Personal Development Articles

Change is often very difficult for people to accept and yet it’s happening every minute. The only thing certain is change. When you find that things are not as you want them to be in your life, it’s time to get comfortable with change. The Comfort Zone Change means many things to people. It ...

Today everyone is talking about VUCA and what it means to lead in a such an environment. The question is "Are there any different competencies a VUCA leader needs to have or is it just that some competencies need to be further honed and developed into strengths?" First let's reiterate what exactly the VUCA World is: V = Volatile. Today's business environment is constantly changing. The change occurs at varying speeds and can happen with varying intensity at different times an

It's so easy to be enthusiastic when everything is rosy. But the real test comes when troubles arise. This is why you need to prepare mentally for those bumps and hard times, because they are sure to come about. You need to work on maintaining your enthusiasm. This is a skill that will allow yo to push forward, even when things get rough. These are things that you can do to maintain your enthusiasm:

We have all heard and used the word “rules.” When you go to a swimming pool there are a list of rules, which tells the child or teenager what not to do: no running, no diving, no eating, no drinking, no horse play, no, no, no. Are you getting the picture? It’s like the child is thinking, “What can I do?”

"Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow."rn- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe What do you want to achieve this year? If you don't know, how are you possibly going to get it? And if you know but don't have an action plan, how are you possibly going to get it? Please excuse the preaching. But so many of us give lip service to goals without making even the smallest effort to support change in our lives. WE CONTINUE TO SABOTAGE OURSELVES. We buy into our old stuff.

I once had a very close friend Gene who asked me to share information with him that would create his perfect living experience. Not discounting the natural negatives and circumstances I tried. Several years later he walked up to me and exclaimed that we had come as close as possible. He felt like he was completely free

There's a reason why you want to do your affirmations right. It's called results. You shouldn't just dash off a quick read of the Self Confidence Formula—you should attack it like a religious congregant, because it holds the secret to your future prosperity. It consists of a carefully crafted ...

How many of us succeed the first time we try something? I’m guessing probably not many. But how often do we talk about what we learn from failure, how we would do things differently, and what others could do to avoid making the same mistakes as us? I would guess not often. The fact is most people will do just about anything to avoid talking about the “F” word. We’re afraid of it. We avoid it. We penalize it.

Are you lacking energy? Do you feel disorganized? Overwhelmed? Unclear about the next steps? Wondering how on earth your business will survive over the coming years? Chances are your brain is struggling and is not performing to its best. That’s not great when your survival as a business owner ...

As a coach and a psychotherapist, I’ve worked with hundreds of people each year who are going through dramatic change of some kind or another, and are in need of support from their families, friends, colleagues and others. We often discuss what healthy support is, and how it feels when we receive support that gives us the strength and confidence to persevere. What does helpful support look like? From my perspective, positive support shows up in many ways, and is expressed verbally and non-verbally, through language, beliefs, attitudes, and behavior.

I can remember as a kid wondering what it was like for my dad when he went to work. I’d watch him sit on the side of the bed and put his socks on after he’d already taken a shower, almost a sort of ritual as far as my memory can serve me. I would ask him random questions as he got ready for work to get some insight as far as when he planned on getting home or what he was going to do that day. I always got boring old answers from my Dad, which in retrospect tells me nothing more than he was just doing his duty to provide for his family and did not have a great desire for his work.

Goals and dreams have the power to keep you young at heart well beyond your 50’s. Unfortunately very few people get much further than stating their goals and too often become trapped in the reality between their plan and the boundaries of their comfort zone. According to Psychology Today 45% of all Americans make at least one resolution a year. And nearly half of them break it within six months. For many of us the failure rate is within the first month. The good news is there are three specific steps you can take to greatly improve your chances of realizing your dreams and goals.

If you are to accomplish your goals in addition to uncover "riches", then dedication and self belief are completely imperative. It is vital for everyone to grasp, just how effective the skill to have faith can be. All the way through times past, religion has demanded that people place confidence in whatsoever religious conviction they ‘belonged to’, and to deem otherwise, would have been deemed heresy. But, we can learn to cling on to or increase their faith, particularly wh

Greetings, What follows is an article I first wrote in 1975 and have periodically updated based on my experiences as a serial entrepreneur, CEO, business consultant, coach and trainer. In addition, I have worked with 36 colleges and universities, Fortune Global 100 organizations and groups as small as 10 persons. The life cycles are similar regardless of size or organization type. I hope you can learn and profit from what I’ve observed and handled. Life Cycles:

How to Stop Indecision in its track! Have you ever been stuck in the limbo of "decision paralysis?" It happens more often than you realize. I want to help you get past the decision-making turmoil so that you can actually make ONE decision to help you jump-ship into a Luxury liner. There is no point in staying paralyzed because you are overwhelmed with so many decisions, each one of them carrying so many choices, and you are afraid of proceeding to make a mistake with your choices.

Is there really happiness over the rainbow? What’s so special about that place over the rainbow? What’s so wrong with Kansas? Is Glenda, the Good Witch really any more special tha Auntie Em’? Are the scarecrow and the tin man any better than the farm hands whom so adoringly care for Dorothy? Or are they only so in our own minds? Does Kansas really only exist in black and white? My argument is that Kansas exists in vivid, screaming, cannon blasted color! But we suffer from self-inflicted color blindness.r

It would be safe to say that the most powerful organ in the human body is the brain. Sitting at the top of your head, it is the nexus that controls every aspect of the human body and the human soul. Yet, strangely, most of us go through life not knowing how it works. This article is entitled how to accelerate your brain power using binaural beats for a very good reason. nnScience has found a way to tap into this power and release the dam that has been holding it in place. In

Sometimes I can be pretty indecisive, as my friends would tell you. I’m pleased to say that I’m not as bad as I used to be, which is a very good thing indeed. I remember breakfast time one morning, some 8 or 9 years ago, when I was standing in front of an open cupboard in my kitchen, my eyes ...

One consistent and popular theme conce ing the Ego is it is looked upon as bad and something we have to constantly work to get rid of. I myself fell into constantly berating the ego and fighting against it. Doing this unknowingly created an on going and increasing problem for myself. The more ...

Successful people start with a dream or an important goal and have a very clear vision of what they want. They are very good at keeping focussed on the end result of what they want to achieve, whilst taking the steps they need to get there. NLP (Neuro-linguistic-programming) is often called the ...

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We’re almost at the age of retirement now and thinking what do I want to do when I grow up? Most of us have worked our whole lives for someone else. What do we have to look forward to after working 20 or 30 years with a company – a gold watch?? Is that all there is? Are our 401K plans what ...

When I took my first job in the corporate publishing industry over twenty years ago the culture was very different to what I know from the various corporates I deliver executive leadership coaching to now. In the 90s there was still a sense of having to do your time. You most likely had to have a university degree before you worked your way up from assistant to manager and from there to director and onward (if you hadn't keeled over) to the board of the company. Normal was for that process to take decades! Super-dullsville!!

Let's talk about seven secrets to maximizing rewards in your business and your life. Let's focus on time and optimization, and let's start where we've got to start. Secret #1—All things being equal among the normal run of humanity, nobody has any advantage over you. Now, God bless 'em, there are people who are born with certain problems that don't put them into the normal category, but blessing them, let's move on. We've all got "E", or “energy” capacity, thank God or the Gods.

In our coaching sessions, clients often discuss struggles or frustrations they’re experiencing. Struggling is characterized by that feeling of trying to place a round peg in a square hole. It’s a stressful place to be. It’s also energy draining, time consuming, and it distracts you from the ...

A Quick Preamble: It really is – like every aspect or category of your life – an out-and-out“mindset” thing…if you want to be wealthy, then simply “think” like the stinking-rich think… …rich people build big wealth before they spend…they don’t actually spend money at the outset, just because they have it and can afford the new car or new house etc. etc. etc…first and foremost, they invest their money – they only purchase those things that add real va

<center><img src="http://www.healthychat.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2.-Salt-300x230.jpg" alt="salt"></center> When you’re seeking out a psychotherapist in Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow or London, how will you know a good one from a mediocre one? It’s not like a hairdresser where every friend you have has been to one so you can ask for a recommendation from your mate with a hairstyle or colour you love.

There is one very simple and powerful method to attract hundreds more visitors to your site daily and that is having your own blog. If you are not doing this then you are missing out on at least doubling the visitors to your site. Remember more traffic, means more leads which means more business. Having your own blog is the easiest thing to do. So many people aren't doing it so you'll put yourself light years ahead of the competition if you do it.

What does it take for anyone to be the best at anything? And does being labelled the best success coach in the UK take different traits to being the best runner in the Olympics, the best artist of the Turner Prize, the best actress at the Oscars or the best leader in your organisation?

What motivates you? A person does not become successful overnight. It takes a determined individual to achieve their goals and maximize their potential. What keeps you motivated? What gets you going in the morning? Do some people naturally have a high motor or is it something that you can work on? There are a few kinds of motivation but I want to focus on two of them: internal motivation and external motivation. If you want to increase your motivation, give yourself a reason

Part 3 of 3 part series: Living Creative Results Part 1 of this series helped get you started – discovering that you do have a creative side and how to access it. Part 2 focused on dealing with the gremlins. You know - the self-limiting beliefs that invade your mind. Now, it’s time to focus on what’s ahead. What are your creative goals? What do you dream about? How will you share your creative genius? You’ve accessed your creative energy, beat the challenges and now what do

Divine Mother Morning Star. Traces of the universal feminine goddess~ the divine mother, also known as Amma, Tara, and Mary, are found the world over. She is known universally for her remarkable compassion, deep inner wisdom, and exuberant passion. Many women today have realized their inner ...

Yeah you have been working on having a better life but it seems like you are getting nowhere. Why could that be? Part of it is plain old biology. The way your brain it set up you avoid the problem. This is what we have come to call the denial circuit. You want to do something like ask for a raise or ask for a date or walk over rna high bridge or just point out that the food you ordered is wrong. The closer you get to doing it the more emotions come up and finally you decide to avoid the problem. Boom you get a rush of relief from not having to deal with the problem

By its very definition, financial independence means to not be dependent on anyone or anything for our financial needs. That requires being free from debt. When asked what they would do if they won the lottery, most people say they would pay off their debts. Just imagine what it would be like not to owe any money! We’d all like to be free from owing money. But something has happened to us over the past couple of generations—we’ve come to accept debt as just another part

Have you ever wondered why some people always seem to get everything they want in life? One day an acquaintance tells you that he wants a great job, and the next thing you know, he is on a work assignment in some glamorous location. Then he tells you that he is thinking of buying a new place. Suddenly, you find yourself at the housewarming party of the year at his amazing waterfront home. One minute he is single, and the next, he is blissfully in love. You have to ask yoursel

If you’ve ever suffered from a depression, whether for a few hours, days, months or even years, you know it is a very dark place. “Just think a happy thought” people tell you. The problem is, you simply can’t even remember one, let alone think about it or allow yourself the pleasure of remembering the happiness you felt when you experienced it. Sometimes you can be in this dark place and not even realize that is what has happened to you until you start to become aware that you’re not interested in anything at all. Nothing gets or keeps your attention.

We all experience fear. Whether or not we admit it is another conundrum, and another story. That the specter of fear is always with us is not necessarily a bad thing, from my perspective. Why not use it as motivation to succeed?

It doesn't become any more desirable than perfect, right? When any undertaking or job is completed perfectly then it's all we might wish for. Perfection is exactly what all of us ought to shoot for regardless of whether we're employed by ourselves or even somebody else. Employers constantly look for personnel that try to make every effort in order to ensure it is perfect. Is this the way you really feel?

When challenges arise we need to decide!

Staying positive is not always easy especially when times are tough. Poor health, loss of employment, family problems these are all very real problems for many people that can make you feel anything but positive. Here is a great way to provide an instant boost to your positivity. However it does require some preparation so I suggest you read this and take some action on the advice now so that you can implement it in the future. It is a very simple idea but extremely effective

Do you know where you are going? Do you know where life is guiding you? Are you plagued by stress? Are you happy? You can have a balanced, fulfilled, and happy life. The question for your life that uplifts and restores balance and happiness as your perpetual state of mind is, Do I boss or toss? nnMaking this powerful but simple choice—to boss or toss—makes all the difference. Whenever you are dealing with stressful or unsettling situations, you can choose to improve the s

One of the things that holds back our personal development is our own self-talk. We can use power of mind techniques positively or negatively. We have something like 60,000 thoughts a day and many of these are reinforcing the negative aspects of our life. We tend to say things like "I have never been any good at that" or "I cannot do math" or "I am frightened I might make a fool of myself". Many of these thoughts are based on bad experiences or on negative feedback from other

Fasting is most common now a days as we all know that it has got plenty of health benefits. Fasting was traditionally practiced in various religious cultures and practices. Fasting really changes our mind and body and enhances and activates our entire life.Below we are presenting some important benefits of fasting, which will actually change our life very effectively and positively.

The job search can be daunting, whether you have just entered the market for the first time or you are seeking a change after years of employment. Finding a new job requires not only persistence and determination, but also a sound set of tools, including your resume, cover letter, interview skills and plan of action. At Corporate Class Inc. we also teach that a well-developed professional image and an understanding of business etiquette contribute significantly to your growth as a professional and to your success in the job market.

Have you ever done something and wondered why you did it? Are there things that others have done in your life and you were left wondering why they did it or why did you accept it? Especially if it was an unhealthy and unholy situation? Well, the answers may not be easy to come up with. So how do you get to the why of what you do what you do?

Have you ever really paid attention to what you say out loud to others for one whole day or a series of days? I recommend it—you just might learn why you can’t seem to get ahead or areas in your life you are not taking full responsibility for. So often we just say things without really ...

Whenever we hear the term ‘brain washing’, it automatically conjures up negative associations of people being forced into having certain beliefs by an outside party. But think about it – couldn’t everybody’s mind benefit from some different input. I like to think of self-brainwashing as the practice of deliberately replacing old, outmoded thought patterns with new, improved positive ones, which are directly related to the goals I want to achieve. Another way to look at it i

As Rebecca shared with me her experiences and challenges as a new manager, I heard some common themes for many people new to getting things accomplished through others. Perhaps you can relate to some of these. Rebecca is motivated by results. She gets so much satisfaction from getting things ...

THERE ONCE WAS A WOMAN WHO WOKE UP ONE MORNING, looked in the mirror, and noticed she had only three hairs on her head. Well," she said, "I think I'll braid my hair today" So she did and she had a wonderful day. The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and saw that she had only two hairs ...

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