Category Archives: Personal Growth

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Telling it like it is

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I had to smile when I read a hospital chart the other day. “Patient is morbidly obese”. I wasn’t smiling about morbid obesity, that’s not so funny. Instead I was thinking about how blunt we can be when we don’t say things to people’s faces.
I’ve always been an advocate for [...]

Finding the will to change your life

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From time to time I have a look at my blog stats. How people found me, how many people visited on a particular day, how many went “ooh yuk!” in under 10 seconds - stuff like that! (Side note - I used to be a compulsive stats viewer, checking every couple hours [...]

So you’ve heard it all before? Part 4: What Next?

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This is part 4 of a four part series titled So You’ve Heard It All Before?

1: Gratitude
2: Confidence
3: Destiny
4. What Next?

 
This short series touched on three key areas that are important to revisit from time to time:
Gratitude: “A powerful aspect of gratitude is service to others - they really go hand in hand. [...]

So you’ve heard it all before? Part 3: Destiny

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This is part 3 of a four part series titled So You’ve Heard It All Before?

1: Gratitude
2: Confidence
3: Destiny
4. What Next?

 
This short series began after I attended a school awards night. One of the speeches was on confidence, and the material presented was not exactly new. But it was compelling. [...]

So you’ve heard it all before? Part 2: Confidence

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This is part 2 of a four part series titled So You’ve Heard It All Before?

1: Gratitude
2: Confidence
3: Destiny
4. What Next?

 
This short series began after I attended a school awards night. One of the speeches was on confidence, and the material presented was not exactly new. But it was compelling. [...]

So you’ve heard it all before? Part 1: Gratitude

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This is part 1 of a four part series titled So You’ve Heard It All Before?

1: Gratitude
2: Confidence
3: Destiny
4. What Next?

 
This short series began after I attended a school awards night. One of the speeches was on confidence, and the material presented was not exactly new. But it was compelling. And [...]

Q&A with Leo Babauta of Zen Habits: Success

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Today I was fortunate enough to be part of a four hour question and answer session with Leo Babauta from one of my favourite blogs, Zen Habits.
Zen Habits (as if you haven’t heard of it!) is a very successful site that covers topics like achieving goals, productivity, being organized, motivation, eliminating debt and successfully [...]

Compassion vs Personal Growth

Most of the self help and personal growth material I have read recommends that we watch for and model ourselves on people we aspire to be like. Sometimes it’s suggested to find a mentor, find someone who inspires us and spend some time with them. Other times, we’re told to research people with [...]

Reflections on three months of Change

Will It Change You came into existence in late July 2008. In fact, today is exactly 3 months to the day since my first post (woo!). It’s difficult to put my finger on the exact events that transpired and motivated me to start it, but I guess the overall general answer is that [...]

Stay razor sharp! Don’t limit yourself

I know a guy who’s a bit of a jokester. He often comes out with wild, unbelievable statements but does it in such a deadpan serious kind of way that most people’s response is, “really? Wow, I never knew that!” Then when his face breaks into a grin, you realise that you’ve just [...]

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