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By Peter Clemens
I have experienced some major changes in my life to date. In the past year alone, I have become a father for the first time, I have relocated from Australia to Canada, and I have started a new job (to name but a few things!).
These are all obvious changes, ones that [...]

This entry was posted on December 12, 2007 and is filed under: Life - 21 Comments »

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By David Bohl
Some things, to me, are very black and white. Take, for instance, the case of a Minocqua, Wisconsin, gas station. A Store employee made the mistake of entering the per-gallon price of gas as 32 cents instead of $3.29. The employee then left, leaving the station unattended, yet open for [...]

This entry was posted on and is filed under: Happiness, Life, Meaning & Purpose - 18 Comments »

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Happiness. It’s something that we all want, but do we really appreciate what makes us happy? Like the concept of “success“, it is perhaps best that we understand what makes us happy, if only so that we don’t fall into the trap of chasing someone else’s version of the word.
The following are 10 [...]

This entry was posted on December 10, 2007 and is filed under: Happiness - 23 Comments »

Welcome to the 12th Edition of the Personal Stories of Change Blog Carnival. Sometimes I get a bit tired of reading personal development articles because it feels like the writer is delivering the Ten Commandments. I created this carnival because I believe that to help others change, it is best to show and inspire, rather [...]

This entry was posted on December 9, 2007 and is filed under: Blogging - 5 Comments »

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Relationships, especially ones that have been around for a while, have a tendency to seem permanent, something that will always be there no matter what. This encourages us to take them for granted, letting them slide in our priorities, receiving less and less of our attention, and eventually going on [...]

This entry was posted on December 7, 2007 and is filed under: Life, Relationships - 10 Comments »

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By Patrick Mathieu
On October 10th, 2006, at the age of 36, I suffered a stroke. Thankfully, it wasn’t a major stroke and I was able to make a full recovery after spending a week in the hospital!
In the weeks that followed, I can’t count how many times I heard the phrase:
“But [...]

This entry was posted on December 5, 2007 and is filed under: Life, Meaning & Purpose - 16 Comments »