35 Fantastic entries in this week’s edition of the Personal Development Carnival. I noticed a lot of newbies while I was going through the entries. I didn’t do my usual commentary due to the hectic holiday schedule, but I did read all the posts. There are some wonderful gems in this bunch.

My entry for the week is my December update on the Life Transformation Program. It’s been 3 months and I am experiencing significant benefits from this simple program I implemented back in September.

Barbra Sundquist presents Compassion and Business: Not Mutually Exclusive posted at HomeBusinessWiz.

David Maister presents BusinessWeek Editor Speaks! posted at Passion, People and Principles. BusinessWeek Executive Editor, John Byrne, in a special Business Masterclass guest interview, shares his insights on how managers can help their people to grow and excel.

Jane Chin presents Freedom from Guru posted at Jane Chin PhD.

Ravi Raman presents Stay Well Through The Winter posted at Set Higher Standards. Some great tips on ways to stay healthy through the cold winter months!

Jack Yoest presents Your Business Blogger at Stern School of Business, New York University posted at Reasoned Audacity. Business Blogger was honored to lecture up and coming entrepreneurs at the Stern School of Business at New York University at the Entrepreneurial Exchange Group. Business Blogger spoke on business plans, management tactics, and cultural challenges.

Steven Aitchison presents Self Discipline, Willpower and Motivation posted at Change Your Thoughts.

Brandon Peele presents Pyramid of Life posted at Generative Transformation.

Shamelle presents 6 Ways To Make You Feel Good posted at Enhance Life.

Laura Young presents Think Money Wouldn’t Change You? Think Again posted at Dragon Slayer’s Guide to Life. Does money make you selfish? New research on the psychology of money may surprise you.

Bryan C. Fleming presents Money In The Bank posted at Bryan C. Fleming.

Caroline Latham presents Brain Coach Answers: Are there any quick ways to reduce stress? posted at Sharp Brains. Learn how to destress in 10 minutes.

Sam presents How to Find Happiness posted at Surfer Sam and Friends.

Tony presents I lie Cheat and Steal..No Really I Do posted at Tony.

Ririan presents What To Do When You Make Mistakes posted at Ririan Project.

Rikard Linde presents How Super Athletes Create Healthy Habits posted at Habiq.

Stephen Pierce presents Reducing Stress posted at Personal Development and Self Help Breakthroughs.

Maria Yu presents A Weekend in New York City posted at Life.

Steve Olson presents Success is 99% Failure posted at Steve Olson.

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Mad Gift Giving Guide posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

Angela Randall presents Why Be Motivated? posted at AngelaRandall.com. You are ultimately responsible for your own destiny regardless of what distracted you from your original path. It doesn’t matter if your reasons for losing focus are trivial or tragic, it’s your motivation that is gone. You lost your focus. You have to get it back.

Michael presents Not Getting the Results You Want? Remember to Breathe posted at Tales of a Corporate Hypnotist.

John Evans presents Achieving Goals: A Chess Pursuit posted at My View. This was written to help chess players, but anyone can use this plan to achieve their goals.

John Hill presents What Are You Depositing In Your Mental Bank? posted at Universe Of Success Did you know you can earn mental interest on the thoughts you deposit in your mind?

Charlsie Winston presents Power posted at Manifesting Universe.

Tabs presents Serious Tips to Help You Get Over Your Ex posted at Levnow Self-Help Tools. In the case of heartache, a friend once told me that past hurt especially relationships are like scars, they hurt, eventually they heal but they leave a mark. I wrote this post to help her heal, so when she thinks of the relationship, she doesn’t remember the pain, she remembers that she has healed and has moved on just like every other kind of scar.

Joseph presents How To Get Organized posted at Help With Everything.

Kathy Maister presents Why Start Cooking? posted at Start Cooking. Improve your quality of life by learning the basic cooking skills you need for real home cooking.

Oovs presents Automate Your Way to Wealth posted at LifeTraining.

Craig Harper presents LOST: The Real Me….Call 1-800-IDENTITY posted at Renovate Your Life with Craig.

Raymond David Salas presents The Key to Happiness posted at ZenChill.com - Power Tools for Mind, Body, and Soul.

Patricia presents Beat The Blues posted at Patricia.

Victor Fam presents Spreading the Personal Development Pixels posted at Victor Fam.

Alvin Soon presents 9 Rules To Get Out of Plateaus posted at Life Coaches Blog.

Conan Stevens presents Affirmation Statements - Most People Waste Their Time posted at Conan Stevens Online.

Lorenzo presents Visualization: Forge of Reality posted at Reality Seeds.

That concludes this week’s Personal Development Carnival. Next week’s Personal Development Carnival will be hosted by Lyman at Creating A Better Life. To participate in future carnivals, submit your post via Blog Carnival’s Submission Form.

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