Archive for December, 2008

5 Best Ways to Achieve Your New Year’s Resolutions

5 Best Ways to Achieve Your New Year’s Resolutions

These are the five best ways to achieve your New Year’s resolutions and achieve goals, based on advice from energy psychologist and author, Dorothea Hover-Kramer. “New Year’s resolutions are an annual ritual by which many of us attempt to improve ourselves,” she says. ”It’s a worthwhile endeavor because learning and growing constitutes a lifelong commitment to ourselves.”  However, [...]

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How to Create an Action Plan – 10 Tips for Setting Life Goals

How to Create an Action Plan – 10 Tips for Setting Life Goals

Creating an action plan is the best way to get what you want out of life, whether it’s getting a job promotion, creating financial abundance, or saving up for a down payment on your first house.  These tips for setting your life goals will help you create an action plan… Before the tips, a quip: “You just can’t beat the [...]

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Diet Tips for Weight Loss – The Best Tips for Losing Weight

Diet Tips for Weight Loss – The Best Tips for Losing Weight

These diet tips for weight loss are from a dietitian and author. Here, Amy Hendel shares her best tips for losing weight, including info about the Mediterranean Diet, emotional eating, and healthy lifestyle plans. “I think the core elements of the Mediterranean diet are the best solution to long term health and weight loss,” says Amy Hendel is [...]

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What Your Favorite Dog Breed Reveals About Your Personality

What Your Favorite Dog Breed Reveals About Your Personality

Learn what your favorite dog breed reveals about your personality traits in this summary of breeds and traits! Your favorite dog breed reveals your personality traits, according to Dogology: What Your Relationship With Your Dog Reveals About You. Before the dog tips, a quip: “There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face,” [...]

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How to Network for Shy, Quiet Types (Introverts!)

How to Network for Shy, Quiet Types (Introverts!)

Are you a shy, quiet type? Then it’s especially important to learn how to network. Here are several networking tips for introverted personalities, to help you succeed and achieve… Before the tips, a quip: “Most Americans, whether introverted or extroverted, have learned to look like extroverts,” writes psychologist Laurie Helgoe in Introvert Power. However, 57% of [...]

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Women’s Walking Shoes – 7 Tips for Buying Footwear Online

Women’s Walking Shoes – 7 Tips for Buying Footwear Online

Do you need a new pair of women’s walking shoes? I love my MBT “anti-shoes”! Here are seven tips for buying footwear online, and my impressions of these Mary Kay walking shoes for women… Before the tips, a quip: “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes,” said Twain.  [...]

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How to Achieve Your Goals – 5 Tips for Goal Setting at Work

How to Achieve Your Goals – 5 Tips for Goal Setting at Work

These tips for setting goals at work will be effective in all realms of your life. Here, a life coach and best-selling author reveals five simple steps that will help you achieve your life goals. There’s no secret for changing your life…just simple tips and hard work! “It’s important to remember to review your action plan weekly,” [...]

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The Pros and Cons of Bootcamp Workouts and Dance Fitness

The Pros and Cons of Bootcamp Workouts and Dance Fitness

Looking for new ways to work out? Here are the pros and cons of bootcamp workouts and dance fitness, from fitness expert Tracey Mallett – co-host of The Official Dirty Dancing DVD. Why are bootcamp and dance fitness workouts so effective? “You get energy from moving your body in ways that aren’t normal for you,” says Mallett. [...]

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5 Tips for Asking for a Raise

5 Tips for Asking for a Raise

Negotiating a raise will help you achieve your career goals, and possibly improve your boss’s perception of you! These tips on successfully asking for a raise can also help you figure out your own job performance. “A lot of women have difficulty asking for raises,” writes Jennifer Barrett in The Smart Cookies’ Guide to Making [...]

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How to Stay Motivated to Lose Weight – One Bite at a Time

How to Stay Motivated to Lose Weight – One Bite at a Time

How do you stay motivated to lose weight? One bite at a time! Good news: Dr Oz said it’s healthy to have a “pig out day” – a day that you can eat whatever you want. That’s how you stay motivated to lose weight, my friends. You eat what you love (but not every day, [...]

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