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1). A Prayer Across the Chasm A Prayer Across the Chasm Charles Burke Shock fell heavily across the American continent on Tuesday, and it continues to r 2). All Faith Needs Feet A subscriber recently wrote to me: A friend of mine is on a fixed income and has maxed out his credit cards (nearing $10,000). He has started a new business, but currently has no customers or prospects. He is affirming that he is already successful and debt-free. What is the best way for him? Should he write ... 3). Burning Desire -- Golden Key or Red Herring? Acres of Diamonds... you've read the famous story, or at least had it related to you. A farmer hears tales of diamonds and begins dreaming of vast riches. He sells his farm and hikes off over the horizon, never to be heard from again. Rumors say that years later he died destitute, never having found the diamonds he spent his life seek... 4). But I Don't Want to Wait THAT Long But I Don't Want to Wait THAT Long by Charles Burke Years ago I worked in a camera shop with a man named Sam who was constantly bemoaning 5). Do Your Self-Realizations Quickly Fade? As we grow, we do so in fits and starts, lurching forward then back, sometimes looking more like clowns than seekers. Winston Churchill wrote: "Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on as though nothing has happened." We humans, in searching for success and... 6). Dog Worms -- Don't Let Them Get Started There may be no warning before dog worms strike.It was about two AM, when beneath our bed the new puppy we'd brought home from the pound just 7). How I Lost The Secret Of Dazzling Success For 20 Years Ever heard of the Fuller Brush Man? You know, those legendary guys who came knocking on the front doors of America, selling brushes, mops and cleaners? I was one of them, back in my early twenties. I had just quit a job in an employment agency after four-and-a-half very long, very stressful days. Confined for ... 8). How to be the Most Memorable Person at Networking Events Most of the people I hear from hate networking. They go only because they know they "should," but it's like pulling teeth for them. If you've experienced the usual clammy grip of fear when it's your time to introduce yourself, the following may help you feel more at home, make deeper, more lasting impressions, and attract voluntary re... 9). How to Conquer Intimidating Goals "Oh that would be too hard for me -- I could never learn to do that." We've all heard these words... you may even have said them yourself. Tackling new skills can feel intimidating. But we only feel intimidated because we overestimate the task and underestimate our own abilities. We aren't confident enough in our natural abilities. Tak... 10). How to Make Your Self-Help Really Help Ray was on a tear. "All that self-help stuff is okay, I guess, but it has never worked for me. Ever." He was starting to get excited, waving his arms and pacing around. "In fact," he went on, "it usually makes things worse for me." I asked Ray for examples. "Well, like, I'm out of work -- you kn... 11). How to Set Intentions that Energize You We've all heard how crucial it is to set intentions, goals and targets. Powerful goals electrify us. Clear intentions energize and pull us forward. Without a clearcut intention, we're reactive and don't get around to doing the important things when we want them done. Instead, we spend our time fighting random fires.... 12). How to Wake Up Eager to Start When you jump out of bed every morning, all fired up with enthusiasm, motivation and eagerness to... Huh? What's that? You don't do much jumping in the mornings? Well, okay, when you ease out of bed every morning, all eager and enthusiastic to... Huh? What's that? You don't do that either? Wel... 13). Mix Business with Pleasure? There's a Safe Way Want to drastically cut the workload in your business, reduce the emotional drain to nearly nothing, and inject more pleasure into your work day? Here's a secret -- check your client list. Got customers who often call you in the middle of the night with emergencies (real or imagined)? Or demand you wo... 14). Puppy Crate Training -- Fast Track to a Contented Dog Puppy crate training is one of the most effective ways to housebreak your new puppy. Puppy crate training takes a little patience, but it's a 15). Puppy Vaccines Assure Wagging Tails and Wet Noses When you get a new puppy it is imperative that he receive all his proper puppy vaccines. These protect him from getting diseases if he becomes exposed 16). Sometimes Typhoons Come Tonight half of southern Japan is hunched down awaiting the arrival of the typhoon. This is #15 for the Pacific region this year, and the third one in about six weeks to come our way. By the way, if you're not quite sure what a typhoon is, it's the Asian name for tropical storms or hurricanes. Our little town of about 18... 17). The Corners We Don't Mind Cutting The Corners We Don't Mind Cutting 18). The True Price of Success Standing in the gale-force winds, the kid was looking queasy. We could all see the storm was growing more intense. The rain had already plastered his hair to his forehead and his new black suit was starting to cling to him in ways Mr. Armani never intended. A typhoon was coming -- the seventh this summer to hit Japan -- an... 19). Weaning Puppies Is Only Natural Weaning puppies is a perfectly natural process. Mamma dogs have been doing it successfully for ages, so how hard can it be, right?But humans, 20). Winner's Gold from Personal Garbage Have you noticed how everybody takes it for granted a bad experience is automatically, unreservedly, unremittingly bad? That nothing good could ever come from a bad childhood, for example? I'm hearing the comment more and more often that we have become a victim society. Maybe this is true? Consider... Don't we hear these ... 21). You as THE Authority Figure She stands at the front of the room exuding confidence. Your companion leans over and whispers, "Remember when she was just another newbie? We all started out together, and back then, she didn't know any more than you or me, but look at her now!" And you have to admit, she seems born to instruct -- or command. Fielding qu... 22). You Can't Do Everything First Recently, I was interviewing Paul Hartunian, the master of free publicity, who successfully juggles several very different careers. Paul commented: People don't act because a lot of things are in front of them. I've gone to lots of seminars where there was so much information you were on information overload. T...