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6 Persuasion Tactics to Get What You Want

The art of persuasion is a critical skill that can be used for all sorts of situations. Whether you need it for transactional business relationships or if you simply want to change someone’s mind, knowing how to persuade or negotiate has many advantages.  Taking a page from the FBI Hostage Negotiation Unit’s Behavioral Change Stairway ...

Arianne Ayson

Illustration of a redheaded lady in a business suit talking to coworkers or employees.

Homemaking Skills 101: What You Need to Learn

Homemaking skills are essential for most people. The problem is that some people learn when it’s too late. Before that happens, discover the critical life skills you need to know for your home. If you’ve never been taught the basic homemaking skills needed to survive, it’s never too late to try. You can learn a ...

Mike West

Learning how to cook.

Abundance Mindset: The Path to Change Your Life

What is an abundance mindset? Does it work? Will it make you healthy? Find out the answers to these questions and more. This mindset is a framework of thought used by some of the most successful people in the world. Practicing this mindset has been shown to help some people change their lives for the ...

Mike West

An abundance mindset.

Bonsai Art Saves a Lady’s Life: The Story of Bonsai Master Amy Liang

Professor Amy Liang is an internationally acclaimed bonsai master from Taiwan. She has dedicated most of her life to bonsai arts and gained worldwide recognition.  She said trees have emotions and feelings; pruning a bonsai tree can be quite a rewarding experience, as trimming off unnecessary or uninteresting branches can make the tree happy. In ...

Billy Shyu

Taiwanese bonsai master Professor Amy Liang.

Feng Shui Expert Reveals the Secret to Wealth and Prosperity (Part 2)

This is a two-part story; please go here for Part 1 Billionaire Li Ka-shing became the wealthiest man in Hong Kong with guidance from feng shui master Chen Lang. In the early 1990s, the Hong Kong government granted Li Ka-shing a piece of land in an excellent location in central Hong Kong, situated between the ...

Mikel Davis

An Asian businessman thankful for his blessings.

Financial Stress Can Affect Your Mental Health

Financial stress is affecting people in many different ways. Some are struggling to pay bills, feed the family, or maintain a place to live. Others are meeting their basic needs, but are dipping into their savings for extras. Financial stress is increasing and, understandably, is causing some distress. In recent months, Lifeline [Australian Crisis Support ...

Troy Oakes

A couple stand in the grocery store looking at their receipt with shocked expressions on their faces.

7 Benefits of Taking Full Responsibility

Responsibility is significant no matter how young or how old you are. As the world makes it easier for you to slip away, learning how to be responsible is becoming less and less popular. Here’s why taking responsibility is essential for everyone. Nowadays, it has become easier for some people to run away from being ...

Mike West

Taking responsibility.

6 Key Practices to Stop Being a Victim

Life isn’t fair, and most of the time, you find yourself the victim of particular circumstances. Will you allow it to swallow you, or will you learn how to bounce back stronger than you were? Becoming a victim of something is difficult, traumatic, and often unjust. If you don’t want it to take control of ...

Mike West

Victimhood.