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Are the People in Your Life Helping or Hurting You?

 

"Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,

nor stands in the way of sinners,

nor sits in the seat of scoffers…"

- Psalm 1

Self-help and personal development literature is chock full of the following advice: if you want to make changes in your life, it is extremely important that you associate with like-minded people and avoid those who are negative and non-supportive.

This wisdom is clearly evident in Psalm 1.

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Holistic Internet Marketing: The Mind, Body, and Spirit Approach

What does it mean to take a holistic approach to internet marketing?

How can issues relating to mind, body, and spirit affect internet marketing?

These are very good questions.

The answer lies in one word: balance.

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Forget About "New Age": Tap Into The Ancient Wisdom in Psalms and Proverbs

Many years ago, after reading many "new age", self-help, and personal development books by some of the most poular authors out there, I made what to me was an important discovery:

 

The foundation of all the teaching and advice in these writings can be found in scripture such as the Bible and the eastern Bhagavad-Gita.

 

So now, for wisdom, inspiration, instruction, and advice, I go straight to the source: scripture.

I was pleasantly reminded of this after reading a wonderful post by Cameron Schaefer on Schaefer's Blog entitled "7 Proverbs for Skilled Living".

Like me, Cameron engages in daily reading of scripture:

Nearly every morning for the past 5 years I have sat down and read a chapter from the book of Proverbs.  Since there are 31 in all it sets up nicely for reading one a day.  It continues to amaze me the depth of wisdom found in each chapter covering every area of life from relationships to money to career advice.  – Cameron Schaefer

 

Since Cameron shared some wisdom from Proverbs, I would like to offer the following from Psalms:

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Applying Napoleon Hill's Lesson On Adversity

"Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or a greater Benefit."

- from "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill

 

I love that lesson from Napoleon Hill because it shows us how our beliefs, which include our thoughts, values, and attitudes, directly affect our feelings and actions.

The theory that our beliefs influence our feelings and actions is not new.

This viewpoint was put forward over two thousand years ago by the stoic philosopher Epictetus and his student Marcus Aurelius.

It is not necessarily the events in our lives that shape our actions, but what we choose to believe about these events.

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7 Tips to Start Your Day Off Right

How many of us start the day off abruptly awakened by the alarm clock?

Your first thought as you turn it off, or quickly hit the "snooze" button, is, "Oh no, I just want to stay in bed!"

I realize that quotes from the Bible may not be for everyone, but imagine how different your day would begin if your first thought was:

This is the day which the Lord has made;

Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

-Psalm 118:24

 

What a wonderful prayer!

What a wonderful thought to start your day!

The bottom line is that starting your day off in the "right" frame of mind will work wonders in helping you create the life you desire.

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14 Tips to Smash Information Overload

Information overload paralyzes us.

There is so much information coming at us that we simply cannot process it all.

This is very common among newcomers to internet marketing who often get so overloaded that they do not know where to begin.

This leads to feeling overwhelmed which causes stress and in turn leads to procrastination and avoidance.

This is a very vicious circle.

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Break Free from Being Overwhelmed

Feeling overwhelmed by your massive "to-do" list? Join the club.

For most of us, this seems to be the rule rather than the exception.

Do you find yourself thinking:

• I have to finish this. I've got too much on my plate and I'll never get it all done.
• How did I get myself into this mess?

 

If you're like me you probably feel that you will be less overwhelmed when you finally get a bunch of stuff done.

But that day never seems to arrive!

So how do we deal with this feeling of being overwhelmed?

How can we turn it around and be more productive and less stressed?

An interesting solution is offered by Adam Kayce in a free ebook he wrote, appropriately called "Silencing Overwhelm".

You can get a copy by subscribing to his RSS feed or his weekly newsletter at the Monk at Work blog.

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