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Winning Every Day
Win in Your Work and Personal Life Every Day There are a lot of of books that can teach you how to have a productive day. Many of these are on based on routines you should practice in the morning, on the theory that if you win the morning, you’ve won the day. While all that sounds good, the truth is that life isn’t always as predictable as that. Unexpected things can happen at any time. Or maybe you’re just a night owl. You might not be your best in the morning. You could have family obligations that keep you occupied at the beginning of your day. So, trying to…
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How to Grow in Confidence – Improve Your Self Talk
How we think determines how we live, so it makes sense that changing how we think has the power to change how we live. If you improve how you think, you will improve your self talk. If you improve your self talk, you will improve how you think. Although this is not exactly news, as most of us have known this for a while, I still need to work at putting it into practice. Every once in a while I catch myself in nasty, negative self talk. – Hurry up, Norma. – How stupid! – What an idiot! – Oh, duh! – How could I be so stupid! If this…
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Why Do I Need Coaching?
Do you ever feel like you could use a little help sometimes? Then maybe you should consider hiring a coach. Most people think of coaches as it relates to sports. Google defines a coach as someone who has the experience necessary to support a learner or client in achieving a specific personal or professional goal by providing training and guidance. Nowadays there are coaches for almost anything under the sun. Coaches can be certified in their field, designated by their industry, or experienced in such a way that they are a natural fit for mentoring or teaching. All life-long learners use coaches. Anyone trying to master something in their lives…
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How to Be Your Own Life Coach
It might seem strange that a life and business coach would publish an article on how to be your own coach. But change has to start with you, whether you have a coach or not. Here are some points to consider. You don’t have to have a personal trainer to get in great shape. You also don’t need an expensive life coach to take your life to a new level. A lack of funds doesn’t have to stop you from being your own coach. It’s nice to have an expert on your side, but you can become your own expert. Just putting your attention on making positive changes in your…
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How to Overcome Negative Thinking
Many writers, preachers, and academics have touted the power of thinking positively. There is a giant industry built around self-help books and videos designed to teach us how to overcome negative thinking in order to build a more positive outcome in our lives. Alison Ledgerwood, a social psychologist at UCDavis, gives an insightful TED talk about the power of negative thinking. In numerous studies, she and her team found that negative thinking exerted an inordinate influence on the opinions and mood of participants. . She found that the negatives have a larger and longer lasting impact than the positives. Negatives tend to stick in our minds more than positives. Ledgerwood’s…
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How to Define Your Personal Empowerment Goals
Personal empowerment is about taking control over your life. There could be many areas of your life that you want to improve or feel more control over – for example, your finances, your career, your health and maybe even your love life. Instead of feeling like a victim or like circumstances control you, you can become empowered. The first step to empowerment is to begin to identify goals. Your empowerment goals help you take action and direct your life to where you want it to be. Identifying those goals can feel confusing and overwhelming. Your answers to the following questions will help you define and prioritize your personal empowerment goals.…
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Make Your Life Better Today
Take courage! Remember that every day, if only in some small way, you can make some part of your life better. -Norma Esler What will you do today to make your life better?
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How to Grow in Confidence – Sleep Well
Do you ever have trouble sleeping? I do, especially since hitting perimenopause. I am thrilled to have had a great night’s sleep last night, but this, unfortunately, is an exception. When you don’t get enough sleep you can be sluggish and cranky the next day. This doesn’t exactly help you look or feel more confident! So, how can you help yourself to sleep better? Here are a few tricks that might make a difference. . Unplug to Sleep Well In our highly connected world, one of the best ways to ensure that you sleep well at night is to unplug well before bedtime. Stop texting on your phone, surfing the…
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Turn Your Weaknesses into Strengths
Do you ever look back on something you once thought was difficult, only to realize that now it’s easy for you? The growth mindset concept says that we don’t start out in life with strengths set in stone. We start with an empty slate, so it’s possible for you to turn your weaknesses into strengths.
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Set Fewer Goals to Make it Easier to Stay Motivated
Have you ever decided to change your life? Maybe it was after a major event in your life, or possibly close to the start of the new year. The first thing you probably did was make a list of all of the things you wanted to change, no matter how many there were. You also probably planned to work on them all at once. Not good!
