Have you ever felt like you are living on autopilot – doing the same old routine every day, going with the flow, and waiting to see where your life takes you? If you’re feeling burned out, it’s time to refuel yourself and learn to create new beginnings for yourself that you can sustain. Here are…
When it comes to advertising, we have a tendency to avoid lines and words that have been used time and again. While we want our advertisements to be original, there are certain words and lines that really attract people. Here are 10 power words in advertising. Somewhere deep in our psyches, words have very specific…
It happens to the best of us, and it must be dealt with. Whether it’s an irate customer or a disgruntled employee, small business owners have to learn how to disarm the crabby people that affect our sales and customer service reviews. Using customer service skills like kindness can disarm even the most irate customer….
Does your purse feel like a carry-on-luggage? It’s time to downsize your purse, and I’m here to help. Here are 5 ways to minimize the weight you carry on your shoulder. Your friends call you Mary Poppins because they know if they need anything, you can reach into your bag and produce it for them….
All couples have those moments when they’d like to put their significant other in a headlock. Most relationships have disagreements in some way or another, which normally leads to the typical verbal and nonverbal disagreements that we’ve come to know and love (sarcasm). However, it’s how those disagreements pan out that declare whether or not a relationship…
In an ideal world, no one could ever do wrong, and there would be no need for forgiveness (of others or ourselves), but that just isn’t reality. The truth is that people make mistakes all the time and it’s how you deal with the aftermath in a relationship that really determines what happens next. Here…
If you’re telling yourself that you’re not that good, and no one has a reason to like you, I’m here to tell you that you’re wrong. It’s easy to go down that slippery road of self-doubt, but don’t do it! See below how to start believing in yourself again. My friend Kayla used to have…
Since I graduated from high school, I have lived all over. I have experienced staying in a coed dormitory, lived with a family with 3 little noisy kids, rented a 3-bedroom condominium with 9 other friends, and been squeezed into a little bedroom with 5 other roommates. Talk about having a hard time managing time!…
After reading a lot of self-help articles, I noticed that most of them concentrate more on “kick-starting” ourselves and on the happy ending or the beautiful future that awaits us when we go for what we want. They’re missing the middle part, which is what happens in between having the courage to follow our dreams…
Life can always be better. We should always look for ways to improve our lives, even when (or if) seems to be perfect at the moment. When I was younger, I was kind of an introvert. I didn’t feel comfortable socializing with people except for a few friends from school and one from my neighborhood…