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The Speed of
Life and What it Means to YOU!
NEW!
by Tony Jeary
The speed of life is a global condition that presents a strategic
challenge for everyone. The speed of life combines excessive amounts of
unrefined information with a glut of choices and opportunities and
presents itself in the form of confusion and distraction! How well we
function within this constant condition determines value, competitive
advantage and the ability to create results that will convert a vision or
a dream into reality. These issues are always important but in tough
economic times they are absolutely critical to success.
The speed of life can't be stopped but it can be understood and leveraged
in a positive way. It is a fact that knowledge and information have always
been a cornerstone of power, influence and achievement! However, the speed
of life generates so much information it creates distractions that
unwittingly lead people into well-intentioned busyness. It is a form of
busyness that marginalizes results. The solution is to identify and deploy
high leverage activities that harness the right information at the right
time and focus on action that will move the results needle!
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The Logic of Brainstorms
by Eric Maisel, Ph..D.
To be the ethical, engaged, creative,
successful, and lively human being you intend to be, you need your brain.
But it is not enough to possess a perfectly good brain — you must also
use it. If you don’t use your brain you will find yourself trapped in
trivialities, condemned to impulsivity, led around by anxiety, and duller
and sadder than you have any need to be. The cliché is true: your mind is
a terrible thing to waste.
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Do-Gooding
by Kimberly Wilson
Never doubt that a small group
of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the
only thing that ever has. — Margaret Mead
Doing good is no longer just for the
bleeding hearts, but rather is a way of living. I love the notion of do-gooding
and find it akin to breathing, bathing, and being. You cannot escape the
continuous reminders to go green, be socially responsible, or save the
planet. Our culture is infused with a sense of urgency to make a
difference through our daily actions, decisions, and dollars. This section
is full of ideas on how you can leave a lovely legacy not only by being
you but also by reaching beyond yourself.
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_________________ Addressing
Our Economy With Spirit
by Dr. Trish Whynot
The worst thing that could happen to our
economy–and to ourselves—is to allow economics to rule our souls. Joy
feeds our souls and when times are tough or scary, the first menu items to
go are often those that bring us the most joy. Even when these items
don’t cost anything, our tendency is to go into self-deprivation mode.
We tell ourselves that we don’t have time for the things that bring us
joy because we are too busy trying to survive. Our fear says we must
choose between survival and joy. While that may seem the “logical”
solution, starving our souls won’t heal our economy.
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You Can Do What You Love
by Sanaya Roman and Duane Packer
You are a special, unique person, and you have a meaningful contribution
to make to the world. Every person is born with a purpose. There is a
reason you are here; you have a role to play that no one else on the
planet could fill. The special contribution you came to make is your
life’s work. When you are doing that work, you are following your higher
path, and your life will be filled with increasing joy, abundance, and
well-being. Finding your life’s work allows you to create abundance and
money easily. The job or activities that are meant to be your life’s
work involve doing what you love with your time and energy. When you love
what you do, you feel alive, happy, and fulfilled. You radiate joy and
draw many good things to you. You can make money doing work that you
don’t like, but it will take more effort. Not liking what you do with
your time and energy diminishes your flow of abundance; loving what you do
brings abundance more easily and effortlessly.
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Quick Tips for Instant Calm
by Mark Thornton
Relax Your Jaw
Notice if you are clenching your jaw. For the next five minutes, allow the muscles in your jaw to relax. Notice 10 times throughout the day if your jaw has become clenched and tight. Less tension here makes you feel less stressed.
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A New Conversation About Dreams: Who’s Directing Your Life?
by Marcia Wieder
While aspects of you encourage, “Go for your dreams,” simultaneously other parts threaten, “Don’t you dare.” A cast of characters lives inside of you and at different times you may receive conflicting or contradictory messages. If you are want to be happy, successful, and fulfilled, consider putting your “dreamer” in the director’s chair.
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Joy Is the Juice
by Keith Varnum
“If you work for money, you are no better than a slave. If you do anything you don’t enjoy in life, you are no better than a slave!”
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Can't You See I'm Working?
by C. J. Hayden
For many working parents, telecommuting or a home business may seem like
the answer to your prayers. You want to have more time with your
kids and greater flexibility, so you take the leap, install a second phone
line, and set up a computer in the dining room.
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A Short Guide To
Effective Public Speaking
by Stephen Boyd
Delivering
an effective presentation to 20 or to 200 people is difficult.
Because listeners have better access to information since the internet
became commonplace, audiences expect more content from speakers today.
In addition, because of the entertainment slant of most media today,
audiences want a presentation delivered with animation, humor, and
pizzazz.
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11 Questions To Kickstart Your Dream
by Keith Varnum
What's your dream? Want to give your vision a jumpstart? Write down your
goals and use these questions to speed up delivery of your dream.
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How To Get Slightly
Famous in Print
by Steven Van Yoder
Early in my career, I wrote an article for a small business magazine about
self-publishing as a marketing tool for businesses. Because I specialize
in helping businesses get into print, the article only took a few hours to
write. A few months later it was published. Almost immediately, my phone
began to ring and my email box filled up with inquires.
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Ask
Psychic Medium Laura Scott (Issue #10)
by Laura Scott
What do you think of all
the Martha Stewart hoopla? Is this a case of someone reaping what
they sow? Will she go to jail?
Curious
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Your Job Is Bigger Than You Think
by John Izzo
"There are no great
acts, only small acts performed with great love." --Mother Teresa
It was my first week of my first year in
graduate school. I had arrived in Chicago to study for the Presbyterian
ministry and it was the middle of the year. Aware that I must work to fund
my studies, I searched for a nice "save-the-world" part-time
job, only to discover that all these had already been taken. No work in
hospitals, social service agencies, anti-nuke organizations -- nothing.
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Stopping Time
by Keith Varnum
Six hundred feet straight down! Nothing to break the fall. I've got to
switch channels. I don't like my chances on this station. Infused with
youthful caprice, I mused to myself about my predicament. Enjoying the
intense body rush of imminent danger, I was torn between prolonging the
joy-terror and searching for an escape from my imminent demise.
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"Slightly" Famous
by Steven Van Yoder
A few years ago, Bruce Smith experienced a slowdown in his Salt Lake
City-based travel agency. Airlines had eliminated his sales commissions.
The recession and recent terrorist attacks also took a toll. And because
the travel industry was ultra-competitive, he knew he had to find ways to
distinguish his company from thousands of other travel agencies.
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Love In Business
by Linda Marks
When I was a little girl, I often heard
adults describing the world they worked in as tough, heartless and devoid of
love. Messages like "it's a dog-eat-dog world," "look out for
number one," "it's a cold, cruel world" abounded. As I
watched people go about their daily business, I saw them living the reality
of these messages.
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The Art of SpeedReading People: Harness the
Power of Personality Type and Create What You Want in Business
by Paul D. Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger
People come in all shapes and
sizes, and, certainly, every person is unique. But you'll probably agree
that some people are much more alike than others. And behavior that may seem
random is, in fact, quite understandable and often even predictable, once
you understand that person's inborn, natural personality, or genetic
blueprint, if you will, which describes basic psychological characteristics.
And one's personality is by far the best and most reliable predictor of
behavior.
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Making a Life, Making a Living™:
Reclaiming Your Purpose and Passion in Business and in Life
Make Happiness A Habit
by Mark Albion
A Personal Odyssey.
The rainy morning of June 5, 1986, was the
high point of my thirty-five-year-old life—or so it seemed at the time. I
was full of anticipation, and no downpour could dampen my spirits. That
afternoon I was scheduled to pick up a gleaming new black Jaguar, my first
drop-dead trophy purchase. It said, "Okay, world, look at me. On top!
In heaven!"
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Six Thinking Hats: An Essential
Approach to Business Management
by Edward de Bono
An antelope grazing in Africa hears a sound
in the grass. Immediately all the neuronal clusters concerned with danger
are preactivated so the lion is recognized as soon as it emerges from the
grass, and the antelope is able to escape. Such presensitization is a key
part of how the brain works and why it is so efficient.
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Free Agent Nation: How
America's New Independent Workers Are Transforming the Way We Live
by Daniel H. Pink
In the second half of the
twentieth century, the key to understanding America's social and economic
life was the Organization Man. In the first half of the twenty-first
century, the new emblematic figure is the free agent—the independent
worker who operates on his or her own terms, untethered to a large
organization, serving multiple clients and customers instead of a single
boss.
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Marketing
Your Mind/Body/Spirit Business
by
Joyce Scanlon and Ann McLaughlin
One
of the most common questions asked by mind/body/spirit (MBS) practitioners
as they start their new business is, “How will I market my business?”
“How will people find out about me?”
If you are asking these questions, you are not alone!
And it is the critical question to be asking if you want to
succeed. Below is a marketing
methodology that would be appropriate for the MBS industry.
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Basics Of Creating A Successful
Advertisement
by Bettyann Cernese
Before we get into the “how to” of ad creation, let's define the
differences between paid and unpaid media coverage. Paid media coverage is
referred to as advertising and includes everything from TV commercials, to
banner ads on the web, and grocery store print ads in your local
newspaper. Unpaid media coverage is referred to as public relations (PR)
or media relations and includes everything from the TV news covering a
company's financial results to feature stories in newspapers and
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Face to Face Promotion – Health
and Wellness Fairs
by Dianne McDermott All of us are keenly aware of the
challenges facing any business today. Yet, despite the constant stream of
bad economic news the number of holistic, metaphysical, and/or psychic
fairs continues to grow. The number of promoters offering a variety of
venues from small to large has grown dramatically just in the last year.
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Building
Your Client/Healer Relationships
by Dianne McDermott
In today's harried and hurried world so cluttered with media and
information, how can practitioners in mind, body, spirit businesses find
new customers? And, as consumers, with so many new modalities being
introduced, how do you find the right one for you? Let's look at the
problem from both sides: the business owner and the consumer. Click
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