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Video: Bee Gees - Too Much Heaven - Music for Unicef

Fiona

Beautiful song and very genereous contribution

Six Quick Ways to Boost Your Confidence

Sceptic

Six surefire ways to make your self-esteem climb to new heights. Here's some ways which will slip you into that confident state. When you feel more confident, you give yourself permission to act and behave differently.

Video: Montaigne on Self-Esteem - Philosophy Guide to Happiness

Galen

This video looks at the problem of self-esteem from the perspective of Michel de Montaigne (16th Century), the French philosopher who singled out three main reasons for feeling bad about oneself - sexual inadequecy, failure to live up to social norms, and intellectual inferiority - and then offered practical solutions for overcoming them.

Five Inspiration Hacks for Creative People

Neatly

The most common problem faced by anyone trying to create something, no matter what their subject or level of experience, is lack of inspiration. Sure, some of us will suffer from it more often than others but there is no avoiding it. Sooner or later you’ll find yourself in a creative desert struggling to do something - anything that doesn’t come across dry and lifeless. Here's a list of 5 Inspiration “Hacks” for creative types to help get you through the dry spell.

Video: Socrates on Self-Confidence - Philosophy Guide to Happiness

Galen

Why do so many people go along with the crowd and fail to stand up for what they truly believe? It's partly because they are too easily swayed by other people's opinions and partly because they don't know when to have confidence in their own.

How to Empower Your Life with 10 Empowerment Tips

Fiona

Do you know how to empower your life? Have you tried and failed. I'm sure you would love to know what the secrets to success are wouldn't you? Then read on...

Inspirational Poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling

Neatly

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you... If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you but make allowance for their doubting too... If you can wait and not be tired by waiting... Or being lied about, don't deal in lies... Or being hated, don't give way to hating and yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise...

Want Success? Learn to Listen

LkPow

Learning the art of listening can help you become more successful in business and in your personal life. You can develop deeper friendships, keener professional awareness, and a more meaningful understanding with your partner. You can experience greater fulfillment in your relationships due to conversations holding a deeper meaning.

The Secret to Huge Breakthroughs on Your Goals

Neatly

Chances are you made some New Year's Resolutions back on Jan 1st. And for some, you might be wondering how a month went by with such little progress on your goals. There is a way to reach your goals faster and easier than your current method. In fact it's so powerful and surefire that many people avoid it. Why? Find out more...

How to Accept Criticism with Grace and Appreciation

Fiona

How do you deal with criticism? I think the first reaction for most of us is to defend ourselves, or worse yet to lash back. And yet, while criticism can be taken as hurtful and demoralizing, it can also be viewed in a positive way: it is honesty, and it can spur us to do better. It’s an opportunity to improve. Find out more...

So Like Us: Monkeys Hate Admitting Errors, Too

Awakened

The endowment effect, an effort to resolve cognitive dissonance - to neutralise the conflict between the knowledge that you've chosen one thing and the idea that another thing might be preferable. Why should monkeys, or people for that matter, evolve such behaviour?

What is Employee Empowerment?

LkPow

Employee empowerment is is a way for non-managerial staff to make autonomous decisions without consulting a boss or manager. These self-willed decisions can be small or large. Employee empowerment can begin with training and converting a whole company to an empowerment model.

Video: The Paradox of Choice - Why More Is Less

Galen

Modern life gives us too many choices. Instead of making us happier they seem to make us miserable. This video is a recording of lecture and is rather long (more than 1 hour). However, if you have time it is definitely worth every minute. It is very contra-intuitive and thought provoking.

Goal Setting: Powerful Written Goals In 7 Easy Steps

Healer

What is the difference between a dream and a goal? Once again, the written word. Goal setting however is more than simply scribbling down some ideas on a piece of paper. Our goals need to be complete and focused, much like a road map, and that is the purpose behind the rest of this article. If you follow the 7 goal setting steps outlined in this article you will be well on your way to becoming an expert in building the road maps to your goals.

Interactive Tool: How Long Are You Going To Live? Life Expectancy Calculator

Melissa

The Living to 100 Life Expectancy Calculator uses the most current and carefully researched medical and scientific data in order to estimate how old you will live to be. Most people score in their late eighties... how about you?