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Empowering Links: Week of 22nd October

Sun, Oct 22, 2006

Inspiring Links

Best personal development resources for the week:

Zebras get stressed out same as humans do, so why do humans get ulcers while zebras (and other animals in the wild) don’t? Stress. Brain Yoga points out 4 defenses against chronic stress.

Scott Adams answers all the questions you have about using affirmations, and how they’ve worked for him.

How Stuff Works reveals the real millionaire lifestyle:

1) They live below their means.

2) They lead frugal lifestyles.

3) They’re self-employed or own their own businesses.

4) They plan and study investments.

5) They weren’t always at the top of their class.

6) They’re self-made.

I love what David says in Productivity Systems Redux about doing new things:

There is no optimal way to do things, as far as you’re concerned, when you’re doing it for the first time.

There is no right way of doing things, when it comes down to getting something done for the first time.

How do you know when a relationship is healthy? Kloudiia reveals the 13 signs of a healthy relationship, and the 17 signs of an unhealthy one.

Malcolm Gladwell exposes the myth of prodigy and why it matters. Did you know that Mozart had to practice his piano 3 hours a day since he was 3 years old?

…by age six the young Wolfgang had logged an astonishing 3,500 hours — “three times more than anybody else in his peer group. No wonder they thought he was a genius.”

Last but not least, what’s the secret ingredient to making great cookies (and everything else)?

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Alvin Soon - who has written 458 posts on Life Coaches Blog.

Alvin has been a personal development coach and is the founder of Life Coaches Blog. He now writes full-time and keeps a personal blog at 21 Dragons.

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2 Comments For This Post

  1. Caroline Says:

    Thanks for the link! I’m glad you liked our brain yoga post. Check back, as we will certainly write more on stress reduction.

  2. Kloudiia Says:

    Ha Alvin, thanks for the link back! Though this comes a litttle late haha :D

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