By which my friend Eleutherios assures me is the Kabbalistic (and poetic) equivalent of Steve Pavlina’s three principles of personal growth; truth (wisdom), love (beauty) and power (strength). This post has been a long time in coming, and in it I’ll explain why in order for me to move towards truth, love and power, I’ve [...]
Lessons for Personal Development Bloggers
Earlier this year I had an idea: why not ask personal development bloggers for advice on personal development blogging, compile them into an ebook and give it out for free? I don’t know about you, but that sounds like a swell idea to me Unfortunately, that idea never materialized as I became caught up in [...]
9 Keys to Building a Blog You Can Be Proud Of
I don’t claim to have all the answers on how to create a successful blog – in fact, I’d be wary of anyone who’d say he does. I don’t claim to have a wildly successful blog either, so investigate what I say. But there have been lessons along the way, running Life Coaches Blog for [...]
Working Less to Get More Done on Life Coaches Blog
I spent yesterday thinking of the answers to Tim Ferris‘ questions from his book The 4-Hour Workweek: Which 20% of my efforts are producing 80% of my results that I need to focus more on? And which 80% of my efforts producing 20% of my results can I eliminate from my life? The 80/20 Principle, [...]
Are You Climbing Up the Wrong Personal Growth Ladder?
I was working through Chapter 7 of the book Getting Started in Personal and Executive Coaching by Stephen G. Fairley and Chris E. Stout, hoping to gain some clarity on restarting a blog. Doing the exercises in chapter 7; ’7 Tools for Making a Great First Impression’ on creating a powerful company name and dynamic [...]
Life Coaches Blog: Keeping It Real
Sometimes the best advice comes in the most unexpected way. Talking last night to my good friend Junming, who runs Haroko Studio, about Life Coaches Blog and the future directions it needs to take; he said the simplest and most amazing thing: ‘Just keep it real.’ So what’s real? I’m a 28 year old guy [...]
7 Things You Should Know Before You Start Blogging for Profits
After 2 years of problogging and a tidy monthly profit that continues to grow, these are the lessons I’ve learned about the business of blogging. 1) Market first, product second. When I started Life Coaches Blog, all I thought about was me; what I loved and what I wanted to talk about. But it’s not [...]