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Archive for October, 2008

Motivation – How to Design a Life

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

“Have you ever felt like you’ve become the worst possible version of yourself?” – Tom Hanks in “You’ve Got Mail”
Have you ever been relaxing at the movies, enjoying a nice lite movie, only to get blown away by a line said in passing?
That’s what happened recently as my wife and I watched “You’ve Got Mail” [...]

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These Are “The Good Ole Days”

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

I am sitting here at a public access wireless location and can’t help but listen to some of the conversations going on around me. One group of senior citizens is talking about “the good ole days” with a touch of whimsy in their voices. Makes you long for days gone by, right? Not exactly.
Do you [...]

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Overcoming Procrastination: What Are The Reasons That You Procrastinate?

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

What are the reasons that YOU procrastinate?

Are you a perfectionist?

Do you procrastinate on projects that you dislike?

Do you over schedule yourself?

Do you have fear of failure?

Or maybe fear of success?

Perhaps you dislike or disagree with the person delegating the job?

Do you lack clear goals?

There are many reasons for procrastination, but only one result. Stress, anxiety, [...]

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Procrastination Solutions

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

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I’m assuming that you have encountered some form of procrastination in your life. For those of you who don’t struggle with procrastination. Congratulations! I find procrastination especially frustrating to handle, when it disguises itself as irritability, confusion and anger, pointing my heart and mind away from where the real causes [...]

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Solutions to Combat Despair and Get Results

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

When bad things happen it’s a natural tendency for most people to want to wallow in despair, self-pity, and self-doubt. It makes us want to crawl in bed with the covers up and do nothing. But listen up! That’s not the way we should handle setbacks.
Sit up straight. Get out of bed now! Don’t give [...]

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How to Change Your Negative Reality

Friday, October 24th, 2008

It is often taken for granted that the reality tomorrow will be the same as today.
But the fact is it changes constantly, imperceptibly without even our realizing that the reality has changed. The inability to grasp the changing reality is perhaps the single most important reason leading one to failures. While we blame [...]

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The Time Is Now – Mindfulness

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Mindfulness – The Practice Of Being Here
Are you rushing through your life, missing out on the real moments? How much time do you spend contemplating problems which never happen? Most of us create an inordinate amount of stress and anxiety in our lives. How we do this may seem like a mystery, but it’s really [...]

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Radical Loving: Connecting with Unconditional Love

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

A friend of mine was left by his girlfriend recently. He’s in shock and in pain. He’s also studying Buddhist philosophy; and he asked me the following question: Am I supposed to love her even after she did this to me? Isn’t that what this Buddhist stuff is telling me to do? The short answer [...]

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Le Oche Del Campidoglio in Rome

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

For a very nice and confortable stay in the eternal city Le Oche del Campidoglio B&B welcomes its guests in a luxury flat next to the historical downtown and the Vaticano ,
The spacious and sunny flat, situated in the elegant Balduina quarter, with its 170 square metres, has a big entrance that leads [...]

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Meditation and Relaxation to Increase Creativity

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

Why meditate?
Much of the stress of being creative is actually created in our minds. Oh great! Another thing to manage! You can find yourself in a totally wonderful situation and be stressed off your nut. Or, you can be in what seems to be a killer environment and be having the time of your [...]

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