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 […]

The similarities between personal development and role playing games are often striking. In role playing games or RPG’s, players have a character which must do certain tasks to gain experience points. Personal development involves doing certain tasks to gain experience as well. In RPG’s, a fundamental aspect of the game involves increasing the skill level […]

This may seem like odd advice from someone who is always advocating improvement, but trying to be perfect is actually a great way to avoid improvement. How many things do you avoid doing because you are worried you won’t be good at them? Do you feel a lot of guilt whenever you make a mistake? […]