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personal-development

  • 11.21.08
    Interview with Tina from ThinkSimpleNow personal-development | 16 Comments
    One of the blogs in the personal development field that sticks to it's name is ThinkSimpleNow.com run by Tina Su. In this interview, as a part of the AwakeBlogger Interview Series, I talk with Tina about her blog, her philosophy towards life and of course about personal and spiritual growth. Photo of Tina from the Happy Birthday Post of Think Simple Now Hi Tina, could you please give us a small introduction about yourself and how you came to blogging? I am the Chief Happiness Officer at Think Simple Now – a highly practical blog on personal happiness and fulfillment. I wanted to ...
  • 10.03.08
    How I Suffered From Clinical Depression and Came Back From It Awakeblogger, Mind & Emotions, personal-development | 22 Comments
    Photo courtesy of Made Underground "King Solomon once searched for a cure against depression. He assembled his wise men together. They meditated for a long time and gave him the following advice: Make yourself a ring and have thereon engraved the words "This too shall pass". The King carried out the advice. He had the ring made and wore it constantly. Every time he felt sad and depressed, he looked at the ring, whereon his mood would change and he would feel cheerful." (The Story of King Solomon ) This is a very personal post today. I want to share one of ...
  • 10.01.08
    How to Become a Master at Communication Mind & Emotions, personal-development | 5 Comments
    How not to communicate ;) "The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." ~George Bernard Shaw If you are working with other people (and who is not?) one of the most important skill to master is definitely communication. Even if you are working on your own, being able to communicate clearly with friends and family is very helpful. In my personal journey I learned that there are a lot of skills that are important to succeed: focus, imagination, strategic-planning, result-orientation. However, the one single skill that has the most leverage with people is the art of communication. ...
  • 09.29.08
    The Dalai Lama’s Guide to Happiness Inspiration & Motivation, Mind & Emotions, Spirituality, personal-development | 10 Comments
    "I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happiness." ~Dalai Lama in The Art of Happiness The quote of Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama makes clear the obvious: everybody on earth is seeking happiness. Is there anything more important than happiness to you? What are we aiming for if we want to be successful, to ...
  • 09.14.08
    How to Develop a Laser-Sharp Mental Focus Mind & Emotions, personal-development | 11 Comments
    Photo courtesy of ssh "Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives." ~Anthony Robbins I can remember when I was about the age of 14 out of frustration I wrote on a piece of paper: "Concentrate on the essentials!" (in german: "Konzentriere dich auf das Wesentliche!") It was about some trouble with friends in school. This sentence somehow gave me direction to know what is important and worthy to think about and what is not. To use the mind fully is ...
  • 09.10.08
    Carpe Diem – How to Seize the Day Inspiration & Motivation, Spirituality, personal-development | 22 Comments
    Photo courtesy of MissyV110 "I went into the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life... to put to rout all that was not life; and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." ~Henry David Thoreau in "Walden", quoted by the Character Neil in the Movie "Dead Poets Society" Seizing the day, living life fully, sucking out all the marrow of life – how marvelous this sounds … Isn't that the very thing we are here for - to experience life fully? If we really look ...
  • 08.17.08
    Self-Reflection: How to Do It Right Mind & Emotions, personal-development | 9 Comments
    Photo courtesy of Steven Fernandez "By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the most bitter." - Confucius For me Self-Reflection is the way to remove inner road-blocks, to first become aware of the things that really holding me back and then tackle them by finding a solution. Of course writing it down into a personal journal is the best way to do it. It's also interesting to do with a good friend who is open enough to take part. Some forms of psycho-therapy are similar ...