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Going from Strength to Strength
Simple ideas work best so here are a couple to consider if there is something you would like to change or improve. Useful in personal development but also vital guidance if you want to improve a...
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Don’t Confuse Status and Acquisition With Success
Says Alain de Botton. He examines our ideas of success and failure – and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case...
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Inspiration Might Be Behind You
Common sense says that the crowd knows best, but is that so? Conformity is easy, but it can mean missed opportunities. Of course, doing the opposite of what is expected takes courage, but then so does...
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“What Do You Do?”
Careless questions tend to produce dull answers. But beware. When you respond to something that is routine and customary in the same way, you may be missing an opportunity AND doing yourself down. Read...
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The Sow’s Ear Effect
Telling yourself good stuff about yourself seems, intuitively, like a good idea. It is supposed to help you feel good, or better, about yourself, and to gradually build self-esteem. But this only works...
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For Success, Embrace Failure
Being comfortable with setback, the possibility of rejection and even failure may be an advantage and a critical factor in achievement and success. Once we embrace failure as a part of the path to...
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Resilience Can Be Contagious
By sharing the stories that inspire us, we can help promote resilience in others. In this article from Positive News the author explains how to use a narrative structure to highlight aspects of tragedy...
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Going Towards That Which We Want
Nobody likes having to lose or give something up (this even applies to things we'd like to lose or give up). If you have tried and failed to change or fix something in your life, it may be that a...
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“It’s Complicated”, Yes, I know It Is
If you are like me you probably have a number of catch-phrases that act as get-out clauses or conversation-stoppers. "It's complicated" is one of them.Read more ›
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Actors, Stars, Conceit and Happiness
How you approach life affects how you experience it. No surprise there! But did you know that your level of happiness depends more on your outlook than it does on other factors? Read more ›
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Grand Designs Start With Imagination
Many people delay their progress because their vision is simply an unattainable grand design. Wishing and hoping won't do it, unless you believe it.Read more ›
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How to Feed Confidence
While some people seem to have the edge from birth and are naturally more confident than others, self-concept is not a fixed attribute and it can be developed at any time. Read more ›
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Essentials That Give You the Edge
As we all have to face problems in life, it will be a benefit to be light on your feet and able to adjust to new conditions. This starts with good interpersonal skills, and how you relate to others...
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It’s the stock question we reel off at parties, and it tends to provoke a canned response. How do you answer it? The thing is, stock question or not, in the moment we answer we defining ourselves in...
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Positive self-statements, or positive affirmations, are generally thought to boost morale, mood, and self-esteem. But, despite widespread and uncritical acceptance that they can act like a nostrum,...
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We live in a success oriented culture where we imagine self-worth is linked to success. Most of us allow our strivings for success, conscious or otherwise, to lend both shape and purpose to our lives,...
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Resilience is transmissible, says Chris Johnstone in this article. By sharing the stories that inspire us, we can pass resilience on. Stories of resilience often begin with bad news, with tragedy and...
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When we try to change some aspect of ourselves the risk is that we fail and, rather than driving out the traits we want to lose, we strengthen them. Even if they don’t become stronger, our failed...
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Do you ever catch yourself saying “It’s complicated”? Is it, really? Or is it that you can’t be bothered to break it down and explain it to yourself (or others), in simple terms? Complexity isn’t a...
View ArticleActors, Stars, Conceit and Happiness
Michael Caine, the English actor, observed “The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this – a movie star will say, ‘How can I change the script to suit me?’ and a movie actor will...
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