For a new life in the new year, take action!
Stuck? Wondering what to do about finding a job, a relationship or a new home? Don't get caught in the self-analysis trap: months, days and even years of "thinking." I've met dozens of people who think "getting free" begins with an armchair, a self-help book and a beer.Action creates energy. Have you ever spent a whole day driving? Lying on the couch with a book and a heavy-duty remote control? At the end of the day you're exhausted. Action fuels thought. You can sit on a couch all day with the self-help book, but how will you complete the exercises? The world looks different as you sit in your living room. When you get off the couch and face the outside world, your answers will change.
Action is a test of your readiness to change. Are you thinking of hiring a coach or counselor? Before you pick up the phone, take some small action on your own. Get a list of articles from the library or web. Make some phone calls. Are you moving? That's a good sign.Want to change? Do something different.
In a tape version of her recent book, Thunder and Lightning, Natalie Goldberg advises writers to overcome blocks by changing small elements of their lives. Take a different route when you walk home, she suggests; if you normally drive with your left hand on the steering wheel, try the right. Some ideas: Do something alone that you normally do with others: shopping, traveling, eating in a restaurant.Do something with others that you normally do alone.If you have a routine for evenings or weekends, find new activities. In his book, How People Change, Allen Wheelis pointed out that changing yourself is pretty simple. If you want to stop being a thief, don't steal.
If you want to be a writer, write. Sounds simple -- but it works.Sometimes, if you are lucky, external events force you to change in a positive direction. Rent the video The Closet (Le Placard). The hero begins as a stereotypically dull accountant. As people begin to believe he is gay, they treat him differently -- and he grows into a new, more powerful person.
Can't get moving? If you are really, really unhappy, but you can't get yourself to take even one action step to change your situation, consider some form of psychotherapy. Sometimes you are at a point in your life when it's time to do nothing, but inability to act can signal serious problems, such as clinical depression.Do you want to think out loud about which action to take? Do you want someone to share your thoughts as you try out different actions? Moving -- but you're not sure in which direction you want to end up? These questions suggest you can get help from a career or life coach. Maybe you believe in New Year's Resolutions, or maybe you like to take life as it comes. Regardless, I can promise your 2002 will bring exciting new changes and directions...if you jump off that couch and begin taking action. This article is based on my ebook 9 Magic Keys to Career Freedomhttp://www.movinglady.com/freedombook.html ..
Does Work/Life Balance Really Exist?
Copyright 2006 Donna Gunter
If you look at almost any issue of nationally published women's magazines, you'll find article upon article trying to convince the American public (and American women) that you can have it all -- a brilliant career/business and a marvelous family life -- and then follow with instructions on how you can accomplish this easily.
I am just not buying into this train of thought.
In order for most successful business people to get where they want to be in their businesses, something has to go.
For me, it's been a personal life.
As a single woman of 40 with no children and no significant other on the horizon, I've got much more flexibility than most.
I can make a conscious decision to forego some aspect of my life on a shorter-term basis to reach my goals.
Most of us aren't quite that lucky, however.
You have children you have to get dressed and to school each day, or a spouse who needs...
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Toxic Black Mold - Home Owners are Dying - Is the Media Looking Sideways?
Toxic Black Mold or Mold that is Black? Stachybotrys and many other strains of toxic, health threatening molds are becoming everyday household words in America that very few understand. Now you can find informative and educational content, free mold brochures, toxic mold inspectors and remediation/abatement companies, toxic mold/tort attorneys and much more at one great location on the Internet, www.StartRemodeling.com.Horror stories are pouring in by the thousands everyday. Insurance companies are running scared. Families are being forced out of their homes for months on end. Some are burning them down to rid themselves of the problem.
Schools and businesses are being shut down. Mr. and Mrs. John T. America are becoming seriously ill, young children and the elderly are severely sick and/or dying from this mysterious and little understood airborne toxin.WHY? Because this epidemic, although around for millions of years,...
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Annuity Owner Mistakes
Okay, so I can tell you I have sat in front of countless numbers of people who have made mistakes when purchasing and owning annuities. And I have visited people who wish they never got involved in an annuity. And I have seen people who say that their annuity is their worst nightmare...So what is it that makes the annuity such a bad thing for some people and such a great vehicle for others??? Well I am about to tell you...and it all goes back to the annuity owners biggest MISTAKE. Yes, not mistakes but mistake.Let me explain to you. Most annuity and insurance agents out there have what is called their "best product." IT is the product that can supposedly solve every investment need for any investor.
And they make it sound so good that when someone is shopping for annuities, they ask the salesperson, "what is the best annuity?" and this is the biggest mistake. For all you know, the best annuity to the salesperson may be the one that pays the best commission to him. This question...
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Insurance, Fear Of The Unknown
Copyright 2006 Karl Stadler
Now why in the world do we need insurance?
Back in the good old days when the earth was still flat and we were all living in the same time zone you would have had little knowledge of insurance except for maybe leaving something as insurance for a loan you made.
There is nothing wrong with the concept of insurance, it most certainly has its value in the bigger picture of things.
What is wrong is the way in which many people are bulldozed into signing for insurance policies that they don't really need or which will not be able to tend their needs once they need it.
As there are many first-class insurance companies out there, there are also the few that are just out to make a quick buck from you creating never ending problems.
Many people spend a large portion of their income on insurance, health, car, household and life to name but a few. There are many others policies that the insurance...
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International Travel Health Insurance
With the world becoming one global village, international travel becomes almost as trivial as going to the supermarket. But the difference is that if you have health insurance and break your leg while going to the supermarket, you will not have to pay the medical expenses for treatment.
But when you are abroad and get injured or sick, the worst that you can think of is not having valid health insurance. If this is the case, prepare to pay for your carelessness because the domestic health care system does not include treatment abroad.
Being abroad and relying on American consular officers to get you out of trouble when you are injured or sick is pointless, because their duties include assisting you with getting to a hospital and informing your friends and family, but in no case are they supposed to assist you with paying for treatment.
There are many companies that offer international travel health insurance. You can contact any of them...
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Employers Committed to Control Health Insurance Costs (E.C.C.H.I.C.) to Hold Seminar in Wichita
Employers Committed to Control Health Insurance Costs (ECCHIC), a network of insurance brokers and employers committed to stabilizing medical benefit costs through proactive and creative cost management methods, will present two free seminars on Health Insurance Cost Management in Wichita on Thursday, March 11, and Friday, March 12. The seminars will be held at 10:30 a.m. at The Olive Tree Bistro, 2949 N. Rock Road. Lunch will be provided.
Small business owners and individuals with health insurance concerns are invited to attend this informative seminar.Health insurance benefits are the fastest growing cost center for employers today. At the same time, these costs are also often the least evaluated, managed, analyzed and understood by employers. Often, employers know the total cost of co-pays and premiums but not the amount actually spent on health care, which could potentially be quite a bit less than is spent on pre-paying for health care through insurance companies. At the...
Employers Committed to Control Health Insurance Costs (E.C.C.H.I.C.) to Hold Seminar in Wichita
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Evergreen Systems Releases White Paper on Building the Business Case for ITIL
Sterling, VA (ContentDesk via ContentDesk Direct) July 19, 2006 -- Evergreen Systems today announced that it has released a new white paper exploring how to build the business case for ITIL and other IT process improvements.
CEO, Don Casson, began exploration of the topic in June, via a techwebcast that was sponsored jointly by Hewlet-Packard and InformationWeek. Building the business case for ITIL has also been a source of discussion on Evergreens blog site, after Evergreen Vice President of Consulting, Joe Koester, began a four-part series on it. The white paper references a number of data points taken from current research and enterprise IT process improvement case studies consistently documenting a 20-40% reduction in the effort required for ongoing IT operations, powered by the implementation of ITIL process improvements.
The same research clearly links ITIL with strategic gains in customer service quality, accuracy...
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Felten and Associates Chooses Cathy Sherry, CSA to Help Establish Their Local Stuart, Florida Office
(ContentDesk) August 24, 2005 -- Felten & Associates has expanded operations to establish an office in Stuart, Florida and has chosen Cathy Sherry, CSA to help establish their local Stuart, Florida office. "We have long standing relationships with clients in Stuart," remarked, Ken Felten, President.
"Our business has grown in Stuart to the point where we needed to establish an office that was local to that community.
We are most pleased and excited to have Ms. Sherry on board.
She has a resume filled with accomplishments in sales and marketing and the professional designations that our clients are seeking."Sherry is a Certified Senior Advisor, a Certified TEEM Member; TEEM is a network of financial professionals referred to as the Equity Enhancement Matrix (TEEM); and is licensed to sell life, health care and annuities.Sherry may be contacted at Felten & Associates, 850 North West Federal Highway, Stuart, FL 34994 (772) 403-5822. Felten and Associates is a 52...
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