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7 Common Causes of Stress & How to Overcome Them
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email this article to a friend Stress can kill you if you don’t kill it first. It has been linked to five notorious killers…heart disease, cancer, lung disease, accidents and suicide. The common way to treat stress is through drugs. The problem with drugs is that they only treat the symptoms by numbing the brain so stress is not felt. The real root problem isn’t dealt with and waits to re-emerge. If you are feeling stressed out right now, you are not alone. It may seem to you that others…
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5 Rules of Good Communication
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email this article to a friend For every discipline there are rules to be followed in order to reach maximum effectiveness. This is especially true for communicating your ideas to others. I’ve been a public speaker for more than 40 years and I know from experience how important it is to abide by good rules in addressing a crowd or one on one. There are many rules that apply but for the sake of space I’ll just list 5 that I consider to be very important: Consider the reference points…
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How to Gain Effective People Skills…
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email this article to a friend Merely reading people skills books and articles or attending training classes about people skills has little or no impact on acquiring the people skills you need. It is like stretching a rubber band; you can stretch it out but as soon as you let go it returns to its original shape. The same tendency applies to people who have deep seated patterns of behavior that have already been established and reinforced since childhood. They can be indoctrinated on new and highly effective behavior patterns,…