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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 [...]

“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 [...]

“Whatever your mind can conceive and believe it can achieve.”
~Napoleon Hill
Last week I had the opportunity to listen to a presentation by Charley Harary. It was entitled 5 Steps To Maximize Your Mind To Achieve Your Goals. I was completely blown away by his performance- so I had to share it with you.
I took [...]

In my effort to make Life Design an ongoing experiment, I actively tweak and optimize my thoughts, behaviors, and ultimately my life by forging new habits. The beauty of this system is that it is extremely simple, yet it delivers results that are life transforming.
Life Design Experiment (LDE) is a system for being the type [...]

Editor’s Note: This post was written by Charlie. You can visit his personal development blog here.
We all have desires. We enjoy thinking about the future and coming up with new ideas about how things are going to play out. However, a surprising amount of people I’ve talked to contemplate the success they want in their [...]

Editor’s Note: This article was written by Marina Tsipenyuk
Ever wonder why athletes are generally more healthy than non athletes? Seems like a very obvious answer! Exercising the body is essential for a healthy heart, strong muscles, good coordination…etc…and a healthy mind?
Our culture tends to dichotomize mind and body by their own respective features. The body [...]

My wise older sister, who is happily married with 3 children, gave me some advice a few months ago. She told me that when looking for the person I want to spend the rest of my life with, two things matter the most. The person must be a kind person, and our goals have to [...]

There are limitless benefits to starting and sticking to a solid morning routine. My favorite benefit is that once the routine is a habit, it can be executed in such a robotic way as to not exert much effort on your part. To start this new year off right I’ve devised a new morning [...]

Indecision is one of the leading causes of personal torment. This type of confusion is what keeps us in a state of limbo between where we are, and where we want to be. It’s important to understand that there isn’t really anything wrong with where we are. Essentially that’s all we have. However, when it [...]

This is the final round up of the extraordinarily successful interactive writing project – Gotta’ Get Goals.
It’s been slightly over 6 months now and it looks like the Gotta’ Get Goals interactive research project has finally come to a close.

The 80 Go Getters’ That Participated

Aaron Potts – Today is that day!
Jonathan Phillips [...]