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Count Your Chickens Before They've Hatched.
By Deon Du Plessis · 18 years ago
At some stage in your life, you've probably been told not to count your chickens before they have hatched. You were probably told to not get your hopes up and to not expect too much ...
Double Whammy: The Effects of Procrastination.
By Deon Du Plessis · 18 years ago
Procrastination, like all of your behaviours carries consequences. Whether your behaviour is conscious or unconscious, you will eventually have to deal with the effects. The effects of procrastination are something that we all have to ...
Success: Obtainable or Sustainable?
By Deon Plessis · 18 years ago
The desire to consistently improve your life is one of your most fundamental needs. That feeling that comes from knowing that everyday you are becoming more is part of your nature. Knowing that you are ...
Looks can be perceiving.
By Deon Du Plessis · 18 years ago
"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." - ALBERT EINSTEIN Don't you sometimes wish you had ...
There is no place like now.
By Deon Du Plessis · 18 years ago
Most people in our culture today are so busy running around trying to arrange their lives to be somewhere else. We all want to be somewhere else geographically or financially or in our relationships. We ...
When thoughts become things.
By Deon Du Plessis · 18 years ago
We've all heard the saying that "talk is cheap." In fact we've heard it so often it's become a cliché. Like most cliché's the law of familiarity has set in and keeps us from actually ...
What would you attempt to do if you know you could not fail?
By Deon Du Plessis · 18 years ago
The fear of failure is probably one of the biggest reasons why most people never even start to pursue their dreams. This fear is not always a conscious fear but mostly an unconscious reaction that ...
The root cause for procrastination.
By Deon Du Plessis · 18 years ago
Why is it that we as human beings often behave in ways that we don't really want to? How often have you said or done something only to cringe at the thought of it afterwards? ...
Overcoming procrastination the effective way.
By Deon Du Plessis · 18 years ago
Who and what you are at this moment in time is nothing but the result of your consistent actions. The same is true for what you will become as a person. Being caught up in ...
Highly effective strategies for overcoming procrastination
By Deon Du Plessis · 18 years ago
In this day and age we are so inundated with choice and opportunity that you might even say that we are spoiled for choice. There is just so much that we could do that we ...
Are you Motivated?
By Deon Du Plessis · 18 years ago
Dictionaries define motivation as something (as a need or desire) that causes a person to act. We can define motivation as a motive for taking action; a reason to act. The word motivation in it's ...
How To Use And Control Your Mental Focus
By Deon Du Plessis · 18 years ago
Psychology refers to the way the mind or our character works and how it influences our behaviour. Psychology self improvement is the basis of all self improvement and personal development. When you change and improve ...
Taking Control Of Your Mind And Your Thoughts?
By Deon Du Plessis · 18 years ago
We all have the need to grow. The desire to become better, to have more and to improve our lives is a basic human need. In order to be happy, fulfilled human beings we must ...
Blast Through The Walls Of Procrastination With Motivational Audio Books
By Deon Du Plessis · 18 years ago
It is not what you do every once in a while that determines your destiny but your consistent actions that determines your ultimate destination in life. To move in the direction you ultimately desire for ...
Self Improvement Ideas: The Power of Decisions
By Deon Du Plessis · 18 years ago
"Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth that the moment one commits oneself, then providence moves, too." - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Change is a sign of life. Everything in ...
Simple Steps to Improve Self Esteem.
By Deon Du Plessis · 18 years ago
Self esteem, the esteem you have for yourself is a subjective appraisal of yourself. Self esteem is nothing but your own opinion of yourself. As this implies, self esteem is not something outside of you, ...
The 7 Human Emotions: The Secret To An Extraordinary Life
By Deon Du Plessis · 18 years ago
"Nothing in life has any meaning except the meaning you give it. If you don't like the way you're feeling, change the meaning." – Anthony Robbins What are emotions? Emotions are nothing but feelings or ...
Help! What Should I Do To Change My Life?
By Deon Du Plessis · 18 years ago
Is there something in your life that you've been wanting to change, but haven't been able to? If you are asking the question "what should I do to change my life" then you made the ...