Life Coaches Blog

Best personal development resources for the week:

Stop being addicted to seeking personal development and start doing personal development. Do you have a library full of personal development books, an iPod full of self-help CDs, a few seminars under your belt, with no results to show for it? Alex helps you overcome the dangers of personal development.

It’s not how many times you fall off, it’s how many times you get back on again. I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again; when I grow up, I want to write like Christine Kane.

We’ve all had bad days when we messed up, broke a resolution or missed an action step. Christine Kane reminds us it’s not what happens when those times come (because they will come), it’s what we do after that matters. In my experience as a life coach, this all-or-nothing sort of thinking is what sinks a lot of ships gaining momentum. In my own life, it took me a while to understand that sometimes setting out on a new goal is like taking one step back with two steps forward. Let go of all-or-nothing thinking, and train yourself to let go of all-or-nothing thinking.

Go bungy jumping, skydiving, or whatever it is you’ve always feared doing. Just do it, because life is too short to hesitate. Veron shares passionately about what it means to live with passion.

Money is meant to be spent. You have to spend money to make money. Money is meant to be saved. The more you save, the more you earn. The best bet is to ask someone else — get advice, or “permission,” from someone who knows. Growing up, I was often struggling with limited finances. Living like that, it was tough to develop a great relationship with money. Liz helps me figure out a useful money strategy.

Stop, breathe and take a real look at the magic around you. Oftentimes we get so caught up we forget that our being here is a real miracle in itself, and we don’t notice the beauty that is already all around us. Paul invites you to look up from your navel every now and again to marvel at the beauty and glory of the universe.

Wake up early every morning and exercise. One thing 20 top CEOs and executives were found to have in common was that they all started the day early. Find 5 other ways to tap the power of your morning routine.

Get all of the information you’re carrying around out of your head. CNN does a short write-up on GTD (Getting Things Done), what founder David Allen calls ‘advanced common sense’.