I noticed if I kept track of how many times I was involved in gossiping, I actually was less likely to even get started. That is a good thing. That is another one of the tricks that can actually help you break a bad habit. Read more
How many times a day do you have to talk about someone behind their back to be officially labeled a gossiper?
Today I decided to see how many times I got involved in gossiping. Read more
Downside of gossiping
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As I sat in my train to go to work this morning, a lady in front of me opened her newspaper to read. The page facing me was none other than the “GOSSIP COLUMN”. That’s law of attraction at work! Then I shook my head and looked around and I saw another newspaper with an ad “We pay BIG$$ for Celebrity Gossip!” Read more
Advantages of gossiping
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Now I know that gossip is looked upon as an evil thing even though most people succumb to it. There has to be a reason why. When I started digging for the truth I actually found several advantages of gossiping.
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Why do people gossip?
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Obviously everyone has a different reason for gossiping. I have found that people gossip for one of the following reasons:
To fill in the void in conversation
People in general do not like silence. It seems everyone is afraid of silence. That is why sometimes meditation, or quieting of the mind is so challenging for a lot of people. Whenever there is a silence in a conversation, people tend to get nervous and often try to fill in the void by gossiping. Read more
Gossip according to Webster means “rumor or report of an intimate nature.” According to the
If you can do this, you can achieve anything that you want
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I used to wonder about people who achieved great success. I wanted to know exactly how they thought, what they felt and how they would approach goals differently than average people. Read more
How to make your shaving blades last longer and get a better shave
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Have you thought how much money we spend each year on shaving blades alone? It can easily be hundreds of dollars. When trying to live on basically no income I was faced with a dilemma. Should I just stop shaving or extend the life of my shaving blades? I chose to go with the latter. Now how I was to do that was another question. Read more
Examples of how to build Self-Discipline
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Following are some of the ways I have used to build my self-discipline up to a respectable level. I am still no where close to where I would like to be but I am still ahead of where I was a few years ago. Read more
How to build Self-Discipline
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If you want to get good at something, do it often, and do it a lot. Basically if you do something over and over again, you are bound to get better at it! Such a simple formula and yet so neglected. This is what I decided to apply in order to build self-discipline. Read more