Yesterday I confronted myself with a difficult question. What is personal development? How can I define certain tasks as being related to personal development, and not others. Is personal development just goal setting and pushing yourself? My response to that was a resound “No!” A component of personal development definitely involves using goals and pushing […]
The Book a Day Challenge!
My amazon order for books will end up taking a bit longer than expected. They are usually pretty consistent with delivery times so I failed to notice that this one was going to be shipped a lot later than usual. So, despite its small size, I decided to go to our public library. The librarian […]
Living Up To Our Full Potential
Life is a journey, not a destination. Discover why I disagree with the notion of living up to your full potential.
Getting Perspective
Steve Pavlina has a great article (as always 😉 ) on putting your life’s problems into perspective. I think this is an especially valuable and valid point. It is so easy to get overwhelmed by our own insignificant lives that we fail to see the big picture. If you’re having a hard problem, maybe getting […]
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