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How to See the Sunny Side of Failure

Everyone has one. That friend, family member, or co-worker. You are discouraged because of some failure. And while you are going through a rough time with the challenging emotions dealing with this thing that went wrong, the say things like“it wasn’t that bad”“it could be worse”“just try to be positive” You grit your teeth and …

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How to Change Your Thinking of A Problem

This is a creative problem-solving method that lets you quickly switch from one perspective to another to see all the different sides of the problem and come up with a solution that helps everyone. With this problem-solving skill, you view the situation from different hats, changing the hat to view the situation from various perspectives. …

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How Walking Away Can Help Solve a Problem

How can walking away possibly be an effective problem-solving tool? That sounds an awful lot like quitting. Instead of quitting, think of it as taking a break from trying to solve the problem you are working on. A short lesson in Psychology 101 explains that your mind works on two separate levels, the conscious and …

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How to Explore Possibilities with What If Questions

One of the best ways to understand a problem and come up with new ways to possibly solve it is to perform a what-if analysis. This process if often used in works of research and development to determine possibilities of failure. This is not a complicated process to master and is truly a creative problem-solving …

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How to Use Brainstorming for Problem-Solving

We face problems and conflicts every day. How do you respond when faced with difficulties? One of the most common and creative problem-solving skills is called Brainstorming. You have probably heard the word used in seminars and meetings in an effort to bring about a consensus. Being common doesn’t mean it is unimportant. It works, …

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How to Know if it is Motivation or Inspiration

Do you inspire people? Are you a motivator? Is there a difference between the two? Inspiration and motivation are not the same things. They are, in fact, quite opposite of each other. Inspiration is a strong desire to create, to reach out and make something or do something. Motivation is a general willingness or the …

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5 Things You Can Do Right Now to Change Your Life and Stop Worrying

Worry can get into all the crevices of our lives. We worry about our jobs, our kids, our relationships, money, and a million other things every single day. Once worry sets in and takes over, we can find ourselves paralyzed, ensuring things don’t get done. It doesn’t have to be this way. We can take …

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How to Know if You Have Become Your Own Worst Enemy

4 Signs You Are Your Own Worst Enemy Are you struggling to get ahead?  Perhaps you are having a hard time finding opportunities, or maybe you are not taking advantage of opportunities presented to you. Quite often, the most common reason people don’t succeed is that they’re engaging in self-defeating behaviors not realizing they have …

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How to Follow My Goals and God’s Plan

Following God’s Plan to Crush Your Goals Can you be a Christian and pursue your goals? Or do you have to wait for God to drop everything in your lap? Many Christians believe that pursuing your goals is self-centered and counteracts whatever plan God has in store for us. Scripture does not support this belief. …

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How to Develop Positive Thinking – 5 Steps

5 Ways to Develop Positive Thinking How is your day going? Is it one of those blah days when you wish you could say something more than a mumbled ‘fine’ when asked ‘how are you?’ Everything isn’t fine, but you know that is the proper response. What if you could actually say ‘fine’ and mean …

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