How you spend your money is your business. What you may like to consider, though, is that your spending habits can often affect your level of happiness. And what you initially think may make you happy - the new car, bigger house, and large screen TV - may not give you the most smiles for [...]

Note: this is a guest article from Todd Goldfarb who blogs about a range of topics, including personal development, at We The Change.
As human beings it is inevitable that at some point in our lives we will develop feelings of sadness, hopelessness and even depression. These emotions can be brought on by [...]

“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” - Aristotle
Perhaps my biggest personal change in the past few years has to become happier. I have recognized this for some time, and have had some idea of why the change has taken place. It was not [...]

A recent success story in the personal development community has been Priscilla Palmer’s Personal Development List. This was a brilliant idea by Priscilla that has given exposure to a number of different blogs. A recent (off-topic) comment in my Can I Meet John Chow? post suggested I re-post the list on my site (as has [...]

From the Web
If the book I mention below in “From the Shelf” sparks your interest, be sure to give John Place a visit. The book has influenced a couple of his articles of late, my favorite being Hate Your Job? First, Shatter Your Work Prejudice.
7 Habits of Highly Ineffective People is a great read I [...]

Have you ever tried to meet someone well known in person before? Me neither. Until now.
First, let me tell you a bit more about myself. I am 25 and have recently moved to Vancouver from Australia so that my Canadian wife can be close to her family. My only friends I have at [...]