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It?s an unfortunate fact that a glass ceiling exists at all for women. Throw being a mom on top of that, and you might have lowered that ceiling even more. As is true in most thing...

A common challenge for any organization arises when dealing with negativity in the midst of its workforce. During my employment at an Arizona based HR consulting company, I receive...

Is your disability a reason not to aspire to great success in your career, great achievements and overall fulfillment? Absolutely not! There are some severely handicapped individua...

Being unemployed can take a major toll on your self-esteem, your financial situation, and your desire. If prolonged, it can also have a negative impact on your competency level (i....

As I listened to my client, who we will call Jane, struggling again with all the reasons why she couldn't find the time to focus on the steps to generate more revenue, it dawned on...

If you are an aspiring work from home mom, you may have already heard these common objections from your husband (and perhaps that nagging mother in law): We shouldn't have to pa...

Did you know that all people are natural-born sellers? It's just that not everyone realizes it. The first thing that comes to our mind is the fear of doing a home business. This is...

When we decide to start a home business, most of us are eager to get moving and achieve the success we know we're capable of. Some of us go full steam ahead and immediately start s...

There sits Sally on the other side of the desk during her performance evaluation. She?s scowling. Her arms are folded tightly across her chest. Her lower lip is turned out in a way...

Perfectionism can get in the way of building or marketing a successful business. It can prevent us from moving ahead quickly or from taking advantage of business opportunities. We ...

Mahatma Gandhi stated that no one can oppress you more than you oppress yourself. I believe this to be true, especially when it comes to change. I have witnessed people, putting...

If you?re like most business owners and self employed professionals you started a business because you have a particular talent, skill, or ability; not because you like to sell. An...

Realize that most objections can be resolved before they even arise. Cost is often the first objection that is put up, but usually it?s not the true reason, deep down, for rejectin...

Everyone in marketing faces it at one time or another - reluctance to pick up the phone and make calls. Logically, it makes no sense to feel that way. We believe in our product or ...

The competitive situations that people are facing today are much more intense and complex than they?ve ever been before. Most often we typically focus on other companies trying to ...

As a loan officer, it is important to keep your pipeline full at all times. For this reason, it goes without saying, that you should be taking as many applications as you can throu...

One of the keys to success in business is learning to overcome obstacles-even managing to turn apparent failures into commercial success. One of the most noteworthy tales is of ...

When you begin talking about a small business networking upgrades, prospects and clients will often dwell on cost. They neglect to consider the soft costs of not properly investing...

When working in small business consulting, your clients may ask, "Why do I need something as big and powerful as the network you?re recommending? We?re just a seven person company ...

If you?re new to small business consulting, you may think there is no such thing as a prospect or client being too enthusiastic about jumping headfirst into a major IT project. Ent...

Do you need help overcoming sales objections? Do you sell computer networks, or other IT-related products and services to small businesses? This article provides tips and...

Bad debt management is at an all time high. More people are having more financial problems than ever before. Bankruptcy is at an all time high. Financial stress is tearing families...

If you are a loan officer or mortgage broker, and you are obtaining leads from a mortgage lead provider, it is important that you get the best return on your investment that you po...

One tends to hesitate when trying anything for the first time. In the case of selling a home by owner, overcoming this hesitation can save you a bundle of money. Overcoming Hes...

Controlling and fighting acne can be a constant battle for adolescents and adults alike, one of the ways that has shown success in the past for people to use an over the counter pr...

One of my favorite Old Testament stories is about Elijah. The story starts in 1 Kings 18 where we read about Elijah challenging the Israelites to decide whether they would serve Go...

Though not the end all be all of how to cope with the challenges of depression, the steps listed herewith should be quite helpful for helping you overcome depression. 1. Change ...

?With a child's heart Go face the worries of the day With a child's heart Turn each problem into play No need to worry no need to fear Just being alive makes it all so very c...

Friends: ?Above all else, guard you heart for it?s the well-spring of life? I remember telling an associate this quote once and his response (this from a ?straight out the tough...

Let?s face it, we all get depressed at times, it is only being human. However, as with all things, when it becomes excessive, depression, characterized by erratic mood swings, loss...

Constipation may be defined as infrequent or incomplete bowel movements often characterized by stools that are hard, dry and difficult to pass due to slow transit time through the ...

Fatigue is a condition wherein a person experiences exhaustion and lack of energy possibly due to sleep deficiency, infection or overexertion. Since this is a fairly normal and com...

The general public often doesn?t realize what parents of autistic children are keenly aware of: It is a physical condition as much as a mental one. Research shows that more than 50...

I was sitting in a class today talking to some of my computer training students. We discussing how to absorb the material being learned and in particular we discussed how using med...

It would be great if we could all succeed on the first or even fifth try, but for most people, that is not enough. We usually have much more to learn about dieting, nutrition, and ...

Menopause is a perfectly natural occurrence that indicates the end of a woman's menstrual periods. It occurs when the ovaries stop producing sex hormones, which leads to the menopa...

I've been meaning to write an article on procrastination for week now, but I just haven't found the time to get around to it. Now how could I have resisted an opening like that? ...

While it is quite frightening unfortunately to recognize that the divorce rate is hovering around the 40% to 50% rate, as long as you are still married or have fathered or mothered...

An old Cherokee was teaching his grandson about life. "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. "It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil-he r...

Many expecting mothers really look forward to breastfeeding their baby. However, for many mothers this expectancy is tinged by a fear of breastfeeding in public. The following tips...

Many dogs have separation anxiety. Separation anxiety in dogs exhibits behavior problems when they?re being left alone at home. This often leads to excessive barking, whining, chew...

The biggest obstacle that people run into and have a hard time overcoming is really themselves. No really. Most people don?t really fail at internet marketing, they give up too soo...

Every summer for the past five or six years I have reread Scott Peck?s quirky book about psychiatry and golf, Golf and the Spirit. Peck is probably better known for his best sellin...

How do you overcome fear in a self-defense situation? Basically you don't, you learn to use the fear instead. Making it a tool that you shape not allowing fear to control you. All ...

The symptoms of ADHD can be devastating for children. It is especially hard for school-age children who feel isolated and don?t know how to express what they are feeling. They can ...

As an increasing number of students and their parents are discovering, even today's high college costs can be managed. Organizations such as the Horatio Alger Association are provi...

Are you on the same page with your customers? If not, perhaps there?s simply a page missing. A page you design to help merchants, customers, clients and even co-workers speak the s...

When a spouse is assigned an overseas assignment, the partner is faced with many obstacles that are often ignored. Unfortunately at this time not too many companies offer their sup...

Isn?t technology wonderful when it actually improves our daily lives? An example is a product that?s used for the frames of many modern pairs of glasses. Flexon is a laws-of-nat...

Something all of us who are creative have in common is experiencing, at varying levels, some form of resistance to our creativity or creative flow. This can be from any number o...

?What?s stopping you?? That?s one of the most powerful questions we can ask someone when they say they really want to do something in their lives but just can?t quite commit...

In this day and age we are so inundated with choice and opportunity that you might even say that we are spoiled for choice. There is just so much that we could do that we often end...

Everyone that is born on this planet suffers some kind of trials, problems, and issues in their life. One of the greatest things about humans is that we are capable of experiencing...

If you ask most people why they have not achieved their goals or the level of success they desire, they will usually respond with some built-in excuse (negative belief) that is hol...

Identifying Depression Depression, like most mental illness runs the continuum of severity. It can be mild or major. It can last from weeks to months. It can involve anxiety sym...

Much of modern society is a mad rush these days to keep up with those around us. In this mad dash, it is easy to lose the thread on what life is supposed to be and how we should li...

Procrastination, is a behavior or habit of waiting until the last minute or putting off completing a task. Procrastination can become a major issue to overcome in your personal and...

Do you have a dream? I bet you do. And I also bet you have a long list of reasons why you aren?t pursuing that dream. But you CAN start turning your dream into a reality ?...

We all have times when our problems seem to be overwhelming ? I know, I?ve faced some tough times in my life. You don?t seem to be able to make any progress, everything seems hopel...

Sometimes, it seems like the sky is falling. This often occurs around the holidays, Mondays and at the end of the month. If you feel this way, you need a bit of perspective. Ov...

We all are familiar with some sort of nervousness or anxiety now and then in our day to day life. One needs not be a scientist to understand that this nervousness grows when the in...

Who and what you are at this moment in time is nothing but the result of your consistent actions. The same is true for what you will become as a person. Being caught up in the dest...

Why do we have this fear of beauty in the first place? I used to have it around the most beautiful of women and I know it's very real but I've overcome it effectively (behaviorally...

Is there a way to overcome your fear and incongruencies around beautiful women without 'acting'? Yes. After all, did you know that this is the biggest step you will have t...

now that I am have swum a few laps in the online dating pool, I am cogitating another one of Karen's crackpot theories of life. it's about rejection. or not hitting it off. or not ...

Are you of a timid nature when it comes down to meeting the opposite sex, does your shyness prevent you going a step further at the introduction of your possible first date. There...

The real problem with bad relationships is not that we have them because, unfortunately, most people do. The real problem of bad relationships is the amount of time we remain in th...

THE POWER OF INTIMACY Have you ever been afraid of really loving someone? Have you been afraid of letting someone really love you? Most of us have known this fear. To love and b...

In a world that is ever changing and in many ways becoming more clinical and sterile people are finding it more and more difficult to express their emotions and thoughts with other...

Jealous scenario: The two of you are seated in a restaurant. She is looking like her usual sexy self and you marvel at the fact that you're with the hottest woman in the room. Ever...