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User Post: The Watermelon Credo to Riding Out the Though Times

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by Bud Bilanich for S uccess Television It’s summer time – watermelon is just coming into season. I had a big bowl of watermelon before I went for a bike ride…

User post: What to do when fear overwhelms you

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By Karin Manske

“Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.”

One of the strongest emotions, and one that can stop you dead in your tracks, is fear.

Now, don’t get me wrong: Fear is a good thing. It is designed to save your life -- when you are in real danger! And that’s when things get tricky. Not only does fear show up when your life is threatened, it also shows up when you are in no danger at all. It will be there when you want to do something you love, start a business based on your passion, or find the relationship of your dreams. That’s when fear shows up, right next to excitement. And, it can be so overwhelming that you will want to run the other direction and go hide under the covers. Seriously.

5 ways to get over feeling overwhelmed

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There's stress -- boy, howdy, is there ever stress right now -- and then there's overwhelm.

Right now, I have both, and one is feeding the other. When I'm overwhelmed, I get really withdrawn (if you've ever met me in person, you'll understand that it's a strange thing to be around a very quiet Lylah). Sometimes, I seem angry, but I'm not, I'm just really frustrated. And my to-do list seems to grow by the second, because I can't seem to get anything done. Which, of course, adds to the frustration, and to the feeling of being overwhelmed.

So, how to you break the cycle? Here are five things I try to do to overcome that feeling of being overwhelmed:

User Post: Today's Meditation - Put an End to the Thinking Sabotaging Your Goals

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By Jane Powell - www.MeditationsForWomen.com

“It’s never too late.”

No matter what is cycling through your head at this very moment, it's never too late to set goals, to change your life. (Really, it's not.)

10 ways to organize your work space

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Want to achieve your goals, become uber successful? But, first, where's my pen?

Outstanding performance is one of the keys to success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success. If you want to become an outstanding performer, you need to do three things:</>
1) become a lifelong learner; 2) set and achieve high goals; and 3) get organized.

For some reason, I have a difficult time organizing my work space. My living space is very neat (it always was, even before I got married), but my work space has always been a mess – very cluttered. I am working very diligently on better organizing my work space.

Are you well organized? Or are you disorganized? Leave a comment letting us know what you do to enhance your level of organization.

The September 2008 issue of “O, The Oprah Magazine” devotes 11 pages to an article call “Overwhelmed?” I found some great ideas for reducing the clutter in your workspace and living space.

Here are a few ideas that I particularly like…