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Personal Responsibility is the Benchmark for Artist SuccessSelf-honesty is the biggest gift we can give ourselves. Making good decisions is based on this honesty, so be responsible so you'll have the best odds of developing a successful art business. Personality - Easy Ways To Improve ItPersonality cannot be quantified. Personality can be perceived. Why we are delighted to hear somebody is beyond any scientific explanation. Similarly, why we love seeing some body walk is beyond any science. Personality is a mix of traits that gives a whole impression that can be either attractive or disturbing. Personality Test - Are You A Know-All Or No-All?Expert or Generalist - what are you? Are you one who will know more and more about one subject and less and less about others? Or you are one who knows something about everything? Those of us who are experts are surprised that some people on the earth are generalists and vice-versa. Personality Test - Are You A Sports Car?All of you have watched sport cars. They go on a predetermined course at a great speed, taking sweeping turns and demolishing anything that comes on the way. if there is a big obstacle, the sports car will meet with an accident itself. The only objective of such a car is to travel as fast as possible and leave others behind in the race. Personality Test - Do You Have Saintly Qualities?What kind of a person are you? At the time of test, will you prove yourself a good person or fail? All of us think that we are good persons. But when it comes to crunch, not many pass the test. They change suddenly at that moment and become a different person. Personality Type: A Powerful Tool for Improving Your RelationshipUnderstand your partner and improve your communication with the simple system of personality type. Find out where your differences lie, and how to use them to create a stronger relationship. Physical Activity Always Follows Mental ActivityIs your office cluttered? Are you always in a rush and complaining that you don’t have enough time to get it all done? What image do you suppose this is projecting to others around you? What do they think of your chaotic manner of operating? Political Correctness Makes Liars of Us AllHave you noticed that there are certain things you cannot say these days. Instead you are forced to lie and deny the obvious observations and realities that you see? Have you ever considered that in our haste to be nice or political correctness we are making liars of our populations? In doing this are we not promoting deceit? Why are we doing this. Positive Self ConfidenceSelf confident people stay ahead of deadlines - Self confidence is known to make employees more effective in their jobs. Confident employees are capable of taking up complex tasks that require greater commitment and concentration. Confident executives are filled with hope and enthusiasm and are able to charge up the atmosphere of their workplace thereby inspiring people around them. These executives are a great asset to their employers as they have all that it takes to finish to with perfection the task at hand. Self confident people develop a habit of succeeding in whatever task they put their focus on. These guys surely beat deadlines. Practical Ways of Improving Your Self Esteem - Part 1Low self esteem can arise for many and complex reasons. This article looks at some practical ways to understand low self esteem and how others may see you, and how to improve self esteem through improving memory. Practical Ways of Improving Your Self Esteem - Part 2The second of two articles suggesting some practical ways to improve self esteem. This article is about shifting the balance between positive and negative self impressions, in favour of the positive. Practical Ways of Overcoming Shyness - Part 1Shyness can bring great to distress to some people, but it also means they may have characteristics that will help them succeed, and even conquer their shyness. In this first of 3 articles on overcoming shyness, I look at the use of positive thinking in relation to some common characteristics of shy people. Practical Ways of Overcoming Shyness - Part 2 - Tips to Overcome Being Love ShyOne of the most common forms of shyness is love shyness, a type of shyness that even people who are not otherwise shy may suffer from. This article looks of ways to use positive thinking to overcome love shyness. Practice Makes Perfect: Changing Your Communication Habits One Step At a TimeThe concept of practice applies to any skill that you want to cultivate. If you take up a new musical instrument, you will need to practice a while before you're ready to give your first concert. In Aikido, the martial art I study and teach, we get on the mat many times each week to practice and perfect our technique. Principle WinsThe temptation to bend the rules to get ahead is around us every day. While you may think you can get away with it just this one time and keep your integrity intact, you may want to rethink that. Your choice will last forever. Problem Solving Games For GroupsProblem solving games are a great way to exercise your brain, invent new things, have creative ideas and just have fun. Here are a few of the best. Problems or OpportunitiesProblems may be opportunities in disguise. A slight change in perspective and what may cause seemingly endless anxiety can become a source of great reward. The difference in the quality of life is often only a perspective. The real value to this kind of optimism is that it works to produce a healthier and happier life. Problems With Do-Gooder Self-Improvement Types Making Society WeakThere are so many self-improvement types and psychologists working on helping people get through their problems and their stress in life. Many of these psychologists and self-improvement consultants write articles and the give advice, and many of them a mean well. Unfortunately a lot of what I see it is there are many problems with these do-gooder self-improvement types as they are making society weak. Professional DevelopmentProfessional development means increasing knowledge or skill through vocational or continuing education in a person’s professional field. One can enhance his professional career by undertaking a professional development session through study, travel, research, workshops or courses, sabbaticals, internships, apprenticeships, residencies or work with a mentor or master. Generally, a person initiates a professional development course to build up his expertise, augment personal growth, improve teaching abilities and contribute to organizational development. Put Some Bounce In Your SpringLiving bodaciously means making the most aware, informed choice and allowing yourself a "do over" if it's not going as you expected or like. Living bodaciously means we courageously renew ourselves. Put Your Relationship to the TestAny relationship between two people changes as a couple's feelings for each other develop over a period of time, and as these feelings change with life's ups and downs. Let's see what methods there are to test the relationship and give us insights into how we might progress. Quiz - Are You Compassionate With Yourself?We talk of physical abuse. We also talk of emotional abuse. Let us now talk about self-abuse. What is self-abuse? Normally when we talk of any abuse, an outside agent is involved. In self-abuse, we hurt our self. We don't need any outside agency. Our own thoughts, our self-guilt and our self-beating do this for us. Quiz - Are You Optimistic?Do you see the glass as half full or half empty? Are an optimist or a pessimist? Do you know about your thinking pattern? Because most of us do not know how we think. Our thinking is so ingrained in us, for years that we never attempt to analyze it. Quiz - Are You Reliable?We all value those friends who are reliable. It also applies to family members. We do not respect anybody who is not reliable. He/she has lost our trust. In every relationship, trust is of primary importance. If you cannot rely on me, what use am I as a friend? What about you? Are you reliable? Quiz - Do You Pamper Yourself Or Beat Yourself If You Make A Mistake?What do you do with yourself if you make a mistake? Quiz yourself and find out. You may be even knowing the answer if you are on either extreme. But most of us don't know the answer because we are unaware of our subtle behavior. All right, let me ask you. Suppose you are doing house cleaning and you drop a costly vase costing thousands of dollars? Quiz - What Is Your Strength?All of us have pluses and minuses. All of us have strengths and weaknesses. For some of us, our job may be our weakness, for some others it may be our friendship. For few others, it is their children or partner. In this manner we all have a weakness for which we will try utmost. Similarly we have strengths. Let us focus on strengths. Quiz Yourself- Are You A Heart Or A Head?Human beings are emotional animals. At the same time we analyze and think with our head. In any given situation, heart or head does not always guide our response. Read Minds Using Simple TechniquesCan you read minds? You can with a little practice and the right techniques. Here are a few of the easiest ways. Reading Fiction - Where is Your Favorite Place to Indulge?For many people reading fiction is a very private endeavour but for others the only time they get to read is when they are out in public. If you are wondering where you can read and what is the best kind of reading material for each location read on Reading Fiction – How it Enriches Brain FunctioningThe brain is the only organ that gets better with age. That is, if it is properly nurtured. In this article, a learning expert encourages the reading of fiction as one pleasurable way to exercise the old brain cells.Records: 481-510 from 758