The Ultimate Guide to Personal Growth

Are you ready to make 2012 remarkable?

happy people The Ultimate Guide to Personal GrowthYou’ve got to have a plan – a blueprint to follow.  You need inspiration, advice and insight.

A person doesn’t just stumble to success.  They walk a well-defined path.

Success is built one good habit at a time.  You stack one solid brick upon another and eventually you have a well-built life.  One that stands the test of time and delivers you to …

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5 Powerful Personal Growth Books for You

excited reading 5 Powerful Personal Growth Books for YouLooking for a powerful personal growth experience?

Books deliver insight, new ideas and a fresh perspective.  Books lead people to new heights of personal development and achievement.  Books enlighten us.

Sadly, “One in four adults read no books at all”, over the course of an entire year, according to an AP-Ispos poll conducted in 2007.  The numbers drop like a rock if you only count non-fiction or personal development books.…

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4 Life-Sucking Sayings to Avoid Like the Plague

funny guy thumb 4 Life Sucking Sayings to Avoid Like the PlagueGuest post by Ken Wert.

There are sayings that inspire and instruct (“Nothing ventured, nothing gained” or “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again”). They have permeated the culture, becoming accepted cultural expressions of truth. They are taken at face value, assumed to be packed with the wisdom of the ages.

But some sayings that we unthinkingly accept as true can undermine our hopes for a fulfilling life …

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10 Powerful Ways to Dramatically Increase Your Personal Growth

powerful growth thumb1 10 Powerful Ways to Dramatically Increase Your Personal GrowthThis is a guest post by Henri at Wake Up Cloud.

When you start growing as a person, amazing things begin to occur. When you make your internal life better, your external life follows suit.

It’s interesting how that works, isn’t it?

The people that focus on their personal growth are more successful and happy. They see more success in their life, they get more done, and they enjoy life …

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7 Good Habits for Faith: Build a Strong Spiritual Life

prayer 7 Good Habits for Faith: Build a Strong Spiritual Life Are you a strong spiritual person?

We have to develop good habits to build our faith.  My faith adds meaning, purpose and significance to my life which are all powerful components of living life to the fullest. 

So, how can we cultivate a deeper spiritual connection in a world that doesn’t seem to lend itself to such?

It has to be an intentional pursuit.  It has to be something we …

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Fatherhood: 25 Things I Learned Playing Barbies

barbie thumb Fatherhood: 25 Things I Learned Playing Barbies “Wanna play Barbies?”

As a father of two daughters, I’ve heard this question many times and for the record I’ve spent my share of time in the floor pretending to be one of Barbie’s friends.

However, it wasn’t that comfortable for me at first.  You have to understand, I am guy who grew up in rural Oklahoma without any sisters. 

My brothers and I played army, rode dirt bikes and …

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Graduation Speech: Three Life Planning Questions For Grads

grad celebrate Graduation Speech: Three Life Planning Questions For Grads What advice would you deliver to new graduates in a commencement address?

I’ve never delivered a graduation speech, but I imagine it is pretty tough deciding exactly what morsels of wisdom that you’d like to pass along.  What is it that graduates need to know to take what they’ve learned in school and use it to lead a successful and fulfilling life?  Is there any insight you can impart …

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