Don't Wear a Dead Man's Shoes: Get Your Own

The Shoes are not For You "The shoes are not for you." That statement is the foundation of an old episode of The Dark Side which I saw recently, and I had to write about it. It's about a master shoe maker with a clientele of the rich, famous and talented, an apprentice who lusts after the "good life" of others and...

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When Change Is Being Forced Upon You, Accept It

He who rejects change is the architect of decay.  The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.  ~Harold Wilson The latest thing I've learned is when change is being forced upon you, accept it. It circumvents thoughts like "I feel alone", "I can't go any further", "why is it always to hard", "I don't have...

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Motivational Quotes for the Inspiration of You and I: It's gotta help, somehow...

I decided to send out these motivational quotes for the inspiration of you and I now that I seem to be reconnected once more (here's hoping). Because after more than a week of being dropped off the Internet in my new, temporary abode in the Caribbean - in Trinidad and Tobago - and losing an excellent 1000+ word article plus...

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Message to Haiti of Love and Friendship

I grew up in the English-speaking Caribbean twin island state of Trinidad and Tobago. I learnt more about Haiti outside of the Caribbean than I ever did in it. My First Haitians The first Haitians I met were my colleagues in New York at the United Nations Development Programme. Those encounters opened my mind and spirit and made me want...

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How to Calm Stomach Pains Caused By Stress: A Relaxation Technique

The Idea I got the visualisation idea for my relaxation technique from a post on DailyOM - one of my favourite sites.  I would reference it but I can't find it anymore. Interestingly, it's only when I was doing my morning chakra exercises that it clicked - the solar plexus (the gut) is the home of the third chakra - a wonderful sunshine...

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Activating Your Intentions for 2010: Why Do They Matter?

Well, am now back to blogging and currently resident in the most southerly Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago for a bit. Don't know where I'll be next. It's hot which is great, and heavily humid which bothers me a lot so my body had better acclimatise itself soon. Activating your intentions for 2010 Now, let's talk about activating...

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Tap Into Wealth with EFT: EFT Tapping Into Life's Unlimited Abundance

This EFT wealth tapping script is Magnus' December 2009 Christmas gift to us.  If you don't know EFT - Emotional Freedom Technique, learn about EFT. In a nutshell, it's a finger-tapping acupressure technique used on the face and chest meridians to relieve emotional anxieties. If you don't know EFT at all, this post will not enlighten...

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Character Counts: Can You Forgive Without Condoning and Let Live in 2010?

I received this interesting article about forgiveness from Bob Proctor's Insight Quotes. Forgiving without condoning or forgetting by Michael Josephson from Character Counts. I thought it was a great way to start off my postings for 2010. So, can you forgive without condoning and let live in 2010?  Forgiveness does not mean condoning...

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The Self-Confidence Formula for 2010: 5 Steps to Build Your Self-Confidence (If you're serious)

I mentioned in Awaken the sleeping genius in November 2009 that I would post Napoleon Hill's Self Confidence Formula but the timing didn't feel right.  It is now though - to get 2010 off to a great start. Hill says that after you take inventory of your mental assets and liabilities, you will discover that your greatest weakness is...

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