Success
7 Foolish Excuses You Need to Stop Using
Does it seem that somebody else is always responsible for your failures? Are you ever at fault? Well, guess what. Foolish excuses, pointing fingers and living in denial are temporary band-aids that will eventually come undone and cause you nothing but heartache. If you are one of the people living in denial, stop pretending to [...]
All We Need is Love? Wrong! Here are 6 Ways to Improve your Relationship
Yeah, yeah, yeah, we’ve all heard it before. The Beatles sang about it, thousands have written about it, countless young hopefuls have pondered it….
‘All you need is love’.
(Or, so they say).
With today’s divorce rate climbing faster than you can swallow a slice of wedding cake, it seems that we need a lot more than just [...]
6 Reasons Why Productivity Belongs To The Night Owls
Rising early, the habit of champions, is not statistically proven to increase productivity, happiness, or success. So why are so many people tooting their own horn about getting up before the rooster squawks?
It really comes down to the fact that certain early risers take full advantage of their early morning hours, and they’re very productive [...]
The Ultimate ‘Success-O-Meter’
The thing with us Personal Development types is, we’re always talking about creating our best life.Success.
Whatever that is.
We know that success is represented by different things for different people, but society teaches us that success is typically about money, position, attractiveness, power and influence.
Some more evolved souls have philosophies like:
“We make a living by what [...]
10 Fail Proof Tips for Delivering a Powerful Speech
We’ve all heard the statistic that says people fear public speaking more than just about anything else. The good news is if you can focus on these 10 tips you’ll be on your way to breaking past the fear and onto delivering a powerful speech that engages your audience.
1. Condense Your Main Message. Ideally you [...]
A Formula For Telling A Good Story
Whether you are a business-person, a sales executive, an improviser, or a social butterfly, telling a good engaging story is essential. There are those who can impart information to others, and then there are those who can tell a great story. This is sometimes enigmatic: how does one person draw you in to their story, [...]
How to Become a Patient Parent
I don’t claim to be the world’s most patient parent — but it’s a goal of mine for this year, and it’s something I’m dedicated to becoming. Every parent loses his or her patience — it’s a fact of life. There are no perfect angels when it comes to moms and dads — we all [...]
Golden Goals series: Cyan Ta’eed of FreelanceSwitch on taking on more than you can handle
Eden Creative Communities co-founder Cyan Ta’eed is a woman of many talents. After working as a freelancer and running her own design agency, Cyan went on to help start a Flash community and more recently to grow the record breaking FreelanceSwitch blog where she dispenses advice, tips and help to other freelancers across the globe.
1) [...]
Golden Goals series: Adam Pash of Lifehacker on writing code and determination
Adam Pash is a freelance writer and budding programmer and web developer based in Los Angeles, California. Though his interests are varied, Adam spends the majority of his time working as Senior Editor for Lifehacker, a weblog with a focus on software, the internet, and productivity. I previously interviewed Gina Trapani of Lifehacker, and I [...]
Golden Goals: Anne Zelenka of Web Worker Daily on finding your place in the world
This is an unannounced bonus for the Golden Goals series, and one I’m very happy about: Anne Zelenka, editor of the excellent blog, Web Worker Daily. The blog addresses a new workforce — those who are connected to their jobs through the internet. From the About page:
Job security, forty hour weeks, two Martini lunches, ties, [...]
