One key area of personal development which I notice a lot of people are interested in is managing emotions. This interest has good reasons, as your emotions influence your options and your options influence your results. Plus, it just feels bad to feel bad. Managing emotions is also one of those key areas of personal […]
Continue reading... February 7, 2010
Asshole – Book Recommendation
Yes, the book is actually called “Asshole: How I Got Rich and Happy by Not Giving a @!?* About You”, and it’s written by Martin Kihn. I’ve listened to the audio version the past few days, and it quickly made the list of my favorite books. You can find other valuable info and reviews for […]
Continue reading... January 31, 2010
The Law of Attraction vs. Science
I like to think that people are becoming more intelligent in their approach to personal development, getting a better, deeper, more realistic understanding on human psychology and life. Then I see the exploding popularity of ideas such as the Law of Attraction, and it makes me wonder. In case you’re not familiar with it, the […]
Continue reading... January 26, 2010
Facing Your Fears the Right Way
Facing your fears is one of those ideas in the realm of personal development which is getting so wide spread I think it’s becoming dangerous. Why? Because I believe facing fears can be done in many ways, and some of the more popular ones have more negative consequences than positive ones. The basic premise of […]
Continue reading... January 22, 2010
Your Ability to Smoothly Handle Hearing ‘No’ Is Crucial
This is a guest post from Armen Shirvanian, who writes words of wisdom about mindset, communication, relationships, and related topics at Timeless Information. You can follow him on Twitter at @Armen. The more you try to do, the more you will have to deal with rejection. The laws of probabilities are on the side of […]
Continue reading... January 19, 2010
Being Mysterious Is Overrated
When I was in high school, some people used to say about me that I was mysterious. I kind of liked it. This was the result of me keeping mostly to myself, talking about facts and stuff I read but not talking a lot about myself, not expressing my feelings or my beliefs, especially if […]
Continue reading... January 13, 2010
Effective Personal Development Starts Here
I recently organized a public speaking training. While talking to the participants about their expectations from this training, one woman told me she was looking for a job and she wanted to learn skills which will help her get a good job. For a moment, I had to ask myself: “Wait! What training is this?” […]
Continue reading... January 8, 2010
Positive Thinking Won’t Help You Now
I’m not a big fan of positive thinking as a tool for self-help. I believe that used in the wrong place, at the wrong time, it can be just as dangerous as negative thinking. I’m rather a fan of what you might call strategic thinking in personal development: focusing on the positive or the negative, […]
Continue reading... December 29, 2009
Smile! Real, Fake, People Can’t Really Tell
As a communication coach, to smile is one piece of advice for improving people skills I can never give enough of. At the same time, once in a while, some people express concerns about it not being real and appearing fake. Although I’m a big believer in authenticity, I think when it comes to smiling, […]
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