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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
“Let us rise up and be thankful; for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.” ~ Buddha.
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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
“The most important of life’s battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.” ~ David McKay.
If you are suffering from depression it is best to fight it on several fronts, including the psychological and the physical. LieslNet has already posted several articles on Overcoming Depression psychologically. Now [...]
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
“The best way to get something done is to begin”
One technique that can be used to overcome procrastination is to implement The 10-minute Rule.
This is a very simple technique. In fact, its simplicity is a critical factor because if you feel like procrastinating chances are you won’t have the motivation to implement any complex, [...]
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
“Time=Life; therefore, waste your time and waste your life, or master your time and master your life.” ~ Alan Lakein.
In Part I we defined nourishing and malnourishing time and explored how to go about identifying just how we are spending our time and whether it is in line with our goals. Once you have identified [...]
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Monday, January 14th, 2008
“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.” ~ Ben Franklin.
Most of us feel like we do not have enough time in the day to do all the things we would like to do. Mostly we feel like we do not have enough time [...]
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
“Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning” ~ Winston Churchill.
Continuing yesterday’s article which listed the first three steps on How to Stop Worrying in a Few Simple Steps - Part I.
Step 4 – Evaluate your “worry-thinkingâ€
The next step in changing your worry habit is to consider the thoughts you have while worrying [...]
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
“You can’t change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future.”
If you are in the habit of worrying what you really need to do is get into a new habit. Change the habit of worrying sufficiently so that rather than robbing you of enjoyment of life it allows you to [...]
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Thursday, September 6th, 2007
“Wishing consumes as much energy as planning.â€
Possibly the first and most informal step is to investigate the project. This investigation is usually part of the original idea for the project. You might have decided to go on a two week vacation when you heard about a colleague’s vacation or perhaps your family has not [...]
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
“He who fails to plan, plans to fail” ~ Proverbs.
Regardless of whether a project is large or small te same key elements are required for it to be accomplished successfully. Perhaps your project is that you want to plant a kitchen garden, or maybe you want to write a book, or perhaps something more long-term [...]
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Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
“It is a process of diverting one’s scattered forces into one powerful channel.” ~ James Allen
Very rarely in life are we provided with the perfect situation for achievement of a goal. It is important to always maintain focus on your goal. The reason most people do not reach their goals is quite simply because they [...]
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Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
“Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal.†~ Elbert Hubbard.
Discipline is formally defined as “training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behaviour, especially training that produces moral or mental improvement.†It [...]
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Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
“I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.” ~ Frank Lloyd Wright.
Why is it that human beings find working so difficult? Working at any goal, even the goals we set for ourselves and say that we want more than anything in [...]
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Thursday, June 7th, 2007
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and [...]
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Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
“Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.” ~ Brian Tracey.
Gratitude is under-rated and under-utilised. Most of us focus on the things we want to achieve in life – the [...]
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Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
“Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform.” ~ Edward Young.
“The best way to get something done is to begin.”
One technique that you can use to help overcome procrastination is to carefully consider the consequences of procrastinating – the consequences of not doing what you are supposed to be doing when you are [...]
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Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
“Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.” ~ William James.
Procrastination is the biggest hindrance to success. Some people procrastinate only occasionally while others are chronic procrastinators, procrastinating to the point where it affects their job performance, their grades, the scholarships they don’t get, their personal life, even their [...]
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Saturday, February 10th, 2007
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” ~ Oprah Winfrey.
“A problem is a chance for you to do your best.” ~ Duke Ellington.
“We acquire the strength we have overcome.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Every single person in life has made a major mistake. There is not one person who has ever walked the earth who has not made such a [...]
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” ~ Winston Churchill. Â
Depression is the number one mental illness in the United States with many millions of people suffering from it worldwide. Almost every single person on the planet has or will experience at some point in their life. When depression strikes, whether you are a chronic [...]
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Sunday, January 21st, 2007
“Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights.” ~ Pauline R. Kezer.
“Growth is the only evidence of life.” ~ John Henry Newman.
Living your life over
Have you ever considered what you would do differently if you had your life to live over again? Which of your actions [...]
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Friday, January 5th, 2007
Discusses the importance of being patient with the time it takes to achieve a goal and being patient with your self when you slip up. Explores how to be patient and thus ensure success.
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