How Mistakes Can Make You Smarter

  How Mistakes Can Make You Smarter There are 2 typical responses to mistakes: paying attention & shutting down.  A guest post by Kelly McGonigal, PhD  OK, nobody wants to make mistakes — but how you react to them makes a big difference in whether you learn from them. Two new studies looked at what happens in people’s brains as they make... [Read more]

How To Beat The Recession

Image via Wikipedia It seems that every time I watch the TV news I am bombarded with items on how badly the economy is doing. The Euro is in crisis Fuel costs have soared Pensions are being frozen Job cuts are announced Another high street retailer goes out of business In a few days it will be Christmas and with all the presents, cards, food drink to buy,... [Read more]

Review of Creatively Ever After

Creativity is one of those words we associate with activities such as art, music, drama, dance, craft and the like. What is not always recognised is how important creativity is in the process of  problem solving. No matter how great your life is there will always be problems. If you are a manager or leader at work then a large portion of your time will be spent... [Read more]

Creatively Ever After

Creatively Ever After. A guest article by Alicia Arnold. My interest in creativity developed at a young age, though I didn’t know it was called “creativity” back then. When I was 9 years old, a teacher explained there was no such thing as a one-legged stool. Being a curious youngster with a strong imagination, I raised my hand and shared, there was indeed,... [Read more]

Life Manager Pro and Getting Things Done

Image via Wikipedia If, like me, you lead a busy life ,then you are faced with a large list of things that need to be done.  It is very easy to feel overwhelmed by the length of this list. Some time ago I came acros the work of David Allen. His Getting Things Done way of organizing appealed to me and I decided to implement his method in my life. In the past... [Read more]

New Retirement Article

A guest article written by Julia Valentine has been added to the article section. [Read more] Share and Enjoy :  Read More →

Do You Know How Your Brain Works?

If you want to improve your life it is important that you understand how your brian works. I’ve just been reading The Shift by Takumi Yamzaki. The first part of the book looks at how the brain operates.   You experience your world as reality.  Everything that you see, feel or touch seems to be real. At any one time there are masses of data entering... [Read more]

Review Of I Want What She’s Got

My approach to self development is a self directed one. This means that I read self growth books, attend seminars, watch videos and then from all that I take in, I create my own, self-directed path to achieve success.  If I fail, then this is also totally down to me. I have no single teacher to follow, no outside help. If I was religious then I could call on... [Read more]

The 1% Solution Book Review

If you examine the statistics for Olympic events you often find that the difference between the gold medal time and the silver medal time is marginal, often 1% or less. In the swimming events the margin can be just one swim stroke that takes less than a second. This means that an athlete may need only improve his or her performance by just 1% in order to take... [Read more]

The Power of Visual Thinking

A lot of the time I think in words, what I call my internal dialogue. I see someone, or read something in the newspaper and immediately start a conversation in my head, passing comments and judgements on what I’ve seen or heard. At other times my thinking is more visual, especially when remembering past events. If I think back to that holiday I had in... [Read more]

Perform Like a Rock Start Review

Perform Like A Rock Star and Still Have Time for Lunch I recently watched an interview with Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones on TV. He was talking about his life. As a teenager he just wanted to play the blues which is why he joined the Rolling Stones. Then he got rich and famous, but found this difficult to handle. As a result, he spent years in a haze... [Read more]

What Happens When You Have Too Much Choice?

Cover of Lady Soul Years ago, before CD’s were invented, I lived in a small town in England. I remember one day going out into the high street to buy some new music. I entered the small record shop and looked through the albums. I looked and looked, struggling to find just one record to buy. Luckily I looked up and spotted an Aretha Franklin album... [Read more]

How to be More Productive

Are you an productive person? Productive people know how to gets things done efficiently and quickly. Here are some tips that can help you be more productive: Reduce Distractions – Unless you are good at multitasking turn off television or the radio if you want to concentrate and get things done quickly. Sometimes you need time to turn off your telephone.... [Read more]

Review of Unexpected Treasures

I’ve just finished reading the book Unexpected Treasures by Dr. Mikel Brown. The book is a collection of 72 short essays that give advice on self-development topics. Some of the titles are: Maintaining Mental Toughness in Tough Times Valuable Lessons for Success Develop Your Full Potential Procrastination: The Enemy of Success You Are Incredible What... [Read more]

How to deal with action overwhelm

It is easy to get distracted and unfocused, especially when it comes to getting things done. You may find yourself faced with a huge list of things that you need to do. It is easy to become overwhelmed by the sheer size of your list if you have a busy home and work life. One way of tackling this situation is to use the Getting Things Done (or GTD) system. Here... [Read more]

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