing training program. A Network Marketing training system should be designed to help you succeed with your company over the long-term, not just to earn a few good cheques in the first ...ARTArticleWhat We All Want and The Simple Game We Play to Get ItWhat We All Want and The Simple Game We Play to Get ItnBy
Bill Cottringe
n“Life is very simple; men insist upon making it complicated.” ~Confucius.
It has taken me 4 decades of self-improvement giving and receiving, but I think I finally understand the penetrating meaning of the above ...ARTArticleWhat You Need to Know About SMART Goal SettingGoals are important tools that can help you stay focused and bring you closer to the kind of career and life you envision for yourself. Goals help in measuring your progress and provide inspiration to make your way through problems and obstacles. It gives you control of your life and environment and keeps you from getting stressed and anxious about the future.
SMART Goal Setting
SMART goal setting is proven to be a very effective method of setting goals that are practical, effective and purposeful. So, what exactly is SMART goal setting?ARTArticleWhat’s Love Got to do with it? Everything when it comes to entrepreneurshipPursuing Love
A chance meeting can be a turning point in life: This is the story of entrepreneur Abid Beli from Karachi in Pakistan when he met a pretty girl in a park. Smitten, to him she was marriage material but his parents did not quite share the same level of enthusiasm. He was left with the impossible choice that no one likes to make – remain with family and its benefits, or carve out a new financially independent life enabling him to defy tradition. Choosing the latter and the entrepreneurial route, he has never looked back.
Launch Pad of MarriagerARTArticleWhen 1/2 Plus 1/2 Doesn't Add Up to One“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.
When some new, intriguing, and well-packaged self-help book, system or idea comes out, it is very easy to run straight towards it with a smothering full body embrace. Unfortunately years later, what we are left holding sadly turns out to be nothing more than a half-truth on its way to evolving into full maturity. Even “The Secret” and “The Law of Attraction” still both have the rest of their stories to tell.ARTArticleWhen in a tight corner think, act and pray.
7 LESSONS TO FREEDOMWHEN IN A TIGHT CORNER PUT ON YOUR THINKING CAP!
BAD FAITH
Queen Shahrazad, exciting storyteller of the epic One Thousand and One Nights, related a series of stories about faith, trust and true friendship and our how our doubts can sour all relations. When lack of trust is stronger than faith then we make all manner of regretful actions.
FISHY SURPRISE
A poor fisherman had a bad fishing day. All he caught was a bottle.
When the fisherman opened the brass bottle out came a genie.
BOTTLED UP ANGERrARTArticleWhen Things ShiftI went to bed late last night… You know, I'm working very hard during this economic recession.
That's a joke, of course. The truth is, as an author, I like to work different hours, odd hours. So I did go to bed late last night, and was thinking nothing about the morning.
I had a few ...ARTArticleWhen Your Ship Doesn't Sail In, Swim Out to Meet ItI talk to so many people. And, obviously there's a vast difference between the ones I meet in social events—through the regular family and church situations, standing in line at the movies or at the grocery store, that kind of stuff—and the people who attend events where they know that I'm going ...ARTArticleWhere Did YOU Get Lost?Let's face it. As women we give. We do (a lot), we feel, we work, we play (though not enough play!). Do you get tired from so much giving? What I see happening very often with some of my clients is that they get tired, and they feel taken advantage of. But they also get pissed.
All these behaviors come from fear.
One reaction to the fear is to hide, afraid to shine your light. Why hide your light? Well, either you feel your light will make others feel bad, or will push others away because you are stepping out of the role expected of you, or you are simply scared of owning your power.ARTArticleWho Else Wants More Referrals?Getting new clients by referral is one of the most effective, simple, and low cost ways to grow your business. So how many referrals have you received lately? How often do you ask for referrals?
It’s exciting to open an e-mail or pick up the phone to find that unexpectedly someone you know ...ARTArticleWho has the energy to be a sex kitten?Dare women who are moms and wives admit they don't think about sex often nor take the time to make sure it happens?
Dare they confess that by the time they leave work, run three errands, slap dinner on the table, straighten the house, prepare details for the next day, check e-mail, pay bills, ...ARTArticleWhy A Man Who Had Written Three Motivational Books Set Them AsideFor those of us who are Think and Grow Rich fans, I've got another little insight I want to share with you. W. Clement Stone is the person who actually helped Napoleon Hill with his philosophy, promulgating that philosophy—and of course, making the consequent money he did—more than anybody else ...ARTArticleWhy Aren’t You Doing Something?You mean you think, you are fearful, you are worried that, your head might be on the cutting block next? You mean you think your job isn’t secure? Hold it, hold it I thought that was the whole thing about having a job, was the security of it.
The lie is exposed! Enough said on that point, ...ARTArticleWhy Conformity is Bad for Your BusinessAs a business owner do you ever find yourself trying to act the way you think your clients want you to? Or even more dangerous, are you trying to be more like your competition?
Trying to “fit in” is not a smart business strategy. Conformity is not profitable and frankly it’s ...ARTArticleWhy Do Bullies Bully?Why Do Bullies Bully?nby
Bill Cottringe
nn“Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.” ~Benjamin Disraeli.nnn I am beginning to think that a very widespread problem today, especially with youth, is the problem of perceiving you are being bullied (by life, parents, teachers, peers, employers, ...ARTArticleWhy Going From Surviving To Thriving Is So DifficultWhy Going From Surviving To Thriving Is So Difficult
By
Bill Cottringe
n“Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in awhile there is a giant step, but most of the time we are taking small, seemingly insignificant steps on the stairway of life.” ~Ralph Ranson.
There are ...ARTArticleWhy Is It So Hard To Talk About The Elephant In The Room?Why Is It So Hard To Talk About The Elephant In The Room?
BynBill Cottringe
n“Two cows were talking in a pasture. One says to the other, “Are you worried about catching mad cow disease?” “No” said the other, I am an elephant.” ~Bad joke.
A work colleague of mine, Bob Bennett, is quick to ...ARTArticleWhy Optimally Operating Your Brain Matters So MuchProductivity and performance matter, and unde
eath this is how we think. We load up on ‘what to do?’ but the deeper question is ‘how do we think about it?’. If we think that work and life are hard and that to be successful we have to feel pressure or stress, we are likely to dampen our level of productivity and performance. It takes more energy to push against ‘hard’ than to enjoy ‘easy’. This is about our perception—a subjective matter. You see, it is not so much what we do as it is the mindset we hold about what we do, and how we focus our brain as we do it.ARTArticleWhy Somebody Else Can’t Tell You How To Be Successful And Happy.Why Somebody Else Can’t Tell You How To Be Successful And Happy.
BynBill Cottringe
n“Success and happiness are what you get from doing what you have to do to get them.” ~The author.
What do you suppose all these folks have in common?
• All the present living presidents.
• All the academy ...ARTArticleWhy You Should Focus More On The One Really Important Need You Have Rather than on The Many Others That Occupy Your AttentionWhy You Should Focus More On The One Really Important Need You Have Rather than on The Many Others That Occupy Your Attentio
BynBill Cottringe
“We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.” ~James Matthew Barrie.
We all really just have one ...ARTArticleWhy You Want To Abandon Your Comfort Zone Right NowWhy You Want To Abandon Your Comfort Zone Right NownBy
Bill Cottringe
n“The security and safety of a comfort zone are a persistent illusion; but the only real security is in accepting your insecurities as you venture outside of your comfort zone.” ~The author.
Here are six very good reasons to ...ARTArticleWithout Women, What Good Would Money Be?"Without women, what good would money be?"
That's a quote from Aristotle Onassis. Of course, as a male, I would subscribe to that. I'm not expecting every woman to subscribe to it, though. And I'm not really talking sexist stuff here.
What I mean is that we don't work for the money, and ...ARTArticleWords Have Power - Choose One and Make it Your Power WordI like to pick a word that represents what I want to experience in any given period of time. It can be a new word for a new year, or a new month, or a new season, whatever you like. You could also choose a word at the start of a new project or even a new relationship. Whatever word you choose ...ARTArticleWork Smarter, Not HarderWritten by Traci Brosman
We have all heard the saying, “Work smarter, not harder”, but how many times do you feel like you are just spinning your wheels and not really going anywhere? Do you feel like you have tried everything and nothing has worked the way you expected it to? Or do you feel that you are working so hard on your business trying to make it work that you have no time for fun anymore?ARTArticleWork-Life Balance: How to Create Balance and Maintain Your Sanity in This Crazy, Competitive WorldBy Tom Hinton
In 2007, I made a major transition. I stopped going to work. While I still had a job, employees to supervise and a business to manage, I made the strategic decision that I was going to regain control of my life and make time for the things I enjoy! To do this, I started working from home and stopped going into the office.