tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2256894069006157512012-01-17T02:23:10.536-08:00Personal Growth | Motivation | Goal Setting | Time Management | Mind PowerMarcus Oldhamnoreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225689406900615751.post-88926301736082363002008-06-19T03:13:00.000-07:002008-06-19T03:53:30.802-07:00

The importance of setting realistic goals...I recently embarked on an ambitious personal project. However only a couple of weeks into the 2 month project, I realized that the plan I'd laid out just wasn't realistic. So where did I go wrong and how will I be more realistic about setting goals next time?To start off with, I'd broken the project down into manageable pieces - tasks if you like.

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Is your personal productivity all that it could be? How much do you really get done during the average day or week. And how much time do you spend doing it? In this article I'm going to discuss how to use a task based approach to increase your productivity.Task Based Or Time Based?I used to spend a lot of time planning and worrying about how long I would spend doing something. During high school

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Are you looking for help with motivation to do exercise?Being physically fit is great. You feel better, both physically and mentally, your self esteem is sky high and life is much more enjoyable. But if you're like most people , you need a little push to get you started on the path towards physical fitness. In this article I'll share some strategies to help you not only get motivated but also

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3 Ways To Find More Time In Your Day.We'd all like to get more done each day but there never seems to be enough time. Let's face it - we could all use an extra hour or two each day. Think how much more productive you could be with that extra time available to you. You could start that exercise program you've been promising yourself, use the extra time to chill out and meditate, or you could

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Are you having trouble getting started? Not making any progress towards your goals? Getting bogged down is a common experience. Sometimes we can spend so much time analyzing and planning what we're going to do that we never actually get around to the "doing" part. How can we get past this? What can we do to get moving again? The solution - take massive action!Sounds kind of cool doesn't it

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Taking on a physical challenge can be a great way to discover your strengths and weaknesses and to further you pursuit of personal growth and discovery. While our day-to-day lives are full of challenges, most of which are unavoidable and not of our choosing, sometimes we need to go out of our way to find a way to push ourselves to the limit both physically and mentally. Today I'd like to discuss

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What are the benefits of better time management skills?Time management is a skill I've always coveted. One of the key planks of my own personal development is productivity. How can I motivate myself to get more done with the time available to me? I've written about personal development planning and the importance of setting goals in recent posts, but without efficient and effective use of time

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What are your personal development goals?In my last post, titled "What Is A Personal Development Plan?", I discussed the importance of goal setting as part of the personal development planning process. These goals form the foundation or nucleus of such a plan and as such are worth exploring in more detail. So today I'd like to discuss setting self improvement goals in more depth.Setting goals

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What is a personal development plan and how do you create one?A personal development plan is like any plan - a series of steps laid out in a consistent and logical order with the aim of achieving one or more specific goals. In this case the focus of the plan is self improvement.As with any endeavor, we need to establish our objectives in order to work towards them. And our own personal growth

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Personal development multimedia (video) Tony Robbins style.I can across this Anthony Robbins video on YouTube a little while ago. I know that Tony is a somewhat controversial figure in the self help movement, but what he says in this presentation is certainly worth thinking about in the context of working on your own self improvement.In the presentation he talks about what motivates people and

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What is personal development and what does it mean to you?It an attempt to put a framework in place for this website, I went looking for a definition of personal development. I was looking for a generally accepted understanding of what it means - a standard, one-size-fits-all description which I could just reference and use as a starting point for discussion.But I was surprised at how difficult

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Why did I start the Personal Development and Self Help Blog?I've spent much of my life looking for things - looking for experience, looking for better ways to do things, looking for meaning and perhaps most of all , looking for myself. I've actively sought ways to challenge myself both mentally and physically. In my youth I was drawn to extreme sports like sky diving and rock climbing. What

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