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Easy Breathing Practices
A key component of reducing stress is learning how to relax and clear your mind. Breathing is an important tool to help you along the way. Breathing may seem as simple as breathing in and out; however, this is not entirely the case. For relaxation to be successful, you will need to read up a little, listen to some CDs, and most of all practice a bit of breathing properly. Here are a few easy breathing practices to help you learn to truly relax. Proper Sitting for Proper Breathing First and foremost, make sure that you are comfortable. Sitting upright with a straight spine will help the energy flow and…
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Learning to Relax
Have you ever encountered a friend or family member who tells you to just relax? Don’t you just love that? Telling someone to just relax is like telling someone who is allergic to just stop being allergic. Some of us are more nervous than others and it is just a part of our genetic makeup. However, we certainly do not have to be stuck in that way of being; we can change our focus and perception and truly learn how to relax. For some of us, being relaxed is easy, and for others it is a learned behavior. That is the beauty of relaxing – if you do not know…
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Identifying Stress in Your Life – Signs and Symptoms
It may not seem like something you’d have to work to identify, but stress can actually be subtle. It is especially important to learn the signs and symptoms of stress in children, since adults often assume children’s behavior is simply a discipline issue. Here are some of the signs and symptoms you can look for to identify stress in your life, and in the lives of those you know. Depression Depression is complex, but it is often a symptom of unresolved, unrelieved stress. Excessive stress can make you feel unaccomplished – there’s just too much to do – and that can result in feelings of worthlessness. Also, since stress can…
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How Does Stress Affect You?
There are ways that stress can affect you – physical, emotional, and behavioral manifestations of stress are all possible. Here are some of the ways that stress can affect you. How does stress affect you? Emotional Stress may affect your emotions. Some of the more common emotional manifestations of stress include: Depression Irritability Anger Mood Swings Anxiety and Worry Feeling Overwhelmed When you are stressed, experts say you tend to react to small things in a big way – in other words, problems seem bigger than they actually are. Each issue you have to deal with, no matter how small, can feel like the straw that broke the camel’s back.…
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How to Set and Achieve Business Goals
It’s important to have real, specific goals in your business. These goals can be financial, personal, or simply involve an aspect of your business (“build an effective website” for example). It can sometimes seem overwhelming to determine goals, and even more overwhelming to think of achieving them. Here are some tips on doing both of these. Set Your Goals How do you set business goals, anyway? As you sit down to determine your goals, here are some things to keep in mind that may help. Money – How much money do you need? Have a number here – $1500 a month? $500 a week? $50,000 a year? Financial goals are…
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Building Confidence in Business
Do you sometimes feel like you just don’t have the bold confidence necessary to succeed in business? Maybe you need a boost in your business confidence, or maybe you are just getting started and need some extra confidence to take that first step. Here are some tips for building confidence in business. Get Educated One of the most important confidence-builders is knowing that you know what you know! You may have a lot of great business ideas but you don’t have the know-how to make it happen. Educate yourself about how to market your product or service – what is your competition? How can you reach your demographic? What kinds…
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How to Build Confidence in Interpersonal Relationships
For some people, self-confidence with regard to personal relationships is challenging. You may find that you have confidence in many other areas of your life – your business, talents, and so forth – but lack the confidence to have successful personal relationships. For some, this is due to past experiences – once bitten, twice shy, so to speak. For others, it just seems to be how they’re wired; they just can’t be the social butterfly they wish they could be. If any of this describes you, read on for some tips and suggestions on how to build confidence in interpersonal relationships. Recognize You’re Not Alone Pretending like you don’t have…
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Focusing on Success
It’s so easy to let your mind get preoccupied and lose track of your goals and dreams. The world is more full of distractions than ever before, and they are all at our fingertips – social networking, computer games, television, mobile devices, and so on. And even if you don’t give in to those distractions, there are life distractions – kids, household chores, errands… How do you stay focused on success? First of all, no one can remain focused on one thing all day every day. That would be impossible, especially in this world where multiple demands are characteristic of the average day. But you can focus on success by…
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Committing Yourself to Positive Actions
When you think about the word commitment, what comes up for you? Does it sound like a chore or a burden, or perhaps something that you have to do instead of want to do? Well committing to positive actions is different and not like that at all. When you commit yourself to positive actions, you gain all the benefits and reap all the rewards. Committing yourself to positive action means committing to your authentic self. Although commitment may sound like a bad word, when it comes to committing yourself to positive actions, there are a few steps you can take to make it easier. Start Small If you are like…
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Mindsets that Lead to Low Self-Confidence and How to Change Them
If you suffer from low self-confidence, you might be stuck in some negative mindsets that are affecting the way you think about yourself and, ultimately, your self-esteem. Negative mindsets tend to have a lot of “always” or “never” talk, creating a sense of entrapment and hopelessness. Here are some examples of negative mindsets that can lead to low confidence. “I will never get it right.” Thinking this way can keep you from trying again, or even trying something for the first time. It makes it only too easy to give up. “Nobody understands what this is like.” When you lack self-confidence, a lot of times you assume that everyone else…
