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[27 Jul 2010 | One Comment | ]
Time Management Tips: 6 Helpful Hints to Master Your Use of Time

Master the use of your time by employing these useful hints: have different types of to-do-lists, split every large assignment into various small tasks, comply with your list of priorities, set a deadline, learn to be flexible, and be able to maximize your time.
Time management is essential in every student’s life. Whether you are in college or even in graduate school, you must be able to manage your schedule and make the best out of every minute. You are the boss of your time, and you need to use it …

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[26 Jul 2010 | No Comment | ]
What We Can Learn from Dalai Lama

Well these instructions from the Dalai Lama are floating around the email world again. This time they come with the command to forward them to all of your friends so that your life improves. There is even a scale to let you know how much your life will improve depending on how many people you forward this to. I guess you’re destined to live a life of mediocrity if you don’t have many friends!
19 Simple Instructions for Life by the Dalai Lama:

1. Take into account that great love and great …

Family, Personal Development »

[20 Jul 2010 | One Comment | ]
8 Useful Time Management Tips for Young Moms

You and the rest of the moms out there can have good time management skills by following some useful tips: get organized, delegate household responsibilities, multitask, focus on priorities, develop household shortcuts, follow a routine, bend to certain unexpected situations, and relieve yourself of stress.
Dealing with time properly is something moms should learn how to do effectively. If you consider following specific time management tips, it will not be hard for you to adjust and complete all your domestic responsibilities, kids’ needs, the relationship with your spouse, and even tasks …

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[12 Apr 2010 | 4 Comments | ]
Top 10 Best Personal Development Books of All Times

What Personal Development books have had the major impact on your life and education?
Self help documentation has actually become such a huge field that there are entire sections in book stores dedicated to even just  the new self help stuff.
The following books cover a wide variety of sub-genres within the personal development books genres, but all of these can help you get into the right frame of mind and on your way to personal growth:

Awaken the Giant Within : How to Take Immediate Control of Your …

Personal Development, Psychology »

[22 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]
Body Language : What Hands and Arms  Say About People

Reading palms is not just about the lines on your hand. After the face, hands probably the best source of body language.

There are a few basic rules you have to remember when looking at hand gestures:

-  Open palms (when you can see the palms of someones hands) suggests openness, honesty, and a liking, whilst closed palms(when you can see the back of someone’s hands) suggests that they may be hiding something, are closed to your ideas, or are feeling like they are in authority.
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[9 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]
10 Ways to Boost Self Esteem

Self esteem is a person’s own evaluation of themselves psychologically, emotionally,
physically, and spiritually. Self esteem is mainly about the worth we give ourselves, how much we like ourselves, and how well we feel about ourselves. Self esteem is something we have internalized over time, and has often been influenced by other sources such as friends, family, and any significant other figures in our lives. If a person is told that they are ‘not good enough’ over a certain period of time by a close one; or colleague; or teacher for …

Health, Personal Development »

[15 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]
Stress – Suffering Management: How to Reduce, Prevent, and Manage Stress and Suffering

Of all the things that people have in common around the world, stress and suffering rank at the top of the list. Managing stress is all about taking charge: taking charge of your thoughts, your emotions, your schedule, your environment, and the way you deal with problems. The ultimate goal is a balanced life, with time for work, relationships, relaxation, and fun – plus the resilience to hold up under pressure and meet challenges head on.

Here are few timeless techniques for managing or ending stress and suffering:

- Deep …

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[10 Feb 2010 | One Comment | ]
How to Make a Personal Development Plan

You’ll look at your strengths and weakness, define your career objectives, assess any gaps in your skills and experience, and then build a practical action plan using the template included, to achieve your career goals.
Personal Development Plan will help you to define and explore your goals and map out
ways to turn them into reality. It will enable you to articulate the skills you are developing now. Personal development planning puts you firmly in control of achieving your career success and fulfillment.
Using this guide you can build up your Personal Development …

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[8 Feb 2010 | One Comment | ]
7 Types of Motivation

There are a lot of motivation types, and they all can serve different purposes in your life.
The different types of motivation provide different strengths and skills, so it is optimal to have a wide variety of motivations and sources of motivation.

Here are the 7 main types of motivation:

1. Self-Improvement Motivation
If you believe the task at hand will improve your character, appearance or financial condition and these self-improvements are highly desirable to you, you will experience significant motivation to perform even unpleasant parts of the process necessary …

Personal Development, Psychology »

[26 Nov 2009 | One Comment | ]

You can find strong powers of concentration in yourself. When you are decisive and sincerely want to excel in your studies, pass an important exam, or playing one of your favorite games; the power of concentration becomes available to you. This kind of concentration is raised because of some need, or desire. Increasing it in a systematic way, brings it under your control, and grants you the ability to use it easily, with no exertion whenever you need it. Real and good concentration is developed slowly, through daily work, …