What Are You Resisting?
Sorry for the less than descriptive title, but I recently had a “mini-epiphany” or what I call a mindgasm and wanted to share my thoughts. To follow along, I want you to think of all the goals you have in life. They could be earning more money, leaving your job, becoming more confident, losing weight, or anything like that. Just think of a few right now.
Next, I want you to think about what stops you from achieving those goals. Does too much competition stop you from building a business? Do you not have enough time to get things done? Does your social anxiety stop you becoming confident? Does your slow metabolism stop you from losing weight?
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October 7th, 2009 / 
Identity
My 6 Week Challenge: Learning About Myself
As I sit here drinking my second cup of Green Tea and reading what is possibly the best book I’ve ever read, I thought it would be a good idea to share some details on my 6 week challenge which has started today.
The challenge, quite simply, is to cut all of the bullshit (I can’t think of a better word) out of my life for the next 6 weeks. For those of you who have been reading my blog for a while, you may see this is pretty much an extended version of my 7 day challenge which I can’t recommend highly enough.
107 Comments / September 24th, 2009 / Identity
Expression Not Impression
If how we live each day ultimately becomes how we live our lives, then it’s probably a good idea, now and then, to zoom in on the things we do on a daily basis. One such thing could be the actions that we take in terms of goal achievement and advancing in certain areas of our life.
In the average person, our actions are a mix of both expression and impression. Expression simply being sharing your true feelings with the world and doing things for you. Impression being changing yourself and what you do in order to get other people to like you or think highly of you in some regard.
52 Comments / June 29th, 2009 / Identity
My Biggest Fear (and How to Overcome It)
Right now, I’m fairly happy with my life situation. I work for myself, I run online communities which provide value to thousands of people, and I’m about to embark on a journey that will take me to some awesome countries for at least 6 months. Yet, although this is the case, I still don’t feel anywhere near like I’ve ‘made it’ or that I’m living up to my potential.
A common misconception people have about those who write on the subject of Personal Development is that their lives must be perfect. They must wake up at 6am, exercise daily, eat a balanced diet, remain positive in all situations and never judge people. That may be the case for some, but definitely not me.
63 Comments / June 22nd, 2009 / Identity
Personality Development: Be Who You Want to Be
Personality is an interesting subject, and not a topic I wanted to cover until I had thoroughly done my research. After-all, even just the word ‘personality’ means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Our personality actually plays a huge part in how we perceive the world and how the world perceives us so I think it is an important subject to cover.
This site is all about living the life you want to live and being who you want to be and I think it’s safe to say that we each view someone’s personality as a large part of what makes them who they are. With that in mind, let’s look at how you can change yours for your own benefit.
47 Comments / April 23rd, 2009 / Identity
The 21 Day Challenge Everyone Should Take
I’m on day 14 of a 21-day challenge that I semi-invented and so far I have to admit the results have been nothing short of amazing. Now, when I say that I semi-invented it, that is purely because I took the idea from the excellent book ‘Psycho Cybernetics’ and put it in a format that everyone can follow, myself included.
I’m not exaggerating when I say this challenge can literally help with any aspect of your life that you would like to improve. Before I go into more detail on how you can follow along, I need to talk a little about our ‘self image’ and why it is very important.
80 Comments / April 15th, 2009 / Identity
The Lazy Man’s Guide to Regaining Control of Your Mind
I get it. You all lead busy lives packed full of the stresses of your day job, events such as birthdays, weddings, and holidays and top of that you need to make space for your social life. Because of this it can be hard to ‘find the time’ to practice things like meditation, being aware of your thoughts and other recommendations found on this site.
Some of the awesome life benefits I’ve shared here, like how to never be miserable again, improve at any task or how to find constant peace, all require some of the above practices to really learn how to control your mind and get the most out of them. So, for those of you who need a quick method in order to help in this area, I’ve got one.
34 Comments / March 27th, 2009 / Identity
Maximum Living: How to Reach Your True Potential
I’ve said it before and I’ll happily say it again, each of us has amazing potential and a great opportunity to make a real difference in this world. I’m trying to do my part by writing on this site, and making a good income online so that I can help benefit even more people.
That being said, I would be nowhere near the position I’m in now if I hadn’t followed the steps I’ve outlined below, and started living up to my full potential. Our time on earth is short and we don’t know when our luck will run out, so maybe it’s time you started living to your full potential?
30 Comments / March 26th, 2009 / Identity
The ‘Just Be Yourself’ Cliche
The saying “just be yourself” has to be one of the most popular phrases used today. Whether someone is going for a job interview, making a public speech, going on a blind date or anytime they are likely to worry about how people perceive them, we often say the same thing.
But what exactly does it mean? Does it mean the shy person should stay shy for their job interview? Does it mean we should be content with our current position and not look to grow? Or does it mean we should just act how we feel? These are all questions I hope to answer in this post.
22 Comments / March 16th, 2009 / Identity
How to Build Core Confidence
Confidence is something that everyone seems to want to have, and it comes in many forms. There are the people who just seem to be born with it, there are people who sorely lack it and there are people who have it but you can’t seem to work out why. The third member of our trio is who we’re going to be looking at today, the (wo)man who gets their confidence from within, a type of confidence that is unwavering and always present.
Before I go onto that though, I want to explore the concept of ‘external’ confidence, which is the most natural and noticed form. External confidence is basically confidence that is derived from external sources whether that is the opinions of others or the material possessions we own. Let me explain…
21 Comments / March 11th, 2009 / Identity
