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Build Self Confidence With Affirmations

What are affirmations? An affirmation is a statement or a set of words that you repeat to yourself so as to build self confidence.

Top 10 Questions to Ask Yourself About Last Year

Many of us are looking forward to great things in 2009 and are busy setting goals and plans to create great results and achieve our dreams. As you begin to mentally prepare for the upcoming year don’t forget to take time to assess your personal and professional challenges and accomplishments THIS past year. Here are [...]

Aggressive, Assertive of Passive?

Assertiveness is a method of communication that lets others know your ideas and feelings, while respecting their feelings as well. A person behaving aggressively states her feelings directly, but she violates the rights of others. For example, suppose a neighbor asks you to baby-sit her four children and you don’t want to.

Don’t Blame the Reflection

Many times we can sit and ask ourselves why things aren’t going right in our lives. We tend to blame things outside of ourselves and try to find the answers there as well. Blaming the reflection will not bring you the things that you crave in your life. So what will? That’s what this article [...]

How to Achieve Your Goals with a Positive Mental Attitude

Happiness is something we all want. Good times with friends, and close relationships are the things that make us feel complete as people. But in these present times there are many distractions that leave us feeling overwhelmed and that we don’t have full control in our life’s situation. It seems that we always have to [...]