Personal Development Articles

~*~*~*~*~*~* ON MAKING ADJUSTMENTS © Lee Wise All rights reserved Doing what I must do before before burnout becomes a reality never dreamed about and much less expected ... ~*~*~*~*~*~* ON MAKING ADJUSTMENTS © Lee Wise All rights reserved Doing what I must do before before burnout becomes a reality never dreamed about and much less expected ~*~*~*~*~*~* I believe the idea of reducing expectations qualifies as one of those "absolute musts" when dealing with our ever fluc

Mind, The Two Edged Blade

The biggest mistake people make is that they go for the mix. A little bit of this and a little bit of that, put it together and you have a little bit of this or that. Too many people even in the self improvement or personal development arenas don’t follow one discipline. Then they wonder why ...

There are so many people today in dramatic career and life transition, and also thousands of coaches and consultants offering help. I’ve discovered, however, that recommending simple, straightforward tactics and strategies does not work unless there has been a true breakthrough in the ...

One of the most powerful resources for improving all areas of your life is as simple as a good night's sleep. Yes, you have much to do, and miles to go before you...well, you get the joke. But in order to raise your level of accomplishment in any arena, you must increase your energy. And there are four things necessary to raise energy: stress, nutrition, focus, and rest. Too much or too little of any of these factors, and you will fall apart.

We live in a world where “stressed out”, “multi-tasking”, and “exhausted” seem to be an accepted way to live. It is considered the norm to have one or all of these problems some or most of the time. Living life this way has its down side: relationships suffer; all of the demands put upon us create tension and even anger; and we lower our standards in order to complete our to-do list.

"The sword of attack is always held backwards. We think we're holding the handle, swinging our blade at the world. In truth, though, we're gripping the blade and waving about a harmless handle. The harder we fight, the deeper we cut ourselves." — Dan Cavicchio, Gardens from the Sand: A Story About Looking for Answers and Finding Miracles I am running late for an important appointment and speeding down a two-lane highway. Suddenly I come up behind a garbage truck lumbering a

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of all virtues, but the parent of all others.” – Cicero This won’t be one of those long, never-ending articles on the ‘Attitude of Gratitude’. This is simply an attempt to show you, how far a little bit of gratitude can take you. So do bear with me till the end. You will surely find something to be thankful for.This happened about 2 years ago. Every morning, a man used to come to collect garbage from our houses. He was also in-c

The Origins Of Concepts Most of us use the terms success and happiness without having a clue what they really are and where they come from. We talk about them as if they are a condition or commodity that we can purchase or trade. We think they come from material wealth, satisfying relationships, all things that produce pleasure, other people and of course things. But are success and happiness even real? Have any of us ever been successful and happy all the time? Is that even possible? Just what are these things we call success and happiness and do we have any control over them?

The road to success can be can be very rocky no matter what area of your life you wish to succeed. Lily Tomlin (the actress) once said: “In Hollywood a marriage is a success if it outlasts milk!” Isn’t that the truth? We all say or think the same thing whenever there’s an announcement of a ...

Like many of the personal development terms that have become common in our vernacular, life purpose is something that many people talk about and feel they should have and often times wonder how they would know if they had it. While some people might think of life purpose in terms of fate or destiny, I prefer to think of it in terms of the expression of your whole self. In other words it is less important that we know it and more important that we are it. In truth that is a li

It’s December and one of my favorite times of the year. This year, like most, has had its fair share of highs, lows, joys, sorrows, chills and thrills. November has been both a particularly challenging and exciting month in my life and business. On the down side: two family members passed on, two family members had accidents – one quite serious, one miscarriage and a couple of operations. I was struggling to make business deadlines because I was not as productive as I would have liked to be.

Well, here we are. It’s 2009, a new year, at the end of the new month and a new day. Every time I turn, I see commercials for ‘Resolutions’ from going to the gym to dieting. Have you made resolutions for this year? What are you going to ‘try’ to do for 2009? I read ...

The last decade has seen great strides in understanding some of the brain science behind emotions like sorrow and joy—at least of the mechanics. Using the latest technology, scientists can see what goes on materially in the brain when we have certain feelings, but there is still much more to understand. nnOne area that begs further study is that of grief and bereavement. How can we use the discoveries of neuroscience to help those who are grieving avoid the pitfalls tha

On Matters Of The Heartn © Lee Wise All rights reserved Joining the song of many authors sharing their insights innthe fields of personal success and self development, I trustnwe would sing in unison a chorus entitled... "Matters of the Heart Matter Most." Another tune creatively shared and expanded upon by manynwould reflect the closely related theme revolving around thenpassionate plea to "follow your heart" should you seek thentrue meaning of success and the experientia

Perhaps your mood of the moment is the most important criterion for determining what "Playing at the Edge of Life" means to you. Playing, edge, and life are all open to considerable interpretation. How you view or interpret the phrase today, you may give it a different meaning tomorrow. As you ...

Time is confusing to many people, and we need to discuss it. When we get caught up in the idea of time in this material manifest, we are not able to move forward. It’s time to understand time! Time is not real I am going to give you a shocker. Time is not real. Time is relative. We all know how fast time goes when we are on vacation. In contrast, if we are in a rough situation, we know how slowly time can pass. This is a mental thing. Perception of past and future

In Saint Exupery's The Little Prince, he states, "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye." The heart is not just a physical organ, it is an energy center, a place of consciousness, a space of expanded awareness of the existence of essence, the essence of the universe which is love, that lives and pulsates inside of us. It is our most natural state. Our "other" states are those of lifetimes of learned distortions of the es

Having a massage feels great but what are the health benefits of massage? Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are ~ Chinese Proverb Massages have grown massively in popularity recent years with now one third on Americans having a massage in the past year, top spa’s have a plethora of different massages on offer, there are 160 different sorts available.The most common and therefore popular are: Swedish, Aromatherapy, Hot Stone, Deep Tissue, Shiatsu, Sports. Health Benefits of massage.

If you want your presentation well received by the audience, take into account techniques to handle questions from them. Firstly, you should be prepared for their questions. As you write your presentation, you need to think of what they may be going to ask and then find the answers for them. Perhaps you will not want to answer some particular questions there and then, so you should think about what you are going to speak to satisfy the questioners. Secondly, you need to mak

A listener to my audio articles recently shared with me a point that she noted. And indeed, it's true-in a recent group of articles, I was clustered around grief. I was involved with my father-in-law's passing, and so I took advantage of that circumstance that life presented to reflect on those kinds of themes. And she said, "You know, it's interesting. I listened to your articles related around that theme, and you kept saying, 'Live, seize the day, grasp the moment.

Have you ever found yourself working hard, doing all the “right” things, and getting a big fat nothing in return? I know I have. Many years ago this was a pattern with me. Part of me would seem to be totally on board with my goals and actions, yet “something” always seemed to pull me ...

Yesterday I watched an absolute master. Bill Cosby performed at Georgia Tech university, and I was in the front row, not eight feet away from him, as he held an audience of thousands spellbound, just sitting in a chair telling stories. He had us howling, crying, nodding, laughing, cheering, and applauding... Just sitting in a chair. How did he do it? He told the truth. Oh, yes, like all storytellers, he exaggerates. But "Truth" and "factual" are different things. By diving deep into his own life, he found the truth about

It’s hard to miss the headlines these days….they are everywhere. The market is plunging. The famine in Somalia is killing millions. Raging fires in Texas. Severe droughts all over the US. So what do we do with all this news? I am not a big news person. I choose not to be. I will take in the main news headlines on my computer, but I might not even read the articles. I do not have my head in the sand, and I have decided that I want to have a bigger impact on the “news” than it has on me.

Recently I spent time with a friend who a few days previously experienced a traumatic interpersonal and intrapersonal event. A few hours into our day he expressed that he feels for the first time since the episode that he is “stepping out of the drama of what happened”. This caused me to reflect on my own absorption in life’s drama, and on the distinction between living life and living in the drama of life. Of course life has its natural adventure, full of color and emotion.

Without goals you are essentially dead in the water. You need to have goals in order to obtain your dreams in life. Here are four reasons why you need to have goals. Direction “A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.” ~ Thomas Carlyle

Life is a journey, and on that journey there will be many relationships. There are some that will be great, and they may last a lifetime. Then there are those that either either very unhappy, or very short. Then again they could actually be both.

So you’ve climbed online, built your profile, now what? Get active! You’ll be invited to join many groups, be selective. There is no obligation. And it doesn’t make sense to join if you aren’t going to be active. Active means commenting on discussion regularly, posting your own discussions, ...

We’ve had some turbulent economic times lately, for sure. As I write, unemployment is at its highest level in twenty-six years. To give you some idea of how sales have softened: one of my dear friends was recently told by her employer that they were easing her out the door in three hours, after 18 years in the photocopy business. They had been bought out, and new, cost conscious management didn't think they needed her anymore.

It’s December 23rd, and all you want is to be home with your family in time for Christmas. Instead, you are stuck in an airport with thousands of other stranded travelers. Weather delays, crowded airports and planes, the potential of missing Christmas altogether – there are many reasons why travel can be the least desirable part of the holiday season. Fuses are short and tension is running high, often leading to conflict or rudeness between stressed travelers. But there is no reason for disrespectful behaviour; the holiday season should be a time to show extra kindness and joy.

There Are No Small Things In an episode of the TV show, Unsolved Mysteries, there was a story of a victim of the holocaust. He’d been placed in a work camp for several years and somehow had managed to survive the horror of his imprisonment. The story was of a boy—now in his sixties—and his quest to find an American GI who had imparted a kindness to him. The soldier had given the boy some food. It might seem insignificant, but to this child, who had seen nothing but crue

When people begin their journey with internet marketing, they become very anxious to make money right away. The number one question on their mind, is when they are going to start making some serious money. The short answer is, "It depends." The timeline will depend upon a few factors. It depends upon what someone would call serious money, how they would define a successful venture, as well as the actual marketer themselves.

“The secret of success is found in your daily routine.”nn~John Maxwell Many of us have explored our daily routines to some extent. We have played around and tried all kinds of ways of approaching our days and have found what works for us, or at least what we are comfortable with. However, not ...

Taking a road trip anytime soon? Whether you are driving alone, or with family members, here’s a creative way to pass the time. Imagine that somewhere in your body-mind is a Control Center where all of your body’s systems are monitored. Imagine that this Control Center also monitors the full spectrum of your attitudes, behaviors, thoughts, beliefs and actions. What might your Control Center look like or feel like? Perhaps a room or a series of rooms filled with levers, gauge

We, regularly see students going to school daily for studies. And, we know the ins and outs of a school day by experience. Still, it would be interesting to read it through a students’ school diary. Let us peep into the school diary of a student and learn about a day in the life of a high school student. School days are the beautiful days’ anyone would cherish with a desire for more in the later years. Being a student means, all the knowledge is at his disposal to explore

Habits once formed can be hard to quit, even if we know that they are not particularly good for us. There are a lot of people who are looking to quit or get rid of an unwanted habit, but they can’t seem to understand how doing it. Here are a few recommended ways to tackle these unwanted habits. How to begin?

Home is truly our exte al heart and as such it needs a lot of care and attention in its decorating and development. Invite friends and family to contribute to the creation of your home. A house is merely a dwelling; it becomes a home when you use your heart to express your environment in a ...

I know many professionals puzzled by the advent of social media want to know if it can yield real results, it can and it does. Right now I have the honor and privilege of a first class trip to China in April to kick off the Guangzhou Design Week that comes up later this year. They are doing a ...

Awareness as the Light of Life Have you ever used PowerPoint? It is a wonderful piece of software that you can use to make all sorts of colorful and graphical slides. As each slide is displayed inside a projector, the powerful light from the projector, behind the image, projects the slide up onto a screen. Imagine if Awareness had this light quality and that it beams out into the universe, through each of us. Perhaps we are like a slide. The beliefs we hold create the graphi

Are you famous or are you focused? Let’s start with “famous”. When people look at you, what do they say that you are famous for? Are you famous for procrastination…negative words…poor time management…What are you famous for? Let me share with you what I am famous for. I am famous for consistent, structured, focused daily strategies and techniques to live a victorious life. I know…that is a pretty strong statement! You see, I would rather be “focused” than famous. I am focused on success.

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Most times you'll find the fastest path to success is to learn from failure! There is a saying 'fail your way to success' that possesses much truth and the point here is there are lessons to be learned from our set backs! In fact our own failure to learn from mistakes will only push us that much further from becoming successful at what we're attempting to accomplish! Here are 3 valuable lessons each setback we encounter can teach thus placing us that much closer to becoming s

Often time's information overload results from a wandering mind which of course is more receptive to distractions! For anybody who works online this is particularly true due to the quantity of information available on anything imaginable! In fact search engines offer up a double edge sword to anybody seeking additional knowledge since results can often turn up too much information. Do not get me wrong, knowledge is great, but too much can paralyze your thinking and decision m

You thought that you’re already a model employee and that you no longer need any customer service training—until you receive a call from an irate customer, and you simply blew everything. How you’d wish by now it never happened. But then again, only when you decide to go for customer service training, you would have been able to handle the situation like a pro and even receive well-deserved praises from your company. nnWhy You Need a Customer Service Trainin

Today I’d like to explore the concept of creativity, and how it shapes and enriches our lives to access our own individual wells of creativity. What is "creativity?" The typical colloquial definitions of creativity involve:n - Producing or bringing about something partly or wholly newnn- ...

LAMP development trusts on a feasible web server which can conduct operations in a seamless manner. LAMP is pretty versatile for web development and preferred by many of the sites too. The LAMP development stage varies as per different web programming languages. LAMP developers utilize different languages like PHP, Perl or Python and OS including Windows, Mac OS, etc. as per the necessities posed by clients. LAMP is open source and hence the development of LAMP web applicatio

We all have a creative spirit whether it manifests itself in a talent for home improvement, sewing, craft projects or perhaps computer programming and writing music. Too often we suppress this side as a part of ourselves we will indulge when there is more time. There won’t ever be more ...

The To Do List is certainly one of the most popular stay-on-your priorities approach for reducing stress and using time effectively. Recently I was asked in an interview: Does the To Do List really work? My immediate response was: yes and no. Yes, it works for some people; no, it does not work ...

The holiday season is officially upon us! I get a giddy feeling of joy and appreciation this time of year. I think there is naturally an enhanced excited kind of energy from Thanksgiving through New Years than the rest of the year. We are reminded of the small things that we may take for ...

Your company’s online presence is multifunctional: it can serve as a first impression for new or prospective clients; in addition, it keeps your existing partners, clients, shareholders, and any other relevant contacts connected to your business and updated on your current work. And if you want your company’s name known on the web, a website alone is not enough to make a mark. Using several social media platforms for professional promotion will allow you to share more information with a larger and more diverse audience.