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Top 10 Lists

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Ten Fears That Keep Us From What We Want
Fear is an important survival technique that kept humans from getting eaten by bigger animals and that prevents people from jumping off cliffs. But what about those fears that purport to keep people safe, but actually keep them stuck?
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Ten Questions to Ask Yourself Before Taking a Leadership Role
How well do I know myself? How do I handle failure? These questions and more can help clarify if a person is ready to move into a position of leadership.
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Ten Things to Be Grateful For
A person may feel grateful for her health, safety, and loved ones. But what about the less obvious things that are all around?
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Ten Tips for Talking With Your Children
It has never been more critical for parents to talk with their children about difficult and often disturbing issues. Here are ten tips to help parents begin the dialogue.
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Ten Ways to Cope with Change
They say nothing is certain but change. Whether that thought fills a person with excitement or dread, these suggestions offer opportunities to thrive.
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Ten Ways to Love Fearlessly
Approach love with the courage of a warrior and watch your relationships soar.
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Ten Ways to Side-Step Holiday Stress
It has never been more critical for parents to talk with their children about difficult and often disturbing issues. Here are ten tips to help parents begin the dialogue.
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Ten Ways to Simplify Your Life
These days a chorus of thousands has taken up Henry David Thoreau’s advice to “Simplify, simplify.” And for good reason.
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Top 10 Actions That Say “I Love You”
It takes more than words to communicate to a beloved that he or she is loved. Here are ten ways people can show they care.
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Top 10 Addiction Clues
How can a person know if a loved one has an addiction? This article lists ten common signs.
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Top 10 Barriers to Connection
Avoiding these ten behaviors can greatly improve relationships.
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Top 10 Best Email Habits
What’s the secret to success? The joke’s twist of the adage answers: 10 percent hard work, 90 percent ignoring email. Luckily, we don’t have to go that far.
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Top 10 Considerations When Choosing Partners
What are the important considerations when deciding on a business partner?
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Top 10 Fears That Ruin Relationships
Fear is often present in relationships, but it doesn’t have to sabotage the relationship. This article helps one recognize fears and be more able to work with them.
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Top 10 Lists
Top 10 lists are everywhere, fulfilling the desire for bite-sized, digestible morsels of learning or humor. Here, then, is an opportunity to create ten of one’s own.
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Top 10 Myths About Public Speaking
A speaker memorizes the speech, uses a lectern, and doesn’t worry about the introduction. Isn’t that right? No?
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Top 10 Normal, Everyday Retreats
No exotic vacation on the horizon? Find ways in your own everyday life to retreat and renew.
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Top 10 Powerful Questions to Ask
Strong work relationships, high morale and improved performance are all byproducts of good questions. Here are ten to get one started.
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Top 10 Routine Maintenance Points
Not just for cars—one’s mind and heart needs maintenance, too.
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Top 10 Signs of Strength
Master these ten signs of strength and improve your relationships with others—and yourself.
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Top 10 Sources of Stress
Many people would find it surprising and enlightening to realize that stress is more often caused by internal pressure and anxiety than by external circumstances.
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Top 10 Steps to Achieve SMART Goals
Making SMART goals is a great beginning. Then one has to accomplish them.
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Top 10—Team Support
A leader’s job is to ensure that the highest level goals of the organization are realized. Here are ten ways to accomplish that.
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Top 10 Things to Say to Yourself
People say things to themselves they wouldn't even think of saying to another person. What if, instead, people treated themselves as they would treat a best friend, someone they loved dearly?
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Top 10 Things We Can Control
A wise person once said, “Focus on the ninety percent of life that is under our control and don’t fret about the rest.”
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Top 10 Tips for Moving Through Depression
Connection, physicality, even singing; here are ten ways to lighten the dark.
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Top 10 Ways to Be Accountable
Keeping commitments that we make only to ourselves can be challenging. Here are ten ways to begin.
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Top 10 Ways to Deepen Intimacy
True intimacy with another is not a given nor is it an impossible dream. Here are ten ways to create it.
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Top 10 Ways to Get the Job
There’s more to getting the job you want than having the best résumé. Here are ten strategies that work.
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Top 10 Ways to Handle Adversity
People can’t prevent hard times from happening, but they can control their response. Here are ten suggestions for coping well with difficult circumstances.
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Top 10 Ways to Handle Difficult Conversations
A conversation gone wrong can have unfortunate consequences, but it is possible to handle difficult conversations with skill. Here are ten ways to begin.
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Top Ten Ways to Handle Tense Family Gatherings
Family gatherings may not always be fun, but they don’t have to be disasters.
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Top 10 Ways to Have Productive Business Meetings
Business meetings: stressful, a waste of time, nothing ever changes or gets done. They don’t have to be that way.
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Top 10 Ways to Lower Stress
From the ongoing stress that comes from living in our high-impact culture to those life events that knock us for a loop, the impact of stress accumulates. Here are ten ways to return to balance.
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Top 10 Ways to Set Clear Expectations
Too often, managers seem to lead through mental telepathy. Rather than set and communicate clear expectations, they assume their employees know what to do and how to do it. The results are hesitation, indecision, and uncertainty while teamwork, initiative and productivity go out the window.
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Top 10 Ways to Start (and Maintain) a Good New Year
How can a person start having a good year? Isn’t that easier said than done? These ten tips show how to begin.
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Top 10 Ways to Take Care of Yourself at Work
Self-care at work increases effectiveness and productivity. So how can a person begin?
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Top 10 Ways to Lighten Up at Work
A lighthearted approach aids career advancement, reduces turnover and absenteeism, and enhances productivity and work performance.
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Top 10 Ways to Raise Your Self-Esteem
Self-esteem is an inside job anyone can do. Here are ten ways to begin.
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Top 10 Year-End Review Questions
The end of the year is not just a time to prepare for the next year. It’s also a great time to take stock of this one.
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