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Is Listening the Opposite of Talking?

Do you think that listening is the opposite of talking? I think the opposite of talking is waiting to talk. However, listening is the key

February 11, 2008

Are You Turning Your Strengths Into Weaknesses?

Are your weaknesses hardwired, or can your brain develop new connections and make you able to do things you never could before?

February 7, 2008

From Workaholic to Achievement Junkie to Husband, Father, and Friend

Read my post over at IWillChangeYourLife.com, titled changing habits: from workaholic to achievement junkie to husband, father and friend.

February 6, 2008

Here’s a Method That’s Helping People To Live Their Lives Today

You’ve probably done one of those exercises where you imagine your own funeral and what people would say about you, in an effort to determine what parts of your life you might want to change now. You may have also been asked, and even thought seriously, about what you would do if you knew you only had a few months or a few days to live. I’d like to suggest an even more extreme exercise right now.

February 6, 2008

Personal Development: Can We Grow in Troubled Economic Times?

Lately the news has been full of negative things about mortgage issues, a weak economy and rising energy prices. Is there a way we can

February 5, 2008

A New Generation Sees a Better Life by Throwing Out the Status Quo

They are being called Millennials: the otherwise known as Generation Y – those born between roughly 1976 and 2000. They may come from different races, backgrounds, and socio-economic statuses, but one thing is for certain – they are ready for change.

February 4, 2008

My Next Guest Appearance on ‘Money Sense’ Radio Show

I’ll be making my fourth appearance on Karen Ellenbecker’s Money Sense radio program. My appearance is scheduled for Sunday February 3rd, but don’t worry there

February 2, 2008

You Can Find Emotional Maturity in 3 Simple Ways

Emotional maturity is not something that is automatically given to someone when they turn 18. Emotional maturity is something that we must develop in our lives by knowing how to respond to situations in a mature and responsible manner.

January 26, 2008

Are you doing everything you can to keep your resolutions?

A few weeks ago I wrote about the importance of planning and keeping your New Year’s resolutions. Now that we are a few weeks into

January 21, 2008

Small Business Trends Column – Who Else (Besides a Majority of Business Professionals) Wants Work Life Balance in 2008?

A nationwide survey sheds some light as to what people think will help them achieve their business goals in 2008. What made the top of the list? Achieving a work-life balance!

This should come to no surprise to many of you reading this. It seems we are all working longer hours and spending more time trying to keep up with technology rather than using it to help us achieve productivity gains. We’ve become victims of our own success; often times forgetting about those people we share a house with — our family.

January 17, 2008

If You Don’t Live for Today, You’ll Never Enjoy Tomorrow

Are you the type of person who is always looking towards the future because you believe that you can’t take much more of the present? The kind of person who always thinks that tomorrow will bring a relief from our problems and obstacles, so we just need to wait and they will all magically go away? Many people tend to live in the future (that is, if they aren’t living in the past!) and fail to realize the opportunities available to them in the present. They think that tomorrow will bring a wave of happiness – and that we can just hide from the problems in our lives today to make it until then.

January 14, 2008

Build a Legacy You Can Be Proud Of

Do you have a real desire for your “fifteen minutes of fame?” Most people would answer this question yes, without thinking about it. Of course we want fame.

But do you really want fame, or do you want a legacy? They’re not exactly the same thing.

January 11, 2008

Action or Inaction: Which Will You Regret More?

How many times have you heard someone saying, “I sure wish I would have…” or “If only I had taken the chance and…”. Our lives are full of decisions. And a decision we make every day is whether or not to do certain tasks. The question is which will you regret doing more – an action that you took, or an action that you didn’t take? For most us, we end up regretting the actions we didn’t take far more than we regret those that we did.

January 10, 2008

See How Easily You Can Handle Change

You know, we all have change in our lives. Most of us detest change, dread change, feel change is a real problem to deal with. I’m talking here about major changes.

But if you take a look at the major changes in your life over the last five years, up to about six months ago, you’ll probably see that since you’ve moved away from those changes, you can see that they were really beneficial.

Difficult at the time? Sure. No one’s going to argue with you about that. Change can be tough.

But it’s important to keep change in perspective.

January 9, 2008

Don’t Become a Boiled Frog

If you’ve heard the parable of the boiled frog you know that you can only boil a frog if you put it in cold water

January 8, 2008

Do You Make the Mistake of getting Hungry, Angry, Lonely, and/or Tired?

Ever have one of those days when you can’t get anything done, nothing works, and, to put it simply, everything you touch falls apart? I have had a few of those days myself, and I have noticed a pattern. At least one of these things is almost always true when I have a day, or even a period of several hours, where I’m not functioning well.

January 8, 2008

A Better Life: Are You Willing To Do What It Takes To Achieve It?

We all dream of having a better life – finding a meaning in our life and pursuing our passions and goals. For some of us a better life means advancing our careers, for others it may be a path of personal discovery that leads to a better life. For others it could mean returning to school to get a degree so they can get the job they always wanted and provide for their families. A better life is achievable by anyone who wants to take the time and effort to do what it takes to attain it. A lot of people sit around talking about having a better life, but how many people are willing to put forth the effort required to actually achieve it?

January 7, 2008

Success in 2008? It’s Achievable – And Here Is How You Can Do It!

How do you define success? Are you successful when you achieve your goals you set out in life? Or do you feel successful even when you haven’t achieved them all, but are working towards them and feel good in life? The truth is, for each one of us we have a different definition of success. There are even people out there who believe that they are never truly 100% successful in life – that it is a constant procession towards success that makes them who they are.

January 4, 2008

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DAVID B. BOHL

Relinquishee, Adoptee, MPE
Author, Speaker.