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I’ve just activated a plugin which allows you to subscribe to any post comments using your email. This should make it much easier for you to track those posts and comments you’re particularly interested in.

From now on, you should see a tick box under just under the new comment tex area, which reads like this:

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Happy birthday, StevePavlina.Com! :)

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Steve Pavlina has just posted a two-year anniversary summary on his blog, and I just couldn’t help but use this opportunity to thank him.

It’s been a good year so far for me, thanks to my decision to start my own personal development blog back in January, and in many ways, Steve Pavlina was the motivation I needed to start this project.

 

Here are the three main things I’d like to thank Steve Pavlina for:

 

Generating passive income by doing something you really love

This was no revelation for me, but having this point stressed out by someone so determined and successful was definitely a help.

 

Seeing so many similarities between myself and Steve (mainly along the lines of having IT background and trying to always improve myself in various ways), I’ve discovered another passion of mine – the passion of self growth. I’ve been enjoying a steady growth in many aspects of my personal and professional life over the past 10 years of my life, but it never struck me that personal development could be a yet another direction for me to try so many new exciting ideas, enjoy the process of making them work and earn me some income, and gain additional motivation by realizing I can benefit from it in so many ways.

 

Mind you, I have had another quite successful blog project before I started Personal Development Ideas, so it wasn’t all that new to me. But I was amazed how easy and natural it felt to discover another passion of mine. This definitely helped me realize that it’s never too late to learn, and that any minute you can discover a completely new side of your own personality.

 

The power of focus and determination

Through all the years of his success, Steve had been a self-made person. He was always willing to experiment and explore, to obtain new skills and work out new habits, to change his perception of reality and apply his knowledge to provide value to others.

 

Steve is a perfect example of what focus and determination can help you achieve. He stresses the point of living consciously, and highlights that making decisions about your current and future life and applying the focus can help you grow tremendously and achieve any success you like.I really liked his attitude back when I first read one of his articles, and once again it seemed very familiar to me.

 

I’ve achieved many things before, and seeing him prove the point made me even more focused and determined on my self growth.

 

True spirit of sharing knowledge and giving value

This is one more thing I find brilliant about Steve and his website. He writes interesting and useful content, and he never grows tired of sharing his knowledge and providing value to his readers.

 

I’m still reading through his archives from time to time – print a certain month of his articles and read them like a book. It is very easy to see how Steve has grown personally over the past two years, and seeing striking similarities here and there helps me see that I’m moving in the right direction.

 

Sharing knowledge must be one of the most rewarding things you can ever do. Teaching others to break out of their own limitations and enjoy the benefits of self-growth is a tedious task. It is rather hard to resonate with so many readers, and to be truly successful you’re supposed to be passionate about your topic, knowledgeable and willing to share your wisdom.

 

 

 

I’ve learned many lessons from Steve, and I’m sure I will learn more. I certainly appreciate his ability to show me new ways to grow and new ideas to try.

 

 

Happy birthday, Steve! Looking forward to your project’s year three! :)

Personal Development Carnival – October 1, 2006

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Hi everyone, and welcome to the October 1, 2006 edition of the Personal Development Carnival!

I’d like to use this opportunity and thank Lyman Reed for starting this carnival and also allowing me host this edition on my blog today. I’ve watched this carnival closely since the very beginning, and it really pleases me to see it grow so quickly in the recent months.

 

Here are all the entries for this week. Please remember that only 1 article for each author is included in any given edition, and so you may not find all the articles you have submitted recently. If you don’t want us to make the decision and pick the best article for you – please don’t send in more than one article at a time.

 

Hieu Doan presents From Stagnation to Motivation posted at The Truth of the New Age.

Jane Chin presents Be Skeptical of Other People’s Opinions of You posted at On Careers and Life.

Alexander Becker presents WOW: Leap Forward and Benefit from Nonlinear Growth posted at WOW, saying, “Always expect more than others think is possible.”

Andrew Flusche presents Improve Public Speaking By Warming Up Properly posted at Legal Andrew.

Brandon Peele presents Vision Quest posted at GT.

Milo Paulo milo G. Riano presents How to Let Go and Move On posted at Milo Riano, saying, “Letting go of something is probably one of the hardest and longest running thought decision processing and emotional struggle a person has to make especially if it’s special or dear to the person. The thing we hold so dear could vary from one person to another ranging from profession (jobs, work), personal (girlfriend, boyfriend, friend, family), assets (blog, car, watch), etc.”

Paul Piotrowski presents How to Really Be Happy posted at www.PaulPiotrowski.ca.

Madeleine Begun Kane presents How To Disorganize Your Life posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

Peter Kua presents The FASTEST way to be put off by yoga posted at RadicalHop.com.

Asher Lewis presents Focus on Your Beliefs, Not Your Behavior posted at asherlew.com.

Violeta presents Dr Jekyll or Mr Hyde? It depends on perspective posted at All Tips and Tricks.

Phil B. presents Phil for Humanity: Greed is Good and Bad posted at Phil for Humanity.

Alvin Soon presents What You Didn’t Know About Bruce Lee’s Kick-Ass Success posted at Life Coaches Blog.

Nneka presents The Power Walk: 7 Reasons Why It Beats The Power Nap posted at Balanced Life Center.

Bryan C. Fleming presents Counting Cold Hard Cash posted at Bryan C. Fleming .com.

Patricia presents Eating Disorder Recovery, 14 Years Free: You Can Break From Addictions or Bad Habits Too! posted at Patricia.

oovs presents What Level of Time Management are You At? posted at LifeTraining – Online.

Kevin Harrell presents Live Longer, Live Better – 10 ways to get you started posted at Live Longer, Live Better.

 

That’s all we have for today! Thanks to everyone who participated, and if you want to submit your blog article to the next edition of The Personal Development Carnival, please use this carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Next edition of this carnival is going to be hosted by Lyman Reed at his Creating a Better Life blog.

Saturday Links – 30/09/2006

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I’ve been on a training for the whole week, and therefore didn’t have time to post anything knew. But I couldn’t stop reading my feeds, and that’s how I discovered the following two articles which I think you’ll find interesting too.

Mike explains How To Write Goal Statements That Work and introduces you to prophetic journaling:

The greatest thing will begin happening when you write your goals down in a Prophetic Journal, you’ll actually begin to see the incongruency in what you are saying to yourself everyday and the current life you’re living. Pretty soon, you’ll begin to feel like you want to make changes. The important thing is to DO IT!

I dare you to write your statement, read it for 40 days and nights, and see what happens. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised at the results.

Another great article on goal setting: How to set achievable goals by Buster McLeod. I really liked some of his thoughts, like this one:

Making achievable goals shouldn’t feel like buying art. Reviewing your list of goals should feel more like learning to paint with your hands than walking through a gallery of masterpieces. You should be constantly editing, rewording, removing, and adding goals from your list. Building momentum and confidence is the secret to making achievable goals.

Personal Development Carnival

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I'm happy to announce that Personal Development Carnival, hosted by Lyman Reed, has finally started moving around.

Last week edition is hosted at Balanced Life Center, and the Oct 1st edition will be hosted here on Personal Development Ideas.

If you're not familiar with this carnival, please visit its page and browse through the last few editions. There is an increasing list of interesting articles on personal development and self growth submitted on a weekly basis, and not only you can read what others write on personal development, but you're also welcome to submit your own articles.

If you have any questions regarding this carnival, just let me know.

 

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Keys To Success Are Everywhere

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Saw this phrase somewhere today, and thought I would share it. Just think about these words for a minute: keys to success are everywhere.

Indeed they are! Our life holds many discoveries and adventures, yet they only come to those who believe in them and never stop searching for more.

I like the positive determination of this idea: it is entirely up to you to decide how successful you will be one day, and there are always limitless opportunities waiting for you.

Does anyone know any more successful affirmations? Please share, every little helps!