Self Improvement Idea / Archive for October, 2005

People seem to be as divided on note taking as on any hot-button political issue. One group will give you all the reasons why they don’t take notes:
I’d rather focus on listening.
I don’t know what to write.
Note taking never worked for me in school.
While the note taking enthusiasts will counter with:
Taking notes keeps me […]

When an imbalance of emotions happens, the flood can be so strong that you may lose control, despite your better judgment.
In order to function at your best, it’s important that you learn to balance your emotions. Learning how to express upset, hurt, anger without condemning others, without blaming, without alienating others will help you […]

From our first day on earth until our last, we face different
levels of adversity. Adversity may be sickness, a property
loss, or the loss of a family member. It may be a lost career
promotion or a business setback. How we handle these
adversities defines how we achieve greatness in our lives.
Let me share the […]

The term animism is derived from animus which means mind or soul. Animism is concerned with the belief in spiritual beings. It is often extended to include the belief that supernatural beings, souls or spirits have endowed with reason and intellect and indeed free will both inanimate objects as well as animate life forms. Put […]

“Thus it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish” (Matthew 18:14 NAS).
During World War II Dr. Leslie D. Weatherhead gave five talks on the will of God to his City Temple congregation in England. Fortunately for the rest of the world, they were […]

Read that again. It doesn’t say “We like the things we’re good at,” though that’s true as well. No, it says we’re good at the things we like. That statement was made to me just today in reference to something I hate to do and am not very good at. I just nodded, thinking I’d […]

Whether you suffer from anxiety and panic attacks or not, there is a lesson in here for everyone.
Some year’s back my husband and I got our selves into a bit of a pickle where money is concerned (probably something quite a few people can relate to). Of course I wanted to fix this problem (money […]

1. Thank You!
One day a childless widow decided to give some cookies to some of the neighborhood children. Some of them quickly said thank you and started running down the street eating their cookies. Others said nothing and snatched the cookies and ran. But one little girl, held the cookie in her […]

Much has been written about leadership: rules, pointers, styles, and biographies of inspiring leaders throughout world history. But there are certain leadership ideas that we ourselves fail to recognize and realize in the course of reading books. Here is a short list of things you thought you knew about leadership.
1. Leaders come in different flavors.
There […]

Almost every person on the face of the planet wants something more than they have right now. Unless they are dead, they long for a life that is full of happy, fulfilling relationships. They long for more money than they know what to do with. There are things that every single person on this planet […]