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Let Your Light Shine Through – Excerpt from The Feel Good Guide to Prosperity

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

By Eva Gregory

In our society, so much of who we are is identified by what we do – meaning our job or career. But we’ve somehow gotten it backwards over the years. It isn’t what we do that identifies us, but who we are that’s important. The self that is brought to work each morning, that is present in our interactions, and that manages to shine through whether we are poor or Fortune 100 CEO’s is the real essence of who we are. It is that essence that can help us make a job or career, that we do not like, into a learning experience and a vehicle for letting our “inner light” shine through.

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Categories : Featured Articles, Personal Growth
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Listening Skills 101

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

by Marilyn C. Ellis…

ezine100127_listeningCertain skills, once mastered, enrich our lives forever. Learning to play a musical instrument and knowing how to speak a foreign language are good examples of this principle.

There is another skill, that once mastered is truly invaluable in every aspect of life and business – the important skill of Listening.

In case you haven’t noticed, when we want Read More→

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Little Actions, Huge Impact!

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

by Priya Deelchand…

ezine20091216_priyastoryHere is a wonderful and famous story that I would like to share with you today. Stories like this, always have a way of putting the right perspective on life. Here it is.

Jean Thompson stood in front of her fifth-grade class on the very first day of school in the fall and told the children a lie. Like most teachers, she looked at her pupils and said that she loved them all the same, that she would treat them all alike. And that was impossible because there in front of her, slumped in his seat on the third row, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard.

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Categories : Featured Articles, Relationships
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Listening – The Foundation of Communication

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

by Diane DiResta…

ezine20091118_listenListening is the #1 communication skill for leadership, selling, customer service, and even romance! The problem is, most of us don’t listen very well. We’re not trained to listen and we don’t even realize that listening is a skill. People have lost jobs, customers, employees, and relationships because of an inability to listen. In this issue we’ll examine ways to become a better listener.

Listening Means Peace
Sheng jen is the Chinese word for wise person. It literally means “one who listens.”
Joanna Rogers Macy, a peace activist, said listening is “the most powerful tool in peacemaking and any other kind Read More→

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