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Personal Development » Advice | By Kevin Sinclair @ Tuesday, 4th March 2008 @ 5:38 AM

Napoleon Hill, one of the great original self help gurus, devoted a chapter solely to persistence in his landmark book "Think and Grow Rich" simply because he felt it was extremely important. This particular chapter makes reference to persistence as being the sustained effort necessary to induce faith and was regarded by Hill as the eighth step towards becoming rich. However, the importance of persistence is also laid down on page one of this chapter in another sentence. "There may ... more...

Personal Development » Advice | By Celeste Onorati @ Tuesday, 4th March 2008 @ 12:20 AM

The time has come for you to start to gain the freedom to live your life peacefully. When you learn techniques of awareness of self, in the moment and work on the awareness, then stress has no place in your thoughts. There is no knowledge in the world that is better than self knowledge. Without self knowledge you are just another person repeating someone else's knowledge. It is that simple. There is nothing to follow; this is not a 10 step program. All of this knowledge is i... more...

Personal Development » Advice | By Mike Shery @ Saturday, 1st March 2008 @ 1:06 AM

All people experience stressful events which can affect them emotionally and physically. Our reactions to stress are usually brief, and most of us recover without any further problems. However, if you have experienced a catastrophic event, you may find that you have developed signs of ongoing problems, known as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In PTSD, the stressful or traumatic event may have involved a situation where your life may have been threatened, severe injury had occurred ... more...

Personal Development » Advice | By Bill Loyd @ Friday, 29th February 2008 @ 2:23 PM

Of course we all have questions from time to time that we need to find answers to. The need to be in the "know" keeps many people jumping from one fad to the next. We are so eager to find out information that we spend countless hours and money searching every possible facet of what ever it is that we are interested in. The process of our minds in wanting to know leads to many taking large leaps in faith to substantiate what they believe to be true. The debate between evolution an... more...

Personal Development » Advice | By Jamie Jefferson @ Friday, 29th February 2008 @ 12:20 PM

This is the time of year when I am always looking for a little lift. This string of days before spring unfolds just seem to stretch on and on. Each year, it seems, I try something new at these times. Here are 18 things that have worked for me to lift the winter doldrums. See if any of these might work for you. 1. Try out a new exercise: something you've never done before. Whether you buy a new workout tape or try the Hot Yoga class at your gym, get moving in new ways. <... more...

Personal Development » Advice | By Steve Scott @ Friday, 29th February 2008 @ 11:43 AM

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said, Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart. There is something to be taken from this quotation. Business men and women everywhere usually have at least one thing in common. Before tasting success, they have all tasted failure. In fact, it is quite rare to find someone who is a success that has never experienced some kind of failure ... more...

Personal Development » Advice | By Jinger Jarrett @ Friday, 29th February 2008 @ 7:56 AM

Although "The Secret" sounds as if all you have to do is envision what you want and then send happy thoughts out into the universe to get it, it's a little bit more complicated than that. Although I do believe in the Law of Attraction, I also believe that there is another "law" at work here, and if you really want to succeed, you have to follow this law, the "Law of Action." Another pitfall to avoid is wanting things for the wrong reasons. The unfortuna... more...

Personal Development » Advice | By Kevin Sinclair @ Thursday, 28th February 2008 @ 3:05 AM

It can be a long and sometimes difficult journey to discover true inner peace, but it is possible. Attaining inner peace is a process which must begin with identifying what you truly value. From this starting point, be willing to mix with positive people, improve your understanding of yourself and others, and be prepared for an exciting journey. Our beliefs and values set the direction of our lives. If we do not live in harmony with them we will live in a chronic state of stress and will ... more...

Personal Development » Advice | By Heather Ash Amara @ Wednesday, 27th February 2008 @ 11:36 AM

Spoken or unspoken, the concept of integrity - what is right, what is whole, how we should be in the world - is passed to us from our parents and society. Our parents physically and energetically model this message, sharing verbally and psychically what they feel is appropriate. In many cases, their beliefs and their relationship with integrity have been passed down from their parents unquestioned. It is the role of parents and teachers to teach us a moral code. Problems arise, however, ... more...

Personal Development » Advice | By Heather Ash Amara @ Wednesday, 27th February 2008 @ 11:07 AM

Celebrating the many transitions in your life, from difficult to ecstatic, weaves a thread of spirit into everything you do. It also encourages you to be in the present moment with your full, conscious attention. The act of celebrating keeps you attuned to the gifts of all aspects of life, from birth, to death, to rebirth. Your celebrations can mark not only the expected holidays, but also the mundane, the unexpected, and the challenging. Creating personal celebrations helps you integrate... more...

Personal Development » Advice | By Tim Ryan @ Wednesday, 27th February 2008 @ 7:58 AM

What is visualisation and why should I bother with it? Visualisation is a technique where you use your imagination to create a picture or movie in your mind that you deliberately put together yourself. Rather like painting a picture you have complete control to create an image that you desire. By seeing this picture you will: a) be able to focus more on achieving that goal because you are very clear what you want. b) be providing yourself with a boost in confidence and motiv... more...

Personal Development » Advice | By Tim Ryan @ Wednesday, 27th February 2008 @ 7:52 AM

Fear we all say is natural and most people apparently think that it is OK to be fearful of someone or something but have you ever took a step back and taken a look at the actual effects of the fear you feel related to your own life? Firstly fear can stifle you decision making, making you procrastinate for so long that eventually the opportunity has disappeared by the time you work up the courage to take action on it. Secondly a feeling of fear often leads to self questioning about ... more...

Personal Development » Advice | By Tim Ryan @ Wednesday, 27th February 2008 @ 7:39 AM

This law is at the very corner stone of positive thinking. It is one of the reasons why positive thinking works so well. In a nutshell it can be explained as: "You are what you think. You attract what you think; your life is a product of your thought and belief; nothing in the world can change this fact. To alter your life the only course open to you is to alter your thinking." As described by U.S Anderson author of 'Three Magic Words'. What he is saying is... more...

Personal Development » Advice | By Kevin Sinclair @ Wednesday, 27th February 2008 @ 7:27 AM

So you are on a bit of a downer and having one of those days where your self respect appears to be pulling you rapidly towards the ground. Maybe you messed up something in front of another person. Perhaps you did not perform as well as you wanted to on your test or flunked an important job interview. It could be that you simply got out of bed at the wrong side that morning. Everyone has days like this from time to time, when the world seems to be against you and a black cloud sits persistent... more...

Personal Development » Advice | By Tim Ryan @ Wednesday, 27th February 2008 @ 7:05 AM

If you've ever come across a book by Napoleon Hill called Think and Grow Rich you will undoubtedly be aware of the fact that you can deliberately create wealth in your life by manipulating the thoughts in your mind. In fact this remarkable book claims to have launched a million millionaires and that is probably no exaggeration either! Anyway here are three tips that I came across recently that can help you super-charge your life to attract riches: This first technique was firs... more...

Personal Development » Advice | By Paul Sutherland @ Tuesday, 26th February 2008 @ 10:51 PM

Are your relationships less than satisfying? Do you have a job that pays the bills, but you want a career that you can enjoy for a lifetime? Would you like to lose some weight and get fit, but you do not have the willpower to stick with a program? Would you like to be able to do more with your finances than barely keep up with the bills? Then, you need successful life strategies. To begin, create a mindset for success. First, you must be determined to create a mindset for success. You c... more...

Personal Development » Advice | By Kevin Sinclair @ Monday, 25th February 2008 @ 11:02 PM

Most of us have had problems with our memory at different times in our lives and in different ways. However, it is an interesting fact that we can remember some things vividly while at the same time having a very real problem remembering others. This can be used to our advantage, however, by giving us an idea of how to improve our memory overall. If we can identify the reasons why we can remember some things vividly we will be able to employ the same techniques to remember others. If you ... more...

Personal Development » Advice | By Kevin Sinclair @ Monday, 25th February 2008 @ 10:18 PM

We all need self confidence in order to succeed in life. Without self confidence we will be unable to face life's challenges with equanimity. With it we will be able to face them with courage. The dilemma we are faced with, however, is how to gain self confidence when we lack it in the first place? The key to genuine self confidence is to experience success. This is not as difficult to do as you might think. Many people set themselves up to be discouraged by making it hard to succeed... more...

Personal Development » Advice | By Kevin Sinclair @ Monday, 25th February 2008 @ 8:33 PM

Emotional energy is drained by anger. Mayhem is played upon your body and your relationship can be shattered. Anger does nothing to help you or the people surrounding you. Bitterness is more often than not a result of arguments, which are difficult to recover from. While allowances and forgiveness are something that people are willing to do, it is very often found very difficult to forget. Incorrect wording or even the correct words spoken at the incorrect time or in the incorre... more...

Personal Development » Advice | By Tim Ryan @ Monday, 25th February 2008 @ 7:02 PM

Most people have some sort of belief about how they should apply positive thinking to their lives. However most people may also be making this common positive thinking mistake. Indeed so harmful can this mistake be that it could easily be severely holding you back. The mistake I am referring to is better understood by way of an example. Often people will pray/ask or think positively regarding attaining something. Now the problem with this is then people wait for some sort of answer, respo... more...