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Best personal development resources for the week:

Still not getting things done? Read 43 Folders’ most popular, most visited, most-commented-on, and favorite posts about David Allen’s Getting Things Done method to boost your productivity in GTD: Recap for ‘07.

Are you using your feelings as an excuse to stay stuck? Find out if you are and what to do about it in this insightful post by Christine Kane; Feeling, Doing, and Choosing Emotions.

Seth Godin says:

If you could do tomorrow over again, would you?

Most of us live programmed lives. Tomorrow is set, finished, done, and you haven’t even started it yet.

And we accept that as part of the deal in setting goals and reaching them.

But what about the tomorrow thirty days from now? Or a year?

If you could do those over, would you? How?

and shares 10 ways to be remarkable.

Steve Pavlina gives a very thought-provoking podcast on how to achieve your goals faster. Talk about synchronicity, Eleutherios and I were just talking about this goal-setting method, on how instead of moving towards your goals, you make your goals move towards you. Definitely something I want to go deeper into.

Ever wondered why you do what you do? How you see yourself is a big part of that answer, and Adam gives you a simple metaphor to put it all together.

Last Christmas, I wanted to kick myself. I’d been so caught up in doing tasks that I’d let slide getting gifts for the people I loved and cared about…until they got gifts for me. Like Pam, I believe that no matter how busy you get, there are some things you should not forget, and if you’re like me, you’ll find her tips very helpful.

The other day a friend was sharing his thoughts on something I disagreed on, and instead of understanding first before seeking to be understood, I cut him off and told him why I didn’t agree. I regretted it instantly because I could see I’d hurt his feelings. Liz shares her own experience, and I can relate, because my friend didn’t want to make me feel less, but he just wanted to share something that made sense to him. That day, thank you would have been a better response.

Feeling down in the dumps? Paul gives you some perspective on just how impossibly lucky you are just to be where you are right now.