Maria Rattray's articles
Adversity - How to Deal With It
Adversity is part of life. It touches everyone at some stage in their lives, sometimes rendering us feeble and unable to cope. It is in finding ways of facing and dealing with adversity that will determine how we re-surface and begin the process of growth and acceptance.Posted: 2009-11-16
Category: Self Improvement
Six-Figure Income School - Be Strong and Triumph
If we stop to consider how animals and plants respond to adversity, we realise that they have an intuitive desire to stay alive and thrive. It's not always so with humans. The survivors will fight to the end in the belief that they can triumph. Those with a less positive attitude, those who are short of determination and belief in themselves, will not. Taking lessons from nature may well be the schooling we need when times are tough.Posted: 2009-11-16
Category: Internet Business
Love to Travel? Don't Put it Off. Travel For Free!
Having regular holidays is vital to our welfare aand that of our families. It is important that we take sufficient time off work to re-charge our batteries and forget the stresses of our day-to-day living. Despite knowing this, so many of us feel that we are indispensable. Consequently, it is not until we experience sickness that we realise the need for relaxation.Posted: 2009-11-15
Category: Internet Business
Want to be Wealthy? Then Develop A Confdent Attitude!
Despite that fact that many corporations today spend millions of dollars in training, hoping to effect change in their employees, many of that money is wasted simply because most people are resistant to change. Change demands courage. It's a turning away from old ways and embracing new, possibly more challenging alternatives. Many people find that difficult, and yet,if we have the desire to move forward and take courage, we can do so!Posted: 2009-11-14
Category: Internet Business
Travel, Broaden Your Horizons - and Make Money at the Same Time!
Today, more people than ever are travelling. There is much excitement in planning a trip and eventually arriving at a destination,thrilled to be part of a new experience. Despite many of us arrive home from holidays completely exhausted, the experience usually makes us thirst for more adventure. Travel is relativey cheap these days and more and more people have caught the travel bug.Posted: 2009-11-11
Category: Travel & Leisure
Think Positively and Create Wealth
Many of us grew up in an era when the notions of getting a good education and a subsequent job were emphasised over and over again. However, to some extent the concepts were negative. No parent ever suggested that their children would accumulate wealth through this system. Basically they would just fair a little better than the previous generation. It's really hard to reverse this sort of thinking, but it can be done with astounding results.Posted: 2009-11-08
Category: Internet Business
Generosity Counteracting Adversity
In a world where many people do not take time to assist those less fortunate than themselves, some special people emerge. They are not necessarily wealthy people, often having sufferred adversity. Stasia Dabrowski is one of these people. Well into her eighties, she has for many years, assisted the homeless and needy in Canberra, Australia. We can all learn from Stasia. We can learn to give and in so doing, enrich our lives.Posted: 2009-11-08
Category: Internet Business
Wealth Creation - Positive Thinking
Sometimes we are daunted by problems that, at first, are seemingly too big. An untended garden will appear to be almost impossible to transform, and yet, with diligence and determination, great changes can be effected. This approach applies to our thinking too. If we tackle our problems in small chunks, often we will find that the size of the problem shrinks accordingly, and wonderful outcomes can be achieved.Posted: 2009-11-06
Category: Internet Business
