This is a section of the Poetry Archive specifically designed for children. Find out more ...
I recently had the pleasure of attending a conference with quite a few 
interesting entrepreneurs and innovators. Several contrasts between innovators from large companies and those more accustomed to working within independent startups caught my attention. The starkest was the relative fluidity and ease with which the startup crowd circulated, made new connections, and exchanged ideas.
Entrepreneurs believe in the power of networking. Many are very good at it. They become good because they recognize that most people with interesting notions usually have only one piece of a puzzle. Often unexpected combinations of ideas, or chance meetings of people with complimentary perspectives, ignite genuine breakthroughs.
"Enthusiasm finds the opportunities, and energy makes the most of them."
-- Henry Hoskins
………………………………………………………………………
Resource for the Week
Awareness
Awareness is the key to all change. Penetrate blocks and find your authentic self. Open to new possibilities using your imagination and intuition.
Microsoft PowerPoint is like Photoshop for clip art images. In just a few clicks, you can modify existing clip art graphics in PowerPoint so that the image appear more relevant to the theme of your Presentation.
By Natasha Rosewood
According to the Buddhists, between January 29 and February 12 is the worst time of the year. “Don’t start anything new during this ending period,” they advise. “It won’t last.” February, however, can be a great time to meditate on new beginnings. But what if you have no direction? What if you are STUCK?
You are probably in good company. Psychic or not, sometimes my own future is indefinable. I just don’t know. Or that’s what I tell myself anyway. Some hidden fear may be lurking in my unconscious mind and creating a smokescreen.
Metaphorically, energy or “chi” is like a flowing river. When we feel stuck, the flow of that river is caught in an eddy. Our chi is going around and around in circles and being sucked down into a bottomless vortex.
Remember, though, this is only your mind telling you that you are stuck. Energy by its very definition means motion and, therefore, cannot stay still. “Stuckness” is just an illusion and sometimes, merely a judgment of where you have not yet arrived. Your ego mind, your conscious waking-state chatters at you, berating you constantly with “I should be doing. . . ” or “what’s wrong with me?” or “I don’t know…” et al.
But stuckness does not have to be suffered. It can be celebrated.
The good news is that feeling stuck is part of the human process and, believe it or not, serves a purpose. Stuckness is about standing still for a while and allowing us to take stock. In our Western culture and our headlong rush towards success and then death, (not always in that order) we do not allow ourselves permission to not know our destination. And if you resist your stuckness, it will only expand.
So just for today, give yourself permission to see your situation differently. Sit down, put your feet up, take a load off and read the following ten tips to honoring stuckness.
Accept what is now. Everything is in perfect divine right order. Therefore, you are not stuck, just resting.
Let your life unfold naturally. If you are unable to make a decision, it means you do not have all the information yet. Wait and trust. Ask for help. Consult your psychic, coach, counselor, spirit guides or angels. Be open to a different perspective.
Throw an “idea party.” Brainstorm, exchange ideas, give and receive support.
Invite someone you admire to be your mentor. (Most people love to give advice!)
Recognize that you are not stuck, merely regrouping and preparing for a new life. Be thankful for the pause and know that what is yours will come to you.
Decide to see your life as a movie and write your dreams into your script. Be honest with yourself. What do you really, really want? Pursue the most exciting and/or scary options.
9. Feel the fear and, even if you are you terrified of success or happiness, do it anyway. That’s the time when you will feel really ALIVE!
10. Take one action every day towards that bigger picture. No matter how small the deed, you are still moving forward.
And you are no longer stuck.
Natasha J. Rosewood is a Psychic Coach, Facilitator and Author of Aaagh! I Think I’m Psychic (And You Can Be Too). For details about her services, to purchase her book or subscribe to her newsletter visit: http://www.natashapsychic.com.
Equip yourself with the tools that you need to live the life you want to live!
With this special 29-CD Collection of recorded Teleseminars, you will learn the most powerful secrets of creating wealth in all aspects of life.
Here are some of the titles included in this collection:
- The Miracle of Self-Discipline
- Communicate With Power
- Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
- The Art of Closing the Sale
- Goals!
- Power Networking
- Selling Higher-Priced Products Against Lower-Priced Competition
- The Secrets of Raising Super Kids
- Customers for Life
- Crunch Time!
- Simplify Your Life
- Magical Marketing
- Fit and Trim for Life
- Money, Money, Money
- Rapid Learning Made Simple
- Unlock Your Potential
- Negotiate the Best Deal
In this must-have set of CDs, you will:
- Learn and retain new knowledge with ease
- Practice higher levels of self-discipline and self-control in every area of your life
- Boost your speaking skills to become an outstanding communicator
- Learn to wrap up the sales process with confidence and experience amazing results
- Put price in it's place and sell more than you ever have
- Learn how to raise happy, healthy, self-confident children - and give your kids the winning edge
- Be the one people look to when things start to fall apart
- Have the body you've always wanted and enough energy to keep up with your family
- Out-Think, Out-Market and Out-Sell the Competition
- Get through your "to do" list, connect with your friends and family-and still have time to spare
- Make an extraordinary first impression every time
- Learn to think and behave like a millionaire to finally achieve financial independence!
- Plus much, much more!
These Teleseminar CDs have helped millions of people become successful -- whether in their business or personal life.
Philip Pullman, Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo and current Children's Laureate Michael Rosen are leading a rapidly growing movement of writers, illustrators, librarians, independent booksellers and others working in children's books to hit back at the publishers forthcoming age-guidance on children's books. Under the campaign slogan "No to Age Banding," the campaign is swiftly gathering signatures.
Introduced for sales reasons following research that showed that consumers wanted some age guidance to help them in choosing books (see our story from April), the first books are becoming available just as this considerable backlash is launched. Thus far, resistance has been unspoken: several publishers, including Bloomsbury, David Fickling and Walker Books, while not willing to say that they are against age guidance, are not putting the ranges onto their books.
In an unusual breach between publishers and their authors, the opposition campaign leaders seek to "disavow publicly any connection with such age-guidance figures," according to their statement, on the grounds that age guidance is ill-conceived and will damage the interests of young readers. They state a number of reasons against, including stigmatizing readers and their "passionately held conviction that everything about a book should seek to welcome readers in and not keep them out." read more
 |
||
 |
|
|
|
Philip Pullman, Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo and current Children's Laureate Michael Rosen are leading a rapidly growing movement of writers, illustrators, librarians, independent booksellers and others working in children's books to hit back at the publishers forthcoming age-guidance on children's books. Under the campaign slogan "No to Age Banding," the campaign is swiftly gathering signatures.
Introduced for sales reasons following research that showed that consumers wanted some age guidance to help them in choosing books (see our story from April), the first books are becoming available just as this considerable backlash is launched. Thus far, resistance has been unspoken: several publishers, including Bloomsbury, David Fickling and Walker Books, while not willing to say that they are against age guidance, are not putting the ranges onto their books. In an unusual breach between publishers and their authors, the opposition campaign leaders seek to "disavow publicly any connection with such age-guidance figures," according to their statement, on the grounds that age guidance is ill-conceived and will damage the interests of young readers. They state a number of reasons against, including stigmatizing readers and their "passionately held conviction that everything about a book should seek to welcome readers in and not keep them out." read more |
-
The British novelist, Rose Tremain, has won the prestigious Orange Prize for women's fiction for her book, The Road Home, which tells the timely tale of an eastern European immigrant.
Tremain, described by the judges as "always the bridesmaid, never the bride", was presented with the £30,000 ($61,000) prize at the award ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall in London last night.
She was seen as a shoo-in for the literary prize and betting agencies even stopped taking money on her as favourite.
Apparently, this is only the second time a favourite has won the prize. more ...
Because humor is such a powerful emotion, it is a good idea to understand (if that is possible), the psychological basis of humor. More specifically, what makes laughter and the humorous situation "work". Your assignment, from now on, is, when you hear people laugh, to ask yourself, "Why did they laugh"? This attention will sharpen your skills at recognizing possible material for your own use and help you get a feeling for what makes humor work.
