Travel to Refresh Yourself

Getting away from work can sometimes be the best help to someone who is stressed out. One thing we always suggest in our self help seminars, is to take a holiday where possible.

At the moment, there are a few good phuket deals available - a cost effective destination in Asia where you can clear your mind and refresh ready to get things going again soon after.

Relax by the beach, enjoy nice hotels and sip inexpensive drinks by night at one of the many bars in town.

Direct flights are plentiful and the locals are very friendly.

This is a smart step in your self help kit bag!

Top 50 Self Help Books

This book, heralded as the first and only 'bite-sized' introduction to the classic works of 'life transformation,' is long overdue. Samuel Smiles wrote "Self- Help" in 1859, but the term only became widely used in the twentieth century. The idea of self-help, however, has been around for centuries. From religious works dating from thousands of years before Christ, such as the The Bhagavad-Gita, to modern American books such as Martin Seligman's "Learned Optimism," Butler-Bowdon covers what he calls the theme of 'refusal to accept common unhappiness.'

Butler-Bowdon reveals the popularity of the self-help book: he claims his selection of 50 classics has sold over 150 million copies, and the total number for the genre has reached more than half a billion copies. The book is divided into six themes, from The Power of Thought to Making a Difference. Such divisions are of course highly arbitrary. David Burns' "Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy" is listed in The Power of Thought category, while Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience" is listed under Secrets of Happiness. Broadly speaking, all the books are about our search for happiness. 50 Self-help Classics deserves to be a favorite among the millions of self-help enthusiasts who are still looking for the book that will explain the keys to happiness, but are overwhelmed by the avalanche of new titles every year that claim to do just that. Butler-Bowdon has done everyone a service by providing a three or four page synopsis of each of the most influential self-help volumes and biographical details of the authors. Furthermore, each book section also has an 'In a Nutshell' section that distills the book's message down to a couple of sentences. Very handy.

My interest was first drawn to Butler-Bowdon's views on the books that first introduced me to self-help and that I still hold in high esteem: Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People" and Maxwell Maltz's "Psycho-Cybernetics." He also holds them in high esteem. In fact, Butler Bowdon, respecting the theme of positive thinking that pervades the self-help field, has very few negative comments on any of the books. After all, he chose them as the outstanding works in the field. But the joy of reading this book comes from not only being reintroduced to books one enjoyed years ago, but also from the chance to read about less mainstream works, from ancient volumes such as The Dhammapada, Buddha's teachings, to recent books such as Alain de Botton's "How Proust Can Change Your Life."

The self-help field is so large that you soon realize that without this book you could spend so much time reading that you would not have time to put all that good advice into practice. Another realization--many of the authors repeat the same ideas: be positive, realize that change means action rather than just thought, develop goals, be optimistic, yet realistic, and don't worry about trivial matters. However, the examples the authors give often give their books a unique perspective. After reading this book, you should be in a happy, positive frame of mind. If not, read it again. It really does contain the keys to happiness.

Clive Lilwall taught communications at Durham College, Oshawa, Ontario. He is the author of "How to Stop Your 67 Worst Worries." http://www.worryfixer.com

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Play Evony

If you're looking to play evony the new online mmorpg gaming title from UMGE, the establishment of a new city or account in evony is much improved when you have the advantage of time. With some games (similar to World of Warcraft) having an early advantage gives you a slight edge to build defences, troops and get much more established in the game.

The one different factor in Evony, you may be able to speed up the process by buying evony game coins. The coins allow for faster construction of buildings, armies and of course research of technologies.

The final tip when playing evony, stick to one of the higher servers as you should experience less lag - for more tips on online games free rpg check out the other site.

Evony

What drives the motivation of some gamers to spend endless hours on games such as Evony Online (used to be called Civony)?

Just like addicted gamers at World of Warcraft, people (mostly kids 10-18) will spend hours on end playing online web based games, some strategy, mostly MMORPG trying to build their cities and defeat other players.

What satisfaction to gamers really get? They are getting overweight and their health suffers, their family suffers and who really wins?

The gaming developers make big money from the likes of Evony, WoW and everquest. When will it end? There has been reports in Asia of people actually 'dying' at internet cafes from playing games such as Starcraft for hours and sometimes days on end.

Will Evony be the next problem game to hurt a generation?

SalesDogs Self Help

A handy video by Jim Peake of MySuccessgateway.com & Blair Singer of SalesDogs as they are interviewed about success and self help tools. Self help tools are vast on the internet and many are accessible for free; a simple search of Google will find you plenty of tools and information that will help you get the motivation and self help you need.

Check out this video below:

You Can Negotiate Anything

Written by Herb Cohen, the described by Playboy magazine as the worlds most talented negotiator - the book 'You Can Negotiate Anything' is a great read and a value asset for anyone in any line of work or lifestyle.

Whether you're dealing with your spouse, boss, shopping centre salesmen, bank manager, kids, attorneys, or even best friends. Every interaction with another person involves negotiating.

How well you handle each interaction determines whether you prosper happily or suffer frustration and loss.

Using a sensible and helpful approach, the Herb Cohen method shows that negotiation is a process you can understand and predict, most importantly its a skill and technique that anyone can understand and learn. Improve on, and absolutely get the satisfaction you want.

Vince Papale inspirational speaker

Brooks International presents Vince Papale. In 1976, Vince Papale was working as a school teacher and part-time bartender. Philadelphia Eagles' coach Dick Vermeil held a press conference and invited locals to workout. The rest is history; Vince's story is the inspiration for the movie Invincible, starring Mark Wahlberg and has made Vince a much sought-after motivational and inspirational speaker.

Michael Jordans Secret to Success

Basketballer and worldwide phenomenon Michael Jordan, who we have mentioned before on this site - was quoted on this video, with a great couple of lines that are worth reading.

Michael Jordan said "Ive missed more than 9000 jump shots in my career, i've lost over 300 basketball games. Ive been trusted to take the game winning shot 26 times and missed the jumpshot. I've failed over and over again in my life and this is why I succeed."

So as you think about motivation or self help for a sticky situation, life crisis or taking the leap in business - stop for a second and think about this statement.

Motivational Quotes

I found this latest video, containing some great motivational quotes and inspirational images, all put to good music in a free YouTube Video. Titled 'Motivational Quotes and Quotations' I am sure anyone looking for some 'juice' will get very worked up about this. Simply get this playing in the morning and at any time of the day and you will find yourself injected with that bit of extra energy ready to take on anything.

Helping yourself with smart Strategy

I have a nice email recently from a reader who visited a casino and went home with a stack of winnings. An avid fan of strategies and systems to beat the casinos (both real world and online casinos) he spent months on the internet learning various systems and sequences to get better odds at games like: blackjack, roulette and craps. He has regularly been a poker play (he wishes to remain nameless!) and as I said, took home some major winnings recently in both Vegas and Atlantic City.

He basically said; by learning all you can about the game and the environment you can really grab the best odds and walk away a winner. While only a handful win, and casinos generally hustle and strongarm the winners away quickly - the losers keep coming back and filling the coffers. Anyway, the point of the email was that use the internet and all the free resources we have now to make a killing quickly at the tables and walk away! If only it was that simple. Anyway, here's a few sites that can assist folks interested in gambling through systems and strategies to win big:

Blackjack Strategy
Roulette Strategy
Poker Blog (For Budding Poker Pros!)