Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement speech is worth watching if you’ve never heard it before. You can’t connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will connect somewhere in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. [...] Read more »
E-book review: Thirty Days to Change Your Life
credit: eschipul Thirty Days to Change Your Life is a new e-book by Michael Miles of Effortless Abundance. Michael is an author who is passionate about concepts like meaning, purpose and the wonderful adventure of life. His studies and life experiences have developed quite an interesting writing style, and I’m really pleased to be able [...] Read more »
The power of a Change of Focus
credit: rawheadrex Recently I was contacted by Kelly Sonora from Select Courses who published an article containing 100 links on self-improvement and lifehacking. She says in introduction: These days, it’s hard to get motivated enough for anything. The economy is down, your savings – if you had any to start with – have probably dwindled, [...] Read more »
Career paths vs happiness: which road are you on?
credit: awezmazs If you’re like me and have done some soul searching regarding work, careers and general ambitions for life at any stage, I’m sure you would have come across the following questions: “What would you do if you weren’t worried about being paid?” or, “What do you really enjoy doing?” It’s well [...] Read more »
Inner wealth.. and realism
credit: StarMama I’m a big believer that being wealthy is not all about the money, but let me qualify this statement by saying I’m also a realist. I like having money! I like being healthy! My goals for the coming year revolve around several of the components that together (in my opinion) make up the [...] Read more »
Great relationships don’t happen by fluke
I’ve been married for some years now, and if there’s one thing I’ve discovered, it’s that maintaining a relationship doesn’t work on when you’re on autopilot! Just when I hit a point where I’m thinking “well at least that’s an area I don’t have to worry about!”, I’m brought back to the stark reality that [...] Read more »
Personal Growth: where to start
credit: Lydiat One of the biggest questions people ask themselves when they start thinking about personal growth is “where do I start?” I know I did! If you’re reading this it means you’ve taken the first step – research, reading, hearing other people’s experiences. One of the greatest beginnings on your road to personal growth [...] Read more »
Control your emotions
Emotions are one of the great parts of being human! Think about the faces you make when you drop one of your partner’s favourite things and it breaks – you look up at each other…. what is conveyed? Anger? Saddness? Irritation? In that split second, your facial expression tells a thousand words… credit: Davic Emotions [...] Read more »
