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How To Deal with Impossible People

Deirdre — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:11:09 -0500

Whether you come across them at work, in traffic or on the soccer field, impossible people can ruin your day if you let them. There are ways to deal with impossible people. Follow these steps and you will be able to survive encounters with grumps, grouches and other impossible people.

How To Get Revenge with Your Remote Control Sprinkler

ericrogers — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:11:29 -0500

One of the greatest joys of owning your own home is the yard that comes with it. It’s your land to enjoy however you see fit--growing a garden, putting in a pool, mowing crop circles to communicate with alien races to let them know that anal probing won’t answer their questions…

How To Tell if Someone Is Lying to You

ronkhare — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:03:40 -0500

How To Change Misperceptions About You

alexcas — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:20:46 -0600

How many times have you been in a situation where you think, “What are they going to think about me if I do this or that?” Or, “Maybe this person thinks that I am not good enough to perform this activity,” or, “it is better if I do not ask because I will look like a fool,” among other thoughts? Most of the time we answer ourselves with the precise answer that is focused into letting us see the worst of ourselves.

How To Enhance Your Relationship with Anyone

coolnave — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:38:34 -0600

Many times, we wonder why our friends act the way they do. Over time, our relationships with friends can dwindle merely because we become too self-centered and pay less attention to them. Relationships need constant attention to stay in good shape. Here are a few ways to recharge your relationships with those around you:

How To Forgive

bambam — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:01:52 -0600

When you forgive, you get your life back. When you forgive, you free your mind. When you forgive, you can continue to put your energies on your priorities, and not pettiness. When you don’t forgive, you don’t act the way you normally do, but you act according to your bitterness. In so doing, you allow your un-forgiveness to keep controlling you.

Forgiveness can lead to reconciliation, if the other person is repentant, but don’t drop your standards to reconcile with people. If you do, they will hurt you again. Forgiveness does not mean that you condone what they did--forgiveness is letting go of the offense they caused you, so that you can have your life back. However, when you forgive people, you can still remember what they did, but you stop blaming them, because you know that everyone can make a mistake. Here are ten tips that will help you to forgive:

How To Resolve Relationship Conflicts

johnschurmann — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:26:26 -0600

Everyone of us has differences and disagreements. But healthy people find ways to resolve conflicts without turning them into wars. As simple as this Ten Step exercise looks, you must take your time to work on all of the steps. Learn one step at a time. Do not skip a step. Each step is built onto the next step, until all ten steps are learned. Look at this as learning a new dance with your partner or friend. This dance is made up of ten steps. As you learn each step, the dance starts to evolve and you will find that the steps become easier and the dance more enjoyable.

Print out and complete the following ten steps on paper. It is much easier to write out your answers than to do all the work in your head. It will help you stay focused as you practice each step. Remember you're learning something new which is not visible to the eye. When you write down your answers, the steps will become visible to you and to your partner.

How To Tell Your Friend She's Dating a Loser

MissySJ276 — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:18:22 -0500

You get the phone call. It's your friend rambling on about someone she met at the bar the night before. She is sure not to miss a single juicy detail about the evening or the person that she seems to have fallen head over heels for within a few hours and a few drinks. Sometimes it can be dismissed as a one-night stand, but sometimes, hours turn into days, which turn into weeks.

Finally, you meet this so-called Mr. Wonderful, but in the end, you're left scratching head wondering, "What the hell does my friend see in this person?" He's rude, controlling, thoughtless and sometimes, downright mean. Sometimes he has no ambition, no goals and empties your friend's bank account. Let's face it. We've all been there. It's your job, as the good friend that you are, to let your friend know that she is, in fact, dating a loser.

How To Spot a Liar

JohnStejskal — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:06:52 -0500

The techniques bellow will show you how to tell if you are being lied to. These techniques are used by government agencies for interrogation. They can easily be utilized in relationships and in business situations. To make successful use of these indicators, it helps to know the suspect's ‘normal' body language and reactions to different situations.

How To Help a Friend with a Drinking Problem

Lorats1 — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:59:07 -0500

We all know the "one friend." He or she is the life of the party, always game for a good time. But the friend tends to go too far and ends up sloppy and troubling. Maybe she has gotten a DUI or lost her job. Perhaps he gets mean and is hard to hang out with after a certain number of drinks. Or maybe he disappears, has become unreliable and even very depressed.

One thing is certain. You have a loved one who is drinking too much and you're worried. Very worried. So what do you do?

How To Recognize Cocaine Addiction

Staff468 — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:19:00 -0500

Statistics are a funny thing. To hear that 2.8 percent of Americans age 15-64 consume cocaine, one might feel like cocaine abuse is a somewhat marginal concern. Yet half of the world's consumption of cocaine occurs in the United States - roughly 300 metric tons of it per year. A sobering statistic, made more sobering by the knowledge of what cocaine does to the human body. Whether snorted, eaten, injected or smoked, cocaine is potentially deadly, and no one can predict a fatal dose. Here are some perils of long-term, unresolved cocaine addiction and even short-term abuse in some cases.