Archives February, 2010

7 Reasons a Blog Is a Phenomenal Personal Development Tool

Photo by Anonymous Account By Srinivas Rao In the 8 months since I started my blog I’ve gotten to know dozens of bloggers. While each one has his or her own unique interests and opinions, I think it’s fair to say we all agree on one thing: a blog is a phenomenal personal development tool. [...]

The Subconscious Mind: Insights from Viktor Frankl

Photo by h.koppdelaney By Mark Harrison Viktor Frankl’s short book, Man’s Search for Meaning, has been described as ‘among the most influential works of psychiatric literature since Freud.’ He begins with an account of his experiences in Auschwitz and other concentration camps and then develops the insights from these experiences into a remarkable synthesis. The [...]

Staying Motivated: The Watercourse Way

Photo by Per Ola Wiberg By Mark Harrison ‘Giving up smoking is easy. I’ve done it hundreds of times’ ~ Mark Twain So your goal is to get up at 4am every morning, go for a 5km run and take a cold shower before meditating and writing a chapter of your new novel? I can’t [...]

How to Use Your Subconscious to Change Your Life

Photo by The Half-Blood Prince By Karl Staib “Never go to sleep without a request to your subconscious.” – Thomas Edison Your subconscious loves to do work while your body performs other tasks that are easy. I can prove this very easily by asking you how many good ideas you have had while driving or [...]

Knowledge Plus Action Minus Fear

Photo by: nayukim By Hulbert Lee Anything in the world is possible. But there is always one thing that stops us from doing it: fear. This can be the fear of starting a new business, the fear of public speaking, or even just the fear of something unknown. Fear often happens when part of us [...]

You Can’t Force Other People to Change – But You Can Help Them

Photo by Amir K. By Ali Hale Do you have a teen who just won’t get off his backside and do anything? Is your brother deeply in debt? Have you got a friend whose romantic life is a series of disasters which she never seems to learn from? Are your parents severely overweight? Is your [...]

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