Personal Development
Jul
Here’s a round-up of some good articles and ideas I’ve found recently.
Creativity
A bunch of stuff from Lifehacker on getting organized to get more creative:
Embrace Organization to Foster Creativity
Tough times
Good tips for avoiding chaos when dealing with tough times from Lifehack:
How To Stay Organized When Life Throws You a Curveball
It’s July 1, a time of year I often feel motivated to think about mid-year resolutions and habits I want to change.
So I thought I’d share with you my personal resolutions for this half-year, plus my 3-Cubed Formula for achieving them – and invite you to join me in making habit changes of your own.
I’ll report back regularly on my progress, and would love you to share your progress too. [...]
Jun
Lately I’ve been thinking about change. I’ve observed friends, and felt for myself, the difficulty of navigating through changes that we don’t want, but have no control over – whether it’s a job redundancy, end of a relationship, or some other kind of loss.
I can often identify something like the five stages of grief described by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross:
1. Denial: It’ll never happen.
2. Anger: How dare they!
3. Bargaining: If [...]
Does self-help become shelf-help for you?
Here’s a trick to better use what you read:
As you read, have a notebook & pen beside you.
When you find something to do or remember, make a note.
Transfer actions to your schedule with a due date.
Share ideas to remember – email or call a friend, write a summary for clients, blog it, tweet it or present [...]
Sep
Recently I received a question about the current series Make a Fresh Start: 12 Days of New Beginnings.
The reader raised the issue of our tendency to backslide when we try to make a fresh start, and wondered what we could do about it.
Here are some brief thoughts.
Why Self-Improvement is Like Slaying Vampires
1. Whenever we try to change or improve, we come up against pressure to regress to old, comfortable [...]
Sep
Today’s the first day of Spring in Australia, where I live. You can already smell jasmine in the air!
In the US September is the start of the academic year – for students, a new chance at good grades; for parents, an opportunity to get re-organized at home.
Wherever you live, why not make the start of September your time to make a fresh start at something you’d like to change?
I’m going [...]
The 12 Days of New Year’s Resolutions
This is Day 1 of The 12 Days of New Year’s Resolutions for Better Personal Organization
I’m spending 12 days posting ideas for new year’s resolutions you might like to choose for yourself. Each day focuses on a different life area.
Remember: go for progress, not perfection.
Following is an edited extract from the introduction to Module 1: Personal Development in Get Organized Wizard for [...]
Nov
Expanding your comfort zone is one of those things you can’t help doing once you make the decision.
The trick is to think ahead about the areas where you want to grow.
Choose a growth area and you’ll start to notice opportunities – then you just need to give yourself a little encouragement to take one small step at a time.
Ideas for expanding your comfort zone
Speaking up in meetings
Wearing [...]
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