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Thread By Thread – Gloria Travers & The North Street Band
When love begins to unravel, do you walk away or pick up the thread? “Thread By...
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- Written by: Sarah von Schrader, The Conversation
Deciding to disclose information about a non-obvious disability at work is complicated and potentially risky, no matter what you do for a living. For people with a mental health issue, like bipolar disorder or PTSD where stereotypes and bias are prevalent, the risk can be even greater.
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- Written by: Robert Reich
I get lots of mail about whether college is worth the cost. The answer is unequivocally yes, but with one big qualification. I’ll come to the qualification in a moment but first the financial case for why it’s worth going to college.
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- Written by: Cat Johnson, Shareable
If someone said your organization could eliminate email and meetings, fire the bosses, go to a four day work week, and thrive, what would you think? Where’s the punchline, right? Well, there is no punchline. Many companies are taking such steps.
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- Written by: Sam Bennett
The nice thing about making a list is that I get the to-do chatter out of my head and onto a piece of paper. But there’s no way to prioritize. There’s no indication of how important anything is, how much time each task might take, and the order in which I ought to attack the list.
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- Written by: Eric Maisel
As life gets busier and more complex, we all crave something larger and more meaningful than just checking off another item on our to-do lists. Traditionally we’ve looked to religion and spirituality for a sense of life purpose, but in our secular age...
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- Written by: Jim Donovan
Over the years I've made a practice of studying people who have achieved something I'd like to accomplish. Whether in health, fitness, business, or even relationships, if I want to achieve a particular result, I can find someone who achieved it and learn to do what they did. This idea, known as modeling...
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- Written by: Cissi Williams
Learn how to manifest the dreams your Soul longs for by harnessing your inner energy, shifting perspective, and trusting in divine timing.
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- Written by: Dulini Fernando and Laurie Cohen
For those who might have missed it, this was Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s advice to women uncomfortable with the thought of requesting: "It’s not really about asking for the raise but [about] knowing and having faith that the system will actually..."
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- Written by: Florence Scovel Shinn
Many stories are told of the power of the subconscious when directed in faith. Demonstrations often come at the eleventh hour because man then lets go, that is, stops reasoning, and Infinite Intelligence has a chance to work.
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- Written by: Nomi Bachar
One of our most important lessons involves learning to express our best self amid the reality of our daily life. Our knowledge of how we as individuals fulfill our life purpose is not an intellectual understanding; it is a heartfelt, intuitive experience coupled with a desire to share and contribute.
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- Written by: Derek Koehler, University of Waterloo
Take a moment to think of a task you wish to accomplish in the next three months. It should be something specific like clearing out your backyard, or completing an online course, so that you could judge, definitively, if and when it has been completed.
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- Written by: Jim Donovan
We've all said it at one time or another. "Someday I'll ... go back to school, ask for a raise, improve my skills so I can be promoted, find a new job, start saving for our future." What is your version of "Someday I'll...?"
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- Written by: Heather McCloskey Beck
Do you remember being asked what you wanted to be when you grew up? This was often a question my teachers directed to the class at the beginning of a new school year. It was also considered a good opener by other adults who really didn’t know us all that well. What did I want to be?
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- Written by: Susan Hagen, University of Rochester
Humans tend to detect winning and losing streaks in situations that are actually random. The first study of this phenomenon in non-human primates finds that monkeys share this “hot hand bias.” Scientists disagree about whether this unfounded belief is a cultural artifact picked up in childhood or a predisposition deeply ingrained in...
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- Written by: Sandy C. Newbigging
There is a direct relationship between surrendering control and manifesting miracles because of the difference between desire and desperation. Desire pulls things towards you, while desperation pushes them away...
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- Written by: Karen Hering
Hope, I am grateful to note, has a habit of showing up at my door when I least expect it. Of course, there are also times when hope fails to show up, and I need to send out a search party just when I am least equipped to organize one. But for now, we might begin our reflections on hope by considering...
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- Written by: Kat Duff
Innumerable studies have documented the ill effects of insufficient sleep, defined as getting less sleep than we need to be our best. Beyond the tiredness, fogginess, and grumpiness we commonly note the next day, less-than-optimum sleep impairs focus, judgment, problem solving, and memory.
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- Written by: Cat Johnson, Shareable
Here’s a fun fact: Abraham Lincoln didn’t go to law school. He independently studied the law, registered with the Sangamon County Court in Illinois and passed an oral examination by a panel of attorneys. He was then given his license to practice law.
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- Written by: Alexandra Raphel, Journalists Resource
In the lingering aftermath of the Great Recession, recent college graduates are having a tough time of it. As state aid for education has fallen, student loans have risen, leading to crippling levels of debt that has climbed to more than $29,000. Limited options after graduation in a tight job market only make this situation difficult.
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- Written by: Loral Langemeier
Sequencing is the idea that the right steps at the right time get you where you want to go. Often, people understand where they are and know where they want to go, but the sequence of steps from here to there eludes them...
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- Written by: Alan Cohen
Every belief system gives way to a greater one. Even science, which seems “solid,” is constantly casting aside old notions in favor of new ones. This does not make the system, the people who represent it, or related experiences wrong. It just makes them outdated. For you, at least.
