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8 Important Things to Teach Your Children About Money

  Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people that they don’t like. Will Rogers The odds are good that you have had some financial stress at some...

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Switching Careers? 7 Critical Pre-Actions to Consider

Why do they always teach us that it’s easy and evil to do what we want and that we need discipline to restrain ourselves? It’s the hardest thing in the world –to do what we want. And it takes the...

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Strategies for Conflict Resolution

  Whenever you’re in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude. William James Conflict usually...

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Strategies for Conquering Your Fear of Change

  Change can indeed be a scary thing. When you make a change in your life, you bring yourself into the unknown. You travel from a place of relative safety to one where you do not know exactly what will...

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Thinking of Starting Your Own Business? How’s Your Credit?

  [Credit is a system whereby] a person who can’t pay, gets another person who can’t pay, to guarantee that he can pay. Charles Dickens Your credit score not only determines whether or not you can get...

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Do You Know How To Keep Your Stress In Check? Learn From These Simple Tips

  Nothing can hold you back quite the same way stress does. Unfortunately, stressors are everywhere. Even a small amount can severely impact your ability to perform. Therefore, it is important to learn...

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10 Powerful Tips for Helping Your Child Have A Great School Year

  School is important in more ways than most of us can count. Children not only develop academically and intellectually, but they also develop socially as they learn to deal with challenging...

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7 Strategies To Stop the Mistake of Comparison

  If you lack contentment, it may be because you are busy comparing yourself to others. You have been on Facebook and seen the pictures of others living their seemingly exciting lives. You have read...

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The Best 7 Strategies For Coping With Difficult Co-workers

  Co-workers who are difficult to deal with can have a decidedly negative impact on your mood and performance. There may be many reasons for your colleague’s discontent, but this should not affect your...

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8 Ways to Help Your Child Benefit from Their Mistakes

  We each learn from the mistakes and missteps of life. Or, rather, we should learn. Every situation is an opportunity for growth. Obviously there are certain mistakes that we would all want to protect...

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4 Ways to Eliminate those Habits Threatening to Smother Your Dreams

  Why does it always seem so difficult to break up with our bad habits? This can be especially frustrating when it comes to the habits that stand in the way of accomplishing our greatest dreams. The...

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4 Tips for Getting Up and Getting Back on Track

  Life is rarely exactly what you expect it to be, right? When the results you hope for do not manifest themselves, this can sometimes leave you questioning your own self-worth and abilities. It...

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How to Reinvent and Reinvigorate Yourself

  You may have found that lately you are not feeling as positive as you could about yourself. Perhaps you are disappointed in how you look or some of the emotions you feel. Your attitude might slip a...

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Balancing Your Personal And Professional Lives

  Life is a constant curveball! With all of the responsibilities that rest on your shoulders, you can expect to have some challenges and difficulties. Finding a balance between your  personal and...

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7 Insightful Ways of Dealing with Chronically Negative People

  Anyone that has to deal with negative people on a regular basis knows just how challenging this task can be. All of the complaining and the ‘doom and gloom’ talk can really drain your energy and...

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15 Questions for Uncovering Your True Passions

  If you have been fortunate, you have probably already figured out what many of your passions are, and get to spend a lot of your time enjoying things that bring you excitement and joy. However,...

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Stick to Your Goals with Positive Self-Talk

  Have you ever felt like you were talking yourself out of success? As soon as you start to set goals for yourself, do you suddenly have nagging thoughts about how you are not up to the task or how you...

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7 Strategies for Getting Your Goals Back on Track

Every single day the sun rises and sets. One more day passes. On this day, did you take any steps toward attaining your goals and dreams? Maybe you discovered something wonderful or really enjoyed...

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Modeling Good Character for Your Children

  Raising children with good character has probably never been more difficult. There are more single-parent and dual-wage families than ever before. Mass media, the Internet, violent video games, and a...

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Goals Are A Compass. Where Are You Going?

 “The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky A goal is like a compass. It helps you focus on where you want to go in life...

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