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« Previous EntriesDealing With Uncertainty
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009“The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty.” – Seneca (5 BC – 65 AD)
What’s This Uncertainty About?
Well, according to Seneca [...]
Exercise To Reduce Health Stress
Monday, December 14th, 2009A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world. – Paul Dudley White
Exercise is paramount to optimum health. Exercising not only burns off excess calories, but it also rushes extra oxygen throughout [...]
How To Handle Conflict For Personal Success
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009“Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment, or improve the heart.” – Walter Savage Landor
Today’s tip for personal success concerns unresolved conflicts. These conflicts can be a constant source of stress and distraction. Are you harboring [...]
The 8 Hour Emergency Room Blues
Saturday, October 17th, 2009We had a little health scare in the Becker household (everyone’s OK, thanks for asking) Wednesday. Since our family physician was away on vacation, we ended up in the emergency room. It was the usual drill, health insurance info, blood work, x-rays, awaiting results, working to the top triage queue, finally leaving after 8 hours.
As [...]
Is This The End?
Thursday, October 1st, 2009“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.” – Richard Bach
Is this the end, or the start of something new?
Many people look at the daily challenges we all face as ends. The end of a job. The end of a relationship. The end of a vacation.
I choose to perceive [...]
Developing A Positive Attitude
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009“A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.” – Herm Albright (1876 – 1944)
All kidding aside – attitude is everything! It is often stated that whatever you think about the most, you tend to bring into your life, whether by [...]
Health and Fitness Personal Success Tips
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory. ” – Albert Schweitzer (1875 – 1965)
There’s no better way to increase your personal success than by improving your health. After all, health is one of the most important aspects of life. Taking care of your health is the first step on the road to [...]
Daily Simplicity Leads To Personal Success
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.“ – Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862)
Simpler is better!
With all the daily rushing around and stress in our lives, we can often find ourselves yearning for a slower, simpler [...]
3 Ways To Be Happy Now
Sunday, June 7th, 2009“Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.” – Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790) One of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.
Still waiting for your personal situation to improve before you’ll allow yourself to be [...]
Conquer Your Fears For Personal Success
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” – Mark Twain (pseudo. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835 – 1910), American author and humorist.
Have you ever felt overwhelmed by fear?
So full of fear that it prevented you from doing something you wanted or needed to do? Unfortunately, this a common [...]