Abby’s a single mom who’s feeling her life’s a little out of control. At the beginning of the year she’d resolved to start living a healthier lifestyle by …
Fast Cities: Culture, Front and Center: Dallas | Fast Company
Fast Cities: Culture, Front and Center: Dallas | Fast CompanyPhotograph by Nigel Young/Foster + PartnersFast Company considers the top cities in many different categories. Dallas' new AT&T Performing Arts Center has propelled the City of Dallas to be at the top of the list for putting Culture Front and Center. I have written articles about the Arts District and there are a lot of cultural activities not only in the Arts District but all over the DFW Metroplex.It seems that all the cities ...
Exercising the Mind – It’s like a muscle
I have been advocating this for awhile and now it's cropping up like a weed in many blog forums etc that I subscribe to. Your mind needs exercise, are you getting enough? As we finish up the season of Lent and try to take hold of our New Year's resolutions to exercise more, eat better and lose weight - - what have we done to exercise our mind.I subscribe to a daily thought and a weekly article from various sources, but this one struck me hard today. From Napoleon Hill Foundation, it stated ...
The Seeds of Perfectionism
I had a conversation with my mother today about my dad. He was upset and she couldn't figure out why. At once she thought that maybe it was her fault that she was rushing him. But that wasn't the problem until finally he blurted it out.He is 70 years old and still works part time at the airport. He was upset because he missed 2 questions on a certification test. Now, he has worked at the same function for upwards of 35 years and has always been a person that works hard and takes his work ...
The Multiplier Effect or Affect?
My coworker today explained to me that his mother was an english lit major and constantly drilled in him the difference in Effect and Affect. If you want to talk about a result or something that was caused or brought about then use effect. If you mean a noun or a verb that describes an influence rather than a cause you use affect.How did this little lesson impact the thought process for today's topic of being fruitful? Am I the effect or affect towards contributing more to my life and others ...
10 Most Powerful Words in English used in Advertising
http://durkeygurl.wordpress.comThere are some words listed in the article in the link above that are POWER words. Whether they are used in advertising and promotions or just in everyday conversations it makes a big difference in interpersonal conversations.What I'd like to do is discuss how some of these words can be used in the workplace. Specifically words such as YOU, Discover, Save and New.YOU - this is from my advertising 101 class. People want to hear about themselves, ...
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