By Karen Van Riesen - Do you find it hard to stop thinking? Do you wake up in the middle of the night and immediately your mind clicks into high gear – so you’re thinking instead of sleeping? Sometimes we think that we are getting a leg up on solving our problems and getting a head start on the day, but is this true? My mind begins to buzz and flip from topic to topic like a Rolodex and do I really think I’m getting somewhere? This catches up with me later in the day. After lunch my mind says, ‘where’s that bed I was thinking in at 4:00 am this morning?’ I know some people who have a thinking chair and they spend...

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By Bob Urichuck - Self esteem is an internal sense of worth. It reflects an inner confidence and self-respect and it shines outwardly by the actions one takes. The self esteem which evolves on the inside is usually reflected on the outside. Your internal self worth which consists of your self-esteem, self confidence and self respect will become your external net worth. It is a matter of pride in who you are and the mentor you can be. Compare an individual with strong self esteem and high net worth to another with weak one and low net worth. What are the obvious differences? Does self esteem play a major role? Of course, it does. It is the essence of a personality. Strong self esteem...

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