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How to Live Your Passion Without Giving Up Your Day Job

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I spent many years (most of my adult life)  without knowing or living my life passion. But over the last few years, I've found it and I'm living it. I can say without a doubt that finding and living your life passion makes a huge positive difference in your quality of life. I'm sure if you ... Continue Reading

Is Travel Your Passion? 10 Steps to Stop Dreaming and Start Packing

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The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.  ~St. Augustine Just about everyone lists travel as one of their passions in life. We're enamored with the idea of travel -- getting away, doing something fun and ... Continue Reading

Your Hidden Abilities and Why You Need to Find Them

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When I was 40, I went through a phase during which I feared all of my creativity had been sapped. I was in the thick of child-rearing and running a home, with all that this time of life entails. Most of my time was spent driving kids to activities, volunteering at their schools, cleaning up messes, ... Continue Reading

Free Webinar with Leo Babauta: The Life-Changing Power of Bad Habits

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On Monday, April 23 at 7:00 pm EDT, Leo Babauta of Zen Habits will share some of the things he has learned about creating habits (read his story for some of the habits he has created and changed). He is hosting a free hour-long webinar called How I Used the Power of Bad Habits ... Continue Reading

The One Non-Negotiable Action You Must Take Before Creating Your Bold and Fearless Life

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"A bold and fearless life" -- does that sound unattainable? Does it sound like the motto for a new age action hero? The idea of living a bold and fearless life might make you think you need special abilities or super powers. But this blog isn't about that kind of bold and fearless. I'm not here to inspire ... Continue Reading

20 Top Bloggers Share Their Most Life-Altering Fearless Action

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If there is a theme for this blog, it is about being bold in the face of fear. It is about taking practical actions that will move you forward, even when you are plagued with doubts and insecurity. It is about being fearless, which by my definition means doing things in spite of fear and thereby conquering ... Continue Reading

Want to Still Be Dancing at 100? Do This, Not That

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There are pockets in the world where people live longer. Not just a little longer, but many years past the average life expectancy. In fact, in some of these places, people have three times the chance of living to 100 than Americans do. Ouch. And they aren't warehoused in a nursing home or confined to a wheelchair. They ... Continue Reading

10 Reasons Why You Need to Buck the Status Quo

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All of my life, I've been a good doobie. I was a rule follower. I was the compliant child. The pleaser. I grew up in a household with more than its fair share of turmoil. Everyone around me was breaking the rules and creating havoc. So it became my job to keep the peace. That was my role, reinforced ... Continue Reading

How to Make Big, Bold, Wildly Exciting Things Happen in Your Life

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You're going to think this is a weird way to begin this article when you read what I write next, but bear with me. You'll see the relevance shortly. Sometimes in the morning when I'm taking a shower, and it's cold in the house, I can stand under the warm water forever. It feels so good ... Continue Reading

The Definitive Road-Map for Happiness Seekers

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Our Founding Fathers knew how intoxicating the feeling of happiness is. It is such a desired state of mind that they included the pursuit of it as one of three unalienable rights in the Declaration of Independence. We want to be alive, we want to be free, and we want to be happy. According to the writers ... Continue Reading

Procrastinating? 10 Ways to Get It Done

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Do you ever wonder why you procrastinate? Well stop wondering because it doesn't matter. Analyzing why we procrastinate is just another way of procrastinating. For those of us inclined toward studying the "whys" of human behavior, this is one area where the why just gets in the way of the how. I could list 100 reasons why we ... Continue Reading

The Most Popular Posts from 25 Top Personal Development Bloggers

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Have you ever noticed the "most popular" blog posts often listed on the sidebar of a blog? These land in that spot based on the numbers of people who have clicked on the post. I'm always fascinated by the posts that rise to the top of my "most popular" list. It gives me a clear indication ... Continue Reading

A Personal Development Bonanza: The Empowerment Pack is Live!

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On Monday, January 16,  my partner Stephanie and I launch The Empowerment Pack, starting at 9:00 a.m. EST. We've invited 25 top bloggers in self-improvement and personal development to contribute their courses, guides, and eBooks, and we've packaged them together in a mega, self-empowering cornucopia for a fraction of what they cost individually. It's the ... Continue Reading

How to Create Habits That Stick

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Habit is a cable; we weave a thread each day, and at last we cannot break it.  ~Horace Mann Whether or not you make New Year's resolutions, the beginning of a new year is a psychological trigger for starting fresh. After all ... Continue Reading




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