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Personal Development Carnival - 12/10/06 Edition
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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December 10th, 2006 at 10:17 am
[...] The Personal Development Carnival - December 10, 2006 By Lyman Reed The Personal Development Carnival has been posted at Balanced Life Center. Be sure to check it out for some great posts. [...]
December 10th, 2006 at 3:23 pm
Thank you for hosting this carnival and including my entry. It is a great honor to be selected and in such good company.
Thanks
December 10th, 2006 at 4:24 pm
[...] This post was entered in the Personal Development Carnival at the Balanced Life Center. Thanks Nneka. [...]
December 11th, 2006 at 5:41 pm
Great carnival Nneka- a wonderful assortment of posts! Thanks for including us. We will link back hopefully today.
December 11th, 2006 at 8:23 pm
Lyman, Tabs, Caroline, and Steve, it is always a pleasure to host the carnival. I come across a wealth of information. “Meeting” new bloggers is the best part. New ways of looking at the same ideas.
I love it!
December 16th, 2006 at 4:49 pm
Thank you for including my article on Compassion and Business Nneka. I have done a link-back and now that I have read your lovely blog I intent to add it to my blogroll.
August 30th, 2010 at 11:56 am
Wow! What a purposeful life you lead taking care of a loved one who needs you. I’ve been there. It’s very draining and exhausting - physically emotionally. I myself became ill due to the stress involved - so be sure to take time out for yourself. Have at least 1 night a week that you take the evening for yourself - to play online, go to a movie w/ a friend, write a letter, watch T.V., etc. And DON’T BREAK THE DATE! Be steadfast on it! If it’s a family member, ask another family member(s) to take responsibility for this person every week on that night. Or, if it’s a boyfriend/husband, ask his family or friends to take him on this night every week. Not only will it give you something to look forward to all week long, you won’t feel like you’re abandoning anybody because that person will be well cared for that evening - you prearranged it yourself. It will also take some of the stress off of him, as he must sense that you’re becoming mentally drained and may feel like a burden to you. Have a positive outlook, but don’t over-step reality. When my father was dying of 2 terminal illnesses, I tried to keep such a ‘positive outlook’ that I talked myself right into believing that I could cure him w/ my positive reinforcement optimism. Needless to say, I could not. I’m sure I did, however, bring a bright spot into his day by always remaining positive around him. Negativity worsens any ailment, especially mental health issues. It will also lighten you up - you can’t be depressed/bummed if you’re having a positive outlook on the situation. Things will get better. Don’t lose contact w/ your good friends (good friends - the kind that don’t bring you down or constantly borrow things from you) and be open honest w/ at least one of them about how you’re feeling. Or even better - your Mom is a good confidante. Anyone who will keep their nose out of your business and not run ‘ratting’ on you to this other individual. If you have some extra money, every once in a while go shopping for a little treat for yourself, or even for this other person. Nothing extravagant - just a little token of your appreciation for all you do. Or maybe to brighten this other person’s day. I like to shop online becuz I look forward to the package arriving in the mail. And know when to say ‘when.’ It’s okay to say ‘no’ to people if you are truly too tired or too exhausted to perform another task or run another errand. Just don’t take on all of the responsibility for this person - share it with others who love him too.