You decide to lose 10 pounds. Before you do anything else, think about your preferences. Do you jog at 6 a.m. every morning, even when the 30 degree weather turns your nose into frost? Or, do you shudder at the thought of getting up early and prefer to wrap yourself in a down comforter?

Your preferences towards exercise determine what you should do to lose weight. Let's say you spend most of your leisure time sitting on the couch, reading a murder mystery. While you may not...

In the game of life, enthusiasm can make the difference between winning or losing. Enthusiasm is contagious; it is an emotion that can be communicated more easily than words. It is a force that springs from person to person like an electrical spark. It is almost impossible to be exposed to enthusiasm for any length of time without acquiring some of it.

I learned this lesson when I was a teacher. We had an in-service meeting after school. The meeting was about teaching...

If you find that being needed is more important to you than being loved, if you've been exposing yourself or others to emotional violence, if you are the victim (or the perpetrator) of domestic abuse - it's time for your suffering to end.

Issues with codependency, emotional violence, and domestic abuse are often produced early in life when a child's upbringing includes influences that hindered their personal development. It is not their fault that this problem arose; but it...

Our self-esteem is the internal knowledge that we are capable of handling anything that life throws at us. Self-esteem is a feeling of self-worth and an understanding that we are capable human beings that are strong and resilient. People with a high level of self esteem are confident in their abilities; handle stress and problems well and are able to hold their heads up high and feel good about them even when they screw up.

People with low self-esteem are the complete...

I remember years ago when I was first interviewed by a writer about the Goldendoodle dog and shedding/allergy issues and the fact that the writer misquoted me just a bit in the article that was featured on WebMD.
As it turns out, my second interview with another writer, Vera Lawlor, continues the problem with being misquoted. I am sure it is not easy to remember everthing someone says during an interview, but that's what a tape recorder is for.

Quite a few years ago, one...

The desktop computer has become just another appliance you use every day. Replacement sales--not first-time purchases--now drive the computer market. Fully loaded desktops selling for less than $800 are common, even among established brands.

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There are dozens of companies vying to put a new desktop in your home. Dell, eMachines, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard (which merged with Compaq in 2002), IBM, and Sony all make machines that use Microsoft's dominant...

When George Bush announced the "Bush Doctrine" as a policy of preemptive attacks on terrorists and states that harbor them, citizens lined up both for and against his argument. When it comes to parenting and the dangers facing teens during adolescence, some parents have begun implementing their own version of the "Bush Doctrine" as critics try to make their voices heard as well.

Sexual predators targeting children in Internet chat rooms, temptations to drive...

Oh what a man this is! he does not have any manners or etiquette. This is the comment that every sensible person does not want to listen for him. It is an undeniable fact that people feel proud to contact in with such people who are known to good manners and they wish to disconnect their selves from people having no etiquette and proper manners.
Additionally, good manners are not merely cause to improve personality but lead to you on success path.
There is no doubt that good...

Many women believe that eyeliner and eye shadow are the best parts of their makeup experience. Much can be done with the eyes that the possibilities are often limitless. You can make your eyes dramatic and bold for a night out on the town or subdued and sexy for a day at the office. Eye makeup can also bring out your own natural beauty. The choice is really up to you.

Although the possibilities are seemingly endless, many women want to learn how to obtain a natural look by...

The first documentation of grapevines growing in the Americas was discovered in researching the logbook of navigator Giovanni de Verazzano, who reported in 1504 that a large "white grape" was vigorously growing at Cape Fear, North Carolina. The English explorer of the New World, Sir Walter Raleigh, confirmed in a letter to Arthur Barlowe in 1585, the discovery of a white grape (scuppernong), when he landed in coastal North Carolina.

The 1500's ancient discovery of...