Treat People As You Would Like To Be Treated

We are all very different – we look different, we like doing different things and have very different goals and outlooks on life. But underneath all that we have some very fundamental things in common. And it’s not difficult to find out what because as we ourselves have feelings, funnily enough so do everyone else. However, we’re not trained or comfortable in sharing our feelings, which is why relationships are so difficult. In a relationship, if people don’t share how they feel or how the other person makes them feel – good or bad, in the long run the relationship will fail. That doesn’t mean couples will necessarily split up, but as a rewarding and enriching relationship, it will fail. People just exist together in relationships, it happens all too frequently, as they don’t share that closeness and understanding that comes from an honest expression of feelings.

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Be ‘Nice To Know’ - Good For Business, But Even Better For Being a Friend

These are difficult times all round and the financial squeeze is really affecting everyone. It’s in these difficult times when people are under pressure to cut back on their spending that we see businesses going under. And there’s a real link between popular businesses and popular people, so don’t switch off because you think this doesn’t apply to you personally.

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What You’ve Got Is All You’ve Got – But It’s Probably Much More Than You Think

I’m no beauty and although I ‘brush up OK’, for much of my life Oh boy have I wanted to be pretty – to be the one men gaze at because they can’t help themselves and women look at wistfully, just like I did when one of those natural lovelies walked past. For years I’ve looked in the mirror and seen all the podgy bits and the bits that I’d love to change if I had the courage and the money

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Are You a ‘Drain’ or a ‘Radiator’?

This concept comes from my wonderful sister Sandra who has so much common sense and understanding of life. There are two sorts of people – those who take and those who give. Of course we all do a bit of both, but when you boil it all down, people are mainly one or the other. You know what I’m talking about – when you find there’s a message on your telephone answering machine, does you heart sink when you hear the first few words and recognise the voce, or do you ring them straight back without even waiting to hear the whole message because you’re so keen to speak to them?

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Protect That Little Flicker of Hope

It’s a really good thing we don’t know what’s around the corner – if we knew it was bad news it would spoil everything from the moment you found out and you’d suffer much more. If it was good news, you wouldn’t have the joyful surprise. So the secret is to believe there will be good news ahead and deal with the knocks if or when they hit you.

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