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How to Really Change Your Life
To change your life… change your actions If you’re reading this, you’re likely looking for ways that you can change your life for the better. We have all experienced disappointments and setbacks that were not our fault. Sometimes awful things just happen, even to the nicest of people. It’s what we do next that makes all the difference. Do we complain and blame, or do we take action to improve our situation?
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Cultivating Creativity – Find Time to be Creative
I have written before about the importance of cultivating creativity in our children. This is so vital to developing their self-esteem, teaching them to be problem solvers, and teaching them to be givers and not takers. See my post at HomeFreeMedia – Consumer or Creator? for more on this. Creativity, in children or adults, is all about opportunity. You might have wonderful ideas, but do you have the time to execute them? You might have great plans, but do you have the tools you need to build on them? Encouraging creativity in children is relatively easy. Give them lots of blank paper, some markers or crayons, a pair of scissors…
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How far will your dreams take you?
Today, I am offering my readers free desktop wallpaper, courtesy of Desktop Inspirations. This particular wallpaper happens to be the one that I have on my laptop right now. It inspires me to get to work, to think big, and to stop making excuses. All good things. In case you can’t see the graphic, it is a photo of the moon with the question beside it, “How far will your dreams take you?” When I designed it, I was thinking about how the dream of walking on the moon inspired so many people to invest their so much of their time and resources into making it happen.
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How to Grow in Confidence – The Power Pose
As a natural introvert, I have always had to work hard at showing confidence in my interactions with other people. The good news is that feeling and showing confidence is a skill that can be learned and improved upon. By using some simple exercises and developing some positive habits, you, too, can grow in confidence. One of the easiest ways to help yourself to more confidence is by improving your posture. Amy Cuddy’s TED Talk, a fascinating 21 minute video, describes how recent research has shown that standing tall in a “power pose” like Wonder Woman or Superman for just two minutes can actually measurably change your body chemistry. This…