Personal Development Blog

I’ve just uploaded the three newest Chuck Gallozzi articles, who writes for our website.  If you subscribe to the newsletter (at http://personal-development.com) then you’ve already seen them.

 The first article on Life Planning discusses the importance of having a plan for your life, especially in the new year.  He lays out twelve specific tips for setting and achieving your goals.

The second article on Overcoming Bad Habits was in response to a reader question.  This reader was having a difficult time finding useful information on overcoming his bad habits, stating that “Self-help books aren’t geared towards the people that can’t find a way to help themselves.”

What is “Positive Thinking”? Is it doing Affirmations such as at Dailyaffirm.com? Or are Affirmations and positive thinking just self-delusional as stated at Steve Pavlina’s Blog?

My own thought is that both points of view have value depending on the circumstances. I believe the wrong type of Positive Thinking is where one is trying to force optimism which isn’t really there. Your emotions and thoughts are driven by your underlying beliefs and attitudes, and it’s those which must change. Trying to control your thoughts through Affirmations isn’t going to help unless you truly believe in the affirmations, and are using them as a means to remind yourself of what you have chosen to believe.

Time management can only be mastered by creating and using a key master list. Below are eight simple tips on creating your own key list in order to help increase your time and your productivity: