Many people check out the price tag for personal growth and decide that it is too expensive, so they choose to stay the same as they have always been. It seems safer that way. They look for personal development and success on sale or in the bargain basement. People hope when they Google personal development that it will give them an easy formula for growth...someone else does ... Continue Reading
To CHANGE Or Not To CHANGE
Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong. ~Unknown I have heard people say "I just hate change and I ... Continue Reading
If Stress Were Money, We Would All Be Millionaires
We all experience stress at times, but what actually is it? Stress is the mind being in an uncomfortable, out of control situation. It causes us to feel uptight, tense, or worried. It is feeling overwhelmed. It is feeling anxious or concerned, or apprehensive. However, there can be a positive side to these thoughts and feelings. They can be useful to encourage us to finish a ... Continue Reading
Frog Eating
We have been doing some renovating, and I have installed a big, beautiful bookcase in my office. I have been relocating my books that were scattered in a variety of locations onto these new shelves, and I was totally amazed that this new bookcase still wasn't big enough for all of my books. I stood in amazement as I attempted to take in the number of volumes and thought, Have I ... Continue Reading
Competence
My granddaughter has come to Australia to obtain her English proficiency so she can attend an Australian university. So many of our English words have a variety of meanings, and we use slang or colloquial speech to create a word picture so the listener can get a clearer sense of what we mean. One of her vocabulary test questions was: Give the definition of 'competence' and ... Continue Reading
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 15
- Next Page »