Entries Categorized as 'Self Help'

It’s Time To Play!

Date December 13, 2008

Do you balance work, rest, and play?

10 Steps to Start Thinking Positively

Date November 4, 2008

Ever find yourself dwelling on “what is going wrong …?” Thinking about the bad stuff, what we did wrong, the mistakes that we made…

Self Improvement Books Never Get Old

Date October 26, 2008

From the early pioneers like Napoleon Hill to today’s monumental giants like Tony Robbins it’s been said that we arrive on this planet without an instruction manual.

Don’t be Afraid to Laugh

Date September 2, 2008

Laughter really is the best medicine, isn’t it? Real honest to goodness happy laughter.
Joel has another killer post at Fearless Dreams:
Laughter and jokes and play are undervalued in our serious adult world.
We think of all of these as entertainment, just a way to escape the stress and burdens of a threatening world which weighs us [...]

Habits, Olympic Thoughts, and Musings

Date August 26, 2008

What’s it take to be an Olympic Athlete? Here are some thoughts on that subject.

How Much Money Does Your Stress Cost You?

Date June 24, 2008

From the PsychSense blog – Here’s a good article on just what our stress costs us. Doctors and Shrinks have been telling us for a very long time that excessive stress is damaging to our health, and the Alternative Healers tell us the same thing.
Stress also comes with a lot of costs that aren’t obvious. [...]

Absentmindedness – Don’t Forget to Find Time

Date May 22, 2008

This is a guest article from Denise Landers, about some techniques to use to combat absentmindedness. Now, my mind is frequently absent, but I have used these techniques and they work for me when my mind is actually in attendance.
“I can’t remember… where I put that report… the name of their contact person… where my [...]

Three Ways to Escape Confusion and Take Control

Date May 13, 2008

There’s a very interesting post on FearlessDreams that you might want to look at. Here’s a clip:
Out of Control?
Are you in control of your life?
Life is wonderful, and dangerous and unpredictable.
Sure, you pretend that you have everything under control.
But you know that’s not true.
Pretending to be in control makes you feel safe.
And everyone wants to [...]

How to Think Positive Thoughts

Date April 3, 2008

Lots of motivational quotes say something along the lines of Think Positive Thoughts. Stop Think Negative Thoughts. Ok, fair enough. Now we have this question: How do we think positive and not think negative thoughts?

The short answer is this: concentrate on thinking the thoughts you want to think, all the time, every time. Catch yourself [...]

What About This Blogging Stuff?

Date December 20, 2007

I’m evaluating a multi-media course on blogging from the folks at Simpleology. For a while, they’re letting you snag it for free if you post about it on your blog.
It covers:

The best blogging techniques.
How to get traffic to your blog.
How to turn your blog into money.

I’ll let you know what I think once I’ve [...]