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Resourcefulness

Everyday, countless of very worthwhile projects are shelved because of lack of resources. That’s a tragedy. It’s a tragedy because lack of resources can always be compensated with resourcefulness. Lack of resources should never be an excuse to abandon a project. Lack of resource is the mother of invention. Lack of resources stands behind almost [...]

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Stress and PTC

It would not be an overstatement to say that stress is today’s public enemy number one. This is what leaders in stress research have to say, “Stress reaction is predicted to be the leading occupational disease of the 21st century, responsible for more days lost than any other single factor.” Almost everyone is adversely affected [...]

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Significance

There are six universal human needs. They are: Certainty, Uncertainty, Significance, Love, Growth and Contribution. Somehow, each of us manage to fulfill at least the basic requirements for all these needs. And the way that we fulfill those needs will determine the direction that we take in life. In this Blog, I would like to [...]

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Arête

Personal Development dates back to the Greek philosopher Aristotle. In those days, Personal Development was a quest to reach “arête” which means, Personal Excellence. Arête, or personal excellence, was sought in order to attain Eudaimonia, commonly translated as “happiness.” Times have changed but the common desire to attain happiness has not. And what was true [...]

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Reading Motivational Books

My advice to you on reading motivational books would be, don’t read them. You don’t read a motivational book, you study it. Motivational book have to be studied thoroughly if you hope to get anything out of them. You are better off reading one motivational book twenty five times rather than reading twenty five books [...]

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The Force of Life

The force of life is passion. If you can get yourself to be passionate enough, you can do almost anything. Passion will give you the drive to accomplish even the hardest tasks. Passion will sparkle the imagination and make you more imaginative and creative. Passion will increase your focus and determination. Passion is the catalyst [...]

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The Six Human Needs

There are six universal basic human needs. And, what’s important to know about these needs is that the way that we fulfill them and their order of importance for us define who we are and determine our behavior. There are four needs of the personality and two needs of the spirit. Needs of the Personality: [...]

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What’s Not Perfect Yet?

The question, “What not perfect yet?” is one of the most empowering tool to implement improvement in our life. It’s a key question for self-improvement. It’s a key question to improve our business, our relationships and our overall effectiveness. It’s a question that should be asked whenever some planning is done. It’s a question that [...]

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Paralysis Through Disappointments

When we were young, everything was possible. When we’d grow up we could be a jet pilot, an astronaut a physician an Olympic athlete or whatever. We would have sport cars, big houses and earn astronomical salaries. We would be kings and the world was going to be our oyster. Those were magical times when [...]

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Potential, A Concept

What a fantastic word, potential. And what a fantastic concept it is. Potential is not seeing things as they are, but as what they could be. Potential is seeing a beautiful sculpture in a simple block of granite. Potential is the spark that ignite the imagination. Potential is turning the invisible into the visible. A [...]

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Self-confidence

Self-confidence and how to acquire it. Self-confidence is having the feeling that we are in control and our level of self-confidence is determined by the extent of the situations that we have that feeling of being in control. Self-confidence applies mainly to social conditions but it is also relevant in intellectual and physical activities. As [...]

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