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posted April 16, 2009 10:34 AM            

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We all know people who are inspiring. But just how does one inspire others? Here are ten simple ways you can inspire people to be their best:

Be a good example. People watch what you do more than they listen to what you say. Be someone worth emulating.

Care about others. People don’t care about how much you know until they know how much you care. Ask questions. Take a genuine interest in people.

Encouragement. Everyone goes through tough times. When you support people and encourage them through these times, you’ll be inspiring them to see the best in themselves and in the situation.

Be inspired yourself. Look for people, ideas, environments and knowledge that you find inspiring and motivating.

Share from your own experience. You have more to share than you realize. Mine the rich experiences of your life and share your wisdom from your unique point of view. You may be the only one who can touch someone with your inspiring message.

Be vulnerable. Be willing to share your failures as well as your successes. Others will relate to you. They’ll understand that they’re not the only ones with challenges.

Tell stories. Facts tell and stories sell. They inspire, too. We learn best from parables and we all need to develop our own inspiring stories.

Be a good communicator. Increasing your ability to communicate effectively is a critical element for you to inspire others. Watch how you speak and what you say. Invest in your communication skills.

Challenge people. Many of us have had teachers who at times seemed more like tormentors than mentors. They challenged us to do our best, and we were better for it. Practice "carefrontation"—the careful and caring confrontation of others.

Read. It may not follow that all readers are leaders, but certainly all leaders are readers. Stay informed. Share what you read with others. Tell people about books that have inspired you. Share the knowledge.

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posted April 24, 2009 06:32 PM            

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i must say you are someone inspiring to me, as most evoloved pisces are.

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posted April 25, 2009 06:20 AM            

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posted April 27, 2009 11:11 AM            

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Thankyou Orignalcopy this is one of the best inspirational list I have seen and I try and do this on a regular basis, it helps to motivate me as well. I get excited and full of passion when I see ppl reaching thier potential at whatever it is..

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posted April 28, 2009 04:28 AM            

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Awesome! I'm printing this one off!!

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posted November 08, 2009 12:57 AM            

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posted November 08, 2009 12:58 AM            

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"Care about others. People don't care about how much you know until they know how much you care. Ask questions. Take a genuine interest in people."

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posted November 11, 2009 02:43 PM            

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"I have found a desire within myself that no experience in this world can satisfy; the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world." -C.S. Lewis

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posted January 26, 2011 01:50 PM            

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bump

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posted February 14, 2011 11:28 AM            

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"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark

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posted April 26, 2011 12:33 PM            

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*bump*

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"All deaths are suicides, do you realize that? Every single one. The only distinction is that, with some people, suicide is a subconscious choice, and with others it's a conscious choice. Otherwise, those who commit suicide and those who succumb to accident, illness or "old age," die for exactly the same reason: belief in the inevitability of death." Linda Goodman

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posted April 27, 2011 03:05 PM            

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By: Christian D. Larson

Promise Yourself

To be so strong that nothing

can disturb your peace of mind.

To talk health, happiness, and prosperity

to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel

that there is something in them

To look at the sunny side of everything

and make your optimism come true.

To think only the best, to work only for the best,

and to expect only the best.

To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others

as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past

and press on to the greater achievements of the future.

To wear a cheerful countenance at all times

and give every living creature you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself

that you have no time to criticize others.

To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear,

and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world,

not in loud words but great deeds.

To live in faith that the whole world is on your side

so long as you are true to the best that is in you.

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"Lock up your libraries if you like, but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind." — Virginia Woolf

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posted April 27, 2011 04:51 PM            

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I like you and your post Alma

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~The Earth Laughs In Flowers~
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posted April 27, 2011 05:54 PM            

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I dig ya' too.

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"Lock up your libraries if you like, but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind." — Virginia Woolf

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posted April 28, 2011 02:02 PM            

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posted July 13, 2011 08:06 AM            

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Deserves another BUMP.

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posted July 24, 2011 11:25 AM            

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*bump*

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posted December 20, 2011 11:46 AM            

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And another.

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"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark

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posted March 01, 2012 02:04 PM            

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*bump for Newflakes*

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"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark

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posted March 15, 2012 11:36 AM            

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Remember, love can conquer the influences of the planets....It can even eliminate karma.

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posted March 15, 2012 09:18 PM            

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Wow, that other person's right, you definately are a Pisces!!!!!

Thankies. <3

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posted March 16, 2012 12:52 AM            

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Never look down on anybody unless you're helping them up. — Jesse Jackson

Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. — Anonymous

Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it. — Author Unknown

Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom. — Friedrich Schiller

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as well as labor does the body. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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"The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind." — Friedrich Nietzsche

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posted March 17, 2012 01:19 PM            

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Great quotes!

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"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark

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posted March 18, 2012 11:26 AM            

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This Anonymous person has had some great quotes!

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"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark

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