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Imagination Power
One of your greatest powers is ... your imagination. Let me explain. William James was a philosopher and one of the leading thinkers a century ago. He said this about the power of the mind: âAnything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.â He believed there was tremendous power in imagination and wrote in length about how humans can bring about significant positive changes in their attitudes, behaviors and relationships by first holding a vivid image of the
August 20, 2013
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Destined or Determined?
A sky-diving instructor was asked, âHow many successful jumps must a student make before he or she can become certified?â He answered, âAll of them!â Sky diving, however, is the exception. Is your life built on a series of successes? Do you usually attempt something new and immediately succeed, then succeed again and again? Or more likely, do you find that it is the other way around? Our successes are often built on smaller failures. We fell off the bike a few times b
August 13, 2013
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Ten Leadership Blunders
Comedian Bill Cosby once said, âI'm not the boss of my house. I don't know how I lost it, I don't know when I lost it, I don't really think I ever had it. But I've seen the boss' job...and I don't want it!" Like it or not, there are times we are in charge. There are times we are all leaders â as a parent, in the classroom, through work, in a club, on a sports team or in a volunteer organization. And we can always become better leaders. Here are ten common leadership blund
August 6, 2013
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A Better Prayer
One man, too inebriated to drive, was walking home along railroad tracks when his foot suddenly became stuck. He pulled and tugged, but could not free it from the tracks. Then he heard a noise and turned around to see an oncoming train. In a panic, he prayed. "Dear God, please get my foot out of these tracks and I'll stop drinking." Nothing happened. With the speeding train closer, he tried again. "Oh, Lord, get my foot out of these tracks and I'll stop drinking AND I'll quit
August 6, 2013
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Following Your Call
One man says it really happened. At the conclusion of his medical exam, the doctor asked him if he would please call in the next patient. So, he opened the waiting room door and called, âMrs. Colchester, please.â Then he left the doctorâs office. He had walked some distance along the street outside when he heard Mrs. Colchesterâs voice behind him, âWhere are we going?â She knew she was being called, but she misunderstood the intent. I wonder if she made it back in
August 1, 2013
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Nudging Without Nagging
We've all been there. We want to encourage a child to do her homework,nor a spouse to complete his project, or a colleague to complain lessnand act more. How can we encourage without criticizing, berating ornpushing too hard?nnHere are three techniques that can help you nudge without nagging.nn * Show appreciation. nnNovelist Arnold Bennett had a publisher who boasted about thenextraordinary efficiency of his secretary. One day while visiting thenpublisher's office, Bennett a
January 4, 2008
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Riches of the Heart
A funny story is told about a young woman who confided to her newnlover, "My father is gone and my mother is in very poor health. Itnlooks as if she will die soon and I will inherit all her money. Wenshould get married; after all I'm going to be a millionaire!" Twonweeks later the man became her stepfather.nnI have heard it said that from the time an infant first struggles tonget her toes into her mouth, life is a continual struggle to make bothnends meet. Those who are worki
August 15, 2007
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Looking for Diamonds
Albert Einstein said, "In the middle of every difficulty liesnopportunity." Once discovered, such opportunities are likenvaluable diamonds hidden in the sand.nnSeveral years ago I spoke at church about how we are surrounded byn"diamonds," if we could only recognize them. A man stopped by to seenme. I remembered him as somebody who had suffered through a painfulndivorce and was examining his life's priorities. His outstretched handncontained a small, plastic gem stone.nn"I ste
August 13, 2007
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Hang On to Each Other
Too often we feel alone. But there is always someone ready to take ournhand. There is a beautiful story of an overworked nurse who escorted antired, young man to her patient's bedside. Leaning over and speakingnloudly to the elderly patient, she said, "Your son is here."nnWith great effort, his unfocussed eyes opened, then flickered shutnagain. The young man squeezed the aged hand in his and sat beside thenbed. Throughout the night he sat there, holding the old man's hand and
August 9, 2007
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Worry - the Real Enemy
What does it mean to worry? The Latin concept of worry describes anturbulent force within a person. Worry is a heart and mind in turmoil.nnThe ancient Greeks thought of worry as something that tears a personnin two and drags that person in opposite directions. It is likenopposing forces in deadly conflict within the very being of thenindividual.nnThe word "worry" itself comes from an old Anglo-Saxon term meaning tonchoke, or strangle, and that is exactly what it does - it cho
August 6, 2007
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The Power to Really Live
I had just graduated from college and was about to move away to attendngraduate school. An older friend said something to me I thought wasnodd at the time. She cautioned, "Don't ever lose your enthusiasm." Inwas not particularly aware that I had much enthusiasm, nor was I surenhow to keep from losing it.nnBut since that time, I have come to realize what she meant. Over thenyears, I have been assailed by discouragement and difficulties. Atntimes I have felt totally without ene
August 1, 2007
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A Game Anyone Can Play
The most miserable people live in their own little worlds ofnisolation. They do little for others and rarely have much fun.nnI heard of one older gentleman who was considered by the townspeoplento be both rich and thrifty. His austerity earned him the reputationnof a miser. When he died, everyone expected the authorities to findnmoney stashed everywhere in his home. All they found were a few gallonncans filled with coins.nnIt came out that he had used most of his money to hel
August 1, 2007
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August 1, 2013
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September 23, 2007