Showing posts with label self help. Show all posts
Showing posts with label self help. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Self Help Tips On How To Start A Conversation With Someone Of The Opposite Gender

Author: Chia Ti Wah
Do you need self help tips on how to talk to someone of the opposite gender? This can be quite a problem
especially for people who are shy or lack social confidence. Here are some pointers that you may want to take note of.
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Self Help Tips – Don't Worry
You need to remember that the people of the opposite gender are human beings after all. The person whom you may want to talk to could be feeling just as shy as you are. Do not worry about what the other person will think about you. All you need to do is take a deep breath and pretend that that person is already your friend. Talk to him or her as a friend, not a stranger. It may take some practice at first. The key is to feel comfortable under your own skin and then feel to comfortable with the person.

Self Help Tips – Believe In Yourself
Speaking of feeling comfortable with yourself, it is very difficult to feel comfortable with yourself if you do not believe in yourself. There are a lot of reasons why you may not believe in yourself. It could be because you have been bullied in the past and people called you derogatory and insulting names. Or it could be because you have low self esteem or inferiority complex. Whatever the case may be, you have to break out of that problem, otherwise you will be a slave to it for the rest of your life. Believe in who you are, and love yourself the way you are. There is only one you in the world. No one else can be you as good as you are.

Self Help Tips – Look For Opportunities
It was once said that the go-getters are the ones who win in life. That can be true in this context. If you see an opportunity to talk to someone of the opposite gender, then please grab that opportunity. Even if you make a mistake by saying something inappropriately because you were nervous, know that at least you had the courage to take action, and you can only get better which each opportunity you take. Life will present you with many opportunities, so do keep a lookout for them.
I hope you have benefited from these self help tips on how to talk to someone from the opposite gender. Practice makes perfect, so be sure to work on these pointers consistently.
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Friday, November 15, 2013

The Top 5 Classic Self-Help Books


By: John Rivera

  

Every year there are dozens of self-help books published in the US. Some are read and soon forgotten and eventually go out of print while others go on to become classics. A classic book is a book accepted as being exemplary or noteworthy and has stood the test of time. This is a list of what I consider to be the best self-help book classics.


5. It Works by RHJ



Though not as well-known as the other books on this list, Roy Herbert Jarrett known as R. H. J. authored the little book entitled "IT Works!" published in 1926. "IT Works!" outlined a simple, workable procedure for obtaining one's heart's desires by focus of thought power. The simple, powerful procedure to obtain whatsoever one desires, by right thinking, has brought happiness and fulfillment to many as they learned how to focus their thoughts. Virtually all books on goal setting and mind control published since "It Works!" have followed the same basic ideas. And nothing exceeds imitation for proof of validity!



4. The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason



The Richest Man in Babylon is a book by George Samuel Clason which gives financial advice through a collection of parables set in ancient Babylon. Through their experiences in business and managing household finance, the characters in the parables learn simple lessons in financial wisdom. Originally, a series of separate informational pamphlets distributed by banks and insurance companies, the pamphlets were bound together and published in book form in 1926. The most important idea in the book is this: "A part of all you earn is yours to keep" meaning you should save a tenth of all you make to invest, doing so will make you wealthy. Modern writers have adopted this idea most notably David L. Bach best known for his Automatic Millionaire Series of motivational financial books.



3. The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles



The Science of Getting Rich is a book written by the New Thought Movement writer Wallace D. Wattles and published in 1910 by the Elizabeth Towne Company. The book is still in print after 100 years. It was a major inspiration for Rhonda Byrne's bestselling book and film The Secret (2006). According to USA Today, the text is "divided into 17 short, straight-to-the-point chapters that explain how to overcome mental barriers, and how creation, not competition, is the hidden key to wealth attraction." The Science of Getting Rich preceded similar financial success books such as The Master Key System by Charles F. Haanel (1912) and Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill (1937). In the 100 years since its publication, it has gone through many editions, and remains in print from more than one publisher.



2. The Strangest Secret by Earl Nightingale



Not a book but a recording of a weekly pep talk given to Nightingales sales force, he owned an insurance agency at the time, The Strangest Secret, earned the first Gold Record for the spoken word, with sales exceeding 1 million copies. Nightingale, known as the 'dean of personal development,' reveals how he discovered and lived the secret to success. Nightingale partnered with Vic Conant to market the recording due to popular demand for it and is also credited with starting the self-help/personal development field.



1. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill



Considered by many to be the greatest self-help book ever published, Hill’s Think and Grow Rich first published in 1937, is the end product of two decades of research conducted by Napoleon Hill. His research started when Andrew Carnegie (the steel tycoon who was then the richest man on earth) gave him the assignment of organizing a Philosophy of Personal Achievement. Hill, who was a poor journalist, armed with just an introductory letter from Carnegie, set out to interview over five hundred successful people including Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, John D. Rockefeller, George Eastman, William Wrigley Jr. and Charles M. Schwab. Hill then revealed the priceless wisdom of his research in the form of the thirteen steps to success (in Think and Grow Rich) and the seventeen principles of success (in courses and lectures he conducted).



John Rivera is a professional blogger having been blogging since blogging was in its infancy. John has always had an insatiable curiosity about the world ever since he can remember. Always asking why, John was attracted to self-help books from an early age become a voracious reader in the process. He currently blog about self-help books at The Self-help Books Guide. He has a degree in Philosophy.


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