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Designing A Life - We Each Get The Chance

As we pass through the Seven Gateways to Enchantment again and again and become a true Enchanted Self, we see that life is all about living and then telling and retelling the stories of our lives to get the most positive juice from our stories.This...
Dr. Barbara Becker HolsteinJune 01, 2004

The Communal Sharing of Enchantment

Mentoring and learning from each other is much more that taking a course or explicitly giving someone advice or help. Almost every moment of every day when we are with people has the potential for becoming a mentoring or a learning situation.
Dr. Barbara Becker HolsteinJune 01, 2004

Go Ahead...Rearrange My Face!

I've been known to be somewhat opinionated. Oops. My wife just caught that typo. I am told I have been known to be VERY opinionated. I have at least two opinions on just about every topic.
David LeonhardtJune 01, 2004

A Leader’s Ultimate Goal – Connect to Engage!

Connect and Engage! Your People Are Your Power.It's been said many times that true leadership is measured by ones ability to motivate and influence others.
Richard Todd GorhamJune 01, 2004

For Speaking Ease, Forgive Your Younger Self

I love the Disney movie The Kid with Bruce Willis. In it he plays a stressed-out, high-power image consultant. He wears expensive suits, lives in a chic, elegantly furnished home and has all the money he can spend.
Melissa Mayers LewisMay 30, 2004

A Defence of Cultural Intelligence

When humans set off to address fundamental issues about what and how life is to be, two important questions exercise the conscience though a middle-ground question could arise from these two.
Stephen Ainsah-MensahMay 29, 2004

Journey to Haypress Creek

It was the end of my first year as a graduate student, and my personal stock had risen somewhat due to long hours of hard work. Now a fabulous opportunity presented itself in the form of a research project in the northern Sierras in a locality...
Sandin PhillipsonMay 29, 2004

Benefits To Having An Education

If you look back to the 70s and 80s, many people were able to get by without even having a high school diploma. You could get a labor job and make $20 an hour without much effort. These days, these jobs are much harder to acquire.
Ryan McKenzieMay 29, 2004

Self Hypnosis or Shelf Hypnosis?

Self hypnosis is usually thought of as a person listening to an audio tape, mp3, or other mass-produced media, intended to induce a willingness to absorb suggestions centered around a specific topic such as weight loss, stop smoking, etc.
Richard A. Blumenthal, MS, NCCMay 29, 2004

Run Towards Fear: A Prescription for Success

Fear, or negative anxiety, is the modern day bubonic plague, infecting millions upon millions of people. It spreads with viral effect, and leaves behind consequences of mediocrity and regret.
Dr. Leif H. SmithMay 29, 2004