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		<title>What does it mean to accept and forgive</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/accept-forgive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Zen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ease of life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acceptance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=889</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am currently purging myself by doing one of the worst jobs in the world. The job I&#8217;m doing has a reputation somewhere bellow that of crooks, lawyers and politicians (is there much of a difference) and child molesters. I&#8217;m selling cars.
One of my coworkers is a prototypical used car sales person. He has absolutely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First things first &#8211; kindness</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/kindness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ease of life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kindness]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=885</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first habit in Steven Covey&#8217;s seminal self improvement book, The seven habits of highly successful people is called, &#8220;First things first.&#8221; He talks about doing the most important things first and brings important things like family, health etc into it (if I remember correctly).
The other night I arrived home quite tired and I went [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eat low glycemic index breakfast</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/eat-glycemic-index-breakfast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Michelangelo Weight Management Seminar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weight loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weight reduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glycemic indexs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=882</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You have heard that we should eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and supper like a pauper. You may have also have heard that eating low glycemic index meals and snacks control your blood sugar level &#8211; keeping it even and balanced &#8211; hence helping you manage your weight and stay healthy.
I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Physiology of mood change</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/physiology-mood-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brain sciences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[positive affirmation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=878</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are times when you may feel down with or without a reason. At such times you can just accept the negative mood or you can do something about it.
When you feel depressed your whole body including your immune system is depressed and your muscles reflect your negative mood.
However, you can make your mood follow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Change disappointments into opportunities for growth</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/change-disappointments-opportunities-growth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disappointment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=871</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was reading a book on business. It is composed of twelve chapters. Each is an interview with a business leader or academic. The first chapter is about disappointment and how we deal with it.
Disappointments are facts of life. They are as common as birth, death and taxes. However, we never learn how to deal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrate a victory by buying yourself a gift</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/celebrate-victory-buying-gift/</link>
		<comments>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/celebrate-victory-buying-gift/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self esteem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[victory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=865</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you have a success it is important to acknowledge your victory.
Getting    yourself a gift, symbolically ritualizes your accomplishment. The gift need    not cost a lot.
When you buy yourself a gift, it is truly the thought that counts.    Add a card and write the occasion of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want to quickly feel powerful &#8211; stand up tall with head erect</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/quickly-feel-powerful-stand-tall-head-erect/</link>
		<comments>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/quickly-feel-powerful-stand-tall-head-erect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self esteem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stress mangement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[physiology of success]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=861</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is impossible to feel depressed when one has the physiology of being happy. And the same is true that if you adopt the body language of depression you will feel depressed.
As we have stressed, want a happy mind/body/soul/spirit put on a happy face. In this case remember a time when you felt very confident, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The third way of looking at new things</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/the-third-way-of-looking-at-new-things/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ease of life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teaching story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning experiences]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=859</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a teaching story about an island on which there were no mangoes.  On day a cargo ship was thrown about on a storm. The ship went through the harsh ocean safely. However, a crate of mangoes fell into the ocean and landed on the island shore.
The islanders who had never seen any mangoes were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take a deep breath &#8211; relax &#8211; reduce stress</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/deep-breath-relax-reduce-stress/</link>
		<comments>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/deep-breath-relax-reduce-stress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stress mangement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mind/body]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=857</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In many languages the word breath and spirit are the same or have the same root. In Genesis the Creator gave breath spirit to the clay and gave life to humanity (Adam).  We use the term inspiration (to breath in) because over the years people have learned the connection between the breath and the mind.
On [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take a shower and renew your energy</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/shower-renew-energy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shower]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stress management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=854</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Seventy percent of the earths surface as well as seventy percent of our bodies is water. We need hydration on the inside and outside. Both drinking enough water and washing our skins reduce the effects of stress on the body.
To hydrate your skin you can have a bath or shower. There is, however, a difference [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get some mentors</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/mentors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mentor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=851</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We all need to learn from others who have gone before us. A mentor already has been where we want to go and can point the way. Now you might wonder where you may get your mentor(s). Often you might find someone at work, school, university. Often a family member may make an excellent mentor. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twelfth Day of Christmas</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/twelfth-day-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[miracle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twelfth Day of Christmas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=849</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is the Twelfth Day of Christmas; or as some of you may know it, “Little Christmas” &#8212; the traditional day of the Coming of the Magi, who came bearing gifts,  simply, and quietly, recognizing the Miracle before them.
For some of you, the remembrance of the holiday lingers as you tuck away the last of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good questions</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/good-questions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[good questions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=845</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Continuing the transfere of old posts to the blog:
Your mind will answer any questions you pose. It does not ask if the question is true or false. It just comes up with some answers.
Thus if you ask, &#8220;Why    do things always go wrong for me?&#8221; You will get a thousand and one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better late than never?</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/late/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goal achievement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self esteem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[procrastination]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=842</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the years 2000 and 2001 I wrote a series called 365 ways to boost you self esteem. I would add a short article every day. I suppose it was really a blog but I was not using a blogging software. I&#8217;m slowly transferring as many of the seven hundred posts to the blog from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dont worry, smile, you&#8217;ll be happy</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/dont-worry-smile-happy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ease of life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[as if principle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[be happy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smile]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=838</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Modern psychological and physiological research has shown that the mind and the body are not two separate entities but are two ways of looking at the same object.
It is like a lightning may be thought of as a bright flash with the associated thunder or an electrical discharge with a huge momentary change of air [...]]]></description>
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		<title>write measurable goals</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/write-measurable-goals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[goal achievement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first step]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goal setting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[measurable goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sweet spot]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=835</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the M of SMART goals:
Have a way of measuring the achievement of your goals. Here again we are talking about making your goals more precise. The goal seeking mechanism in human beings is mainly the unconscious mind which needs precise directions. This is where measurable goals come into their own.
As we mentioned before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>write your goals from an ecological point of view</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/write-goals-ecological-point-view/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[goal achievement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goal setting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[secondary effects]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=832</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Think of all consequences of your goal from an ecological point of view. This basically means being aware of cause and effect relationships. Often we have a goal and take action toward the goal f and do not notice all the secondary effects. Some of these may be beneficial and others we may not like.
Just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Write specific goals</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/write-specific-goals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[goal achievement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goal setting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=830</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Continuing our goal writing series:
Make your goals specific.
Again going back to our original example of flying to Hawaii, if our pilots decide to go somewhere in the Pacific, where are they going to end up? So long as they fly to any non-specific destination in the Pacific they are on target but it is highly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>write your goals with an achievement time</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/write-goals-achievement-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[goal achievement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=827</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[continuing the goal writing series:
Your goals need have an achievement time.This is the T of SMART goals.
If we use the metaphor of flying to Hawaii, and we have no arrival time, we may take ten years going from here to there and yet since ultimately we are hoping to get to Hawaii, we (our unconscious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Give yourself a deadline and then do it even if it is not as good as you desire</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/give-deadline-good-desire/</link>
		<comments>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/give-deadline-good-desire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[self esteem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[will power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deadline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[procrastination]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=824</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[continuing our goal achievement series:
Give yourself a deadline for any goal and then just beat that deadline no matter what it takes.  This again is a way to beat that most odious habit of procrastination which damages our chances of archiving goals more than just about any other hindrance.
A friend gets into trouble by being [...]]]></description>
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