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Build Confidence With A Package Of Successes

February 7, 2010 / 4 Comments

This is a guest post by Armen Shirvanian.
To get into a state of feeling winning confidence, you need to form a foundation of successes for that confidence to lean on. A person who feels hesitation or weakness to implement a plan, or to ask for something, would be smart in building up a package [...]

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Are You Toxic?

February 4, 2010 / 3 Comments

This is a guest post by Bianca Perilli.
This might be old news, but I am just BLOWN AWAY by the alarming statistics of disease in our country.  Did you know that 80% of Americans are overweight and 30% are considered to be obese?  Worse, The World Health Organization states that 75% of all American deaths [...]

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30 Day Trial: 4 Lessons Learned from Perfect Class Attendance (and Energy Management)

February 2, 2010 / 5 Comments

In order to satisfy my curiosity about how perfect attendance would affect my school performance, I decided to undertake a 30 day trial, during which time I would not allow myself to miss class; no matter what.
My thoughts going into this experiment was that I would have different types of exposure to the material, be [...]

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8 Simple Steps to Setting Your Priorities in Life

January 14, 2010 / 14 Comments

This is a guest article by Mark Foo
Setting priorities is very important to having an efficient life, but it doesn’t always have to be difficult. When you take the time to set your priorities, you’re more likely to reach your goals and reach them faster. Who wouldn’t want that?
You can learn how to set priorities [...]

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Finish Strong

December 27, 2009 / 10 Comments

“We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.” ~Jim Rohn
The earth shook beside me as the enemy missiles exploded just a few yards away from me. I leaped for cover, only to discover that I [...]

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How to Clear Your Mind

December 21, 2009 / 6 Comments

This is a guest post by Mark Foo
There are many ways to learn how to clear your mind. If you find that your mind is racing and you wish you had better control over it, you can try to find a solution that works for you personally. You can try relaxation techniques and other strategies [...]

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Stop Talking & Start Doing

November 4, 2009 / 18 Comments

This is a guest post by Alex Fayle of SomedaySyndrome.
In one of my favorite fantasy books, Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede, the main character Cimorene finds herself about to be married off to a Prince she can’t stand. Eventually she finds herself in a conversation with a talking frog who asks her what [...]

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Building Self-Esteem (or, Why Are You Worth Feeding?)

October 21, 2009 / 11 Comments

Self-esteem is NOT what you think. It’s not really the ‘I feel good about myself’ emotion. If you would have asked me a year ago, I wouldn’t have guessed that such interesting topics would be taught in dental school, but here I am learning about them.
My favorite class in school right now is Dentist-Patient-Relationship. Here [...]

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I ran for the position of Class Council President for my New York University School of Dentistry class – for our first year. I lost. While not every attempt can result in a win, I believe that we can learn from just about everything.
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