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Be Clear!
Let's face it -- English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't...
Capture Your Thoughts – Change Your Life
All things must start with a thought. To change your life you will begin to think intentionally and creatively. It is no more difficult to do things that bring success than it is to do the things that brought failure. It all begins in your thoughts. The mind is pretty...
Be Clear!
Let's face it -- English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet,...
Capture Your Thoughts – Change Your Life
All things must start with a thought. To change your life you will begin to think intentionally and creatively. It is no more difficult to do things that bring success than it is to do the things that brought failure. It all begins in your thoughts. The mind is pretty...
Cultivating Tacos in Beijing Does Not Create Fulfillment
Do you sense time is going by fast and you are still not as fulfilled as you would like to be? This is a common experience people have so you are definitely not alone. As a matter of fact, having experienced this in my own life is what motivated me to study...
Dare to be Different – But Know Yourself
I'm "different" - always have been. My parents are "different" too, and as a kid that bugged me. I was ashamed when my mother came to school sunburned in jeans and boots and smelling of horse manure. The other mothers had perfectly coiffed hair and perfume and their...
Done
There comes a time in every manuscript's life when it's time to proclaim it finished. Done. Such a final word, that done, isn't it? It means you're not allowed to do any more tweaking, no more massaging the words to make them come out nicer. It's time to let go and...
Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There!
"When I slow down, I go faster." - Old Japanese proverb Perhaps you are old enough to remember those old Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy comedy classics. One recurring scene depicted an exasperated Oliver turning to his reticent little pal Stanley screaming, "Don't just...
Evergreen Stories…Use Them to Get Free Publicity That Will Put More Greenbacks into Your Wallet
Remember the Barbra Streisand song from the 70's... Evergreen? One of the lines from that song is...'Fresh as the morning air...' Well, 'evergreen' means something completely different to news people. Evergreen stories are NOT fresh. In fact,...
Feel Better Now…Meditation for Stress Reduction
Meditation can be defined as the practice of noticing when the mind wanders. Or, more precisely, meditation can be defined as the practice of being aware of when the mind moves off a chosen point of focus. The chosen point of focus can be called the anchor-the...
Finding People on the Path
We talked recently about fitting in, and the subconscious way we can hold ourselves back from personal growth to do that. It's an insidious disease; one I was victim to for a long time. So what do you do about it? I'm afraid I made it sound hopeless, like we...
Flowing Power
To succeed you need power. What do we mean by power? It can include the amount of money and property you control. The number of people who you influence. The groups or businesses you control. The number of people in positions of power who listen to you. The...
Step Five – Get Money Out of Real Estate
Creating All the Money You Will Ever Want
Secrets of the Rich In the past five editions, we have covered the Seven Proven Steps that the rich use to make and grow their money. In the first edition, we covered the overview of the system and debuted the seven steps: Create a Business. Discover Your Hidden...
I Have No Interest in No Interest
Recently the auto industry has been touting interest free loans on a number of their models. Other industries, in an effort to boost sales, have been doing this for years. Appliances, carpeting, electronic equipment, and the list goes on. Offering payments with no...
Leaves, Penguins, and Ourselves as a Tree
"Hey Honey, come look. There is a huge bird in the tree that I have never seen before!" I pointed out the window to what looked like a beautiful mahogany colored bird, bigger than the red tailed hawk that often sits in the trees behind our house. Del studied...
