View people you are likely to quarrel with as your partners in personal growth. They are likely to make you more aware of your vulnerabilities, limitations, and mistakes. Don’t let this get you down. Rather, let it serve as your coach. You now have more awareness of what you need to […]

Have you ever noticed how desire and anticipation are sometimes more exciting and profound than obtaining the object that we yearn for? Whether we’re anticipating a vacation, wanting to get to know a person we saw from a far, or hungry for an appetizing dish, we are assuming that we will be receiving a certain […]

Consider having an out of body experience. Imagine walking along and meeting yourself, the way you are now. Would you be friends with yourself?
If your character and actions are not congruent with what you think makes up a good friend, then perhaps its time to start lowering standards of friends, or raising standards of yourself.
What […]

December 15th 2007 marks the one year anniversary of Alex Shalman dot com. It’s an understatement to say that this has been an incredible journey, an amazing pass time, a captivating passion, and a full filling devotion.
The benefits that I have seen in my life as a direct result of this website are colossal, yet […]

After a night of studying with my best friend, a glass of sweet Ressling wine, and some good sleep on a couch, I had an interesting dream. I woke up, and the first thing I thought to myself was, “Wow, there’s a good blog post! No. There’s TWO great blog posts!”
For a moment I thought […]

My mentoring experience had marked one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences that I had ever undergone. I was hoping to extend a dialogue over a group of people who I had never before encountered, but I had not, under any circumstances, known the kind of mental dialogue that this would foster within me […]

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Editor’s Note: Guest post by Anna Kravtsov.
What does it mean to relax? Is relaxation a person, place, thing?
Many people think that relaxation is a vacation from work, a bubble bath, a movie- but in fact it really depends on many factors. When on vacation are you packing everything into the day? Are […]

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Wouldn’t it be great if you could live a totally worry free life? Think about all the time and energy that you would save, and all the stress you would avoid. If you’re enrolled into the idea that You Can Control Your Life With One Thought, then I have an interesting lens […]

Everyone knows that a first impression can have a major impact on how people see you for the entirety of your relationship. A bad first impression can be difficult to overcome while a good one can make you stand out in a positive and memorable way. The initial meeting can be one of the […]

Laura Milligan over at Bootstrapper brings us Negative Calorie Foods: 15 Foods That Actually Burn More Calories Than They Contain. Sounds like a diets dream to me.
Bob Grant writes at love-lectures and gives us 7 things he won’t appreciate. This is general advice for women, as to which actions their man may not appreciate. […]