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WATCH: Needing to Be Comforted

Brad Yates | Posted 05.17.2013 | Healthy Living
Brad Yates

Life has its ups and downs, and it's not unusual that we should feel a need to be comforted when we are more aware of the downs. Because of past programming, though, too often our ways of comforting ourselves are less than ideal, especially in terms of our health.

4 Things That Are Totally Worth The Wait

Posted 05.16.2013 | Healthy Living

By Sam Ferrigno for HooplaHa.com. Happiness comes to those who wait. These four things are worth delaying that sought-after crave for instant grati...

How Americans Are Redefining Success -- And Prioritizing Happiness

The Huffington Post | Carolyn Gregoire | Posted 05.15.2013 | Healthy Living

Despite recent research suggesting that money can in fact buy happiness, more Americans are redefining success and happiness in a way that doesn't inv...

Sell More You By Selling Less You

Daniel Newman | Posted 05.15.2013 | Small Business
Daniel Newman

If you want to be able to genuinely help another person and build a meaningful relationship, you have to know enough about the person to actually help them.

Threat vs. Challenge in Sports: The Difference Between Victory and Failure

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 05.15.2013 | Sports
Dr. Jim Taylor

I have found that a simple distinction appears to lie at the heart of whether athletes are able to rise to the occasion and perform their best when it...

How One Little Comma Can Change Your Life

Deirdre Maloney | Posted 05.15.2013 | Healthy Living
Deirdre Maloney

Life's commas are just like the ones we got used to during those mundane classroom lessons. They are a time to pause, reflect, catch our breath then move on. They aren't the end.

What if Einstein Had Been in Business?

Richard Koch | Posted 05.14.2013 | Business
Richard Koch

Time is not an independent variable in business. It is part of the fabric of your product offering. It is part of what we all offer. It is the route to higher profits and happier customers.

The Pleasure and Pain of Rejection

Leslie Goshko | Posted 05.14.2013 | Comedy
Leslie Goshko

At one time or another we've all felt the bitch-slap of rejection, I'm no exception. The following are some excerpts from rejection letters I've recently received.

The 4 Essential Steps to Launching Your BIG Dream

Kathy Caprino | Posted 05.14.2013 | Small Business
Kathy Caprino

I've learned a great deal about dreaming big and bringing these visions successfully into the world, through my own reinvention journey and from helping hundreds of others. From these experiences, I've found there are four essential steps to birthing big dreams successfully

10 Team Trouble Signs

Robert C. Crosby, D.Min. | Posted 05.13.2013 | Business
Robert C. Crosby, D.Min.

When unresolved conflicts emerge in the team environment, they are intentionally overlooked and disregarded. The more this is done, however, the more these negatives influences and motivation drainers grow and emerge, sapping the life right out of the team.

Are You Listening to the Wrong Feedback?

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 05.13.2013 | Healthy Living
Lisa Earle McLeod

One of the secrets of success is knowing which feedback to listen to, and which feedback to ignore. Here are three litmus tests to determine whether your feedback-giver is a valid source.

In Order to Grow, We Must Be Willing to Heal

Christine Eilvig | Posted 05.13.2013 | Healthy Living
Christine Eilvig

If we want to move forward in a nurturing way, we must be willing to also look inside. Willing to go deep healing on our dysfunctional patterns and issues.

The Secret To Being Successful

Murray Rosenbaum | Posted 05.13.2013 | Teen
Murray Rosenbaum

The feeling is different for everyone, whether it's a kind of euphoric feeling of butterflies in your stomach, or just smiling and not being able to express any other emotion than happiness. Everyone, at some point in their lives, has experienced success.

Redefining Success in Our Post-Careerist Culture

Douglas LaBier | Posted 05.13.2013 | Business
Douglas LaBier

Redefining success in today's workplace is less characterized by self-interest alone, and more by expanding one's capacities and impact through support and contribution to the larger effort or mission. It's marked by moving beyond extracting value just for yourself, to contributing value.

Solving Poverty: A Business Plan Called 'Hard Work'

John Hope Bryant | Posted 05.10.2013 | Impact
John Hope Bryant

This week I met Mr. Eric McLean, a mobile notary public here in Atlanta, Ga. who came by my office to have me sign some documents. As we signed documents I asked a fairly simply question -- "Eric, how did you become a notary?"

Does Professional Trump Personal When It Comes to 'Having It All'?

Jen Grisanti | Posted 05.10.2013 | Los Angeles
Jen Grisanti

Is our quest for professional success trumping our ability to be truly intimate and open to everything that comes with a relationship? I have come to find with my own professional success that it does come at a cost to my personal life.

Top 8 Recommendations for Success From Steve Forbes

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.08.2013 | Small Business
Peter Diamandis

If anyone has seen success and failure on a global stage, it's my friend Steve Forbes. I had the pleasure to get from Steve his top eight recommendations for success. Here they are, all great pearls of wisdom that you can apply immediately.

Hey Fellas, Lean Back

John Gerzema | Posted 05.08.2013 | Business
John Gerzema

For women, Sandberg's message of "lean in" is a strong thought for many to follow. Yet there is also a burgeoning movement of innovative men and women who are deploying feminine values as competitive advantage. To men, we would advise them to step back, to allow for listening, reflecting, and subtler creativity.

Mark Williams: Anyone Can Be Wise

Mark Williams | Posted 05.31.2013 | Women
Mark Williams

While wisdom is not the enemy of emotional commitment nor of cool rationality, neither strong emotion nor logic alone are the best route to the wise mind. While only few can be clever, anyone -- no matter what their job, age or status -- can be wise.

From Limitation to Liberation: A Two Step Process for Overcoming Internal Obstacles

Michael_Eisen | Posted 05.07.2013 | Books
Michael_Eisen

The more you work on changing your beliefs and letting go of the ones that are holding you back, the more liberated and empowered you will feel to create the life you have always dreamed of!

Suze Orman: The 8 Qualities of a Successful Life

Suze Orman | Posted 05.31.2013 | Women
Suze Orman

There are no money problems. There are people problems. Success is not how many zeroes your bank account has. It's about making the most of the life you have.

Empowering Ourselves Through Others

Faisal Hoque | Posted 05.06.2013 | Business
Faisal Hoque

We need to make sure our people are ready for any changes, including the most unexpected, even unprecedented challenges, which have become the norm in a rapidly changing global marketplace and society.

Why Summer Jobs Matter

Dedrick Muhammad | Posted 05.03.2013 | Black Voices
Dedrick Muhammad

With African-American and Latino communities already experiencing disproportionately high rates of unemployment, it's important to seize opportunities that position our youth to compete in a 21st century global workforce.

Is This The Key To Success?

Jane Han | Posted 05.01.2013 | Teen
Jane Han

If the pro and con mindset is the real way to get to where we want in the future, it is finally time for schools to say goodbye to the old learning scheme: obedience is the answer to a happy, successful life.

The Secret To Being More Creative

Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D. | Posted 05.01.2013 | Healthy Living
Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D.

In his wildly popular 2006 TED talk, Sir Ken Robinson defined creativity as "the process of having original ideas that have value." Aside from being wonderfully succinct, this definition implies that any creative enterprise requires two key phases.