Personal Development

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

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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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10 Lessons Entertainers Can Teach You About Success And The Power Of Positive Thinking #5MinMotivation

One of your most important tools, is your ability to choose how you react in any given situation.  The power of positive thinking is not a new concept.  In fact, it has been practiced and preached by many.  Chances are, you have heard at least one story if not dozens about people who persisted despite

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Your Greatest Weapon To Respond, Not React #5MinMotivation

There are a lot of situations from my past that could have been avoided if I had responded instead of reacted.  If you look at some of today’s headlines, it is filled with examples of how people reacting through their emotions lead to some questionable decisions and strong consequences. The Twitterverse is full of examples

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