We have to stop sticking our head in the sand when it comes to understanding how significant the impact of stress has on our lives. Stress has been proven to play a role in… depression relationship trouble such as separation and divorce health problems, most recently Type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular health sleep and alertness overall […]
Often when I meet people who are troubled, struggling with a lack of self-confidence, poor self-esteem lacking both motivation and self-discipline, they are also sporadic sleepers. Some nights they may get 7-hours, other nights they get less than six – and even more troubling is that the quality of sleep is not adequate to function […]
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Anyone looking for tips on improving their self-esteem must be driven absolutely crazy. There are so many proposed influencers said to impact your self-esteem, yet so little quality research exists on the topic. Previously, factors having an influence on self-esteem have included: How you think – we mostly think negatively, change how we think minute-by-minute […]
What is it about ‘those’ people that seems to always attract a crowd while people often walk right by (or away) from everyone else. They seem to hold some form of magical ‘personal power‘ that automatically draws others toward them. Have you been in situations where you have wanted to attract more attention – engage in […]
After another gruelling workout yesterday, I came across another reference to this Newsweek story back in March that outlined new research supporting the notion that exercise impact was not just physical, but also helped mentally – especially in the case of making us more cognitively aware, smarter and sharper. Perhaps that euphoria and sense of […]
If we could only put our finger on the critical steps for achieving sustained happiness, wouldn’t that be one of your greatest life achievements? it’s not that we would want to be happy 100% of the time, but for most of us it would be great to unlock the characterstics that would increase the amount […]
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There’s a pattern I’ve noticed among those who achieve great things in their lives – whether it’s Tiger Woods winning his 60th title or Roger Federer’s dominance on the courts, Bill Gates’ mastery of software business and now philanthropy…and so on. No, it’s not thinking positive, having a purpose, setting goals — though in many […]
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Another weekend, and another sad, self-defeating act by Britney Spears showing us that she is caught in a web where she now identifies herself as a media circus clown rather than her internal purpose or passion. She’s not the first to fall into such a trap where personal issues are magnified 1000% in front of […]
It’s the first post on our new personal development blog, and without a doubt we thought it should be on a topic we all restle with each and everyday….self-discipline. So often when we examine our lives, our current state – we tend to blame procrastination, our ability to stick with something long enough to see […]