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| Failure Plus Persistence Equals Success |
| 2008-07-03 05:00:13 |
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Bill Riddell.
It seems extremely counter-intuitive, but being a failure is one of the greatest keys to success. The power of persistence is just as vital, fail then try again until success takes hold.
Rather than my thoughts on the issue let’s look at some of the world’s [...]...
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| How The Christmas Party Affects Your Career Prospects |
| 2008-07-02 05:00:47 |
Editor’s Note: There are many benefits to creating a social atmosphere at your work place, such as setting a friendlier tone, getting to know each other, and finding out inside information from drunk co-workers. Andrew Rondeau writes about his experience at this years mid-year Christmas Party.
Last night we had our office Christmas party.
Now [...]...
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| Bravery - The Virtuous Human |
| 2008-07-01 05:00:59 |
This article is part of The Virtuous Human Series.
“The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational; But he, whose noble soul its fear subdues, And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from”
~Joanna Baillie
Bravery — A quality of spirit that enables you to face danger of pain without [...]...
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| The Virtuous Human Series |
| 2008-06-30 05:00:51 |
Each post in this series will focus on just one virtue. I’ll mix it up with some definitions, quotes, virtuous people, and why I think the particular virtue is important.
You can look through all the virtues, decide which one you already are and which one you would like to take up.
Do to high volumes of [...]...
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| Alex Shalman Is Outa Here! (video) |
| 2008-06-26 19:46:11 |
I’m packing up and heading out of town. Don’t worry, I’m not gone for good. I’m going on vacation on a group trip. We’re heading to Budapest, Vienna, and Israel. If I’m not back, check the news. =(
While I’m gone I have prepared a bunch of guest posts (and when I say I prepared [...]...
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| Ask The Readers: Work Hard, Or Work-life Balance? |
| 2008-06-25 16:43:42 |
Today I was reading an article written by the CEO of 5WPR, Ronn Torossian. His public relations firm has been the fastest growing for four years running and currently has about 100 employees. He represents companies such as Barnes & Noble, Evian, McDonald’s, Sean John, XM Satellite Radio, and LifeStyle Condoms just to name a [...]...
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| Hugh Hefner’s 7 Step Guide To Being A Ladies’ Man |
| 2008-06-23 15:00:38 |
At the time of this writing Hugh Hefner is 82 years old. He has slept with more beautiful women, by their own free will, than any other man in the history of the world. He must be doing something right.
No, having wild crazy sex is not every human beings idea of happiness, nor is it [...]...
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| Sunday’s Speedlinking 06-22-08 |
| 2008-06-22 14:00:41 |
Here are some articles around the web that I think you will enjoy. The common denominator? They’re written by me or about me. I don’t want you guys missing out on the news.
By the way, I’m now actively using twitter, and in about a month when I get the new iPhone I will connect [...]...
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| Law Of Attraction: Is It A Gimmick? |
| 2008-06-21 10:20:59 |
A blog is a conversation between the writer and the readers that takes place from the posts into the comment box.
Many moons ago I was inspired by One2One conversations between Liz Strauss and Dawud Miracle.
They weren’t your standard post to comment box conversation, they actually took place between their blogs, as one would ask a [...]...
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| Preview New Design And Guest Post Invitation |
| 2008-06-20 14:32:03 |
It’s been about 7 months since I’ve had this new design. I love it, and it’s served me well, but I’m going to be modifying it slightly. One of the biggest constructive criticisms I got was that there is too much distraction that takes away from the articles. Particularly the large header.
I’ve taken that, [...]...
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| Use A Bragging Journal To Harvest Every Success |
| 2008-06-18 16:50:38 |
After keeping a so called bragging journal, or at least a bragging section in my daily journal, I have more understanding of the benefits of this exercise.
A bragging journal is not designed to exhibit conceit, in fact, it can be a genuine source of confidence. It’s not boasting when you want a personal reminder [...]...
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| Toastmasters International: Becoming A Competent Communicator |
| 2008-06-16 15:22:30 |
A couple of weeks ago I finally joined Toastmasters International. I first heard about Toastmasters from Steve Pavlina, one of my favorite writers on the subject of personal development. Later I read that others such as Scott H Young were also honing their public speaking skills with the help of Toastmasters.
I guess you could [...]...
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| Landmark Advanced Course (video) |
| 2008-06-13 07:00:57 |
I’m really excited to present my very first VideoCast via YouTube. I have recently dumped by Dell Laptop for a Macbook Pro, which has a built in iSight camera and enough capacity to handle movie making. It also has a neat integration with YouTube for 1-click uploads.
This video is a quick look at one [...]...
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| Tools To Life: Changing The Human Spirit |
| 2008-06-12 12:36:56 |
When Tools To Life requested a review from me I automatically thought about how they’re going to be monetizing their site to get that money back. To my surprise they offer a completely free service that supports communities, blogs, personal profiles, and motivation articles. Yes, all that and more for free.
Tools to life is [...]...
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| 7 Guidelines To Live More Like A Modern Day Samurai |
| 2008-06-10 09:00:38 |
“Mental bearing (calmness), not skill, is the sign of a matured samurai. A Samurai therefore should neither be pompous nor arrogant.”
~Tsukahara Bokuden
Editors note: This is a guest post by Shamelle Perera of The Enhance Life.
The closest portrayal I got of a samurai was when I first watched the movie, The Last Samurai. The movie [...]...
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| How Much Is Enough? |
| 2008-06-09 14:10:09 |
I previously stated that I participated in the Landmark Forum, and this weekend I continued my education by participating in the Landmark Advanced Course. I not only recommend this education to you, your family, and everyone you know but I stand for it.
The time frame in which this course takes place is Friday, Saturday, Sunday [...]...
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| 60-second Guide To Productivity |
| 2008-06-05 13:50:43 |
Let us walk together for 60-seconds as we explore what’s simple and effective in time management and productivity. Beyond the horizon, past the new-age mambo jumbo, there is level of simple achievement that any of us can obtain.
The key is to recognize, capture and utilize the fundamentals, to take what works, and get rid of [...]...
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| 10 Practical Ways To Make Your Own Luck |
| 2008-06-04 21:16:57 |
Ten years ago I decided to take a more scientific investigation into the concept of luck. I decided that the best method was to examine why some people are consistently lucky whilst others encounter little but ill fortune. In short, why some people seem to live charmed lives full of lucky breaks and chance encounters, [...]...
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| 5 Ways To Make A Negative Experience More Positive |
| 2008-06-01 10:51:14 |
“The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted.”
~Peter McWilliams
Editor’s Note: This article was contributed by Heather Johnson.
Each of us experience setbacks in life, all of which provide us with valuable lessons about the human condition. It is not the setback itself that influences your future, [...]...
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| 20 Smart Ways To Increase Productivity During Prime Time |
| 2008-05-27 23:15:00 |
“All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that.”
~Baltasar Gracian
While the amount of things we want to see, do, smell, taste and touch exceeds all but our imagination there are still just 24 hours in each day.
Time flies by and many times people find themselves at the end [...]...
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| Quit Trying To Become A Better Person — Transform |
| 2008-05-23 08:44:06 |
Considering that the theme of this website is Practical Personal Development, the title Quit Trying To Become A Better Person may come as a bit of a shock to you. This site has been a bit of a journal for my personal development endeavors over the past year and a half — you may be [...]...
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| Creating Workability In Relationships Whether You’re Right Or Wrong |
| 2008-05-20 13:25:45 |
In life there are certain things that you have to be right about — fact. When you’re performing open heart surgery, nursing a baby, racing at 180 miles per hour, or landing a passenger plane you need to be right. Being wrong would be a catastrophe. What I consider just as important as human life [...]...
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| 4 Lessons From The Life Of Winston Churchill |
| 2008-05-19 09:40:49 |
Written by Shilpan Patel, Success Soul
Great leaders lead the world by example. Their life becomes a fable of character, purpose, perseverance and magnanimity that transcends evil into goodness. They make the world a better place to live for the generations to come.
They’re born with purpose to save the world at the hour of peril. [...]...
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| Three Personal Development Principles That Changed My Life |
| 2008-05-10 18:07:49 |
It was about 11:30 pm and the phone started ringing. It was Dmitry, who is usually a night owl, so I didn’t think it was weird or anything. He said he has been doing some thinking and he wanted to know how I’d been able to make a u-turn, “well, not a u-turn, but [...]...
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| 7 Steps To Get Fit With Your Spouse |
| 2008-05-05 10:04:13 |
“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.”
~John Donne
No matter how much you’ve worked on your self-control you cannot deny that people in your life influence you. We happen to be the average of the 5 people we spend the most time with.
Spend one half of [...]...
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| 20 Ways To Simplify Your Life In 15 Minutes |
| 2008-04-29 06:39:03 |
“In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.”
~Henry Wadsworth
We spend too much, own too much, and want too much — it’s the human condition — and as long as we aren’t aware of it we’ll be a slave to the cycle. Being the ingenious little critters that we [...]...
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| The Impact Of Falling Off The Productivity Train |
| 2008-04-28 09:46:41 |
“So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastating effect.”
~Eleanor Roosevelt
During the past few months my productivity has [...]...
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| 4 Signs That Your Spouse Is Slowly Ruining Your Life |
| 2008-04-25 08:56:08 |
“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.”
~John Donne
No matter how much you’ve worked on your self-control you cannot deny that people in your life influence you. We happen to be the average of the 5 people we spend the most time with.
Spend one half of [...]...
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| 10 Life Lessons The Ernest Hemingway |
| 2008-04-23 05:00:51 |
“The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.” ~James Bryce
This post is written by Robert of Flimjo.COM
A helpful source for practical personal development is literature. Nowhere else will you find better wisdom and insight to develop your sense of self and your character.
You will also [...]...
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| 12 Tools To Recover From Procrastination And Get Things Done |
| 2008-04-21 06:00:20 |
Contributed by: Vera Nadine of veranadine.com
I am a procrastinator. There’s no two ways about it. And I don’t mean that I can sometimes put off doing the dishes until the next morning. I mean that I can put anything off, anytime, for any reason.
What strikes me about the self-development movement is all [...]...
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| Sunday’s Speedlinking 4-20-08 |
| 2008-04-20 21:25:48 |
Here are this week’s goodies from around the web:
Happiness: The Group Writing Project
Inspired Money Maker
Blog by Tyna
Kelvin Goh
Three new happiness projects this week. The numbers are really adding up!
If you haven’t participated yet, and would like to do so then get the instructions from Happiness: The Group Writing Project. To see the entire list of [...]...
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| 5 Magic Steps To Get Crystal Clear About The Law Of Attraction |
| 2008-04-18 08:00:01 |
WARNING: Reading this post will open the door to endless possibilities. It contains a proven step-by-step system on how to turn your thoughts into money or anything else. But first, let’s watch a clip from Will Smith, one of the best actors in the world:
Is it just me or was he having some trouble [...]...
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| Tackle Happiness, Don’t Chase It |
| 2008-04-17 05:15:45 |
My whole life I wondered how it is that, all things being equal, two people in the same situation can be happy and unhappy, respectively.
It puzzled me how people gravitated toward happiness in dire situations, while others, who seemingly had everything, were constantly depressed.
Several months ago I stopped wondering and started searching by conducting what [...]...
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| 7 Steps To Get Past The Good Intentions And Get Results |
| 2008-04-15 06:21:32 |
“The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.”
~A.J. Cronin
This article is for those of us that know exactly what we need to do, why we need to do it, yet still fail to follow through on our good intentions.
Every person on the planet has been a victim [...]...
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| The Essentials Of A Good Work Out: Urban Rebounding Review |
| 2008-04-14 07:48:02 |
For the past month I’ve been having some excellent workouts. Workouts that I’ve been really looking forward to. Some people would argue that work outs should be strictly work and no play, but I disagree. I think it’s possible to have a lot of fun while getting your work done at the same time.
If you’re [...]...
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| Sunday’s Speedlinking 4-13-08 |
| 2008-04-13 21:41:33 |
Here are this week’s goodies from around the web:
Happiness: The Group Writing Project
Vera Nadine
I never grew up
Way To Go Godot
Mori Therapy
Four more happiness projects this week. All unique and awesome. That’s a total of 62 participants in the group writing project, as well as the original 34 interviews on this site.
If you haven’t participated [...]...
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| 5 Ways Cheat Sheets Can Ace Your Productivity |
| 2008-04-11 06:16:01 |
Over the years scientists and other experts have done hundreds of thousands of experiments on procrastination. It all came down to one simple conclusion: procrastination is the lack of taking next action.
People seem to have formed the habit of day dreaming, and partaking in activities that take up less mental resources, instead of taking the [...]...
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| 10 Reasons Why Whatever You Have Is Enough To Succeed |
| 2008-04-09 10:16:45 |
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
~Confucius
Confucius, the Chinese thinker and social philosopher, got this right some 2500 years ago. He realized that the number one reason that people fail is because they don’t even attempt to undertake something great.
That’s pretty self-explanatory. If we do not begin, we cannot complete. [...]...
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| What One Person Can Do About Changing The World Now |
| 2008-04-08 12:44:25 |
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
~Victor Frankl
Sometimes I think that if I could change the world, and run everything the way I want, then the world would be a better place. I’m a good guy. I have good intentions. I want the best for everyone; [...]...
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| 5 Steps To Maximize Your Mind To Achieve Your Goals |
| 2008-04-07 08:09:33 |
“Whatever your mind can conceive and believe it can achieve.”
~Napoleon Hill
Last week I had the opportunity to listen to a presentation by Charley Harary. It was entitled 5 Steps To Maximize Your Mind To Achieve Your Goals. I was completely blown away by his performance- so I had to share it with you.
I took [...]...
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