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Review and Competition: Make the Impossible Possible

Photo by Abnel.
“Make the Impossible Possible”. Ok, I admit that when I first saw this book’s title nothing about it made it stand out from the plethora of personal development books available in a typical bookshop. Make no mistake, though, this is a very special book about a man who has lived, [...]

5 Simple Ways to Brighten Your Day

Photo by *Micky.

Oh Canada. I’m not going to complain about the weather (remember the “Think Different Challenge“), but it certainly does rain a lot here in Vancouver during winter. It probably doesn’t help that I am often reminded of summer by my friends and family in Australia.
I find that one of the best ways to [...]

Understanding the Role Humility Plays in Everyday Life

“Humility, like darkness, reveals the heavenly lights.” - Henry David Thoreau
Note: this is a guest post by David Bohl from Slow Down Fast. Photo by Jahdakine.

When do you consider your life “finished”? At what point can you hang up your hat and say that you truly have done everything you wanted [...]

What Are You Doing That’s Different?

Photo by Victor Nuno.
“The successful person has the habit of doing the things failures don’t like to do. They don’t like doing them either necessarily. But their disliking is subordinated to the strength of their purpose.” — E.M. Gray
I write this having just returned from an early morning run. The local neighborhood looked beautiful [...]

LASIK Eye Surgery. Have You? Would You?

Photo by Pascal B.

If you were to ask me what one thing would dramatically improve my life, my answer would very likely be “to have perfect eyesight”.
At the same time, however, I have always been uneasy with anything to do with eyes. For example, those movie scenes where a sharp instrument comes agonizingly close [...]

Personal Stories of Change Blog Carnival: Edition 13

Photo by Code Poet (above) and Fort Photo (below).

Welcome to the 13 Edition of the Personal Stories of Change Blog Carnival. It has been a month since the last edition so this is going to be a big one! For those readers unfamiliar with this carnival, basically I aim to present a collection [...]