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7 Keys to Successful Public Speaking

Change Your Life | The Change Blog -- The year was 2001. I was asked to give a “toast” at my sister’s wedding; I reluctantly agreed to do so. The wedding day came and the wedding ceremony seemed to go by in a flash. Before I knew it, I was the next person to speak. My arm pits began to sweat profusely. I felt a cold chill run down my spine. I began to think of the thousands of the things that could go wrong. My heart started to pump b...     11-20
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Want to Change? Stop Setting Goals.

Change Your Life | The Change Blog -- Image courtesy of Jesse Millan One of the most widespread ideas in the world of personal development is SMART goal-settingit seems to have seeped into every self-help, business development and corporate training program out there. Just in case you’ve somehow managed to avoid attending these workshopsor more likely slept through themSMART is an acronym for a set of criteria that people are encourag...     11-18
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10 Steps to Creative Career Changes

Change Your Life | The Change Blog -- Image courtesy of Tiago Ribeiro A percussionist has a way of creating music out of a couple twigs and an iron pot. A dancer can turn an empty room into a mosaic of movement. Why not use your own inherent creative capacities to be the artist of your own life? We often feel trapped; unable to change directions while on the roads we travel. But just as a writer can overcome creative blocks when stari...     11-17
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A Story of Change: The Slothful Genius

Change Your Life | The Change Blog -- Image courtesy of MadMolecule I was (ok Ill admit it, still am) a quite disorganized guy. In addition, I have a reputation for outstanding achievements at different competitions in the domains of physics, sociology, languages, chemistry, and so on. Due to this quite bizarre combination I was known as the slothful genius of the school. Now, regarding being a slothI admit my bad ways and do my best ...     11-13
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The Limits of Our Freedom

Change Your Life | The Change Blog -- Image courtesy of h.koppdelaneyViktor Fankl, the Austrian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, wrote in Man’s Search for Meaning, ‘Between stimulus and response there is a space, and in that space lies all our freedom.’ In the most extreme conditions of privation imaginable, Frankl discovered that he was, remarkably, free to choose his response to any situation.I love this quote because it sums up...     11-12
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Feeling Down? 39 Ways to Boost Your Mood

Change Your Life | The Change Blog -- Image courtesy of *ZaraOur moods are like weather, constantly changing.  When a cloud appears, it’s time to mobilize all your resources to help you get through it.  Whether you feel blue, blah, or just plain gloomy, here are some useful ways to help the cloud pass a little more quickly.Note:  If your symptoms are extreme enough to affect your daily functioning for two weeks or more, or if you have...     11-10
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Focusing Your Mind On The Difficult

Change Your Life | The Change Blog -- Image courtesy of jin.thaiCompetitively, that which is easy gets you very little. If it is easy, anyone can do it, so it is of low value. Tying your shoes in a special way will get you no recognition from anyone except maybe a kindergartener. Doing a couple of simple math problems to review for a placement test won’t help you much. The point of tests and the free market is to separate those that g...     11-05
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Planning is Good, Doing is Better

Change Your Life | The Change Blog -- Image courtesy of MuhaA few months back, during a conversation with one of my mentors, he said something that I will remember for the rest of my life.  “All this planning and focusing is good, but doing is better” was the exact phrase that came out of his mouth.  It hit me like a ton of bricks.  It was one of those “aha” moments we get every so often.Now the reason he was saying this to me is beca...     10-30
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How Getting Used To Silence Can Help Your Productivity

Change Your Life | The Change Blog -- Image courtesy of Vinyl Guy17Sitting alone in a quiet place can be a difficult experience.  Without distractions, we can feel bombarded by unpleasant thoughts and emotions.  All the ways we’re unhappy about ourselves and our lives come raging back into our awareness when there’s space for them to come up.It’s no surprise, then, that our culture is hostile to silence.  Everywhere we go, it seems, w...     10-27
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Why You Struggle to Connect With Others

Change Your Life | The Change Blog -- Image courtesy of James JordanIn this day and age, it’s quite apparent that people are connecting everywhere. From the local pub to the cafe across the street, from the stands at the little league baseball field to one of the seemingly infinite number of online chat rooms, people are constantly connecting with each other.Gone are the days of never talking to strangers. Gone are the days when peopl...     10-20
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3 Shortcuts to Faster, Easier Change

Change Your Life | The Change Blog -- Image courtesy of Sator ArepoIt takes time to make positive changes in our lives. Often, it’s not the external circumstances which are hardest to change – but our internal state. It only takes a few seconds to hand in your resignation letter and quit your job, but it can take months of slowly building your courage (and your emergency fund) before you get to that point.And all too often, we feel as...     10-16
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You Are Already Whole

Change Your Life | The Change Blog -- Image courtesy of Evil ErinSome of us have had a tough go of it in life.  We have had experiences, maybe starting at a very young age, that have affected our self-esteem, relationships, and ability to succeed in life.  We might be dealing with depression or anxiety or have difficulty coping.  These experiences are commonly called “wounds.” We feel damaged and strive to heal through psychotherapy a...     10-13
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Healing Emotional Wounds

Change Your Life | The Change Blog -- Image courtesy of Lovely PetalAre you wounded? Have you ever tried to put some water on a fresh wound? If you have, you must have felt some pain. Water, which can never harm you if you were not injured, has just made you feel some pain when it touched your wound, simply because when we develop a wound we tend to become over sensitive to factors that didn’t bother us before. The same goes for emoti...     10-10
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6 Steps to Breaking Bad Habits

Change Your Life | The Change Blog -- Image courtesy of Valentin.Ottone The rule of Habit:Every time you re-perform an activity it gets easier and easier to perform; to the point where virtually no mental effort will eventually be involved in the re-performance of the activity.  The opposite of this is also true, whenever you refrain from an activity it becomes increasingly more difficult to perform, until you have virtually no desire...     10-07
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Finding Happiness Within

Change Your Life | The Change Blog -- Image courtesy of L’Enfant TerribleIn my last post on The Change Blog, I talked about disconnecting your happiness from others – how when you depend on others for your happiness you only make yourself (and others) more unhappy. Instead, I said, you need to find happiness within.Easier said than done though, I know. To find happiness within, you can go to coaches, psychologists, psychiatrists, coun...     10-02
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The Seven Deadly Sins - The Secret to Language Learning

Change Your Life | The Change Blog -- Image courtesy of AJoelle_xo This is my confiteor, my confession, my mea culpa.  I speak 10 languages and I have achieved this result by sinning. Whats more, I have not committed just any old sin. I have indulged in the seven deadly sins. 1. Extravagance I love showing off my languages. I am learning Russian. If I hear Russian speakers, I will immediately accost them and inflict my grammatically i...     09-30
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Don’t Hang Your Happiness On Others

Change Your Life | The Change Blog -- Image courtesy of Jenna Carver Wheres the line between your happiness and the happiness of others? A lot of people blur the boundary and hang their happiness on others. Unfortunately by doing so, they pretty much guarantee unhappiness for everyone involved. No matter who is in your life, whether its children, spouse, friends or family members, your happiness has to come from within first. And then...     09-26
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How to Double Your Chances for Success

Change Your Life | The Change Blog -- Image courtesy of Nicholas T “If you shoot for the stars, you’ll at least hit the moon.” Want to reach your goals for next month?  Here’s the best way to do it…. Let’s say you want to lose 4lbs next month.  Instead of putting together a workout routine where you’ll lose 4lbs, put together a workout routine where you’ll burn enough calories to lose 8lbs; instead of working out 1 hour a day, workout...     09-18
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The Two Most Important Words For Changing Your Life

Change Your Life | The Change Blog -- Image courtesy of .tess If you had to pick just two words, two little words, that would empower you to change your life, what would they be? Mine would be “I can”. You’ve probably heard various personal development experts, life coaches, or self-appointed gurus tell you not to say “I can’t”. But why exactly are those two little words “I can” so important? What do they add up to and how do they wor...     09-10
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5 Ways to Improve Your Life Starting Today

Change Your Life | The Change Blog -- Image courtesy of Drewsky Mac I can’t think of anyone who doesn’t want to significantly improve their life.  The good news is: Every moment is an opportunity to become better than we’ve been in the past.  This is a brief article on 5 great ways to improve your life starting today.  I challenge you to take action on each of these items; they will change your life if you do. 1. Become an Eclectic Re...     09-03
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