Archive for the ‘Self Improvement’ Category

Nothing would frustrate an audience more than listening to a boring or ‘bad’ public speaker. One of the things that you should remember when delivering a speech is that it is very easy to divert the audience’s attention. Once they find your speech uninteresting, they would not want to watch you in front, hence they will just let their mind wander or pay attention to something ... Full story

We have heard the saying many times that, “It’s easier to forgive than to forget,” but the truth is that unless you are capable of forgetting you never really forgive.  Forgiveness is the act of excusing someone for their offense but unless you are also willing to forget their transgression you aren’t truly forgiving them.  Refusing to forget a wrong action against you results in ... Full story

Today the average duration of human life in the United States is just about 70 years for women and a little less for men.  Conservative experts believe that man is really build to last about 100 years; and that medial advances and more healthful living habits could bring this about within a generation or two. What good is it to add years to life if we ... Full story

Most smokers sincerely want to quit.  They know cigarettes threaten their health, set a bad example for their children, annoy their acquaintances and cost an inordinate amount of money. Nobody can force a smoker to quit.  It's something each person has to decide for himself, and will require a personal commitment by the smoker.  What kind of smoker are you?  What do you get out of ... Full story

The way that you handle yourself during an interview is the most crucial factor that decides whether you will get hired for a job or not. Each and every employee has gone through this process. You probably still feel the butterflies in your stomach whenever you think of the day that your boss has interviewed you for the job that you eventually got hired for. Thus, it ... Full story

Have you come across a person who is so naturally friendly that when you put him inside a room of strangers, he'll be friends with almost everyone in no time? We call such a people-person, someone unbelievably nice and charismatic that he can charm anyone into doing anything. A socially-empowered person achieves so much greatness, basically because of the people that catapult him to success. He ... Full story

Personals ads and in particular Internet personals ads are becoming the wave of the future in dating.  More and more people are meeting online and through personals ads and these services are becoming a booming business.  Gone are the singles ads of yesterday with phrases such as SWF seeks SWM.  Today’s personals ads are witty, informative and hopefully effective.  If you want to keep up ... Full story

In order to meet new people, you have to get out and make yourself available to new acquaintances.  It’s highly unlikely that you will meet many people while sitting alone in your living room watching television or playing video games.  It’s one thing to want to meet new people but it is quite another thing to actually start meeting new people.  If you really desire ... Full story

The Blarney Stone is a historical stone, or actually part of the Blarney Castle in Ireland where it was believed that kissing the stone can grant you the gift of gab. Yeah, it seems strange in this day and age, but who are we to question tradition? It's not like I'm saying that Santa Claus doesn't exist (OOPS!). There is so much to know about conversation ... Full story

Not everyone believes this but the emotional and mental aspects of a person, when combined, leads to better self improvement. Emotions love to dominate our actions and reactions, even though we do not want it to happen sometimes. The society often see emotions as a sign of weakness, so people are used to putting them aside and focusing on the rational aspects more and more. No matter ... Full story