To help, life coach extraordinaire Anthony Robbins has launched The Power of Crisis, a website about real people overcoming and transforming challenges.

There’s a lot of good advice there, check out Tony’s recorded audio message there, and also Kathy’s story (see the videos on the right). She was born deaf, labeled mentally challenged, but taught herself to speak. Watch her story and I challenge you not to be moved!

Tony has also appeared recently on the Today Show to talk about how to deal with the current financial challenges.

And here he is answering viewers’ questions.

Derek Sivers interviews Tim Ferriss, author of The 4 Hour Workweek, which turns out to be a must-read article for anyone who has something they’d like to be doing if they didn’t have to do anything. Here are some of my favorite bits (and there are so many).

Long life is not guaranteed, folks. It’s important to really question this deferred-life plan that saves all retirement for the end.

I heard this beautiful bit of advice once that said, “If you’ve got a list of 20 things you should be doing, pick the most important one or two and then just let go of the rest. You will never upload your music to every one of these sites. You will never contact every person. You will never enter every contest. Just take the one or two things that would make the biggest difference in your career, do those one or two, then stop. Turn your attention to the next one or two most important.”

Assume that income has no practical value without time, because income is renewable, while time is not. Time has no value without attention.

That’s a good point – recognizing you can’t fix an overwhelmed feeling with more work. Overwhelmed is not due to lack of time – it’s due to lack of priorities, right? Another flaw in most time management systems is they focus on filling your time – every minute of every day should be filled with a work vision of some kind. Or they don’t instruct you on how to minimize the work. Especially if you tend to wear overwork ethic as some kind of badge of honor, which I know many artists do. Laziness is not less action. Laziness can mean blurred priorities and indiscriminate action. You can be very busy running around with a cell phone to your head 24 hours a day and still be very lazy because you’re not taking the time to prioritize.

As a student of the martial arts, I’ve been a big fan of Marc ‘Animal’ MacYoung’s writing for the longest time. From his No Nonsense Self Defense website, “growing up on the gang-infested streets of Los Angeles not only gave Marc MacYoung his street name ‘Animal,’ but also extensive firsthand experience about what does and does not work for self-defense.”

Now, you may not care much about learning self-defense, but you might be interested in learning how real-world leaders behave, especially in the tough situations on the streets. According to MacYoung’s Alpha Street Behavior, Alphas (leaders of the group) look out for the group, are trustworthy, communicate, have extra resources and allow others their place. Read the article to discover more.

Finally, Adrian Tan, who wrote The Teenage Textbook and The Teenage Workbook, was a childhood local writing hero of mine (together with Colin Goh of then Orchard Road fame). Mr Wang’s published an inspiring speech Tan recently gave to a university convocation ceremony full of unexpected advice. Go read Life And How To Survive It.

Don’t work. Avoid telling the truth. Be hated. Love someone.

You’re going to have a busy life. Thank goodness there’s no life expectancy.

“Consider everything an experiment.” 10 rules from Sister Corita Kent at Hi + Low.

“Be intent on action, not on the fruits of action. Avoid attraction to the fruits and attachment to inaction.” Get Rich Slowly weighs in on finding fulfillment in your work.

“Be safe and be optimistic. There is a lot to be grateful for…and just as much to look forward to.” After having lost two close friends to suicide, Tim Ferriss shares three ways to overcome depression.

“When you adopt obsession, you require hard hits of big things to wake up the you that has become numb. It’s as if food has to be spicier, saltier, and fattier. Music has to be louder and faster. Moments need to be “events” to get you to notice them. It takes more flash to feel good. It takes more bling to be present. When you remember delight – you taste, you express, and you smile. You remember to feed yourself and be fed. You remember to notice. You cherish.” Christine Kane on The Architecture of Delight.

“You have to be satisfied with yourself as you are now in order to truly appreciate the change in the future.” Pam tells us why the road to hell is paved with self improvement.

“It takes courage, but remember not to trade in what you want most, for what you want now.” Stephen Covey shares some wise advice on How to Strike a Work and Life Balance.

“One day, you might still become more than your car, your condo, your clothes and your credit cards. But first you will have to climb past Level 4. Good luck.” Mr Wang on Conspicuous Consumption And The Growth of Human Beings, or how flashy yuppies paint themselves into a corner.

“All that is required of you to come across as confident, is a healthy love for yourself. Being completely grounded and comfortable in who you are.” If being a yuppie is seriously not your style, Kinowear gives you some good advice on how to avoid The Psychotic Yuppie Mentality.

“It does not matter the language. Spirit, mind and heart are the most important things.” Bujinkan senior Pedro Fleitas writes about the day he discovered communication through the heart from a drunk Japanese man. An appropriate inspiring link to end this post with as I’m be heading to Japan for the next two weeks myself, and training in the Bujinkan home dojo. See you soon!

Me, goaded by my girlfriend into a sheepish jumonji no kamae pose at the beach.

“Saying ‘no’ to any commitments we can’t handle would be ideal, of course, but like I said, we usually have a tendency to say ‘yes’ to more than we can actually handle. And we become overwhelmed, stressed, and exhausted. As you know, simplicity is the key to my philosophy. If things get complicated, I say you should simplify. Don’t try to do more. Reduce.” Zen Habits talks more about cutting back on daily demands in A Guide to Cutting Back When You Feel Overwhelmed.

“Every technique employed by the instigator has a single goal: to take your power away from you. Every one of us has a fighting spirit, a confidence that allows us to wake up in the morning, and take on the world. Your verbal attacker is going to try and take this away from you, to leave you nervous, doubting yourself, and even stuttering.” Jay Morrissey reveals how to handle verbal intimidation tactics in The Art of Verbal Intimidation: Learn it and Fight Back!

“Personal finance is not just about dollars and cents. It’s about emotions and how we piece through the daily dilemmas in our lives. It’s about figuring out our goals and what the most important aspects of our lives really are. Doing a budget and living frugally doesn’t mean much if it doesn’t open our eyes to what our real values are.” The Simple Dollar talks about Emotional Fulfillment and Financial Success.

“Here’s the thing. No matter how hard you try to pretend that you can avoid change and continue on a path that’s unconscious or inauthentic, eventually your authentic self has to speak up. Most people can’t avoid the voice of their soul.” Christine Kane asks Is Upheaval Required for Personal Growth?

“Probably the most challenging thing about going through a life change is to have faith that there is some design, that things will move towards healing, and that good will come out of this.” Christine follows up with Upheaval: A Field Guide.

Finally, Wake Up Tiger encourages us to chase our passion, not our pensions.

9rules Productivity Community

The 9rules Productivity Community, of which I’m a proud member, is full of updated links to good personal development posts from fellow members.

43 Folders

The inimitable 43 Folders, one of the most original, real and funny productivity blogs in the history of the internets.

Adam Khoo

Adam, the self-made Singaporean millionaire whom I used to coach for.

Christine Kane

Christine Kane, songwriter, musician, inspirational, personal development blogger and one hell of a writer.

gapingvoid

How do you describe gapingvoid? Cartoons drawn on the back of a business card? Marketing and Web 2.0? Sheer brilliant genius?

Itty Biz

Itty Biz had me at hello. Any coach that tells her clients “you have fuck all to be afraid of” gains my instant admiration. More than just work from home tips to keep you sane, Naomi’s a fantastic writer whom you just can’t miss (I even bought her book!).

Lifehacker

Lifehacker shows you how to twist and hack technology so that it actually makes your life easier instead of more complicated. Perfect for a geek like me who spends so much time in front of tech.

Mr Wang Says So

Mr Wang Says So is a blend of mostly local commentary and sometime personal development. But when he does write about personal development, boy does this sharp and successful lawyer blow me away.

Popagandhi

Popagandhi’s not about personal development per se, but she sure is living it and with her fearless traveling, she’s just as inspirational.

Steve Pavlina

The most well-known name in personal development blogging probably has the plainest looking personal development blog as well – which is a neat testament to just how good Steve Pavlina is.

Successful Blog

Don’t be deceived by the title, Successful Blog may be about how to create a successful blog, but it’s also full of inspiring posts on how to create a successful life. I’m in deep awe of how real and warm Liz comes through in her writing.

Tim Ferriss

The blog of Tim Ferriss, author of the original and thought-provoking The 4-Hour Workweek.

Unclutterer

Whenever I need some inspiration to clean up and declutter my space, I head to Unclutterer, one of the sites that got me on the path to living a simpler life. I also get a big kick from seeing other people’s clean spaces in the Unclutterer flickr pool.

Wake Up Tiger

The idea behind Wake Up Tiger is simple, a picture and an inspiring paragraph per post. And it is always so, very good.

Zen Habits

Together with Unclutterer, with its many tips on simplifying your life Zen Habits inspired me to start living more Zen.

That’s it for this list! Hope you enjoy these personal development blogs as much as I have. Stay tuned for more inspiring links from Life Coaches Blog. Have a good weekend!

“Quitting gets you to mastery. Dropping things that you are mediocre at and focusing on the things that you can be truly great at is the only path to mastery…We have a bizarre preoccupation with thinking that if we only do more things, at a more frantic pace, that somehow we will be successful. Hogwash, says Seth, Andrea Lee and Tim Ferriss…The key is to focus on one thing at a time, and give yourself enough space, resources and energy to grow it to fruition.” Lessons from Seth Godin’s talk about “The Dip” in Phoenix at Escape from Cubicle Nation.

“To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. And Number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy. But think about it. If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day. That’s a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you’re going to have something special.” The Simple Dollar reminds us of the things money can’t buy. Be sure to watch the powerful speech by Jim Valvano, who passed away from cancer less than two months afterwards.

“If you’re someone who gets nervous around people because you care about what they think, then you most likely don’t fully understand who you are yet. You’ll lack core confidence, having to work hard to please everyone. Tragically, when you don’t know yourself, you’ll automatically accept the feedback you get from other people as truth.” Kinowear’s writing about the ultimate congruence to your style, but there’s a lot of good advice in there also about being congruent with yourself.

“And, finally, is it conceivable that what you really need the break from is new demands on your time? What does solving that problem look like? And can it really be accomplished simply by unplugging a few things for a day or two?” The always insightful and funny Merlin Mann on taking a virtual break.

P.S. Talking about breaks, by the time this goes online I should be happily on a short break of my own