Self Improvement Articles (Sorted by popularity)

7 Secrets to On-Target Goals Every Time

The final step in the process is the carefully laid stepping stones guiding you right up to the realization of your Vision. Now you’re ready to gain control of the process by applying these 7-steps to each new Goal.1.
Karin SyrenFebruary 13, 2006

Ugh! How To Answer This Interview Question: Tell Me About Yourself

How in the world to answer this question: Tell Me About Yourself! Let me analyze the process from both viewpoints: Yourself and the employer. You: (What can I say that this employer wants to hear?
Marilyn J. Tellez, M.A.November 07, 2005

There Is No Try

Luke stands before Yoda in the movie, The Empire Strikes Back.Luke’s face is alight. He’s astounded that Yoda was able to lift the spaceship from the swamp, when Luke could barely move it."I don’t believe it," he says in...
Sean D'SouzaOctober 10, 2005

A Leadership Lesson: Two Guys With Guns

Raymond Chandler author of the famous Philip Marlowe detective stories advised writers suffering from writers' block: "Whenever you get stuck, have two guys walk through the door with guns."Leadership has its own "leader's...
Brent FilsonAugust 25, 2005

What Do You Want This Year?

Christmas is all around us, and many people are making up wish lists. Those who aren’t doing that are busy setting down their New Year’s Resolutions already. But this is a good time to sit down and do some serious introspection.What do you...
Angie DixonDecember 02, 2004

Happy Talk and 3 Simple Secrets to Happiness

What is the one thing you want more than anything else for the people you love the most? If you had a magic wand what would you grant your family and friends? What is it that everyone wants? To be happy!
Peter MurphyNovember 04, 2004

Does Internet Dating Work?

What’s the Number One Question that Everyone Asks About CyberDating?Everyone -- and that included YOU! -- wants to know: "Does Internet Dating Work?" Well, I KNOW it works, and in the best possible way, because I met my husband Drew...
Kathryn LordSeptember 14, 2004

The Enchanted Cottage

Decades ago, I saw a metaphysical movie that wonderfully illustrates the alchemical power of love. In "The Enchanted Cottage," a homely, self-effacing maid and a blind, crippled war hero fall in love.
Judith PenningtonMarch 31, 2004

Oldies

Direct Answers - Column for the week of January 5, 2004I am a captain in the Marine Corps. A year ago my wife cheated on me with another Marine. He lived in an apartment facing ours, which I passed every day on my way to work.
Wayne and TamaraJanuary 02, 2004

Detour

Direct Answers - Column for the week of March 3, 2003I've been looking for so long to find someone to secretly talk to, to gain some insight, validation, or hope.
Wayne and TamaraFebruary 25, 2003