Marelisa Fabrega
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Marelisa Fabrega Quick Facts
Hi, I'm Marelisa Fábrega, thank you for visiting my expert page. I hold a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., as well as a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center. I currently live in the Republic of Panama.
I blog over at Abundance Blog at Marelisa Online. Simplify your life by identifying authentic desires, and be more productive by doing less while achieving more and by embracing creativity.
If you'd like to know a little bit more about me, visit my post on "50 Things I've Already Done".
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How to Be More Creative
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Anger Management Tips, Techniques, and Resources
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Write, Publish, and Market Your Ebook: Free Step-by-Step Tutorial
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Better, Better and Better - The Silva Life System
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Practice Excessive Happiness
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ChiRunning: Effortless Running
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Brain Boosters - Increase Your Brain Power
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Blog Business Pan: How to Create One
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Tips for Writers, From Writers
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Creative Thinking Techniques
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101 Happiness Books
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Freedom, Nonconformity, and Unconventional Living
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Laughter Meets Yoga
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Happier: Tal Ben Shahar
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Stumbling on Happiness
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How to Celebrate Life
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Self-Education Resources For Autodidacts
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Create a Monetization Strategy for Your Blog
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Succulent Creativity
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Roger von Oech - Creativity Whacks to the Head
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Laughter Arsenal - Funny Stuff on The Web
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Leo Babauta - Zen Habits
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The First Habit for Success: Be Proactive
In his bestselling book, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People", Stephen R. Covey lists the seven habits that people need to adopt in order to succeed. These seven habits are the following: • Habit 1: Be Proactive • Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind • Habit 3: Put First Things First • Habit 4: Think Win/win • Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood • Habit 6: Synergize • Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw The first habit, which states that you should be proactive, lays the foundation for the other six habits.
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Five Ways to Bring Fun and Humor to the Workplace
Bob Pike, author of "The Fun Minute Manager" , explains that bosses need to lighten up and that they should strive to create an office culture that is fun and enjoyable. He adds that bringing fun into the workplace reduces employee turnover, increases creativity and innovation, makes employees more productive, and it’s good for the bottom line. A fun work environment is one in which regular activities are scheduled that are designed to uplift people’s spirits and remind them of their value to their boss and to the organization as a whole.
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Anger Management – Eight Tips to Help You Take the Edge Off
Anger is a healthy, normal emotion when you know how to express it appropriately. Anger management is about learning how to do this. Like Aristotle said, it’s about being angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way. Below you’ll find eight tips to help you take the edge off when you get angry, so that you can deal with your anger appropriately and respond to the situation effectively. 1. Take a time out. If you can, remove yourself from the situation that is making you angry until you can calm down.
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Five Techniques for Dealing with Conflict Constructively
One way to manage anger is to realize that conflict is a natural part of life, and that it does not necessarily lead to fighting and negative emotions. There are ways in which to deal with conflict constructively in order to resolve disputes amicably, instead of allowing the situation to get out of hand.
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How to Create a Mind Map
A mind map is a whole-brain method for generating and organizing ideas. Basically, you place an image at the center of a piece of paper which represents the subject matter of the mind map. Then you write down a key word that describes your topic. Next, you proceed to draw branches leading out from the central issue which represent the main associations that come from thinking of said issue.
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Four Holistic Methods to Release Anger
Anger-although a normal emotion that can be a powerful signal that something is wrong--can be a very uncomfortable feeling. By developing skills that will enable you to express your needs and desires in a manner that displays respect for yourself and for others, you'll be managing your anger effectively. In addition, by lessening the intensity of your anger through holistic methods, you'll be able to calm yourself down so that you can be tranquil and relaxed when you communicate your feelings to others. Here are four holistic methods you can use to help you release anger: 1.
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Book Review: Angry All the Time - An Emergency Guide to Anger Control
The book “Angry All the Time: An Emergency Guide to Anger Control” is a best-selling classic that has helped tens of thousands of people overcome their problems with anger. The author of the book, Ron Potter-Efron, Ph.D., is a clinical psychotherapist in private practice with a special focus on anger management. In addition to "Angry All The Time", he’s also the author of "Working Anger: Preventing and Resolving Conflict on the Job "and "Stop the Anger Now".
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Review: "Letting Go of Anger"
In “Letting Go of Anger”, co-authors Ron Potter-Effron and Patricia Potter-Effron explain that anger serves two purposes: it tells you that something is wrong, and it gives you the energy to do something about it. However, anger can’t tell you how to handle a situation. That’s where anger styles come in. Your anger style is the habitual, predictable way in which you handle situations in which you are or could become angry.
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The Keys to Success: Resourcefulness and Focus
During a Ted.com talk in 2006, Anthony Robbins—a personal development writer and motivational speaker who has written books such as “Unlimited Power: The New Science Of Personal Achievement” and “Awaken the Giant Within” —asked the following question: When people fail to achieve something, what are the reasons that they give? Here are the reasons: • They didn’t have enough money; • They didn’t know enough; • They didn’t have the time; • They lacked the necessary technology, and so on. In other words, they argue that they didn’t have the necessary resour
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Meditate Your Way to Health and Success - The Silva Life System
Meditation is not just good for the body and for the soul; it can also help you create wealth and success in your life. The practice of meditation has been used for thousands of years to connect with something larger than ourselves. In addition, western medicine has embraced for many years ...
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Start by Thinking Small: Creating Your Ideal Life
In order to get what you want from life, you first have to know what you want. Amazingly enough, most people simply feel dissatisfied with their current lives, without being able to articulate exactly what they wish their lives looked like. General feelings of dissatisfaction will never be a ...
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Jumpstart the Creation of Your Ideal Life: Make a List of 100 Things to Do Before You Die
Getting around to thinking about what your ideal life would look like and committing that vision to paper is difficult, if not impossible, to do when you’re pretty much in a rut. Every day starts to look a lot like the one before and you’re so bogged down in the minutiae of the ...
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These are what I consider to be the best posts in each of the areas my blog focuses on: Productivity, Creativity and Simplicity.
Productivity
- Six Tips to Make Ideas Happen
- The 25-50-25 Rule for Getting Things Done
- Productivity Tip: Think Small
- Six Ways To Do Less and Achieve More
- Zen Capitalism: Randy Komisar
Creativity
- Lateral Thinking: Think Out-of-the-Box
- Creative Thinking Techniques: The “Playful” Edition
- 18 Ways to be Uber Creative
- Three Incredibly Effective Creative Thinking Techniques
- Four Outstanding Thoughts on Innovation
- Creating in the Dark - Your Sacred Dance
- 100 Tips to Simplify Your Life
- 27 Simple Ways to Simplify Your Life
- 100 Essential Life Lessons
- 10 Ways to Have a Zen-Like Day
- 10 Snazzy Ideas on Simplicity