Alex Shalman.comPractical Personal Development

I ran for the position of Class Council President for my New York University School of Dentistry class – for our first year. I lost. While not every attempt can result in a win, I believe that we can learn from just about everything.
The sound quality isn’t the best, but it’s doable – I’m putting [...]

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, [...]

Today the readers of AlexShalman.com are in for a special treat. Carla Birnberg of MizFit Online made this video ‘guest post’ just for us.
I’d also like to welcome the regular Mizfit readers that are going to be coming over here today. I’ve humbly watched Carla’s blog, and have seen first hand that you are [...]

There’s a running joke that resolutions are doomed for failure – well… that sucks – we all want our resolutions to take hold and flourish! In this quick video I’m going to share with you my one and only 2009 resolution.
You can expect a couple of more excellent posts about resolutions over the next few [...]

December 15th, 2008 marked the anniversary of a two year journey. Throughout this time, more so than any other, personal development has become a central part of my life. I’ve been able to improve my overall health & fitness, find the woman of my dreams, become super productive, and learn to make money online, amongst [...]

In this video I explain how I’ve taken massive action to get things done. I talk about what I did to put up this website, how I got my ebook finished so quickly, and how I reached my 14 lb weight loss goal in only 1 month.
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We’ve all had brilliant ideas, ones that would change our lives, the world, or just make us a bundle of cash. I don’t know about you, but I’ve lost a lot of those ideas because I didn’t capture them. This video will explain the process of capturing, storing, and using all those nuggets of gold.
In [...]

A few weeks ago I shared with you my 15 Ways To Emulate a Networking Rockstar. Today I’d like to turn you on to a quick 2 minute video I made that describes my number one networking secret.
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One of my favorite authors and motivational speakers, Jim Rohn, has done a lot to inspire me over the years. I made a video to talk about one of his quotes, which particularly resonates with me.
“If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to [...]

I’m packing up and heading out of town. Don’t worry, I’m not gone for good. I’m going on vacation on a group trip. We’re heading to Budapest, Vienna, and Israel. If I’m not back, check the news. =(
While I’m gone I have prepared a bunch of guest posts (and when I say I prepared THANK [...]