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Information To Consider About The Online Information Technology Degree Program

July 6th, 2010

Getting university degrees of all kinds is becoming an increasingly popular and accepted way to get an education today. This is doubly true for students seeking an information technology degree. The only question that remains is: is it a better idea to get your degree from traditional institutions?

That depends partly on how you define traditional learning institutions. If you mean attending a college campus, the answer would depend upon whether or not you can afford it and your ability to attend the university. It is an extremely costly way to get a degree and many students simply cannot do it. If it was the only choice they had, they would never get a degree. However, many colleges and universities are aware that otherwise qualified students should not be prevented from getting a degree solely because of a lack of money.

Most universities now have distance learning programs in place that are far cheaper than attending college in person. They have tailored online programs for students whose work may prevent them from attending classes at set times or in a certain amount of time. Courses like these have made it possible for many students to get a degree who otherwise could not have.

Students are not limited in the number or type of degrees they can get online. It is possible and even common to get anything from an Associates degree to a Masters degree and above by attending university online. In fact, if the coursework does not involve lab or studio work that must be done on campus, it is possible to get a degree and never even see the university you attend.

Such a way of getting a degree is ideal for students going for an information technology degree. After all, virtually all of your studies will be on subjects that require practical experience on a computer and online. Not only is it a cheaper way to get a degree, it is in many ways more efficient.

Next you must look at the qualifications of the university you choose. Not all colleges or countries have the same stringent entry requirements for admission. This can be good for students who are sincerely interested in pursuing a career in IT, but whose grades have prevented them from being accepted into the university of their choice. There are things to be wary of, though.

You must be sure that the institute you choose will give you a proper education and that your degree will be recognized by other colleges and potential employers. The last thing you want to do is spend years of your life studying only to discover that your degree is worthless to you. If the institute you have chosen is not considered reputable by employers, it is of no use to you.

No matter how prestigious the university, they cannot guarantee you a brilliant career. What they can do, however, is give you a firm foundation from which you can pursue your career goals. Take care that the college or university you attend for our information technology degree is one that can give you a good foundation for your career. With that as your base, you can throw yourself into your studies knowing that your hard work has a good chance of paying off when you have finished your studies.

Get details on the simple steps that you can take to start attaining your information technology degree today! You can get your online degree in information technology from the convenience of your home now!

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Dreaming About Friendships

May 28th, 2010

A young woman named Suzy asked me to interpret a disturbing dream she had experienced that had both scared her and confused her because of the content and details of the dream, she thought the dream may have been for her. After describing the dream to me and hearing the interpretation, Suzy was relieved to learn that the dream was not about her at all, but for a close friend she had known for years.

The dream occurs at night with Suzy outside her friend’s house standing on the lawn staring at the front door. After a moment, she slowly climbs up the steps, walks onto the wooden porch and enters the house. Entering the dimly lit house, Suzy’s friend meets her and both walk down a hallway into her friend’s bathroom. Inside the bathroom, Suzy asks her friend how her mother was doing; to which her friend replied that her mother was dead, and that she had committed suicide in the bathroom.

Taken aback by what she had just heard, Suzy looked around the bathroom for signs of a suicide. But after glancing over each wall and seeing the bathroom spotless and clean, there were neither signs of blood anywhere, nor any evidence of suicide. Seeing Suzy looking around the bathroom, the friend said, “I cleaned the bathroom after my mother’s death.”

Quietly listening to her friend, Suzy watched the bathroom suddenly change from the bathroom in her friend’s house to her own bathroom. As she watched the transformation, she had the odd feeling that they were still standing in her friend’s bathroom. The only difference was that the bathroom they were in was freshly painted a bright white, and the bathroom door was now opened inward, hiding the inside of the bathroom door.

After a moment, Suzy’s friend went over to and closed the bathroom door revealing the blood-stained interior surface of the door. Seemingly emotionally unaffected by the blood-stained door, Suzy’s friend picked up a thick white towel, walked back over and joined her in the middle of the bathroom. Startled by the blood, Suzy could only stand there staring at the bloody surface of the door.

At this point, Suzy’s friend turns to her and says, “I’ll clean this up.” Then turning away from Suzy, she walked back over to the door and with the towel, and started to wipe the blood off the door. But was unable to, no matter how hard she tried, the blood remained and she only was able to smear the blood across the surface of the door. At this point, woke up.

The Interpretation Of The Dream Using Each Key Word: Night/Darkness represents uncertainty, fear and the unknown for Suzy in regard for her friend. Outside the House represents freedom, escape, refuge and safety. Suzy standing on the lawn of the front yard represents her willingness to help her friend. Old House represents memories, family members and old friendships. Old house also represents the mending of old problems and disputes. To see an Old house in a dream also represents sickness, failing health, and even the death of someone dear to the dreamer or someone the dreamer knows, especially if the old house is run-down or in need of repair.

Steps and Wooden Porch, In Suzy’s dream, the house has steps and a wooden porch, so it is evident that the house is old and therefore represents an old friend, habit, fleshly urges or temptation. The house also represented an old friend, who is in spiritual and emotional distress. On the outside of the house are several steps leading up to a wooden porch and the front door.

After standing outside the house for a few moments, Suzy climbs the steps, walks across the porch, opens the front door and enters her friend’s home. The Steps Leading Up To the Porch represent insight, understanding, revelation, decision, and the answer to a situation or problem that seems to have no answer. Steps also represent change and a new beginning. In Suzy’s dream, the steps represent a decision that will lead to a fresh start and a new beginning for her friend.

The Porch, especially an unenclosed front porch represents the revealing of hidden secrets that are suddenly put on display for all to see. Closed Front Door represents a problem or obstacle in the natural preventing the dreamer from achieving a goal or completing a project. It also represents a dead-end job, broken marriage, relationship or a serious illness. A closed door also represents secrets, lies, idolatry, fear, treasure, private matters and the unknown. In Suzy’s dream, the closed door represents a secret lifestyle that is driving her friend to emotional and spiritual disaster.

Dimly-lit represents hope, revelation and the answer to a problem, situation or a spiritual or emotional concern in your life. In some dreams, light, even the light of a candle also represents a messenger. In Suzy’s dream, the dimly-lit home represented deep-rooted spiritual and emotional problems in her friend’s life, and it was for this reason that she was brought there to encourage and be a messenger of hope and help.

Walk / Hallway To walk slowly or stagger down a narrow place, such as the hallway in Suzy’s dream represents fear, doubt, remorse, disorder, the unknown and confusion. To walk in a humble or lowly way represents depression, persecution and bondage. To have difficulty walking in a dream represents trials and emotional or physical problems.

In Suzy’s dream, even though they both walked down the hallway together, Suzy followed behind her friend as she slowly walked down the hallway and into the bathroom. In Suzy’s dream, walking and hallway represent fear, doubt, remorse, insecurity, disorder, confusion, depression, persecution, the unknown and bondage because of something that had entered or re-entered her life.

The Bathroom represents escape, refuge, repentance, prayer, admission something and creativity. Bathroom also represents surrender, lust, sexual desires, guilt, secrets, deception and betrayal. In Suzy’s dream, the bathroom a place of escape to think and ponder in her guilt because of her sexual desires and the secret sexual affair in which she is involved.

Death / Dead / Suicide represents failure, to give up, surrender or to escape. In some dreams, death represents a refuge. In Suzy’s dream, the suicide of her friend’s mother in the bathroom did not actually happen in the natural in real life, but in the dream it represented her friend shedding the emotional and physical security she had known all of her life depicted in the portrayal of her mother’s suicide; and as a consequence, she was able to surrender to her own fleshly desires. This was something she could not have done as long as her mother was thought of as living.

The Freshly Painted White Bathroom Walls/ Blood/Clean/White Towel and Smeared Blood In Suzy’s dream represents the covering up of her friend’s secret, hidden lifestyle and regaining the memory of how her life used to be. The blood-stained bathroom door represents the guilt she feels for the lifestyle she is now leading; and her efforts to clean the blood off the inside of the bathroom door with the thick white towel, merely smearing the blood over the surface of the door represents her inability through her own strength and will power to change her lifestyle, end the affair, lessen her guilty feelings and get her life back to normal.

Suzy’s friend’s mother in the dream represented the guilt the friend felt that her mother knew about her daughter’s secret. A suicide symbolizes release from feeling guilty in the eyes of her mother.

Outcome Of The Dream:

Unlike many of the other dreams of this nature I have heard, this dream had a happy ending. After Suzy had the dream, she went to her friend’s home and told her of the dream. Her friend burst into tears, and confessed the affair she was having with a married man and her futile efforts to try to end it. Through Suzy’s counseling and standing by her friend, the affair soon ended and her friend is once again living a normal, healthy life.

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Mitzvahs, Diet and Exercise- A Turn Key to Good Karma

May 12th, 2010

Ginger sugarsnaps have long been defined as the premier source of positive esoteric energy in the cosmos. Without ginger sugarsnaps human beings would have no souls or intellect, and that would be shameful. Therefore it is imperative that we as human beings maintain a strong position on curbing greenhouse emissions that negatively affect the ginger sugarsnap index in both the atmosphere of, and stratosphere surrounding, Earth.

Ghandi once said, “if it weren’t for ginger sugarsnaps, I would not have the strength to fast for humanity.” It was the incredibly high index of ginger sugarsnaps that Ghandi commanded that allowed him to go for weeks without eating and survive nonetheless.

While Scientologists would have you believe that some absurd concept of “thetans” is responsible for the well being of your soul, respected scientists have refuted this position time and again, showing that the real measurement of soulfulness and good or evil in a person is how connected they are to the ginger sugarsnap index.

Mitzvahs are key. If you do not perform daily good deeds, your index will fall below a healthy level and you will become horribly depressed. Let alone be able to help people!

Exercise is also very important. Much like endorphins, ginger sugarsnaps don’t just magically happen, you have to energize your self, both physical and mental, in order to attract a higher index of them.

Diet is the last main focus to adhere to for increasing your index. If you maintain a healthy diet, your chances of maintaining a high ginger sugarsnap index are much more likely. If you combine all 3, mitzvahs, exercise, and a good diet, you will undoubtedly be ready to heal the world with your inherent kindness and humanitarianism as related to your overpowering ginger sugarsnap index!

The key to your happiness lies in your Ginger Sugarsnaps index!

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Making A Relationship Go The Distance

April 30th, 2010

The first flushes of romance in a new relationship are thrilling. You are still getting to know the other person. You aren’t sure of each other yet, and are still sharing information about yourselves.

Great as this bonding period is, it is temporary of course. After the excitement of new love is over, transitioning into a strong and healthy ongoing relationship can be challenging but is not impossible.

Ask any couple who have been together a long time if they are still in the falling in love stage, and they will tell you of course not. It isn’t sustainable. They have tricks, though, on how to stay in love over the long haul. Some tips for helping you to accomplish this are listed below.

Take time for yourself: When couples first partner, they may exclude other people because they want to save all of their time for each other. People start seeing them as inseparable; it may be impossible to see one at a social occasion without the other coming along. Eventually, though, you will want to ease up on the possessiveness with one another.

Eventually you need to reclaim your own life. This doesn’t mean breaking up, but it does mean spending sufficient time apart that you are able to pursue some of your own hobbies and be a whole person on your own as well. It is far easier to remember why we chose to be with someone when we are able to feel whole without them.

Trust yourself: Listen to the little voice inside, if you get the feeling that there is something going wrong. You aren’t paranoid. You are perceptive, and picking up on early, minute signals that there is something amiss that needs fixing.

If you catch these sort of issues early, often you can resolve them. But, if you let whatever the issue is grow, by the time you are forced to confront the issue (usually because the problems it is causing are becoming serious), it may be unresolvable.

Don’t get complacent: Your partner chose you because of who you are. You should not decide, now that you are in a relationship, that you can drop all of the positive attributes that made your partner attracted to you in the first place. Keep up your fitness, your hygiene, your ambitions and your standards.

Keeping yourself up shows respect for your partner. It also shows that you respect yourself, and are willing to continue to work for and value your relationship.

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Three Ways To Have Healthy Communication In A Relationship

March 23rd, 2010

Most marriage problems stem from a lack of communication in the marital relationship. While most couples would tell you that they work hard to communicate with their spouse, most spouses feel that there is a lack of communication on their partner’s behalf. This is mostly because from each person’s perspective they believe that they are effectively communicating their point of view, but the information is not being clearly received on the other side.

This is nothing to fear, however, and can be resolved fairly easily. One of the most effective ways to mange this problem is to step up some communication rules that both you and your spouse need to properly follow and at all times, when you want to convey a message to your spouse and want to make sure the message is clearly understood.

1. Utilize A Speaking Item- One of the main problems with effective communication is that couples tend to speak at the same time, trying to get their points across. This leads to them being unable to hear and take in what the other is saying, therefore making it more difficult to resolve the issue they are facing. Instead of speaking at one time, have an item (such as a stick or a shell) and use it as the speaking item. When someone is speaking they will hold this item and the other is only allowed to sit there and listen. Once the first person is finished with what they have to say it is then time to pass the item to the listener, who will now become the speaker. It is very important that you do not speak unless you are holding the item. This will allow for each to get their points across as well as listen closely at what your partner is saying.

2. Stay Focused On One Issue At A Time- What often happens when a couple is discussing something, they tend to get off track and bring up issues from the past. This is not a means to effective communication, and is also not what the issue is at the moment. Even if you think that something from the past also relates to what you are discussing, it should still not be brought into the current conversation. If you stay focused on one issue at a time, you will be able to effectively communicate and resolve all issues that you, as a couple, are facing.

3. Think Before You Speak- Attempt to not discuss issues instantly, as an alternative have a waiting period. Generally as something first comes about everybody can be a bit more defensive as well as roused. Making a special day and time to sit down and address issues for the week, serves as a more beneficial way to discuss situations. After a brief time has elapsed you’ll in all probability be better capable to converse about the issue without converting the communicating into a fired up confrontation.

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Anxiety and Panic Attack: How to Stop It

March 14th, 2010

Anyone can suffer from anxiety and panic attack. The good thing about it though is that it is highly treatable. Now, there are many ways for you to minimize, or even stop the chances of having a panic attack. No longer would you have to feel those unnecessary and scary sensations that come along with the disorder. Read this article and find out more about panic attacks and how you can deal with it.

What is an anxiety and panic attack?

It can be an emotionally crippling condition. A panic attack is a sudden feeling of fear that can happen without any warning. It can occur at any time, even during relaxation or when you’re asleep. Usually, the fear that the person experiences during a panic attack is unrelated and not in proportion to the situation and the true happenings around them.

Usually, these attacks last for about ten minutes, or its symptoms could last longer. Generally, those that have experienced panic attacks more than once are at greater risk for Panic Disorder, or repeated panic attacks.

Symptoms of a Panic Attack

The condition can be spotted by several signs. During a panic attack, the sufferer experiences several scary sensations like dizzy spells leading to panic, racing heart with tingling sensations on left arm, tightness in throat and chest, shortness of breath, obsessive worries and unwanted thoughts, and the overwhelming fear that something horrible is about to happen.

Suffered from these symptoms before? No need to fret. There are many ways that will allow you to break free from these unwanted sensations. Read on to find out how.

How You Can Free Yourself From Another Panic Attack

Don’t Think About The Fear – First, learn to break the fear of having another panic attack. Usually, the foundation of a future panic attack is already laid even hours before you experience the actual one. In fact, your anticipation of the panic attack starts the wave cycle of anxiety. With just the slightest trigger, the panic attack can be developed into full motion.

When an individual experiences a panic attack for the first time, the experience could be so impacting, to the point that it marks the person’s psyche. From there, the person will then continue to develop an unhealthy fear of having yet another panic attack.

Basing from this, what you can do is stop fearing the thought of another panic attack. Stop it even before it begins. Learn to stop fearing it. Still confused?

Don’t worry. There are many e-books available that give you a step-by-step guide on newly developed techniques that will effectively get rid of that fear, so you will never have to experience another panic attack again. You can even read the testimonials by other users to guide you in the purchasing process. In fact, to further assure you of its effectiveness, you should choose an e-book that has a satisfaction guaranteed program.

Summing it up, you can do something about panic attacks. You don’t have to trouble yourself if you have experienced an anxiety and panic attack. There are already many techniques from which you can choose from, that will guide you in finally getting rid of your panic attacks.

Panic anxiety disorder can be cured! Try the best method to cope with anxiety and panic attack!

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What Makes For A Successful Marriage

March 8th, 2010

When you are searching the internet for ways to strengthen your marriage, you are bond to find millions of articles on couples therapy, but very few on the things that you and your husband can do to keep your marriage strong without any outside influences. In fact having a successful marriage is just a matter of following the ABC’s.

A – ALWAYS treat each other with respect and kindness. Love is an important aspect of a marriage but without respect for each other communication breaks down and the marriage begins to crumble. Respect is the cornerstone of a good relationship and no marriage can survive without it.

B- Have you ever looked at an elderly married couple and wonder how they have dealt with each other for so long? The answer is simple, they are each others BEST friend. Your spouse needs to be someone that you trust with your life, feel secure with and share your deepest secrets and desires. It is simple to share a bed and a home with someone, however having a meaningful relationship is not that simple. When you and your spouse are each others best friend you have the main ingredient for a long lasting, healthy marriage.

C- Always be willing to CARRY your spouse up the difficult hills of life, as well as being willing to allow your spouse to carry your at your times of need. Everyone faces a personal tragedy in their life and during those times it is important to have someone that is strong for them.

S- Remember that your marriage is a SACRED union and should always be in the forefront of your life. You need to treat your marriage like it is special and a unique relationship that will ensure your happiness together for the rest of your life.

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Get Your Ex Back – Three Steps To Do Today

January 4th, 2010

Almost everyone has had a bad breakup one or more times in their lives. Most of them feel just like their life is over and they will never be in a position to love again. Some might not want to try to get their ex back, but if you are one of the people who do wish to get them back, all that you need are a few steps to get your ex back guaranteed.

The 1st step is to cut off all communication with them. When a person breaks up with their partner, they know that the other person will be upset and puzzled as to why this occurred so suddenly. They tend to prosper on these thoughts and get a mocking ego boost out of it. Your ex knows that they were special to you and some folk are just mean and like to smash that kind of thing. You have the ability to smash that ego boost by not making any effort to make contact with them or tell any of your chums that you want to get back with them either. After awhile, your ex will be calling you, because they are confused, anxious, and will want to know what you’ve been up to.

The second step is to look after yourself. Just because somebody decides to end a relationship with you, doesn’t mean that it was totally your fault and you can’t go on. In fact , you need your ex to see you as engaging, like when the two of you first got together. You may even decide to get a haircut or buy some new clothes.

The 3rd step is to live your life. This does not mean to go out and start to date again immediately. Those girls would just be rebounds and if the girls know this fact then they’re going to feel hurt. You simply need to get out of the house instead of moping around. Take a trip to the mall or go out to eat with some friends.

Your ex will be prepared by the fact that you are outside, rather than sitting at home, depressed. This may make them desire to get in touch with you and see what’s been going down with you and what is happening. You are not doing this to try and manipulate your ex, but instead you are attempting to get back a relationship that you suspect can work out if given a second chance.

How To Get Your Ex Girlfriend Back is not rocket science. It’s a simple process that will work if you apply it (how to get your ex back).

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The Breath of Life

November 23rd, 2009

The Breath is our lifeline to the Divine. It is the Inspiration, the Breath of Life. It is our first task upon merging through the womb and our final task as we leave the physical. It can be said that as a person breathes, so they do life. That is self explanatory but just in case it was not clear, if your breath is open and consciously engaged, you are fully alive; if however your breath is shallow and often stops, you are living a contracted and less than fulfilling life.

How are you breathing right now? Take a full and luscious breath right now. How do you feel? You either feel open, ready to let in life or it may have scared you to take a deep and connected breath. Only you can answer that but the simple act will always tell you volumes about your present state of BEING. If it hurts or feels difficult on any level ” you NEED TO BREATHE. Its that simple.

The breathing mechanism is the perfect gauge for our ability in any moment to truly live a full life. Most of the time it is an unconscious act. At any time it can give us a real check up.

Rebirthing breath is a spiritual awakening and a reconnection to our own core essence. The session itself may heal any manner of misperceptions a person has incorporated during a lifetime but more importantly it has the ability to shift the energetic clout of the aberrated thought. So, lets go through that again.

Thoughts that are not for our own good, like I will never be able to do that well, have an energetic power that keep them there. The more traumatic an experience that sets a thought in motion, the more suppressed the thought becomes over many years, the more powerful the negative thought is. This is evident when children are emotionally damaged very early in life; most often, the person grows resolved that certain negative ideas about them are true.

What a person believes to be true for them will continue manifesting in that person’s life. It is the unconscious thoughts that are have the most impact on our patterns of behavior.

Life is energy; you and I are energetic beings; everything that occurs in our lives is being manifested because it is what a person believes to be their truth. So good or bad, every person is creating with their thoughts, the unconscious and conscious mind. This co-creative potential was meant to be the greatest gift ever to humans.

As a person breathes during a connected breathing session, a professional rebirthing facilitator will make sure that something called a completed energy cycle happens. That one act allows for the release of contracted or stored energy, followed by a neutral state wherein the breather can make new and healthier resolutions about life.

If youre planning on having a baby and wish for a gentle and trauma free birth, your fist plan of action would be a ten week series of sessions for both mother and father. It will not be possible for the baby to be birth trauma free if everyone involved has not handled their own birth trauma first. Babies process the fear and apprehension of the parents not only at birth but in the womb. One session never fixes all but it is the beginning of a persons relationship with their ultimate life machine ” their Breath.

Ten sessions are recommended as the minimum for anyone to feel really comfortable about breathing on their own. It also gives time for the greater part of contracted energy to be released in the presence of someone who will be there with the breather, lend compassion, and help them process any unresolved residue

Rebirthing is a technique I learned in1988. It made such an impact on my ability to expand and see certain circumstances in my own life clearly, and reconstruct them. It was amazing and I wanted to give that same gift to others. I still use rebirthing breath with clients and myself.

Depending on the progress of the facilitator and the willingness of the breather, I definitely see that it changes lives for the better. With constructive direction people have opportunity to literally start fresh.

Become Your Breath, Ellen Valentine, CNC

Ellen Valentine is a Nutritional Counselor and Life Success Coach. The Breath is a reminder of our connection to the Divine. Breathe and remember who you are. The Breath is a reminder of our connection to the Divine.

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The Life Changer That You Need to Know Now!

November 7th, 2009

One of the most powerful sources of motivation is to have a purpose for what you do. At this point, you are probably saying, “Okay, it doesn’t take a brain surgeon to understand that I have a purpose. I get up and go to work to make money. That is my purpose.” I can understand thinking that and it seems to be a logical way to think. However, it is the wrong way to think and a thought process conditioned by society. I believe this thought process often leads to lack of motivation. Going to work to make money is not a purpose; it is a reason to go to work. Let me repeat for emphasis, it is not a purpose.

So what is the absolute stone cold definition of purpose? As a motivational speaker the way I define purpose is the reason you are on here on the earth. Hmmm… deep!

So how the heck do you find your purpose anyway? It’s actually easy as pie. 1) Go to a temple somewhere in the world 2) Enter the temple 3) Ask for the wise man in the robes 4) Ask ” So what is my purpose master?” 5) Wait for it 6) Leave this place right away and apply it . O.K. I am just joking- its not that easy. There are a lot of twists and turns on your journey to finding your purpose. Now the bad news- it’s going to require some work and effort and study. After all you are trying to determine your life’s work. There are people that discover it by stumbling over it. I find that most folks though just have to work at it. Let me give you some techniques for fiinding it:

One sheet exercise- Take out a blank piece of paper. On that piece of paper, write down a list of all the things you are really good at and have been good at all your life. (This is not the time to be modest) You either know or have been told what you are good at all of your life. Once you have filled the page with talents or gifts, take a look at the page. Does anything stand out to you? Any common things? Let’s say your list is filled with things like writing, art, brainstorming, or painting. Maybe the central theme around the page is creativity and your purpose is to create as your contribution to the world.

Get Real Carve out some free time and go away to a quiet place. Take a pen and pad, and get ready to write. Take the time to ask your self the following questions: 1) Someday when I am old and gray, what do I want to have accomplished? Why are those things important? What contribution would they have made? 2) What are two or three things that you will regret if you do not do them in your lifetime? What do you think would stand in your way if you don’t get them done? Why? 3) Why were you born? Do you think you have specific gifts or talents you were meant to use? Why? Are you using them? If not why not? 4) Fill in the blank; I was meant to ______________________. Why do you think that? 5) What is very important to you? Why? After you have gone through these series of questions some patterns might emerge and you may be closer to uncovering your true purpose.

Ten With No Spin Now you are going to go to your panel of 10 advisors. Your objective is to do a little Q…A with each of them. This exercise also takes a little confidence. Ask each person “what do you think my strengths are? Ask Uncle Benny, your Mom, and close buddy. Ask your personal trainer and a co worker. I am sure your curiosity is wondering “Why?. Well it is actually interesting what other people may see in you that you dont. They may provide a whole new perspective. Now as the answers come in you have to sort and edit and decide which to listen to and which not. One caveat- don’t have negative people do the survey. This information can be a wonderful tool to help discover your purpose.

Shawn Doyle is a high content Motivational Speaker and author of 10 books. For a free copy of Shawn’s book The 10 Foundations of Motivation, go to http://sldoyle.com.

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