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Tackle Happiness, Don?t Chase It
2008-04-17 12:15:00
My whole life I wondered how it is that, all things being equal, two people in the same situation can be happy and unhappy, respectively. It puzzled me how people gravitated toward happiness in dire situations, while others, who seemingly had everything, were constantly depressed. Several months ago I stopped wondering and started searching by conducting what ...
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7 Steps To Get Past The Good Intentions And Get Results
2008-04-15 13:21:00
“The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.” ~A.J. Cronin This article is for those of us that know exactly what we need to do, why we need to do it, yet still fail to follow through on our good intentions. Every person on the planet has been a victim ...
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The Essentials Of A Good Work Out: Urban Rebounding Review
2008-04-14 14:48:00
For the past month I’ve been having some excellent workouts. Work outs that I’ve been really looking forward to. Some people would argue that work outs should be strictly work and no play, but I disagree. I think it’s possible to have a lot of fun while getting your work done at the same time. If you’re ...
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Sunday?s Speedlinking 4-13-08
2008-04-14 04:41:00
Here are this week’s goodies from around the web: Happiness: The Group Writing Project Vera Nadine I never grew up Way To Go Godot Mori Therapy Four more happiness projects this week. All unique and awesome. That’s a total of 62 participants in the group writing project, as well as the original 34 interviews on this site. If you haven’t participated ...
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5 Ways Cheat Sheets Can Ace Your Productivity
2008-04-11 13:16:00
Over the years scientists and other experts have done hundreds of thousands of experiments on procrastination. It all came down to one simple conclusion: procrastination is the lack of taking next action. People seem to have formed the habit of day dreaming, and partaking in activities that take up less mental resources, instead of taking the ...
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10 Reasons Why Whatever You Have Is Enough To Succeed
2008-04-09 17:16:00
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” ~Confucius Confucius, the Chinese thinker and social philosopher, got this right some 2500 years ago. He realized that the number one reason that people fail is because they don’t even attempt to undertake something great. That’s pretty self-explanatory. If we do not begin, we cannot complete. ...
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What One Person Can Do About Changing The World Now
2008-04-08 19:44:00
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” ~Victor Frankl Sometimes I think that if I could change the world, and run everything the way I want, then the world would be a better place. I’m a good guy. I have good intentions. I want the best for everyone; ...
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5 Steps To Maximize Your Mind To Achieve Your Goals
2008-04-07 15:09:00
“Whatever your mind can conceive and believe it can achieve.” ~Napoleon Hill Last week I had the opportunity to listen to a presentation by Charley Harary. It was entitled 5 Steps To Maximize Your Mind To Achieve Your Goals . I was completely blown away by his performance- so I had to share it with you. I took ...

Sunday?s Speedlinking 4-6-08
2008-04-07 05:08:00
Here are this week’s goodies from around the web: Happiness: The Group Writing Project Plain Talk In Spiros This week we have two new happiness projects. As long as we get even new entry I will keep updating. When we’ve reached our happiness quota, I’ll stop the weekly updates. If you haven’t participated yet, and would like to do so ...
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Fasting: Clear Mental State And Longer Life
2008-04-04 12:00:00
“The best of all medicines is resting and fasting” ~Benjamin Franklin In the beginning of January of this year, I decided to do a little experiment on myself. I have read about the benefits of fasting for many years, and was determined to experience them for myself. I went four days without eating, and the only things ...
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David B. Bohl: The Life Coach Of Slow Down Fast
2008-04-03 03:30:00
David B. Bohl is the life coach and author at Slow Down Fast . David went from the fast track of owning and operating a financial firm that was taking over his life to recapturing life balance and cultivating a truly happy existence. Trained as a professional life coach by the Denver Coach Training Alliance David has ...
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A Simple Checklist To Upgrade Your Significant-other And Lose The Old One
2008-03-31 14:41:00
“Let’s face it, the type of relationship you’re in can positively make or break you. Financially, emotionally, physically and spiritually the quality of your significant other can uplift and inspire you or rub your face into the dirt.” ~Alex Shalman By the time you’re thinking about a break up the issue is staring you dead in the ...
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Sunday?s Speedlinking 3-30-08
2008-03-30 12:00:00
Here are this week’s goodies from around the web. Happiness: The Group Writing Project Jeanne May Daily Booz Change Your Tree Yondrix Liz Hubpages Mikefolan Wide Open Wallet Increasing Velocity Abundance Highway Robert of Flimjo Websites People Read The happiness project is really heating up this week with 11 new entries. Go ahead and check them out. If you haven’t participated yet, and would like to do so ...
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1000 Real Millionaires Reveal Their Top 13 Success Secrets
2008-03-28 13:38:00
“There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow accumulate real power, and the other is the penniless reformer who thinks that if only he can take the money from one class and give it to another, all the world’s ills will be cured.” ~Henry ...
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12 Tips To Get Through Your Day Job
2008-03-27 14:06:00
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Robert of www.Flimjo.com. “Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Most of us who are out of school and working generally don’t like our jobs. Some of us deal with too many hours. For others, the ...
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The Monk’s Way To Inner Peace
2008-03-26 13:21:00
“Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.” ~Buddha For the past month I’ve had a new powerful addition to my morning routine arsenal. It’s given me a reason to pop out of bed in the morning, write 2-3 articles for various sites within 2 hours, and have tremendous energy to burn and vitality and life that overjoys me. The tool that I use to accomplish this stillness of mind is a program called Inner Peace Audio. In order to help you understand, and really get what this audio program is, the only words I could come up with to do it justice are Meditation on Steroids. Just like many of you I have been “meaning to” start meditating for awhile because I heard of all the great benefits that meditation has to offer. Here’s a personal list. “Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful les...
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10 Global Time Management Pitfalls And Their Cure
2008-03-25 13:24:00
“Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back.” ~Harvey MacKay Time is and always has been our most precious commodity. Unfortunately from the looks of the global economy it is very apparent that time ...
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Law Of Positioning Is Greater Than Law Of Attraction
2008-03-24 11:00:00
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Mr. Positioning (Stanley Bronstein). If you’ve heard about “The Secret”, you’ve no doubt heard about the Law of Attraction . But, have you heard about the Laws of Positioning?? The Laws of positioning? are quite different from the Law of Attraction . I’ve here to tell you that the ...

Sunday?s Speedlinking 3-23-08
2008-03-23 15:23:00
Here are this week’s goodies from around the web. Happiness: The Group Writing Project Stacey- Create Balance Stephanie Coviak Better Organized Brucisms Jungleswife Anca MegaVegaLicious Kacper Wrzesniewski Seven new participants this week, check them out. You can participate in the Happiness Project, get the pleasure of answering these questions, as well as 2 links back to your site. For details visit Happiness: The Group ...
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Ask The Readers: Identify Your Biggest Time Sinks
2008-03-21 22:00:00
You guys really stepped up to the plate last week when I asked for Your Best Tip To Waste Money from which we created the Experienced Wasters: 100 Ways To Blow Your Debt Through The Wall. Many people related to and said they would take action when they saw the final product. What’s the reason for ...
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A Simple Hack To Fast-forward To A Winning Personality
2008-03-20 14:00:00
Thanks to my friend Brian Tracy for inspiring this idea! ?Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It’s not hard. Character is doing what’s right when nobody’s looking.? ~Albert Einstein Today more than ever people want instantaneous results. It’s hardly a matter of finding the shortest line from point A to point B anymore. It’s now ...
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5 For Fitness: Get Healthy Using These Tips And Tools
2008-03-19 16:00:00
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Heather Johnson of BusinessCreditCards. “A healthy body is a guest chamber for the soul: a sick body is a prison” ~Francis Bacon, Sr. As anyone who has attempted to go at it alone and get healthy will tell you, achieving and maintaining your optimal level of fitness should not ...
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Experienced Wasters: 100 Ways To Blow Your Debt Through A Wall
2008-03-18 14:52:00
Most money management articles tell you how to eliminate your debt, but I’m going to take the experienced wasters approach to showing you how you can waste, waste, waste! The more knowledgeable we are about wasting money, the better our chances of being able to avoid and save. If we don’t know where we’re going wrong, ...
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The Present Moment - Which Way Do The Benefits Flow?
2008-03-17 14:13:00
Editor’s Note: This post was written by Adam Rothenhaus “Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present.” ~Babatunde Olatunji After seeing Alex’s photo of his Now Watch and reading his 55 Monumental Ways To Enjoy Life’s Greatest Pleasures one question kept jumping out at me. ...
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Sunday?s Speedlinking 3-16-08
2008-03-16 14:00:00
Here are this week’s goodies from around the web. Happiness: The Group Writing Project Deal Money Butterfly Media Punto Fape Debo Hobo Toro?s Mall Inruad Guidance For The Motivated Four new participants this week, check them out. You can participate in the Happiness Project, get the pleasure of answering these questions, as well as 2 links back to your site. For details visit Happiness: ...
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Ask The Readers: Your Best Tip To Waste Money
2008-03-14 12:00:00
You guys have been so good with the commenting in the past couple of months, that I’ve gotten the opportunity to get to know more of you than ever before. This is why I’ve decided to add a new type of post to the site called Ask The Readers . You guys are a really smart bunch, ...
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Feeling Good, Irregardless Of The Circumstances!
2008-03-13 14:24:00
Editor’s Note: This article is written by Dmitry Kuzinets “The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you’re in control of your life. If you don’t, life controls you.” ~Anthony Robbins Following a few basic principles I am able to feel ...
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Create A Delicious Relationship In 12 Minutes
2008-03-12 14:00:00
“Some of the biggest challenges in relationships come from the fact that most people enter a relationship in order to get something: they’re trying to find someone who’s going to make them feel good. In reality, the only way a relationship will last is if you see your relationship as a place that you go ...
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7 Things Dannon Yogurt Taught Me About Living Life
2008-03-11 13:00:00
The beautiful thing about life is that we can find inspiration absolutely anywhere. In a person, from a book, under a rock, and yes, even from a yogurt! Not only are Dannon offering a product that’s full of Lactobacillus Acidophilus, which means good for digestion, but they’re also offering some great personal development advice. While Dannon’s ...
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55 Monumental Ways To Enjoy Life?s Greatest Pleasures
2008-03-10 03:56:00
?You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land, there is no other life but this.? ~Henry David Thoreau Have you ever wondered what would be possible if you could press a ...
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