Realizing Success Through Empowerment
So many times when things go badly in our lives we find ourselves wondering how we ended up in such a bad situation, or who is to blame. These are self-defeating mindsets that limit our ability to recover, or to succeed.
Instead of developing a defeatist attitude when something goes awry, try to adjust to a [...]
Beating Procrastination is Easy – Once You Get Moving
One of the biggest difficulties for most people to overcome is procrastination. We all have things we dread doing, and it is so much easier to come up with excuses not to do those things, or find other more pressing things to take care of, all as a means of avoidance. Then we look at [...]
Gain by Giving: How to Live A Good Life
Rick Warren, author of “The Purpose-Driven Life,” says we can all live A Good Life. But how? For many, living a good life seems like a dream…like Dorothy standing in the poppy field gazing at the castle of Oz far off in the distance. We view it as something we will eventually attain like a [...]
12 Essential Rules to Live More Like a Zen Monk
I’m not a Zen monk, nor will I ever become one. However, I find great inspiration in the way they try to live their lives: the simplicity of their lives, the concentration and mindfulness of every activity, the calm and peace they find in their days.
You probably don’t want to become a Zen monk either, [...]
A Money Hack to Revolutionize Your Money Management
The famous engineer-inventor Charles Kettering once said, “People are very open-minded about new things - as long as they’re exactly like the old ones.”
This money hack certainly falls into the “new” category. My challenge to you is to keep an open mind and not be like those people Charles Kettering was describing.
In our quest for [...]
18 Five-Minute Decluttering Tips to Start Conquering Your Mess
When your home is filled with clutter, trying to tackle a mountain of stuff can be quite overwhelming.
So here’s my advice: start with just five minutes. Baby steps are important. Sure, five minutes won’t barely make a dent in your mountain, but it’s a start. Celebrate when you’ve made that start!
Then take another five minutes [...]
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 [...]
Life Coding: 9 Ways to Fight Feature Creep in Our Lives
As a web developer, I’m constantly struggling with the concept of feature creep. Feature creep is when the developer keeps adding features to the software to the point that the core product starts to lose it’s focus. The software slowly becomes less elegant and very un-simple, which is a developer’s worst nightmare.
The worst part about [...]
How to Find Happiness Without Buying It
Our materialistic society has led us to believe that happiness cannot be obtained without having money. Rather than learning to be satisfied with what we have, we are taught to want more. We learn from advertising, and from the media, that we need to buy trinkets and toys in order to make ourselves happy, or [...]
39 Ways to Live, and Not Merely Exist
“The proper function of man is to live - not to exist.” – Jack London
Too often we go through life on autopilot, going through the motions and having each day pass like the one before it.
That’s fine, and comfortable, until you have gone through another year without having done anything, without having really lived life.
That’s [...]
