When it comes to sleep disorders, the more common complaints are from people who are having trouble falling asleep and getting “quality” sleep. Not much have been said about those on the others side of the coin. Some people have the opposite problem. They sleep too much… I personally used to sleep up to 14 hours a “night”. Sometimes I’d…
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Don T Regret Past Mistakes Embrace Them
Perhaps one of the biggest stumbling blocks in becoming successful is past regrets. Too many times we become so obsessed with all of the times in the past when we were unable to achieve our goals that we believe we are doomed to fail at anything we do. What actually happens is that we “program” ourselves to fail. We are…
Personal Development Procrastinators
Do you dream of a better life, more money, healthy loving relationships, greater freedom, more job satisfaction and reaching all those long cherished goals? Ask yourself why you haven’t achieved them yet. I bet you can come up with a dozen or more excuses. However, if most people are honest with themselves there is only one reason why their life…
The Opportunity Cost Of Doing Business
Opportunity may be seen as the existence of a situation whereby it presents itself to an individual or group of individuals to profit in someway by pursuing it in a certain manner? The results may yield a favourable outcome for the pursuer(s) but the reason only a small amount of opportunity is exploited to present its rewards is that along…
False Failures Worse Than Real Failures
Better to fail for real than fail to really fail. Huh? We know you’ve experienced this. Let’s say you just added some new functionality into your software, and you run a new build. And let’s say that 50% of your test cases fail. What is the first thing you assume? We’ve asked this same question as our “teaser pitch” last…
As Long As You Try Your Best There Is No Such Thing As Failure
I always say to my children, as long as you try your best, there is no such thing as failure. I believe this one hundred percent and it is a philosophy I am trying to install into my kids. When I worked in the insurance industry, I used to sit the insurance examinations. I would always study hard and give…
Protecting Your Small Business Opportunities
There are many small business opportunities out there that can bring business oriented individuals a lot of pride as well as a lot of money and success. Unfortunately, running a company is not as easy as simply swinging the doors open and letting the customers come in. Even if one has a very strong client or consumer base, they may…
How To Have Your Final Smoke Today Forever
Take it from someone who has learnt how to stop smoking after 17 years; you have to make the decision to have your final smoke. I wrote in a previous article about the necessity to get your mind right first when considering how to stop smoking. It is like anything in life, if you go at this uncommitted you will…
Baltimore Schools May Change Graduation Requirements
For decades, graduating Baltimore Schools seniors have had to show that they have met or exceeded their school’s educational requirements, typically in the form of a standardized test such as the SAT or ACT. Many school districts have adopted tests that have been designed by their state’s DOE (Department of Education). While lots of kids do well on these types…
Studying Tips The Strategies Of Successful Students
Part of doing what I do means that I get a lot of time to study successful people at the top of their game. One type that I really like to study is successful students that I can learn better studying techniques from. Lucky for me, being based in Oxford I have no shortage of students to study. Here are…