Personal Development

Personal Development is about making conscious decisions in investing in areas of your life that is of importance.

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You Have An Ambition To Be Your Own Boss But Not Sure What To Do To Get Going

We can all have ambitions of being our own boss. It might be that you are getting sick of working for someone else. Having to report to someone, especially if you don’t happen to get along. It could be that you are bored with your current job and want a fresh challenge. Maybe the chosen […]

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The Impact Of Technology And The Eye Opening Reality Of Today #5MinMotivation

Every time I take time off with my family, I tend to reflect on how technology has impacted our lives.  It’s when we try to shut off the tech, that we realize just how dependent we have become on it.  The practical twitch one gets when one is faced with one’s own imagination and mind,

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Could There Be A Reason Why Gamers Make Great Entrepreneurs?

Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page. What do they all have in common? Sure, they’re all visionaries. Sure, they’ve all achieved enormous success in their respective fields and yes there’s a chance that their work has influenced your life in some way even as you read this, but there’s one more unifying factor that ties

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How To Decide If Nursing Is A Right Career Choice For You [Infographic]

Nursing is an excellent option for people to consider if they’re looking for a caring career. Several nursing roles pay more than you might expect, and there are many progression opportunities. However, you might be uncertain about whether nursing is the right career choice for you. Here’s how you can start to work it out.

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Best Techniques For Ensuring Home Office Productivity [Infographic]

Working from home as a workplace method has grown in popularity by around 40% in the last 5 years. The reason for this rapid rise is likely due to advancements in technology but also people’s access to quality devices like smartphones and/or tablets. These devices allow people to work practically anywhere once they have a

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Why Success Can Become A Catalyst For Failure And How Essentialism Is The Antidote

Who do many smart and capable people end up plateauing, or failing?  They work so hard to achieve a level of success, only to stay stuck in their current state, or worse move backward to where they were.  For my regular readers, you may already know that I have over 20 years of experience leading

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Believing In What Is Possible – Awaken Yourself Motivational Video #5MinMotivation

Life is not easy, and success does not just happen.  It takes hard work and it takes the belief that you are able to get through the worst days and keep going.  Your ability to believe in what is possible is your first important step. Despite what the imposter syndrome quiz tells me, I sometimes

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The Strong Benefits Of Writing By Hand And How It Increases Productivity

The main reason why there are so many productivity apps available is simply that there is a strong demand for it.  People are desperately trying to improve their productivity by testing different systems and processes.  Is it possible that the perfect system is not one that was recently invented, but one that has been available

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What’s Important Now May Be Blinding You From What Really Matters #5MinMotivation

When I was in high school, I had a plan.  It was so clear and nothing was going to get in my way.  I wrote a list of goals that I needed to accomplish.  At the time, they were what I believed was really important.  Throughout the year, my priorities changed.  What I thought was

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The Powerful Importance Of Emotional Agility: Emotions Are Neither Good Or Bad

There used to be a time when it was popular to focus on one’s intelligence, attaching I.Q’s to successful people as a reason to explain their success.  Then, Peter Salovey and John D. Mayer coined the term “Emotional Intelligence” in 1990 describing it as “a form of social intelligence that involves the agility to monitor

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People Don’t Decide Their Futures, But This Does #5MinMotivation

What do you want from your future?  When you picture yourself ten years from now, where do you see yourself?  For many, this vision is clear.  People usually don’t have a problem deciding what they want from their future.  Unfortunately, people don’t decide their futures.  It is not enough to just know what you want.

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Heartwiring and Hardwiring Your Leadership: Getting Some Leadership Mentoring

In order to become consistent in leadership effectiveness, leaders must first work hard on their own personal development.  They must first challenge themselves to become more before expecting it from their teams. When I graduated from University, I thought my school days were over.  I was always ambitious and quickly learned that in order to

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