Great article about using assertiveness in a respectful way while dealing with difficult people we all come across on a daily basis. Are you a People Pleaser? Does fear of hurting someone's feelings keep you passive and unable to get the respect you deserve?

While there are a variety of assertive techniques one can use to d

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If you have ever dealt with assertiveness issues, or have ever struggled with expressing your feelings in a way that ensures your needs are met, this post is for you.

Personal experiences and knowledge learned on how to be assertive with difficult people on a daily basis, whether in personal relationships or in business. Man

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Mark does an excellent job in this post discussing the 5-Point approach to building web traffic and increasing subscribers by focusing on quality content above quantity. How many times do we have to continue being reminded of quality content, rather than posting every day and saying nothing at all?

I must agree with everythi

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Take a look inside the minds of abusive men who mistreat the women they claim to love. Domestic violence cases continues to increase, so what are the chances an angry and controlling partner can be cured?

If current statistics are correct, anger management classes and couples counseling have not had an impact on these

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Do you ever experience Writer's Block? Do you sometimes struggle with developing creative writing ideas, finding yourself feeling stuck and unable to write something unique and interesting for your readers? Some people struggle with Writer's Block, sometimes lacking inspirati

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If you could name the top ten things that bug you the most about men or women, what would they be? Did you know that men and women speak in completely different languages, so much so that we may feel we are speaking to someone from another planet? Yep, it’s true.

 he ability to communicate is the greatest co

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Is there really a difference between helping and enabling? What is enabling? What are the causes and effects of this behavior on both the “enabler” and the person being “helped”? Helping is doing something for someone else that they are unable to do for themselves. Enabling is doing things for

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When Texas Governor Rick Perry appeared on my television discussing the HPV vaccine and his initiative to get it mandated into Texas Law, thus making it mandatory for all girls entering the 6th grade to get the Gardasil vaccine manufactured by Merck, I was none too happy about it. It’s my child, my decision Mr. Perry!

I don’t like or appre

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Geez, I hate Digg! You just can't win trying to help another blogger build web traffic using Digg! Digg Bites! Digg Sucks! I'm stomping my feet and pounding the ground, Digg Sucks!

Digg is OFF my list of sites I care to use to build web traffic to anyone's awesome posts! Blogging Zoom rules, along with Stumble Upon and Entrecard! Digg,

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5 Blog Carnivals in 1! Soup to Nuts Blog Carnival is having a HUGE blog carnival where you can submit 5 different posts to be included in the carnival.

Looking for some attention, traffic and comments to your blog? Then you really need to check out this Soup To Nuts Blog Carnival. Even consider writing a brief post on your own blog adverti

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Rarely a day goes by where I don’t hear young children and teenagers speaking in an extremely disrespectful manner toward their parents, even cussing at their parents. What I find most amazing is that the disrespectful, inflammatory language towards their parents often goes completely ignored.

I shake my head in disbelief and complete dis

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Vic really nails it on the head for many/most of us with this article on what what Blogging Zoom is and mostly what Blogging Zoom is not!rnrnI'm guilty as charged! And so are you! We all need to quit the whining about trying to get traffic and "zooms" etc and get to following Vic's well-put suggestions. Vic really knows how to get the

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I think if I read one more blog post from someone whining about not getting any traffic, I think I’ll scream. Let me pull out my violin for all you social networking whiners and play you a slow sad song. Boo-Hoo, Waah! “I want traffic, You want traffic. We all want traffic!” Well, so what! rnrnWhat are you really doing about it?! And don’

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If your children know more about technology and computers than you do, this post is for you. If your children or teenagers are nearby, now is the time to usher them out of the room because this is for your eyes only. If it’s not possible to read this in private right now, than be sure to bookmark this page and come back to it when you can rea

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It’s been a bit quiet around here the last couple of days, and I want to explain to you what’s going on behind the scenes. There are some new and exciting changes taking place here, thanks to Google’s recent changes to the Blogger comment section on Blogger blogs. I’m saying Goodbye and Adios to Blogger, and moving to Wordpress.

It’s very

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