Personal Development is about making conscious decisions in investing in areas of your life that is of importance.
You take the time to plan out all the details. You want to make sure nothing is missed. Then, stuff happens. Sometimes, no matter how prepared you are, things don’t go as planned. So, what do you do next? Get disappointed and give up? Or use your new environment to plan your next step? I … Read more
When faced with upsetting news, how you do react? Are you curious and keep digging in for more information in order to find a solution? Or, do you just pretend the problem doesn’t exist and try to avoid risks? When my Dad had his major stroke back in 2000, he went into a coma … Read more
We are always running to the next task, event or responsibility we need to get to. Our minds are constantly turning, and it becomes easy to forget to live in the now. You get caught up thinking about your next “todo” without focusing on your current “doing”. We constantly get bombarded daily with instant notifications, … Read more
It was one of the longest experiments of my life. The quest to find the right task management system in order to increase my productivity. I would find one and then get quickly bored. It was hard to find one I wanted to stick to. Then, I realized what I was doing wrong. I … Read more
For a majority of people today, recalling things the following day or sometime in the future is quite essential. Here, it doesn’t matter if you’re a teacher or a college student, having long-term memory shapes the way you live. While I wanted to discover more about how we could improve our memory, I came across … Read more
There are two different ways you can live your life, as a movie, or as a game. What you decide will make all the difference. How do you win this Game of Life? If you choose to live your life as a movie, you are watching events as it happens. You feel like you have … Read more
Emotional intelligence is a fantastic gift. It makes you sensitive to the feelings of others, gives you the ability to harness emotions and allows you to use your own emotions for good. We’ve all interacted with someone who has a low emotional intelligence. It’s really frustrating, right? When you tell them you’re struggling with … Read more
You won’t always like the cards you are dealt. You cannot always control how many resources are made available to you. Every time you are faced with an obstacle on the road, you have a choice. A choice to look at that obstacle, do nothing and grumble. Or, to choose your behaviors and take action … Read more
Do you think that your productivity reflects but a fraction of what you are really capable of? If so, this infographic will be of use to you. Now, there is no need for self-deprecation. Recognizing your shortcomings is a promising beginning. After all, progress is always made one small step at a time. … Read more
Everyone is faced with struggles at one or many points in their life. How you react during these struggles will determine how quickly and how often you rise up above your difficulties and achieve success. Your Mindset is the key fact in the Psychology of Success. When I was in the 5th grade, I was … Read more
In a perfect world, leaders would have all the tools available that they need to ensure their team has consistent success. We don’t live in a perfect world. If we did, we probably wouldn’t need great leaders. Markets are inconsistent and resources are limited. What do great leaders do when they are lacking resources? … Read more
It’s an established and undeniable fact that the world we live in today has too many distractions. Anywhere our heads turn, there is bound to be a distraction waiting to be noticed and caught. Distractions can come in all forms and sizes – it can be that loud, blaring speakers from the room across yours, … Read more
We all face it on a regular basis. Sometimes in certain situations, we may face it daily. When faced with it, how you choose to react to it can make a huge difference in achieving sustained success. What am I referring to? The title obviously gives a major clue. FEAR. How do you turn fear … Read more
You have a dream or several dreams that you would love to see come to fruition. You’re an idea maker and you are sure that this idea, is “the idea” that will change your life. You chase your dreams in your mind. But, that is only step 1. The difference between just envisioning … Read more
A lesson I learned the hard way is how sometimes it is necessary to take care of you and walk away from situations or people that are draining your energy. Sometimes, that means walking away from negativity. Even if that means walking away from someone close. Other times, it means that you just simply cannot … Read more