Balance 
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Are Your Bean Poles Too Short?
For my 30th birthday this past year two of my resolutions were to start a second business and to plant a vegetable garden. Although I have built a business before I have never ever planted anything but I figured "how hard can it be?" I drove down to the local Home Depot, hit the gardening section and asked for the easiest vegetables to grow. Beans came out at the top of the list so beans it was.
Home I went with a pack of bean seeds and the bean-poles I would need for them to grow up on. I had been recommended to get bean poles that would be at least 4 feet tall but I opted for the 2-foot tall poles thinking "it’s a tiny seed, how tall can it get?" (Already I’m sure you can see how naive I was about gardening).
For weeks absolutely nothing was happening with those beans. My sons (ages 4 and 3) gave up on our gardening project and I was having my doubts. About a month later tiny, tiny, cute little sprouts started popping through the dirt. Again it seemed like even more weeks went by and they were not getting bigger and I truly saw little hope for our tiny beans. …
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Get that Promotion with Positive Thinking and Feng Shui
There are many ways to think positively; visualization, setting your intention (ie, through the ideas presented in The Secret) and prayer, for example. There’s also Feng Shui. Terri Perrin gives tips on how to use feng shui and positive thinking to help you land your next promotion.
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Be Happier! 5 Steps to Bounce Back after a Let Down
Dealing with upsetting events at work can be difficult. Maybe a client ‘fires’ you or a colleague sends you a curt email. What is the best way to deal with it? How do you avoid feeling down? Lisa Sansom gives a 5-step process to help you change your thinking, to change your mood.
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Why “Play Time” is Necessary for Business Success
Taking time for yourself isn’t about being lazy. It’s about taking care of your physical, mental, and emotional health. Working too many hours can cause a number of problems, from stress headaches to burnout. Catherine Rocheleau explains why giving yourself permission to play is necessary for business success.
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Cultivating Love In Your Life
Roxanne Thornton, a wedding officiant, explores the difference between Romantic Love and the Art of Loving. Do you ‘fall in’ love, or do you make a decision to love? Do you hold back, waiting to meet your one and only, or are you open to giving love a try, even if it isn’t that amazing, perfect thing that’s portrayed in the movies? Is love something you can practice and strengthen?
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Live Better and Be Happier in 2011
Being happy, living better and enjoying life is something you control by making conscious decisions and taking action towards what you want. ML Broxton gives 5 steps to help you start down that path. The first step may be the hardest: clearly define what is important to you and ask yourself how you can make it a part of your daily life. Find out what the other important steps are!
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15 Steps to Self-Empowerment
New writer Jennifer Kelly gives wonderful tips on how to follow the path to self-empowerment. In just 15 steps, you can create a stronger, more confident ‘you.’ Already empowered? Add your tips to our “comments” section, or tell us your story.
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Vision boards 101 – what are they and how can they help YOU?
Elena Pezzini, a certified professional coach and hypnotist, explains what Vision Boards are (aka Treasure Maps), how you can make one, and why you would want to. Also, find out how to make one in paper, digital or video formats.
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Achieve work/life balance in 16 steps
Heather Townsend, “The Efficiency Coach,” gives 16 steps to improving your work/life balance.
