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Taking Responsibility

Have you heard this story before?

This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.

There was an important job to be done, and Everybody was sure Somebody would do it.

Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.

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Now Is The Time to…

In personal development and self improvement as in many areas of our lives it has often been said “The greater the risk, the greater the return”. People who are in business will often tell you how true that phrase is. There has always been a trade-off between risk and returns. It is a logical relationship. The more risk you take, the more returns you’ll expect to get and the less risk you take, the lesser the returns you’ll expect to get.

But, are you taking a risk with your life? Are you letting life (or rather, situations) control your behavior? Are you leaving it all to luck? If yes, be alert because you’ll never know when you will have to lose everything you have. If there is one place where the phrase “more risk means more return” DOES NOT apply, it has to be your life.

We humans are habitual of copying the behavior of others that we see around us. For the same reason, we have “learned” to take life as it comes and without any plan. If a situation makes us happy, we get happy. If a situation makes us sad, we get sad. If a situation makes us give up, we give up! There are so many people around us who have no “life”, who have no idea why they are alive and they lack a direction. They simply “exist”.

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Exercising Your Right to Choose

You are a decision maker. Everyday as we travel along the path of self improvement and personal development we make choices and decisions – hundreds every day both those that we are aware of and those that our subconscious work on.

When it comes to making decisions, a chronic sense of disempowerment often results in feelings of helplessness or hopelessness that can affect the choices you make and determine your quality of life.

When you live your life as a disempowered person, you often feel like the majority of your life experiences are out of your control. You allow other people or events to determine what you think, say and do; how you spend your time, and even the general direction your life takes.

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Self-Love Empowers You

In self improvement lets remember that the first word is “self” not in a selfish way rather a focused attention on you and what makes you unique and special. So lets talk about how loving and forgiving yourself empowers you.

When you think of personal empowerment, you probably think of qualities like strength, confidence, courage and tenacity – but did you know that self-love is also an important aspect of empowerment?

When you truly love yourself . . .

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Are you taking care of yourself?

Firstly a belated Happy New Year to all.

If you are wondering why I have no posting for January 1 it’s because I have taken an example out of my own studies of personal development and growth and given a day to myself and those I love. So you can see I eat my own cooking !!

As lots of people start 2009 with their own New Year resolutions I would like to suggest one that perhaps you have not got on your list but I suggest you consider it – “Taking Care of You”.
What do I mean you say? Well

Taking care of yourself means eating a healthy diet, getting daily exercise and learning to relax and take care of your mental health.

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Some Feng Shui for Your Work Area

Today I thought I should introduce a little difference into our area of personal growth and self improvement and talk about our work area/environment.

If you work at a desk, then you would like to create it as a work environment that is as ergonomic-friendly as possible. As a matter of fact, making a peaceful and harmonious work area may in reality cause you to be more productive. Thinking about that, try some of these suggestions to feng shui your desk and work area.

· Add a live, green plant. Earth is one of the five elements. Adding a nice leafy green plant will not only bring a bit of feng shui to your desk, but it will provide a flow of oxygen to your work area.

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Tough Times

Today I would first like to wish everyone a Happy and Safe Christmas/Festive Season. This is a great time to put all those personal growth and self improvement reading and lessons into action. With the number of social and family events that occur at this time of the year it is great opportunity to put the theory into practice.

I am not sure of the original author, so apologies for not
giving credit where due. I didn’t want to keep this a secret
from those who may benefit from it in times like these…

“Said the big white rooster, “Gosh all Hemlock, things are tough,
Seems that worms are getting scarce and I cannot find enough.
What’s become of all those fat ones is a mystery to me;
There were thousands through the rainy spell, but now where can they be?”

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