Self Improvement Ideas

Words of Encouragement For Tough Times:

11.12.2010 by Joe Plemon 5 comments
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As America experiences foreclosures galore, coupled with extended periods of high unemployment and ever increasing bankruptcies, our individual and corporate challenge is this: “How do you handle tough times?” The above quiz is only a snippet of how, throughout history, trials have catapulted people into greatness…

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Feeling Overwhelmed? Start Here!

11.05.2010 by John Frainee 6 comments
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I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel overworked and totally stressed out. Between work, life, and various unexpected tasks that are thrown my way, it can be difficult to not feel overwhelmed at times. How about you? Do you ever feel this way?

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The Art of Stewardship for the Self Employed

11.03.2010 by Jonathan 6 comments

The word stewardship is a very Biblical word, but in essence it means to manage well what you have been given. Many times we only attribute this to money, but I believe it applies in many areas. Most corporate employees would readily admit that during “primetime” hours at work, they were not always engaged 100%. Now, let’s translate that into the self-employment world…

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Lessons On Human Potential From The Truman Show

10.27.2010 by John Frainee 3 comments
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Have you ever seen The Truman Show? It’s a 1998 film that includes Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank, an unaware participant in a television show broadcast worldwide. Truman is the first human to be legally adopted by a corporation, which uses its child as the star of a reality show…

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3 Tips to Improve Your Job Security

10.16.2010 by Jason Price 3 comments
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The concerns around ones job can certainly create some extra anxiety when it comes to managing money. Perhaps that anxiety rises up a notch when there isn’t much of an emergency savings account. But, is all that anxiety really necessary? Perhaps not. Especially, when you’re doing your part to insure your job is secure…

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Living the American Dream: Don’t Mortgage Your Future To Chase It

09.25.2010 by Jason Topp 10 comments
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Ahh, the thought of living the American Dream. Everything we could ever want or ask for, right? Not so fast! It’s not that the American Dream is bad – in fact, who wouldn’t want material success and prosperity. We all do, to a degree.

But there’s a big irony about the American Dream – most folks mortgage their futures to chase it. Millionaire Next Door authors Thomas J. Stanley and William Danko, point out in their research that most of the folks whom society would deem as wealthy were simply over-leveraged…

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How to Build Generosity Into Your Budget

09.05.2010 by Jason Topp 8 comments

You’re out to eat with your loved one and you two strike up a conversation with the server. You come to find out that she’s a single mom, works two jobs to make ends meet and is trying to go to school…

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The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working | Book Review

09.04.2010 by Guest 1 comment

A thought-provoking, practical, eye opening book – that’s what I felt after reading The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance” by Tony Schwartz. The book resoundingly dispels the notion that you need to work harder and longer in order to get more done. Instead…

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4 Ways to Handle Money God’s Way

09.03.2010 by Jonathan 6 comments
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Ever feel like your life is stuck in fast forward? From the moment our feet hit the floor in the morning, it seems like we never let up on life’ås gas pedal. When we finally sit down to look at bills, we are exhausted…

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Salesperson? How Honesty Improves Your Sales!

09.02.2010 by John Frainee 7 comments

If you are a salesperson, no doubt you’re constantly looking for new strategies. You’ve tried everything: giving a “special” offer, having a positive attitude and demeanor, or throwing in something for free. But…

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