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Permission to Think Big

At any given point in the day, I’m just one thought away from losing it and going over the edge! At the very same time I’m just one thought away from being ecstatically happy.
Last Sunday I was rear ended by a car while standing at a red light. I took a second, got out of [...]

AlexShalman.com Podcast #017 - Interviewing Suzy Welch

AlexShalman.com Practical Personal Development Podcast #17
Suzy Welch graduated at the top of her class at Harvard Business School, wrote a column in Oprah’s O Magazine, and was the editor of the prestigious Harvard Business Review. Since then Suzy has gone on to marry the ex-CEO of General Electric, Jack Welch, who now runs 11 companies.
Jack [...]

AlexShalman.com Podcast #016 - Interviewing AJ Jacobs

Audio Podcast at the very bottom.
AJ Jacobs is a fascinating NY Times bestselling author, current editor of the infamous Esquire magazine, and what I would say is the “father of outsourcing.” AJ Jacobs has written The Know-It-All, in which he documented his experience of reading the whole Encyclopedia Britannica from front to back in his [...]

7 Ways To Escape From Confusion Island

So you’re metaphorically stuck on an island, with a group of people who think, dress, and act in the same way. As your mind and body begin to reject the notion of spending your whole life on this island, you fall into a whirlwind of uncertainty and depression. You emerge on the other side, confused.
You [...]

You’ll Love This Doctor

Caution: Don’t read this without your sense of humor. I don’t know original source, so if you point it out, I’ll cite it.
Q: Doctor,  I’ve heard that  cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?
A: Your  heart is only good for so many  beats, and that’s it…  don’t waste them on exercise. Everything wears [...]

90 Second Rule of Relationships

The other day my inbox got hit with a press release on behalf of Jim Fannin. Jim is a life coach, specifically for celebrities, which I found to be pretty cool. Jim, don’t celebrities need a psycho-therapist, not a life coach? The press release had a very short, but powerful synopsis of Jim Fannin’s project, [...]

Sleeping in My Trunk (The Drunk Driving Story)

Long story short, I slept in my trunk so I wouldn’t have to drive under the influence of alcohol. What follows is the full story, details, and reason behind this “strangeness.”
I drove to a BBQ on Friday evening, where I met up with Marina and some of our friends. There was a bit of beer [...]

Finding The WHY To Motivate Ourselves

A reader contacted me with a question today. As my response was getting longer,  I realized that this would be a very relevant topic to share with everyone on the blog. Her e-mail reads as follows:

Hello Alex,
I ran across your blog (and subsequently have sent you a LinkedIn invite) regarding finding what motivates you in [...]