24th November 2009
Have you heard the joke about the husband store? It goes like this-the husband store exists of four levels. Those seeking a husband can go to it and select their ideal partner.
The males are there of their own free will; they want to be chosen as husba...
18th November 2009
Do you remember starting senior school? I do although it was many decades ago. A particular incident that happened in my first few weeks there remains really clear in my mind.
The school had only been built for a couple of years when I attended it. It ...
06th November 2009
As a young woman I gave the following suggestion to my unconscious mind with interesting results. It was this " all men will find me attractive and all women will relate to me as a friend".
The unconscious mind is the part of the mind that never sleeps...
27th October 2009
Problems occur at times for all of us and we need to seek solutions. The way we do this will determine how quickly and successfully we solve those problems.
But that's not all when we attempt to solve a problem and fail the failed solution becomes part...
22nd October 2009
Can you lift a car single-handed? Neither can I, yet we hear news stories about people who perform seemingly impossible feats of strength or endurance in emergency situations. The slender female who lifts the car that has trapped her partner or child bene...
18th August 2009
Without trust we couldn't get through a single day. Trust and co-operation allow human beings to function both singly and as a group For example, we trust the train or bus driver to get us to work, the car mechanic to keep our vehicle roadworthy, supermar...
16th August 2009
Are you sitting comfortably? I hope not at least in the metaphorical sense! The comfort zone can be dangerous place to be if you have unfulfilled goals and ambitions. It's a fact of human nature that we move away from pain and towards pleasure. At an even...
13th August 2009
Our new games teacher decided to find out which of us girls could jump the highest. She explained that we would jump over a mental bar that would be raised after each jump. As each girl failed to clear the bar she would be out of the competition. The last...
12th August 2009
None of us want life to be out of control. This is at best unsatisfactory and at worst frightening. The key to taking control is to control our thoughts. This may raise the following questions for you, why don't people control their thoughts and how can t...
19th July 2009
Psychologists told the following story to a group of volunteers. "A tyrant king taxed his people to the point of starvation. A group of brave men decided that for the good of all the king must be overthrown. They met to devise a plan. They knew that the m...
19th July 2009
An old man and his grandson set out to go to market. The grandfather placed the boy on his donkey and proceeded to lead it. As they passed through a village they could hear the villagers commenting that it seemed wrong for a young boy to ride the donkey w...
17th July 2009
You have probably heard the expression "we often overlook what's right under our noses". Psychologist Dr Richard Wiseman carried out the following experiment proving this point. He gave a group of people a newspaper and asked them to count the number of p...
17th July 2009
People fall short of achieving their goals for three-reasons.1/ unclear goals 2/ineffective pursuit of goals and 3/ a combination of both Why you may ask do most people not clearly define their goals or pursue them effectively. You may say its simply beca...
16th July 2009
Do you live in the past or the future? I have not mentioned the present did you notice that? No, it's not a riddle. My point is that many people waste large chunks of their lives living in the past or future. The only time we really have is now.
We can...
12th July 2009
Some people always seem to land on their feet whatever circumstances they find themselves in. Its as though they have a magnetic qaulity which attracts success.
You could be working hard and smart and feeling frustrated by seeing the fortunate few coas...
