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Laughter
Laughter is a great stress reducer. If you have never read Norman Cousins’ account of his experience of self-healing as described in Anatomy of an Illness, I encourage you to do so. When diagnosed with an incurable illness, he brought a movie projector into his hospital room and watched reel after reel of old classic comedy movies, laughing himself into hysterics. He found he could relieve his otherwise significant pain on a consistent basis through laughter. That practice, along with some other novel therapies, resulted in his healing. He left his prestigious journalistic career and taught on the faculty of a major medical school about the power of the mind and emotions in healing the body of disease.
Laughter isn't just the best medicine - it's easy to take too!
In his book ‘Anatomy of an Illness’, Norman Cousins tells the story of how he ‘laughed his way out of a crippling disease’ that doctors believed to be irreversible. Cousins was an author, diplomat and editor of the literary magazine ‘The Saturday Review’. In 1964, he contracted ankylosing spondylitis – the connective tissue in his spine was disintegrating. He was told that there was no record of anyone ever beating the disease and that adrenal stress could have been the cause behind it.
Expressing Your Creativity
You are not creative you say! Of course you are. HAve you ever cooked a meal or written a story, or told a big fat lie for taht matter. We are all creators in our own way. Find out how expressing your own creativity contributes to peace, harmony and good health.

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10 Secrets of Successful Entrepreneurs
I was raised in a family of entrepreneurs. My father, my brothers and sister, grandparents, uncles, and cousins are all self-employed. So, why did it take me so long to join the ranks of this profession that I grew up in?
Who Inspires You To Be A Better Person
To me a hero is someone whom I admire, someone whom I aspire to be like. A woman named Mildred Norman, she was known as peace pilgrim. I read her story in Dan Millman’s book, Divine Interventions. Mildred was born in 1908 on a small chicken farm in New Jersey and she passed away over fifteen years ago. I'm inspired to be a better person by her remarkable story...
Laughter
Laughter is a great stress reducer. If you have never read Norman Cousins’ account of his experience of self-healing as described in Anatomy of an Illness, I encourage you to do so. When diagnosed with an incurable illness, he brought a movie projector into his hospital room and watched reel after reel of old classic comedy movies, laughing himself into hysterics. He found he could relieve his otherwise significant pain on a consistent basis through laughter. That practice, along with some other novel therapies, resulted in his healing. He left his prestigious journalistic career and taught on the faculty of a major medical school about the power of the mind and emotions in healing the body of disease.
Incentives and Rewards
There are two phrases that always make my heart sink. The first of these is "appraisal system". And the second is "incentives plan," "bonus structure", call it what you will. Needless to say, these two subjects are closely related cousins. Underpinning both is the "carrot and stick" approach to motivation; a school of inspiration which has its origins in the management of donkeys.

Laughter isn't just the best medicine - it's easy to take too!
In his book ‘Anatomy of an Illness’, Norman Cousins tells the story of how he ‘laughed his way out of a crippling disease’ that doctors believed to be irreversible. Cousins was an author, diplomat and editor of the literary magazine ‘The Saturday Review’. In 1964, he contracted ankylosing spondylitis – the connective tissue in his spine was disintegrating. He was told that there was no record of anyone ever beating the disease and that adrenal stress could have been the cause behind it.
Exercises to Keep Your Mouse From Biting You
If you use your computer a lot and you are of that certain age, you recognize when your mouse is beginning to bite you. It may be your mouse hand cramping, your lower or upper arm muscles, your shoulder, or perhaps the opposite shoulder knotting in sympathy. Don't wait until you are suffering, try these hints to avoid "mouse shoulder" and its cousins.
The Brain That Changes Itself
Here’s a tip-read Norman Doidge’s book “The Brain That Changes Itself.” The author points out that an astonishing new science called neuro-plasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable.
Grandma’s Lesson
Thanksgiving this year was a fabulous family affair. We had the entire crew of aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, etc. including dogs and cats romping around my aunt Cherie’s house. My grandmother was there cooking up a storm despite having had brain surgery to remove a tumor just nice months before. What a woman.
Rest is as important as Activity
It was 0630 pm and the sun had just set on the highway. I was driving back home from work on a busy day and was keeping the care at the speed limit of 100 kmph. The audio CD program ‘Power of positive thinking’ by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale was being lapped up. All seemed well, except for one fact – I was asleep at the wheel.

Vision at Work
Strong leaders make people hopeful about the future. As editor and writer Norman Cousins reflects, "The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started." Hope is a key activator. When faced with major changes, leaders optimistically focus everyone's attention on the possibilities. They look for signs of progress and reinforce those to build forward momentum. A compelling vision of the team or organization's preferred future keeps people from obsessing over present-day obstacles or getting stuck in the past.
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