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We hired Dan Pena to retexture our ceilings after we had asbestos removed. We had two other offers and chose Dan because he was recommended by our asbestos removal company and his availability fitted our schedule. Price was good too! Jim did most of the work and he was very friendly and hard working. We are very happy with the results! Dan was most of the time very responsive, either by mail, text, or phone. They were also clear and cooperative when it came to extra things we added along the way (patch an extra hole here and there, adding another ceiling etc), which I very much appreciated. Thank you Jim and Dan!

I highly recommend Dan Pena for any drywall work. He took on a large project that other people in the business couldn't figure out. Dan has a very keen attention to detail and he took a lot of time to do certain parts of the job to make sure it looked right instead of rushing it. Danny is truly a perfectionist.Also he's careful to keep the whole place clean and covered with drop cloths and plastic. He even helped with more smaller projects months later and was very accommodating of my work schedule. Thanks for all the work, my place looks awesome now!

Asked for a quote and received one in a couple of days which was great but Dan sent over a couple of guys that don't appear to normally work for him. The drywall install left areas that were uneven and shows very poor workmanship. I was thoroughly disappointed. Texturing was sloppy. I called and asked them to resolve these issues and they never returned. I texted Dan about these issues and he disregarded my texts. I would suggest using Dan's brother, Jim Pena Drywall instead...In response to your comment to dodge your responsibility. It was you Dan, you were on vacation and I had only wish you had taken the time to resolve these issues. Take responsibility for your workers.

very satisfied and happy with Danny's work on both the drywall and baseboard fix. had called him yesterday and he was able to come help fix those items today. highly recommended and will look out for Danny again with any fixes in the future!

Danny did an amazing job finishing my garage. His price is reasonable and he is fun to be with. He added insulation to the wall, strengthened the ceiling jolts, added a pull-down ladder to the attic, dry walled and painted it professionally. He even added a wooden step which the inspector found to be a little too high and installed trims to the side doors at costs. He turned a completely run down garage into a highly desirable and usable space.

We are highly recommend Dan who just finished project with removal of popcorn Textured ceiling and application of smooth finish. Super clean, efficient and very professional work! The project was completed as Dan had estimated even though he had to fix some extra things that were revealed throughout the process. His pricing is very reasonable for the high quality of work he is doing. We are Very happy with the outcome. Great job!

Danny was very helpful and nice from the beginning til the end.He was very communicative and very calm and friendly throughout the entire process.I needed a job done urgently, and he was able to have it done.It was a new garage that needed painting. It was just dry wall with tape and texturing, and I needed it painted an off-white color. All the walls and the ceiling were painted. Danny suggested the color, and when I told him I wanted it to be wipeable, he suggested the paint finish (we went with eggshell). I compared several places and his price was the best by far!When I saw the finished product, I thought it needed another coat. I called Danny and told him and he said he would have the painter come and check the work to see if it was my opinion, or painter error as far as paint coverage. Danny had the painter come back the same day I called, which was the day before we were moving into our new home. The painter came and concluded that it did need another coat. Neither the Danny nor the painter got upset, or annoyed, nor defensive at my criticism, which was refreshing, and so nice to work with! Because they stand behind their work, they DID NOT charge me for the final coat of paint.In the end, the painter added the last coat of paint the evening before we moved in, even though he had just finished a long day of work himself!The garage looks amazing, but the best part of this experience was encountering this great customer service! Thank you Danny and Venancio!

Thank you Danny and Sal! Very professional and quick to respond all the way from the estimate to completion. I had my hall bathroom re-textured with Dan Pena Drywall. Prior to the project, half my bathroom was new drywall, half the old smooth wall. I needed all bathroom walls including the ceiling to be floated and retextured to a be an even smooth finish throughout. Danny provided the estimate and scheduled the project with me. He was really easy to work with and stayed in communication regularly. Sal came out to work on the walls and did an awesome job. The bathroom looks like new and I love it! He also was very clean and made sure to use drop cloth everywhere so as to keep the surrounding areas clean. That was sooo appreciated. I couldn't be happier with the result. So glad I chose Dan Pena Drywall! I will definitely be using them again in the near future to retexture additional walls in my home. Thanks again guys!

Experience was perfect in just about every way. I knock off a star because a call back took a day or two, but that's to be expected when you're the drywall rockstar. 🙂 Thanks, Dan.

I called around for a Drywall Expert and decided on Danny because he seemed the most professional. His cost was comparable to the other guys but his professionalism was beyond the others. I had a door removed and wall put up in replacement. In addition, I had a brick fireplace that needed drywall as well as a kitchen that needed drywall.Here's why Danny is great to work with:1) He is straight to the point. No unrelated questions. Everything he asked was about the project and what needed to be done. I'm pressed for time so I appreciated that a lot. He was in and out - didn't linger around like the other Dry Wall guys who wasted my time and asked irrelevant questions.2) On-Time: If he says he will arrive at 11:00AM - he arrives at 11:00 AM. Even if he'll be 10 minutes late, he gives a call.3) He responds to e-mail. OMG - Danny responds to e-mails! So many other guys have issues with responding to e-mail. Danny responds within 24 hours. Now that's customer service.4) Drywall: The drywall he put up was great. What makes his work different is Drywall is an art form to Danny. He just doesn't put up the drywall, he makes sure that all the cuts and vents are in a location that would the final product beautiful.5) Trust: He is that cool relative you wish you had. Totally trustworthy and doesn't seem shady at all. He just wants to do a good job.6) Spackle Guy: After the drywall was put up, the spackle guy came. This guy is like the Mudding King. The walls were so smooth and the texture by the brick fireplace matched (I didn't even know there was texture by the fireplace and told him to make it smooth. He double checked with me and pointed out that the ceiling had texture so it wouldn't look nice if he smoothed the wall. That's attention to detail). I also appreciated that he put up plastic coverings to keep the dust from flying all over the place - major points on this since I had a Little One in the house. My husband commented how professional the Spack Guy was since he had seen other Drywall Guys work on his Parents home in Southern California who didn't do that. I am definitely calling Danny back for my bathrooms and other bedrooms.

I had Danny come out to tear out the sheet rock of a bathroom ceiling (approx 9' x 5') as I had a new Panasonic exhaust fan installed by another contractor. Danny covered the area to keep it dust free and had the sheet rock removed in about 1.5 hours. He also brought over his son who helped out. He then put up the 1/2" new sheet rock, taped the seems and covered with all purpose compound. Danny does texture in stages to let it dry and then cover so it does not crack. He came back later in the day for another thin layer, then back the following day to finish texture (hand trowel). Very happy with his work, he is personable and easy to talk to. I also had him patch a few pieces in another bathroom and kitchen at additional cost.He charged $360 to tear down and put up new sheet rock on 9' x 5' bathroom ceiling and texture which I feel is a fair rate.5 stars, highly recommended.

Danny came to my house today to do some drywall repair in our living room, and patch a hole in the bathroom. He was very clean, which is super important as anyone who has had any type of construction work can attest to, he was on time for multiple appointments, and he was a friendly guy. I would highly recommend Dan to take care of all your drywall needs, and I will absolutely be using him for future projects and repairs. Thanks Dan appreciate all your hard work!

Had a bullnose corner that had to be repaired. Danny did an estimate via photos/email and came two days later to fix it. He took a look around and also fixed a few other cracks in the wall for free. He was professional, courteous, friendly and once we paint over the new plaster, we won't be able to tell he was there.

I called him and left a voice mail two weeks ago, but he never called me back. I also sent him an email, but the mail was returned as undeliverable. Then I called him again two weeks later, and he said he would come to my home in 20 minutes, but he never showed up.No call back because he may have been swamped with too many calls ... fine. Dead email address because something may have gone wrong with his domain ... fine. No show ... not fine. No matter how good job he may do (like all others say here), I don't trust professionals who don't keep their words.I give him four stars instead of one because I've never done business with him ... and I would never do.

I recommend Pea Drywall. I was impressed with the workers Jovanny, Johnny and Scott. They were prompt, provided quality work and were respectful of my home. In the future, I would use their services again.

I needed to get my kitchen ceiling patched after it was opened up for moisture remediation (flood in upstairs bath). Although Dan was on travel, he took my call and assessed the job I had to see if he could fit me in the schedule. I lucked out and got a slot two days later.He has a guy that does the hanging of the dry wall and another guy that does the taping and texturing. Both are masters of their trade. Both are efficient and clean. And they showed up when they said they would.The texture-guy was particularly a treat to watch work his spackle knife. The seams were not detectable and his texture job was a spot on match with my existing texture. I can't even tell that there were any repairs done.Dan Pena is my guy anytime I need drywall work and I highly recommend him and his team.

Incredibly unprofessional. Asked for a price that included the replacement of two drywalls in my garage. Received price and scheduled the work to start today, 8/18/14. They didn't show on time and when I called to get an update Dan Pena said that his price did NOT include the replacement of those drywalls, and that I would need to pay extra. Complete bait and switch. I would not recommend this company to anyone. Look at Tom Flores Drywall instead.

Had a plumbing repair in kitchen ceiling, and need to repair the drywall. After interviewed with a couple contractors, decided to work with Danny. He responded to estimate request very quick even he was away for vacation with very reasonable explanation on the estimate, the work he will put on, and the work schedule. They come on site on time as scheduled, work very professional, and kept the working area quite clean. Certainly, would highly recommend his works.

Anyone doing remodelling knows that it isn't easy, timely, and a mess.Recently we had a flooding issue and floors, ceilings and drywall were all torn up to dry everything out. I needed someone to come quickly and start work ASAP on patching it up and after many frustrating calls, emails and bid requests, I found Danny on Yelp. He responded to my email the next day and despite his busy schedule, he came to check out the place, sent an estimate the next day, and started work 2 days after that. After 6 days of work everything (except floors) has even restored and I am very happy with the results. Danny is honest and will not give you the run-around. He even fixed a door pro-bono just because he noticed that the handle was not on right. If you have any issues with the work, he is reasonable and does what needs to be done to get the job done right. He takes pride in what he does but more importantly he is trying to be a good "neighbour" and I really appreciated that.

Dan is your guy for dry wall patch! I texted him the photos of two holes and the texture of the matching wall, and he gave an accurate quote, and he came out the very next day to work on it, he even came out earlier than scheduled time. The work was fast and clean. It took three visits to finish, 1st, Dan came out to patch up the holes, 2nd, he had his guys came to texture the wall, 3rd, he himself came to paint. Dan followed up with us right after his guy's visit. What happened was his guy sat the compressor tire on our carpet and left a mark. He apologized to us and reduced $50 from total cost. Now you can't see where were the two holes. He did a perfect job! He's such a nice guy! The best I've ever done business with.Thanks a lot Dan!

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New Year’s resolutions are hard to keep. We’ve all made decisions about how we will improve our lives only to fall back into old patterns by February or March. And, truth be told, we’re often doomed before we even begin. This is partly because we focus on an outcome instead of a process, like losing 30 pounds instead of feeling better in our clothes. Our inability to stick to resolutions also has to do with how extreme we make the resolution. For example, someone who never exercises will have a hard time sustaining a resolution that asks them to workout for an hour five days a week. If you want to see changes in the new year, here are five resolutions that are inspirational, motivational, and sustainable!

Resolution #1 Get Better Sleep

Have you ever noticed how sleep tends to be considered more of a luxury than a necessity? Unfortunately, that kind of thinking — while often perpetuated by society and culture — can lead to physical and mental health issues. Take back control of your nightly slumber and you’re likely to see an improvement in productivity, mood, blood pressure and immunity. That means prioritizing healthy sleep habits will boost your overall mental and physical health. Have you endured many sleepless nights in 2018 and not sure where to start? Look no further than your mattress. If you’re sleeping on a bed that is more than seven years old, it’s past time to make a change.

Resolution #2 Prioritize Self-Care

Making sure your needs are a priority is the foundation to preventing burnout, managing stress and handling responsibilities. All too often in our busy schedules we push aside the things we need so we can tackle the things others need. Gliding down that slippery slope leads to unhealthy habits and poor coping mechanisms. This is especially true for people who have recently suffered a major loss. Losing a loved one is one of the most challenging and devastating situations we face, and we all face it at one time or another. If you lost a loved on in 2018 and are struggling with the grief, consider an online bereavement program as a part of your self-care routine.

Resolution #3 Exercise More Regularly

Physical activity is a great way to improve multiple areas of your life. Exercise has a positive ripple effect in both your mental and physical health. When you make the time to exercise moderately for about 30 minutes three to four days a week, you will likely notice physical improvements, like increased energy and better sleep. But exercise isn’t just about shrinking your waistline. It helps manage depression, anxiety and stress, while improving focus and attention.

Resolution #4 Eat More Wholesome Meals

Cooking can be a time-consuming chore, especially for people who aren’t interested or adventurous in the kitchen. But if you are looking for resolutions that boost your whole health in 2019, your kitchen is the place to start. There are several effective ways to make eating healthy easier. You can start a meal prep routine, where you take one day to cook and store healthy meals for the whole week. You can also try out a subscription to a meal delivery service, where you’ll get recipes and fresh ingredients delivered straight to your door.

Resolution #5 Let It Go

Ruminating on stressful or hurtful situations won’t fix any challenges in your life. It’s hard, but not impossible, to practice letting go. When you let go of attachments to certain expectations, you’ll feel less disappointed with outcomes you can’t control. Letting go also helps you develop more confidence in who you are, instead of fixating on who you think you are supposed to be. While letting go does require a level of acknowledgment and acceptance, it doesn’t mean accepting a toxic relationship or a harmful situation. Letting go means you understand that you deserve better than the negative narratives and relationships you find yourself in.

When it comes to making life-improving resolutions, think about the state of mind you want to cultivate. The outcomes will naturally develop, and you’ll feel less overwhelmed and more satisfied. Here’s to a healthful 2019!

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Personal Development Worksheets are not developed for sitting on the shelves and getting dusty.

No. Certainly not.

And you cant properly gauge how many youll need to work through in order to shift and squeeze some of those old patterns of thoughts and behaviours into a new dimension.

So, where do you begin?

At the top. Definitely begin at the top of the list. But its perfectly okay to pick or choose a personal development worksheet halfway in the middle of the choices too. Its really up to you.

You could even refer to them as PERSONAL GROWTH WORKSHEETS or LIFE COACH WORKSHEETS. The name you call them is irrelevant to their purposewhich is personal development self-growth improving your life and all that juicy goodness.

When youre ready for an extreme personal makeover dive right into these free personal development worksheets. If you find yourself seeking the answer to the question: What is Personal Development? follow the link through.

And did you know? we have a BOOK with tonnes more PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES!You can purchase the book here (This link will take you to createspace for purchase).

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Have you ever wondered how you can increase your motivation to complete something? There are many different ways of increasing your motivational levels, but the most important thing to realise about motivation is that it fluctuates. It changes from situation to situation and from person to person. The best thing is to become aware of what really motivates you to achieving. The first place we start with is to identify your values because what you value most is what you are naturally motivated towards.

Download this personal development worksheet on How to Increase Your Motivation.

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Creative Responses to Difficult Times

Different situations/times appear in our lives and sometimes they can be difficult. An important part of personal development is to view the situation from different perspectives. When you become self-aware of how your thoughts, beliefs and attitudes affect your life you can then choose to expand your mindset to including new possibilities and creative responses. In order to cope well with difficult situations/times you need to build up a variety of different tools and techniques to manage them well. Answer the following questions to help expand your mindset and gain a different perspective.

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Self-Awareness Worksheet *NEW*

Self-awareness is the first step in making dynamic and positive changes in your life. Take some time to get to know your overall circumstances including your thoughts, feelings, beliefs, attitudes and behaviours. Use this free personal development worksheet to evaluate and check-in with how you feel on the following scales. And then I highly recommend using the Thought Awareness Worksheet and the Identifying Values worksheet to help explore more aspects of who you are.

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How to Build Confidence **NEW!**

How to Build Confidence Personal Development Worksheet.

Have you ever wondered how you can increase your confidence? Well, look no further youre in the right spot. Dive right into Confidence Boosting 101 by following this link and then incorporating this free personal development worksheet to evaluate your current confident levels. After that youll find confidence boosting tips on the link above. Our confidence levels are constantly fluctuating so its a good idea to maintain an active awareness about confidence and change your thoughts and activities to increase confidence.

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Life Satisfaction

Before you begin to develop your Personal Development Plan How satisfied are you in life?

Lets start with this engaging personal development worksheet which encourages you to explore your level of satisfaction in life. How happy are you with your life right now? What would you like to improve?

Take a moment to evaluate your overall life perspective with this handy Life Satisfaction Worksheet.

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This worksheet is particularly helpful if you are just beginning on your personal development journey and are unsure of what areas you would like to improve.

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Personal Development Worksheets on Managing Stress

In healthy doses stress can motivate us to achieve, but too much stress is detrimental to our health. There are many situations and events in life that can overburden us, but how can we begin to understand the stressors that weigh us down? In these personal development worksheets you will explore stress and with this knowledge you can gain balance in your life so you can achieve the success you desire.

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Time Management Worksheet

Its not possible to manage time because time doesnt actually exist. It IS possible to organise your daily activities and make better use of the time thats available during the day. A good time management plan reduces stress and enhances productivity and efficiency.

Good time management is essential for success at school, work, with your family and in your business. This handy time management worksheet will help you organise your time and plan your day to be more productive and efficient.

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Identify Your Values

You have a set of personal values that motivate you towards a certain mission in life. Your values, are what you believe are important, in the way you live. Values can range from family traditions, to more everyday values in work situations such as punctuality and reliability, and then there are personal values that are psychological such as self respect, kindness towards others and having a life purpose.

If your life focus is different than your core values you will feel dissatisfied and frustrated. Its important to ensure that your values determine your priorities.

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Thoughts for Success

The ability to be consciously aware of your thoughts is an important tool in your personal development plan. In fact, you can not successfully transform your life without being aware of the thought patterns in your mind. Become more intimately of yourself by delving deep into your thoughts with this 10 PAGE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHEET.

Thought awareness is an essential personal development tool to improve your life. Inside your mind and your thoughts are the keys to whats hindering your success as well as what you can change in order to put your life back on track.

Positive thinking is an important tool for creating success in life, relationships and business.

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Personal Development Worksheet on Goals and Dreams

What are your goals and dreams? What do you really want in life? This free personal development worksheet will take you on the next level of exploring what you are passionate about, where you can see yourself in ten years time and the level of income you desire.

Defining what you want is absolutely necessary. If you do not have a clear idea of what you wont be able to develop a successful action plan that aims towards your goals. Use this PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHEET on GOALS AND DREAMS to explore what it is you truly want.

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Develop an Action Plan for Success

Once youve identified where you are at and where you can to go its time to develop a plan of action so that all your behaviours are aligned at creating your goals.

In order to reach your goals what behaviours will you STOP, MINIMISE, KEEP DOING, do MORE of and which will you START?

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With these dynamic personal development activities youll be fully active as a conscious creator of your life instead of feeling stuck or frustrated. You will:

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Everything that self hypnosis and hypnotherapy helps people with can be thought of as personal development.Conquering a habitorovercoming a phobiawill certainly enhance the quality of your life, after all. However, the sort of personal development we are talking about here is a more active and positive process of self-improvement. It is about achieving the things you do want, rather than getting rid of the things you dont want.

Hypnosis is a naturally occurring state of mind. Modern research has closely identified it with the Rapid Eye Movement (REM) state, most often associated with dreaming sleep. Interestingly, the time when we experience most REM is in the womb, suggesting that it is involved in laying down the essential templates that shape our behavior throughout our lives.

Self hypnosis, then, is a way of accessing this state of mind to lay down new and more helpful patterns of behavior. This is done throughdirect communication with the subconscious, the part of your mind that controls all of your habits and behaviors. Its the part of your mind that is always in charge. This is why you can change your behavior consciously for a while, but sooner or later your subconscious will reassert itself and those old and less effective habits will creep back in.

However, by updating the subconscious with new information, and through vivid mental rehearsal, it is possible to achieve profound and permanent change for the better. Once the subconscious has accepted this new information, self-improvement becomes a habit, something that you do almost automatically. Self hypnosis does this by bypassingthe critical conscious mindand delivering positive suggestions straight to the part of your mind that will make them a reality.

Change is not only possible, its inevitable! Many people feel that they are stuck with their current mindset and that their capacity for self-improvement has somehow been predetermined, as if it was fixed at birth like your eye colour. This is simply not true. Our skills, abilities and attitudes are constantly developing in response to our experience, just as our experiences are very often shaped by our skills, abilities and attitudes. It is a dynamic process.

On a physical level, it is now known that our brains lay down new pathways and make new connections according to our experience, literally changing its structure. This is something which happens throughout our lives. Self hypnosis is simply a way of taking control of this process and making it work for you.

Having said that, its also important to realize that were talking about changes in behavior and emotional reaction here, not fundamental changes in your personality. Hypnosis is not brainwashing, so you will still be you, only better!

Self improvement of all varieties is based on a core set of principles and skills. Our personal development self hypnosis CD's and MP3 downloads can help you to take control of your emotions, enabling you to act according to your intention, instead of just reacting to emotional triggers. They can help you to improve your attention span and your ability to relax, which in turn will improve your ability to think clearly and creatively, to set goals and solve problems. Our self hypnosis recordings can also help you to develop the resilience and motivation that is often necessary if youre going to meet your personal development goals.

Thehypnotic techniques and suggestionsused in our products are based on solid research into the best ways to achieve healthy levels of self-improvement. They put you firmly back in control of your own personal development, helping you to set and achieve your own goals.

Its important to stress that hypnosis is not magic, and its certainly not a miracle cure that will instantly solve everybodys problems! All personal development requires work and commitment. Just like any life skill, it requires practice. What hypnosis can do is improve the quality of your practice, setting your mind in the right direction and removing some of the unnecessary emotional baggage or limiting beliefs that can otherwise interfere with your quest for self-improvement.

Face to face hypnotherapy has many obvious advantages, not least the fact that it will be tailored to you as an individual. But hypnosis recordings can be very powerful and effective too, especially in the field of personal development. You can listen to our self hypnosis CD's and MP3 downloads as often as you need to, embedding these positive messages of self-improvement at the deepest levels of consciousness, where real and lasting change takes place.

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A Methodology for Creating Your Life As You Want It

Three decades ago, the idea of empowerment was fresh and daring. As young as the word itself, we, (David and Gail) both felt that empowerment would be at the heart of our lifes work. In our earliest days together, sitting with yellow legal pads at our kitchen table overlooking the Ashokan Reservoir and the Catskill Mountains, we planned our wedding ceremony and then seamlessly turned to designing our fledgling Empowerment Workshop. So intertwined was our love with our passion for this work, that ten days after we were married, we launched our first workshop. As we celebrate our third decade of marriage, our bond of love is stronger than ever and our passion for empowerment more compelling than ever.

All those years ago, neither we, nor the world, knew what empowerment really meant. We knew it was about helping people to grow and realize their full potential. We also knew that it was about more than just healing and fixing problems. But what exactly was its purpose? Why was this idea entering the lexicon of change strategies with such force? Over these three decades, an extraordinarily diverse, visionary, and committed community of people was attracted to our training programs to help us discover the answers to these questions.

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The aim of ourtime management training coursesare to develop the knowledge skills and attitudes necessary to manage time in an effective and efficient manner, to ensure that the objectives of the organisation are met whilst still leading a balanced life.Not enough hours in the day to accomplish your goals?

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As a philosopher, writer, and orator, Alan Watts is credited as one of the foremost scholars to bring Eastern philosophies to a Western audience. Born in rural England, his interest in Eastern art and culture began at a young age. As a teenager, his first written interpretation of Zen was published in London; he would eventually write over twenty-five books. After coming to America in the late 1930s, Alan studied theology in Chicago, and then relocated to upstate New York where he wrote his first pivotal book, The Wisdom of Insecurity. In 1950, Alan moved to San Francisco and began teaching Buddhism at the American Academy of Asian Studies. Shortly thereafter, he was given his own public radio talk show, which expanded nationwide and he toured the country, lecturing and growing his audience. Over the course of his life, Alan was married three times, and had seven children who continue their fathers legacy through promoting and protecting his books, videos, and lectures. Alan passed away in 1973 in his home on Mount Tamalpais. (Click here to read the full biography.)

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Addiction Recovery Program - A Guide to Addiction Recovery and Healing

As we studied and practiced the steps of recovery, we became familiar and comfortable with a life based on humility and acceptance of Gods will. Gone were the angry, confused times when, if we prayed at all, we prayed either in an attitude of stubborn self-will or whimpering self-pity. We began to live so our lives reflected the prophetic counsel of President Ezra Taft Benson:

The constant and most recurring question in our minds, touching every thought and deed of our lives, should be, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? (Acts 9:6.) The answer to that question comes only through the Light of Christ and the Holy Ghost. Fortunate are those who so live that their being is filled with both (Jesus ChristGifts and Expectations, Ensign, Dec. 1988, 2).

In step 11, we made a lifelong commitment to seek one day at a time to know the Lords will and to have the power to carry it out. Our greatest desire was to improve our abilities to receive guidance from the Holy Ghost and to conduct our lives accordingly. This desire was such a great contrast to the attitudes we had when we were lost in our addictions.

If you were like us, before you began to recover you thought hope, joy, peace, and fulfillment would come from an earthly source. Whether this source was alcohol, drugs, sex, gambling, dishonest spending, unhealthy eating, or codependencywhatever your particular addiction wasyour effort was to get by in a world where you felt confused, lost, and alone. When others tried to love you, perhaps you couldnt feel it. Their love was never enough. Nothing satisfied the hunger you felt. As you have lived the principles of recovery, however, your heart and life have changed.

You have begun to understand and appreciate your need for the Savior, Jesus Christ, and His role in your life and to treasure the Light of Christ. You have begun to realize you are not just talking to yourself when you feel your conscience guide you. Clumsy and unpracticed as you may have felt initially, you now pray to the Father in the name of Christ for a closer relationship with Him. You deliberately seek this Jesus of whom the prophets and apostles have written (Ether 12:41).

You study the scriptures because they testify of Him in every instance, especially the Book of Mormon. In testimony after testimony, the prophets of the Book of Mormon describe seeking and finding a better understanding of the Father through the Holy Ghost. You have experimented on the scriptures and found them to be true. Prayer and meditation have become the lifeblood of your new life. Where prayer and meditation used to be a neglected duty, your hearts desire is now to kneel before your Father at least morning and evening and pour out your heart to Him in gratitude for Jesus Christ and for the Holy Ghost.

As you work through step 11, you will come to realize even more that through the Holy Ghost you will receive knowledge or revelation of the Fathers will for you. Through the Atonement, you will have the power (or grace) to carry out the will of the Father. You will know you are blessed and supported by three glorified individualsGod the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghostwho are united in power and purpose to bring to pass your immortality and eternal life.

You will grow in your ability to resist temptation as you study the scriptures and pray and meditate about them. Learning to receive revelation takes practice and patience. You can prepare yourself by studying what has been said by prophets and apostles and by trying to live according to their teachings. You can prepare by being ready to receive, write down, think about, and follow the guidance you receive. When you express gratitude to the Lord for the blessings you have received, your capacity to receive guidance will increase.

As you keep yourself free from your addictions, you will be more able to receive the guidance of the Holy Ghost. Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve taught:

The Holy Ghost will protect us against being deceived, but to realize that wonderful blessing we must always do the things necessary to retain that Spirit. We must keep the commandments, pray for guidance, and attend church and partake of the sacrament each Sunday. And we must never do anything to drive away that Spirit. Specifically, we should avoid pornography, alcohol, tobacco, and drugs, and always, always avoid violations of the law of chastity. We must never take things into our bodies or do things with our bodies that drive away the Spirit of the Lord and leave us without our spiritual protection against deception (in Conference Report, Oct. 2004, 49; or Ensign, Nov. 2004, 46).

Prayer and meditation are powerful antidotes to fear and depression. You have not come thus far save it were by the word of Christ with unshaken faith in him, relying wholly upon the merits of him who is mighty to save (2 Nephi 31:19). Only by coming to the Father through Jesus Christ, in His name, with His Spirit upon you, can you continue to progress and grow spiritually. Step 11 represents a commitment to improve your relationship with God through a lifetime practice of seeking guidance daily and obeying the commandments.

Over the course of recovery, many of us learned to arise early and seek a period of quiet solitude for study and prayer. If you havent done so already, schedule time for prayer and meditation, perhaps in the morning. During this time you can put God first, before anyone or anything else in the day. Kneel if you are physically able. Pray, often aloud, to the Father, seeking the Spirit to guide you (see Romans 8:26). Then study, using the scriptures and the teachings of modern prophets to guide your meditation. Review your patriarchal blessing often. Prayerfully ponder the guidance you find in it. (If you have not received a patriarchal blessing, talk with your bishop about obtaining one.)

Writing will once again be a powerful tool of selfexpression and appraisal as you record your thoughts and feelings in a journal. You can also record impressions of counsel, comfort, and wisdom that come through the Holy Ghost.

When this precious time of private meditation has ended, do not cease to pray. Silent prayer, in the depths of your heart and mind, will become your way of thinking throughout your days. As you interact with others, as you make decisions, as you deal with emotions and temptationscounsel with the Lord. Invite and seek His Spirit to be with you continually, that you might be guided to do the right thing. (See Psalm 46:1; Alma 37:3637; 3 Nephi 20:1.)

In many ways, step 11 is a natural continuation of your efforts in step 10 to stay aware of the truth in your life. As you plan your days, go about your activities, and retire to bed at night, let your heart be drawn out in prayer to God continually. One idea is to take a thought from what you have read in your morning studies and meditate upon it frequently during your daily activities. This practice will help you keep your mind in tune with truth.

By nature, we all tend to be undisciplined, yet by looking to Jesus Christ and the example He has set, you will find the humility to continue submitting to the Father. Like the Savior, you will be able to say sincerely Thy will be done (Matthew 26:42) throughout the day. The Light of Christ will guide you and prepare you to receive the companionship of the Holy Ghost. The companionship of the Holy Ghost will become more constant, and your ability to recognize and testify of truth will increase.

Study the following scriptures and statements of Church leaders. They will increase your understanding and help you learn. You can use these scriptures, statements, and questions for prayerful meditation, personal study, and group discussion.

Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you; seek me diligently and ye shall find me; ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you (D&C 88:63).

Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Quench not the Spirit (1 Thessalonians 5:1719).

When you remember to be grateful for everything in your life, even the things you dont understand, you will be able to maintain the continual contact with God that Paul called praying without ceasing. Try to thank God throughout the day. How does this practice affect your closeness to the Spirit?

Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do (2 Nephi 32:3).

In this verse, Nephi taught that when you feast on the words of Christ, these words will guide you in all you need to know and do. Picture how it would be to have Jesus Christ walk and talk with you all day long. Write about the feelings you have when you meditate on this image.

The Savior said I will tell you in your mind and in your heart, by the Holy Ghost (D&C 8:2, emphasis added). . . . An impression to the mind is very specific. Detailed words can be heard or felt and written as though the instructions were being dictated. A communication to the heart is a more general impression (Richard G. Scott, Helping Others to Be Spiritually Led, Doctrine and Covenants and Church history symposium, August 11, 1998, 2).

As your understanding of personal revelation increases, you will recognize it more often and in a greater variety of ways. Write about how you have experienced impressions and revelations from the Lord.

I say unto you [these things whereof I have spoken] are made known unto me by the Holy Spirit of God. Behold, I have fasted and prayed many days that I might know these things of myself. And now I do know of myself that they are true; for the Lord God hath made them manifest unto me by his Holy Spirit; and this is the spirit of revelation which is in me (Alma 5:46).

Alma testified that when he prayed and fasted, his ability to receive revelation increased. Abstinence from your addiction can be considered a form of fasting. Write about how abstaining has increased your ability to have the spirit of revelation.

The idea that scripture reading can lead to inspiration and revelation opens the door to the truth that a scripture is not limited to what it meant when it was written but may also include what that scripture means to a reader today. Even more, scripture reading may also lead to current revelation on whatever else the Lord wishes to communicate to the reader at that time. We do not overstate the point when we say that the scriptures can be a Urim and Thummim to assist each of us to receive personal revelation (Dallin H. Oaks, Scripture Reading and Revelation, Ensign, Jan. 1995, 8).

Learning the language of the scriptures is a lot like learning a foreign language. The best way to learn is to immerse yourself in them, to read and study them every day. Write about a passage of scripture that has opened up to you and become a personal revelation to you.

Seek not to counsel the Lord, but to take counsel from his hand. For behold, ye yourselves know that he counseleth in wisdom, and in justice, and in great mercy, over all his works (Jacob 4:10).

Our prayers may have been ineffective in the past because we spent more time counseling the Lordtelling Him what we wantedthan seeking His will about our decisions and conduct. Think of a recent experience with prayer. Was it full of counsel to the Lord or from the Lord? Write about your willingness to listen for and receive His counsel to you.

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Introduction

Early in his life, DavidO. McKay experienced the peace that comes through communion with God. I remember lying [in bed] one night, he recalled, trembling with fear. As a child I was naturally, or unnaturally afraid of the darkness, and would frequently lie wondering about burglars, bug-a-boos, and unseen influences. So I lay this night completely unnerved; but I had been taught that God would answer prayer. Summoning strength I arose from the bed, knelt down in the darkness, and prayed to God to remove that feeling of fear; and I heard as plainly as you hear my voice this afternoon, Dont be afraid; nothing will hurt you. Oh, yes, some may saysimply the imagination. Say what you will, I know that to my soul came the sweet peace of a childs prayer answered. That is the faith which is inculcated into the minds of the [children] in every Latter-day Saint home throughout the land. I submit that where children are brought up in close communion with our Eternal Father that there can not be much sin or much evil in that home.2

In addition to seeking communion with the infinite3 when he was alone, President McKay rejoiced in worshiping with other Latter-day Saints. He told of a memorable experience he once had at a Church meeting:

One of the most impressive services I have ever attended was in a group of over eight hundred people to whom the sacrament was administered, and during that administration not a sound could be heard excepting the ticking of the clockeight hundred souls, each of whom at least had the opportunity of communion with the Lord. There was no distraction, no orchestra, no singing, no speaking. Each one had an opportunity to search himself introspectively and to consider his worthiness or unworthiness to partake of the sacrament. His was the privilege of getting closer to his Father in heaven. That is ideal!4

President McKay encouraged all Latter-day Saints to pursue this ideal in their worship services and in their personal lives. He said, To have communion with God, through his Holy Spirit, is one of the noblest aspirations of life.5

Inseparable from the acceptance of the existence of God is an attitude of reverence, to which I wish now to call attention most earnestly to the entire Church. The greatest manifestation of spirituality is reverence; indeed, reverence is spirituality. Reverence is profound respect mingled with love. It is a complex emotion made up of mingled feelings of the soul. [One writer] says it is the highest of human feelings. I have said elsewhere that if reverence is the highest, then irreverence is the lowest state in which a man can live in the world.

Reverence embraces regard, deference, honor, and esteem. Without some degree of it, therefore, there would be no courtesy, no gentility, no consideration of others feelings, or of others rights. Reverence is the fundamental virtue in religion. It is one of the signs of strength; irreverence, one of the surest indications of weakness. No man will rise high, says one man, who jeers at sacred things. The fine loyalties of life, he continues, must be reverenced or they will be foresworn [or rejected] in the day of trial.

Parents, Reverence, as charity, begins at home. In early childhood children should be trained to be respectful, deferentialrespectful to one another, to strangers and visitorsdeferential to the aged and infirmreverential to things sacred, to parents and parental love.

Three influences in home life awaken reverence in children and contribute to its development in their souls. These are: first, firm but Gentle Guidance; second, Courtesy shown by parents to each other, and to children; and third, Prayer in which children participate. In every home in this Church parents should strive to act intelligently in impressing children with those three fundamentals.6

Reverence directs thought toward God. Without it there is no religion.7

I look upon reverence as one of the highest qualities of the soul. An irreverent man is not a believing man.

Reverence indicates high culture, and true faith in deity and in his righteousness.8

I am prompted to place reverence next to love. Jesus mentioned it first in the Lords prayer: Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. [Matthew 6:9.] Hallowto make holyto hold in reverence.9

If there were more reverence in human hearts, there would be less room for sin and sorrow and more increased capacity for joy and gladness. To make more cherished, more adaptable, more attractive, this gem among brilliant virtues is a project worthy of the most united and prayerful efforts of every officer, every parent, and every member of the Church.10

We pay too little attention to the value of meditation, a principle of devotion. In our worship there are two elements: One is spiritual communion arising from our own meditation; the other, instruction from others, particularly from those who have authority to guide and instruct us. Of the two, the more profitable introspectively is the meditation. Meditation is the language of the soul. It is defined as a form of private devotion, or spiritual exercise, consisting in deep, continued reflection on some religious theme. Meditation is a form of prayer.

Meditation is one of the most secret, most sacred doors through which we pass into the presence of the Lord. Jesus set the example for us. As soon as he was baptized and received the Fathers approval, This is my Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, [Matthew 3:17] Jesus [went] to what is now known as the mount of temptation. I like to think of it as the mount of meditation where, during the forty days of fasting, he communed with himself and his Father, and contemplated upon the responsibility of his great mission. One result of this spiritual communion was such strength as enabled him to say to the tempter:

Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. (Matt. 4:10.)

Before he gave the beautiful sermon on the mount, he was in solitude, in communion. He did the same thing after that busy Sabbath day, when he arose early in the morning, after having been the guest of Peter. Peter undoubtedly found the guest chamber empty, and when they sought [Jesus] they found him alone. It was on that morning that Peter said:

All men seek for thee. (Mark 1:37.)

Again, after Jesus had fed the five thousand he told the Twelve to dismiss the multitude, but Jesus went to the mountain for solitude. The historian says, when the evening was come, he was there alone. (Matt. 14:23.) Meditation! Prayer!11

Let us make God the center of our lives. To have communion with God, through his Holy Spirit, is one of the noblest aspirations of life. It is when the peace and love of God have entered the soul, when serving him becomes the motivating factor in ones life and existence.12

We enter a chapel to worship the Lord. We want to partake of his Spirit, and by partaking of his Spirit we build up our own spiritual strength.13

Churches are dedicated and set apart as houses of worship. This means, of course, that all who enter do so, or at least pretend to do so, with an intent to get nearer the presence of the Lord than they can in the street or amidst the worries of a workaday life. In other words, we go to the Lords house to meet him and to commune with him in spirit. Such a meeting place, then, should first of all be fitting and appropriate in all respects, whether God is considered as the invited guest, or the worshipers as his guests.

Whether the place of meeting is a humble chapel or a poem in architecture built of white marble and inlaid with precious stones makes little or no difference in our approach and attitude toward the Infinite Presence. To know God is there should be sufficient to impel us to conduct ourselves orderly, reverently.

In this regard, as members of the Church in our worshiping assemblies, we have much room for improvement. Presiding authorities in stake, ward, and quorum meetings, and especially teachers in classes, should make special effort to maintain better order and more reverence during hours of worship and of study. Less talking behind the pulpit will have a salutary effect upon those who face it. By example and precept, children should be impressed with the inappropriateness of confusion and disorder in a worshiping congregation. They should be impressed in childhood, and have it emphasized in youth, that it is disrespectful to talk or even to whisper during a sermon, and that it is the height of rudeness, except in an emergency, to leave a worshiping assembly before dismissal.14

There are two purposes for which each chapel is constructed: first, that it might be the place where all may be trained in the ways of God, and second, that in it all might glorify our Father in heaven, who asks for nothing more of his children than that they might be men and women of such noble character as to come back into his presence.15

When you enter a church building, you are coming into the presence of our Father in heaven; and that thought should be sufficient incentive for you to prepare your hearts, your minds, and even your attire, that you might appropriately and properly sit in his presence.16

Let us not make Sunday a holiday. It is a holy day, and on that day we should go to the house of worship and seek our God. If we seek him on the Sabbath day, get into his presence on that day, we shall find it less difficult to be in his presence the following days of the week.17

The greatest comfort in this life is the assurance of having close relationship with God. The sacrament period should be a factor in awakening this sense of relationship.

the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:

And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.

After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lords death till he come.

Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup. [1Corinthians 11:2328.]

No more sacred ordinance is administered in the Church of Christ than the administration of the sacrament.

There are three things fundamentally important associated with the administration of the sacrament. The first is self-discernment. It is introspection. This do in remembrance of me, but we should partake worthily, each one examining himself with respect to his worthiness.

Secondly, there is a covenant made; a covenant even more than a promise. There is nothing more important in life than that. A covenant, a promise, should be as sacred as life. That principle is involved every Sunday when we partake of the sacrament.

I believe the short period of administering the sacrament is one of the best opportunities we have for . . . meditation.

Thirdly, there is another blessing, and that is a sense of close relationship with the Lord. There is an opportunity to commune with oneself and to commune with the Lord. We meet in the house that is dedicated to him; we have turned it over to him; we call it his house. Well, you may rest assured that he will be there to inspire us if we come in proper attune to meet him. We are not prepared to meet him if we bring into that room our thoughts regarding our business affairs, and especially if we bring into the house of worship feelings of hatred toward our neighbor, or enmity and jealousy towards the Authorities of the Church. Most certainly no individual can hope to come into communion with the Father if that individual entertain any such feelings. They are so foreign to worship, and so foreign, particularly, to the partaking of the sacrament.

I believe the short period of administering the sacrament is one of the best opportunities we have for meditation, and there should be nothing during that sacred period to distract our attention from the purpose of that ordinance.

We [must] surround this sacred ordinance with more reverence, with perfect order, that each one who comes to the house of God may meditate upon his goodness and silently and prayerfully express appreciation for Gods goodness. Let the sacrament hour be one experience of the day in which the worshiper tries at least to realize within himself that it is possible for him to commune with his God.

Great events have happened in this Church because of such communion, because of the responsiveness of the soul to the inspiration of the Almighty. I know it is real. President Wilford Woodruff had that gift to a great extent. He could respond; he knew the still small voice to which some are still strangers. You will find that when these most inspirational moments come to you that you are alone with yourself and your God. They come to you probably when you are facing a great trial, when the wall is across your pathway, and it seems that you are facing an insurmountable obstacle, or when your heart is heavy because of some tragedy in your life. I repeat, the greatest comfort that can come to us in this life is to sense the realization of communion with God. Great testimonies have come in those moments.

When you stop to consider the matter, you realize that there is nothing during the administration of the sacrament of an extraneous nature so important as remembering our Lord and Savior, nothing so worthy of attention as considering the value of the promise we are making. Why should anything distract us? Is there anything more sublime? We are witnessing there, in the presence of one another, and before him, our Father, that we are willing to take upon ourselves the name of Christ, that we will always remember him, always, that we will keep his commandments that he has given us. Can you, can anybody living, who thinks for a moment, place before us anything which is more sacred or more far-reaching in our lives? If we partake of it mechanically, we are not honest, or let us say, we are permitting our thoughts to be distracted from a very sacred ordinance.

Let us make that sacrament hour one of the most impressive means of coming in contact with Gods spirit. Let the Holy Ghost, to which we are entitled, lead us into his presence, and may we sense that nearness, and have a prayer offered in our hearts which he will hear.18

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Chapter 4: Elements of Worship