After keeping a so called bragging journal, or at least a bragging section in my daily journal, I have more understanding of the benefits of this exercise.
A bragging journal is not designed to exhibit conceit, in fact, it can be a genuine source of confidence. It’s not boasting when you want a personal reminder […]

I’m really excited to present my very first VideoCast via YouTube. I have recently dumped by Dell Laptop for a Macbook Pro, which has a built in iSight camera and enough capacity to handle movie making. It also has a neat integration with YouTube for 1-click uploads.
This video is a quick look at one […]

“Mental bearing (calmness), not skill, is the sign of a matured samurai. A Samurai therefore should neither be pompous nor arrogant.”
~Tsukahara Bokuden

Editors note: This is a guest post by Shamelle Perera of The Enhance Life.
The closest portrayal I got of a samurai was when I first watched the movie, The Last Samurai. The movie […]

“The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted.”
~Peter McWilliams
Editor’s Note: This article was contributed by Heather Johnson.
Each of us experience setbacks in life, all of which provide us with valuable lessons about the human condition. It is not the setback itself that influences your future, […]

Considering that the theme of this website is Practical Personal Development, the title Quit Trying To Become A Better Person may come as a bit of a shock to you. This site has been a bit of a journal for my personal development endeavors over the past year and a half — you may be […]

It was about 11:30 pm and the phone started ringing. It was Dmitry, who is usually a night owl, so I didn’t think it was weird or anything. He said he has been doing some thinking and he wanted to know how I’d been able to make a u-turn, “well, not a u-turn, but […]

“The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.” ~James Bryce
 This post is written by Robert of Flimjo.COM
A helpful source for practical personal development is literature. Nowhere else will you find better wisdom and insight to develop your sense of self and your character.
You will also […]

Contributed by: Vera Nadine of veranadine.com
I am a procrastinator. There’s no two ways about it. And I don’t mean that I can sometimes put off doing the dishes until the next morning. I mean that I can put anything off, anytime, for any reason.
What strikes me about the self-development movement is all […]

My whole life I wondered how it is that, all things being equal, two people in the same situation can be happy and unhappy, respectively.
It puzzled me how people gravitated toward happiness in dire situations, while others, who seemingly had everything, were constantly depressed.
Several months ago I stopped wondering and started searching by conducting what […]

“The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.”
~A.J. Cronin
This article is for those of us that know exactly what we need to do, why we need to do it, yet still fail to follow through on our good intentions.
Every person on the planet has been a victim […]