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ARTArticleShut up & Jump - Overcoming FEARs In Your Everyday Life.FEAR – False Expectations Appearing Real. FEAR is the number one thing that holds people in mediocrity and must be addressed before anything else can be accomplished. Approaching anything new or different in your life, regardless of whether it's in your personal life or your professional life, ...ARTArticleSix Life SecretsSIX LIFE SECRETSnby
Bill Cottringe
nn Anyone who achieves genuine success knows there are six life secrets that have to be discovered and applied to produce that success. The bad news is that all these six life secrets work together to hide one another; the good news is that if you persist ...ARTArticleSlow DownSanity Saver# 6 Slow Downn There is more to life than increasing its speed.
Gandhi
Most of us live as if we are careening down a freeway. Think about how much you miss when you’re traveling at warp speed. We need to take the first available exit and pull into a quiet country lane, slow ...ARTArticleSlowing Down to Understand the Real Purpose of LifeSlowing Down to Understand the Real Purpose of Life
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Bill Cottringer
“The purpose of life is not to be happy, successful and have peace of mind; but rather to learn how to be happy doing the few things that will result in a sense of progress at having greater happiness, success and peace of mind.” ~The author.ARTArticleSmall Business Marketing Advice – Writing Effective Sales LettersI recently got an email from the president of a fast growing IT company seeking some marketing counsel on business from me. He asked if I would evaluate the sales letter they have been using to schedule information meetings with contacts they meet at various networking events.
The letter I read was the typical “WWD” (what-we-do) type of letter, very lengthy, full of industry jargon and certainly comprehensive with all of his company’s service features.ARTArticleSo you want to write a best selling book?Recent changes in the book publishing business have opened up new opportunities for authors to publish and profit.
Now that so many people have time to write, a computer to type on, and a story to tell, there has been an explosion of new books on the market. A conservative projection based on industry trends is that more than 1.5 million new books were published in 2011.ARTArticleSolving the Million Dollar Mystery: 4 Steps To Create A Turn-Key BusinessYou're a smart, hardworking entrepreneur, and you're moving fast. You are highly educated in your field and your business is growing and getting busier each day. But somehow, you find yourself stuck. You're doing more tasks that take you away from your core business, you are working more and ...ARTArticleSolving Your Client’s Problems Builds A Relationship With ThemYikes! I’ve got a problem. Get it off me!
Think about clients unsolved problems like it’s a ‘thing’ that’s attacked them. Imagine the problem being a huge blood sucking bug from an alien planet that’s attached itself to your ideal target’s spinal fluid.
That ‘bug’ is simultaneously injecting your clients with weird, alien, microscopic robots the size of individual cells while draining their life force. If you don’t do something quick to help them, those microscopic size robots will take their lives over.ARTArticleSometimesSometimes we women just need a break every now and then. Sometimes if the smallest chore is done for us, it will totally make our day. Sometimes a compliment will carry us through a hard day. Sometimes when we face a challenge we have the self confidence that we need to conquer it. Sometimes you will see a hidden smile when we’re supposed to be mad. Sometimes we love being by ourselves while other times we love the company of our family and friends. Sometimes a phone call, a hug or a friendly voice is all we need to make us feel just that much more special.ARTArticleSoulful SatisfactionSOULFUL SATISFACTION
By Bill Cottringe
n“It is not the things in life that bother us but rather our opinions about these things.”n ~ Epictetusnn Without a doubt, the above quote is my all time favorite, because day by day it keeps growing in meaning and value in my own life and adding ...ARTArticleSound Like The Truth?SOUND LIKE THE TRUTH?
By Bill Cottringe
n Why is it important to “sound” like you are speaking, reading or writing the truth? If it is so important, how can you make sure you are doing it? First question first.
1. First of all, our perceptions and versions of the truth are what we act on, ...ARTArticleSpiritual Path As Old As AtlantisTwelve years ago I learned I could request Benevolent Outcomes for specific events in my life, from very simple ones to very involved and complex events in both my personal and business lives. For those of you reading about Benevolent Outcomes for the first time, these are specific requests FOR ...ARTArticleStock Market Jitters....Are They Justified??Are todays worries and jitters of the Stock Market JUSTIFIED ????
( this is part 1 of a 2 part article)n n
Let’s talk about the Stock Market and the fears that we all have. After all,it’s about money, which is a somewhat of a conce
to most of us.n n What bothers me most is how the media is ...ARTArticleStop Telling Stories! Tips for Changing YoursWe all have our own stories. Have you ever heard yourself tell your personal story to someone else, almost as if you were talking about another person, like it was a script? You might have felt disconnected with the story (because you’ve told it so many times that even you’re bored with it). Or, you might tell it with a lot of emotion, feeling over and over again how you were abandoned as a child. Then it hurts again, right? Guess what...here’s a little tough love: It doesn’t have to.ARTArticleStop WinningThe biggest win I ever experienced was on the day I finally realized that life isn't a game you can win, only play.* After that realization, playing every moment with all my heart became infinitely more important than whether I achieved a particular result. Amazingly, and as if in an instant ...ARTArticleStopping Behavior You Don't WantOn a recent day, I was working with a client on stopping smoking and thought it would be great to update you on the latest and greatest information from the world of Neural-Linguistic Programming (NLP.) First, as noted in last newsletter in the metaphor on the overweight person – you must ...ARTArticleSTRESS FREE IN 5 STRESS-FREE EASY STEPSIMMUNE TO STRESS BLESSING
B: Beat stress by not letting it arise in the first place. Beat stress by realizing what your place is in the great scheme and reality of the nature of things. Building up your immunity to stress should be one of your goals.
L: Let the Lord guide you in all things. Let the Lord give you understanding, answers and a true purpose.
E: Entertain only equanimity-of-spirit thoughts that automatically calm, soothe and keep you at the highest level of understanding.rARTArticleStress on the JobThe nature of work is changing at whirlwind speed. Perhaps now more than ever before, job stress poses a threat to the health of workers and, in turn, to the health organizations.
According to The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the Federal agency responsible for ...ARTArticleSuccess By PerspectiveSUCCESS BY PERSPECTIVEnBy
William Cottringer, Ph.D.
Success—What you get from doing what you do to get it; acquiring any or all of the following: Having an abundance of health, wealth, power, influence, friends and wisdom; gaining a sense of satisfaction from achieving your goals, being ...ARTArticleSUCCESS IS A BELIEF SYSTEMSUCCESS IS A BELIEF SYSTEMnBy
Bill Cottringe
n“Success is what you get from doing what you are doing to get it.” ~ The author.
By now most of us realize we have moved into total overload—too much to know and do and too little time to get it all done. One special area of overload with ...ARTArticleSuccess Is Easier Done Than SaidSUCCESS IS EASIER DONE THAN SAIDnBy
William Cottringer, Ph.D.
“People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.” ~Albert Einstein.
All the libraries of current success clues are making success harder said than done. We are all buried in the success overload and ...ARTArticleSUCCESS WAITING TO HAPPEN: You can make it happen. Here’s how.SUCCESS WAITING TO HAPPEN
There is a proverb that gives a warning: This is an accident waiting to happen.
A dangerous situation has been created and it is inevitable that an accident will happen, sooner or later.
Let’s reverse this idea and let us do all the things that will lead on to success. In other words, this is success waiting to happen. Very soon you will be successful or more successful.ARTArticleSuffering Exists: How Some Suffer Less Than OthersSuffering is part of the human condition. We can't avoid it. Have you noticed that some people suffer more even with the same or less dramatic issues than others? Those that suffer less have made a shift in perspective away from victimhood to seeing a larger picture. They practice expanding their awareness to include knowing themselves, their real needs, and learning to meet them. Let me share a part of my early journey to illustrate this shift in consciousness necessary to shrink the amount of suffering you experience. Included are some insights I learned recently at a retreat.ARTArticleSupraconscious Mind "Use It To Move Forward With Your Life!Often times, we allow or subconscious thoughts (past or present experiences) to paralyze us from moving f-o-r-w-a-r-d with our lives.
If you are wondering what I mean when I say this, think about that dream job you've applied for over and over again, or that business you have wanted to ...ARTArticleSupraconscious Mind (December Issue)Hello everyone!
A few weeks ago, I was outside and it dawned on me that I have been using my mind to help me move forward with my life for over fifteen years now. Yet, back then, I would not have dared call it that!
I said that to say, regardless if we are conscious of it or not, our mind ...ARTArticleSupraconscious Mind (December Issue)Hello everyone!
A few weeks ago, I was outside and it dawned on me that I have been using my mind to help me move forward with my life for over fifteen years now. Yet, back then, I would not have dared call it that!
I said that to say, regardless if we are conscious of it or not, our mind ...ARTArticleSupraconscious Mind (January Issue)Happy New Year to EVERYONE!
How are you and your SUPRACONSCIOUS MIND doing?
I know it is that time of the year to where we reflect on the past year and start fresh with new goals/intentions, for the upcoming year.
According to Wikipedia Encyclopedia, a New Year's Resolution is a commitment ...ARTArticleSupraconscious Mind (Part 2)In my last article conce
ing our mind, I briefly talked about how our subconscious mind (past or present experiences) can keep us from moving forward with our lives.
As I thought about what I intended to talk about, I realized I needed to define what the subconscious mind is.
Wikipedia ...ARTArticleTake the opportunity to understand your WHY.Do you understand your WHY?
I recently watched a presentation by Greg Habsritt where he talked about how most companies market themselves based on ‘What‘ they do, a smart minority market themselves on ‘How‘ they do what they do, and a smarter, smaller minority market themselves on ‘Why‘ they do what they do.
It got me thinking about my Why.
At the risk of sounding ‘schmaltzy’ – it really is because I want to inspire as many people as I can to realise that they CAN do it, whatever IT is, they just need to know HOW.
Why is that my why?ARTArticleTalk To YourselfTalking to yourself has several benefits. First, it forces you to process information in a different way. Perhaps you have a picture in your head of what you mean; putting it into words can draw your attention to details that you otherwise might overlook.
Second, talking to yourself helps you ...