Archive for Self Development

TIME MANAGEMENT; ARE YOU MAKING THE BEST USE OF THE TIME YOU HAVE LEFT?

February 23, 2011 No Comments

Almost everyone needs or wants more money than they currently have, and with this desire most of these people would like to start some sort of extra income producing project. The trouble is, not many of these people seem able to fit “a second job” into their time schedules. It’s true that people are very ...

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PART 2: HOW TO DEVELOP A WINNING ATTITUDE

February 21, 2011 No Comments

“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so few engage in it.” -Henry Ford Man‘s ability over all other creatures on this Earth is the ability to think. All successful people use this talent to improve their lives and control their own destiny. Only you can take the initial ...

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HOW TO DEVELOP A WINNING ATTITUDE

February 17, 2011 No Comments

What does it take in our everyday lives to be successful? In order to evaluate this question it is first necessary to understand what “success” is and what all successful people have in common. It is probably safe to assume that anyone reading this article wants to be successful. However, only 5% of the population ...

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Finding Purpose, Self-Acceptance, and Self-Love Discovering Your Life Theme

January 30, 2010 No Comments

Each of us has a life theme, according to Daphne Rose Kingma, psychotherapist and author of Loving Yourself: Four Steps to a Happier You. A life theme is a single psychological issue that is the lesson plan for our lives.

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Tips To Keep Memory In Tip top Condition

January 24, 2010 No Comments

Keeping your memory in good condition is a vital part of the brain’s function. Every now and then, our actions greatly depend on a lot of information we retrieve from our memory bank. Such information can either be short term (such as specific tasks that we have to do) or long term (such as the ability to drive a car or repeat an instruction we read from a book).

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Accelerate Your Learning Powers Using Subliminal Learning

November 15, 2009 No Comments

The possibilities are definitely boundless. Just imagine. If this were true, you would be able to learn new things without having to buckle down and do the dirty work. For example, it has been argued that learning a language is theoretically possible using subliminal techniques

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Take It Easy and Enjoy Life

November 8, 2009 No Comments

Can you remember your childhood days? During those times, nothing yet seemed complicated – all we had to think about were crayons, cookies, or Santa Claus. We didn’t care about the things we didn’t know because we were just too oblivious of the things that might bother us.

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Menu for an Upbeat Life

November 1, 2009 No Comments

Just like set menus from restaurants wherein different kinds of foods are served – from appetizers, to main dishes, to desserts – life also has its menu for an “upbeat life”. Different people have their own individual menu that makes them cheerful and optimistic. Find out what they are; they may help to keep your life meaningful, enjoyable, inspiring, and interesting.

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Divided to distraction: Multitaskers can’t focus

October 10, 2009 No Comments

“There is time enough for everything in the course of the day, if you do but one thing at once, but there is not time enough in the year, if you will do two things at a time. This steady and undissipated attention to one object is a sure mark of a superior genius; as hurry, bustle, and agitation, are the never-failing symptoms of a weak and frivolous mind,” Lord Chesterfield wrote to his son in the 1740s.

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How to read effectively

September 26, 2009 No Comments

Much of what you learn can be acquired through reading. The simple activity of getting into a comfortable position and reading a book of your choice can open a new world for you. Reading enables you to tap into the minds of great people.

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OTHER ADVANTAGES OF UTILISING YOUR HOMELOAN AS A SAVINGS ACCOUNT

You will have seen from the examples above that you can save thousands of Rands and settle your bond...

PAY YOUR INSTALMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, PAY IN ADVANCE, AND NOT ARREARS

If you change jobs and your payday changes, ensure that you notify the bank immediately. Paying just 2 day...

BUY WELL WITHIN YOUR MEANS

A lot of people make the mistake of buying a house very close to the maximum for which they...

DO NOT ALLOW THE BANK TO ADD ON COSTS

Today’s competition between banks for bond business is very strong. This results in them making various offers to their...

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This piece of information is closely related to the section on not taking a 13th cheque from your employer....

DO NOT REDUCE PAYMENTS WHEN INTEREST RATES DECREASE

In South Africa, interest rates are often subject to wide fluctuations with little warning. When rates decrease, the banks...

DO NOT TAKE A 13TH CHEQUE

A popular practice amongst companies today is to allow staff to decide whether or not they would like a...

USE YOUR “DORMANT” MONTHLY FUNDS

These examples show how much you can benefit simply by placing funds which you only need at a later...

Home Loan Series Vol 2

The problem, as discussed in the previous article, is the capitalisation of interest, over and over again EVERY MONTH...

Homeloan Series Vol 1

The purpose of this series of articles is to provide bondholders in South Africa with practical and simple methods...