Archives for April 2007

Book Review: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

April 24, 2007 by Gleb Reys 7 Comments

I’ve read an amazing book last weekend – The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.

It’s hard to imagine someone not having heard about it – it’s been out for quite some time, and seems to be quite a publishing phenomenon, but just like everyone else who was really impressed, I feel compelled now to share my own thoughts and recommendations.

The Alchemist is a story of a shepherd boy following his dream. It’s a tale of faith, hope, power, courage, and, above all, wisdom one needs to fulfill his own dreams.

To realize one’s destiny is a person’s only obligation – this was said a few times in this book, and Paulo masterfully shows why and how this is true.

Breakthrough Project Management

April 19, 2007 by Gleb Reys Leave a Comment

Last Thursday and Friday I was on a training called Breakthrough Project Management.

It was an on-site training, and Barry Flicker spent two days sharing his approaches to make project management straight-forward and most effective.

I greatly enjoyed the course, and will form a series of posts on project management in the nearest future, but for now I just want to mark this event and recommend you Barry as an excellent mentor with quite a unique training course.

I liked the way Barry presented common project management challenges, and the team games we had played were created in such a way that they perfectly highlighted the most usual problems you’re bound to see in any project.

One lesson learned once and for all is this: communication plays the most important part in any project.

That Which Is Measured, Improves

April 11, 2007 by Gleb Reys 36 Comments

As part of my fitness self-improvement program, a few months ago I have purchased a heart-rate monitor. Since then, I’ve been logging my training stats on a daily basis. It’s been one of the greatest motivators I’ve ever found.

Whatever I do in my training session, I always feel great just by looking at my stats now and then. It’s not like I didn’t know that I was burning calories before, but knowing the exact amount helps a lot.

This reminded me of a great phrase I first heard when I was working for Sun Microsystems: That Which Is Measured, Improves. This principle worked for me back then, and it still helps me a lot with many daily activities. Read on to find out how.

Personal Development Radar – 07/04/2007

April 7, 2007 by Gleb Reys Leave a Comment

It’s been a great week, and I hope you all enjoy your Easter weekend!

Personal Development Radar aims to bring you the latest news and suggest best online resources on personal development, and I’m happy to present you this latest edition. If you are featured in Personal Development Radar, please consider linking back to it.

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What’s Going To Make You Happy

April 4, 2007 by Gleb Reys 4 Comments

Barry Walsh has recently asked a few questions in a post of his blog, and answering them helped me better understand myself.

I’ve enjoyed thinking about his questions so much that I feel compelled now to share the same questions with all of you here.

Barry uses these questions in his CLARITY seminars, and the feedback on these questions from attendants been very positive.

Here is the big question:

Do you think what you are doing today is going to lead to happiness and fulfillment?

Our New Hosting: How Do YOU Find It?

April 2, 2007 by Gleb Reys 4 Comments

Good morning, everyone!

I’ve just got all the Personal Development Ideas pointers changed to our new hosting (a nice VPS slice with Slicehost if case you’re interested), and have run all the basic checks to confirm everything works.

Can you please open the website as well, browse it a bit, and then leave a comment with your impressions? If you really want to help or just feel a bit adventurous today, go visit Personal Development Forums as well!

For people from Europe, there should be really no change, but people from the rest of the world might see a nice performance improvement – all pages should open faster.

THANK YOU for all the help, I really appreciate it! It’s always good to know I have so many readers to count on! :)

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