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Who Needs Enemies When You Have Yourself? Ending Self-Sabotaging Behavior Once and for All
Self-sabotaging behavior is any thing you do that holds you back, keeps you from being your best self. Self-sabotaging behavior is rarely 100% negative; there…
June 18, 2013
Beware Inertia Spending
Inertia spending is when you incur some expense or repeat some process or event simply because that is the way it has always been done.…
June 4, 2013
Take Control of Your Self Image
This is from Zig Ziglar; 1926–2012, a master teacher in the art of self motivation. Few could say it better, none with more zest and…
May 14, 2013
The Resilient Power of Creating an Oscillating Narrative with an Upward Trend
We all have a “life story” we tell ourselves, a way we interpret the world around us. It is part self-concept, part self-fulling prophecy. Families…
May 7, 2013
The Happiness Advantage
What if EVERYTHING you thought you knew about how to be happy was flat out wrong? We tend to assume that our external world is…
April 30, 2013
16 Things Happy People Do Differently
1. Practice an “Attitude of Gratitude”: Happy people don’t have the best of everything rather, they make the best of everything. 2. Re-Frame problems as…
April 16, 2013
Self Awareness: Super Achiever’s Secret
How do you react when you find an obstacle in your path? Do you focus on external reasons for failure? See outcomes as beyond your…
February 21, 2013
Six Universal Principles of Influence and Persuasion
1. Reciprocation: People like (even feel obligated) to return favors 2. Authority: People tend to look to experts for guidance. This can include precedent. 3. …
February 7, 2013
Savoring Ability: How Good Are You? Four Proven Ways to Get Even Better
Savoring is the ability to “make the moment last,” to stretch the satisfaction from some experience, event, or feeling. In scientific speak, savoring is a…
February 5, 2013
Think Cost CONTROL Not Cost Cutting: Effective Cost Management Does NOT Always Mean Finding the Least Expensive
Anyone can cut expenses stupidly, in a way that hurts more in the short run than it helps in the long run. It takes someone…
December 6, 2012
Dominance, Dependence, Detachment: Three Responses to Life
How much are we driven by anxiety, by a desire for security? Karen Horney; 1885–1952, was a German psychoanalyst who postulated in “Neurosis and Human…
November 6, 2012