Archive for December, 2007
Monday, December 31st, 2007
With the new year upon us, I’m starting a series on personal time management tips. Here is the first blog post on 3 simple tools for time management.
There are no hard and fast rules about what tools you must own, if you are going to embark on a mission to improve your time management skills. [...]
Alex |
Personal Development, Time Management |
Sunday, December 30th, 2007
Many out there have a dream of writing a book. Some start and never finish, and some leave the dream in their head. Not everyone can write the great American novel, but that does not stop people from trying. That’s okay though, as that is what dreams are for. If you want to try something, [...]
Alex |
Business |
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Making these everyday choices determines what we will learn and where we will go. Sure, we could simply ride the tide of life, bobbing along and cursing others for our shortcomings. Making these decisions, especially the tough ones, is what molds our spirit and feeds our soul. Although it’s
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Alex |
Personal Development, Self-Help |
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Back when I worked as a highschool drama teacher, I had a term that I used to describe really good work happening in my dramaroom: creative chaos. What was so special about these creatively chaotic moments was that to anyone just walking by it would have looked like mayhem, but
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Alex |
Personal Development, Self-Improvement |
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Subscribers to my Feel Great Now E-Course have heard this before, but it bears repeating: to create and live the life you really want you must be willing to take 100% responsibility for your life and what you create in it, right now.
That means you must face and take responsibility
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Alex |
Inspirational/Motivational, Personal Development, Self-Improvement |
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Do you remember when things were questions were simpler? You don’t? Me neither, barely. But I heard people remind me of days gone by, when we were young. We didn’t over-think things and were able to make quick and decisive decisions. Remember that? If you do remember, also recall that most of the things we [...]
Alex |
Advice, Inspirational/Motivational, Personal Development, Self-Improvement |
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
To aim for success in any area of life involves to effectively direct motivation to achieve desired goals. In mental health fields, such as counselling and psychology, most professionals are driven by the motivation to provide support and help improve individuals’ quality of life. Albert Schweitzer stated that ?success is
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Alex |
Goal Setting, Personal Development, Self-Help, Self-Improvement |
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
WC Fields once said, “If at first you don’t succeed, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.” What he said goes against the other really famous expression, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” So who is right about when to quit?
To answer the question about knowing when [...]
Alex |
Bad Habits, Health, Inspirational/Motivational, Self-Help, Stress Management |
Monday, December 10th, 2007
I added the first part that says, “Live Your Life.” A more famous person than I, Abe Lincoln, coined the second part of the title.
I thought about President Lincoln’s quote over the weekend because someone whom I knew passed away. He was very young, 39 years old. My definition of young increases every year, [...]
Alex |
Family, Health, Inspirational/Motivational, Main, Personal Development, Stress Management |
Thursday, December 6th, 2007
In the last 20 years or so, people have been buying self help books like mad. It makes you wonder what people did to survive all this time. It seems there is a guide out there for every possible situation, problem, or lifestyle. I know that sometimes we really need guidance with something, but I [...]
Alex |
Main, Self-Help |