Ninety percent of the personal development books out there can be distilled down to the very basic formula of figuring out what your #1 goal is and then using various techniques to achieve it. Robin Sharma’s The Leader Who Had No Title is different. Robin presents four basic tenets for leadership, which he frames as [...]
A couple weeks ago, I decided to take a timeout and live my life like the masses do. I stopped working on improving myself, I discarded all my life-changing habits and lived purely in the comfort zone. I spent my days doing the bare minimum necessary to get by and succumbed to the daily drudgery [...]
A common tool in the personal development toolbox is affirmations. I’ve been working with affirmations on and off for the past six months and I’ve seen some positive results from them.
What Are Affirmations?
So what exactly are affirmations? Affirmations are positive, present tense, specific statements that are repeated to oneself regularly. The idea is that the [...]
“Can’t see the forest for the trees” is an old adage that unfortunately is all too true for many people these days. It’s generally used to describe someone who’s focused on the small details to the detriment of a larger plan.
Lately, I’ve been finding myself focusing on the details a little too much and it’s [...]
I’ve been doing a lot of personal development work lately in some of the key areas of my life such as health/fitness, family/friend relationships and work/career. I’ve set ambitious goals for the work/career area but have found that pursuing those goals could potentially risk the well-being of my family. This has created a conflict between [...]
I watched Yes Man with Jim Carrey last night. I really enjoyed the movie and recommend it. It did get me thinking though. Besides the obvious personal growth theme of the movie which I think is awesome. There were a couple other things that stood out for me.
Say Yes
First, let’s consider the main theme: saying [...]
Lately I’ve found myself ruminating on past choices I’ve made. It’s easy to get lost in the mental maze of “what if”. What if I’d taken that job, what if I hadn’t said that, what if I’d been more active in X. These lines of thinking can really sap your motivation. Especially since we generally [...]
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of [...]
I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.
I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant [...]
It’s a common tenet in both personal development and business circles that failure is actually a good thing. Attempting something and failing at it provides a tremendous learning opportunity. On the personal development side, developing a new skill or habit will, by necessity, be full of failure. If we are good enough at something that [...]
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