The Ultimate List Of 97 Manners

List of Manners

When I was in my twenties, I moved from Atlanta to New York City for my career.

Every day, I'd take the bus from my brownstone on the Upper West Side to my office in midtown Manhattan. Every day, the bus was jam-packed with people, and you were lucky if you were able to snag a seat.

Most of the time, I held on to a pole or the back of a seat, swinging around like a monkey (wearing high heels) every time the bus lurched to a stop. On one lucky day, I did get a seat near the front of the bus.

Within a few minutes, the bus stopped again, the doors opened, and a hugely pregnant woman climbed on. The bus was packed as usual, and there were no available seats. I looked around at the dozen or so men seated nearby, and I swear to you, not one of them got up and offered their seat. Ultimately I offered mine.

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9 Benefits Of Positive Thinking And How It Can Keep You Alive

woman beside beach with rainbow benefits of positive thinking

Here's an interesting science fact that immediately illustrates the benefits of positive thinking. You produce about 50,000 thoughts a day according to the National Science Foundation.

Of those 50,000, 70-80% of them are negative thoughts. That’s around 40,000 negative thoughts a day or 14,600,000 a year.

We are constantly simmering in a brew of negativity and need help with positive thinking.

Now maybe you are someone with a naturally sunny disposition. Let’s say you are 50% more positive than the average person. That’s still 20,000 negative thoughts a day — far more than you want or need.

There’s a reason we have so many negative thoughts. Research has proven that negative thoughts and emotions program your brain to take a specific action. These thoughts and emotions focus your mind and block out other thoughts so you can take the action.

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How To Plan A Happy Weekend

how to have a happy weekend

Have you ever looked at your schedule for the upcoming weekend and cringed? 

Two days off of work, and it’s crammed with chores, spillover from work, family duties, and activities that fill you with a sense of dread?

You have organized what you need to do, but is it what you want to do?

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4 Personal Decisions For Lasting Change

Change Your Life

Once upon a time, I was one of those people who thought I could ruminate or think my way out of a problem or toward a change in life.

I spent a lot of time in my head considering what I did and didn't want for my life and how I wanted to make positive change. I journaled my thoughts and dreams. I read dozens of self-help, healthy living, and spiritual growth books.

And I sincerely hoped everything I absorbed by thinking and reading would somehow change my life for the better.

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Feeling Stressed Out? 10 Ways To Relieve Stress

stressed out

You check the balance in your bank account and see you don't have enough to cover this month's bills.

Your boss hands you yet another project to complete by the end of the week, on top of the stack already piled on your desk.

Your spouse has just announced he's going out-of-town and all three kids are sick.

You are late for a doctor's appointment for those concerning symptoms, and traffic is bumper to bumper.

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Why Introverts Might Rule The World

“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” ~Mahatma Gandhi

Just over a year ago, I heard author Susan Cain speak at the World Domination Summit in Portland, Oregon.

She had recently published her book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, and was discussing how introverts operate in a world that favors extroversion and why the internally-driven should be more highly-valued in society and the workplace.

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20 Ways To Overcome Life Challenges

Have you ever experienced difficult times in your life — those times when you felt lost and had no idea how to keep moving forward?

Perhaps it was in a relationship or a business or maybe even a life and death situation.

How would you like to develop grit and resilience that could help you in overcoming challenges with anything that comes your way?

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3 Reasons Why I Failed And How You Don’t Have To

For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to do GREAT THINGS.

Because of that, I have had a lifelong passion for the study of personal transformation.  For decades now, I have practiced a daily program of personal discipline and loving service.

And yet, when it came to implementing my own Big Dream, I was a complete failure.  I would start working toward my dream.  Something would happen and I would stop for a while, promising myself to get back to it.

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