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Changes on the blog

Changes on the blog Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

If you’ve been following my blog at all you’ve probably noticed things have been pretty slow around here during the last month or so. My apologies to those of you who were expecting new content in April. Though I sat down to write a few times each week, I simply couldn’t produce any […]

6 Effective problem solving tools

6 Effective problem solving tools Monday, March 31st, 2008

Considering the tagline for this blog: “Useful ways to solve problems, love people and live better”, I suppose I sort of take for granted that some of you are here, at least in part, because you have problems that need solving. More specifically, I have been operating under the assumption that you don’t already […]

5 Self-Improvement myths

5 Self-Improvement myths Monday, March 24th, 2008

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Your introduction to self-improvement may have been very similar to mine. I remember when I first came upon self-help and personal development literature I was very skeptical. However, it wasn’t long before a whole new world of possibilities was opened up to me.
Before my introduction to this field I had […]

What do actions say about your relationships?

What do actions say about your relationships? Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Many of us, including myself, think we’re great judges of character. In fact, that was something throughout my life that I always prided myself on. I thought I could see the truth about people when others couldn’t. This was true in some cases, I’m fairly perceptive in some areas of life I […]

Get almost anything you want by doing just two things

Get almost anything you want by doing just two things Saturday, February 9th, 2008

We all want things, and most of us have at least a few goals in the back of our minds that we would like to reap the fruits of at some point in our lives. But why do we so often fail to make those desires real?
Honestly, I think mostly people fail to make […]

Do something different; Make a change

Do something different; Make a change Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Your emotions are signals. They tell you whether you’re in alignment with what you want our out of alignment with it, that’s definitely not my own original idea, or anything new if you’ve spent any time reading self-improvement or personal development literature. But it’s easy to simply accept those emotions as part of […]

How to start reading more

How to start reading more Thursday, February 7th, 2008

As a kid I never really got into reading. When all the other students found a place in some corner of the classroom to read, I simply picked out a book with neat looking pictures in it and spent the next hour looking at them and daydreaming about what I would do after school. […]