Personal Development
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10 Signs You Are A Strategic Thinker
Have you ever wondered if you are a Strategic Thinker? Read on for the top 10 signs which exemplify the characteristics of strategic thinkers. Strategic thinking is a type of mindset, a soft skill if you will, that requires you to analyze the present to shape the future for yourself and your organization. Look for the following signs to help you see what attributes a strategic thinker has. 10 Characteristics of Strategic Thinkers You are inclined to self-reflect. You find yourself regularly reflecting on tasks you’ve already completed, conversations you’ve had or the experiences you hoped would have gone differently. Strategic thinkers can take apart an event after it’s over…
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How to Cope with Busyness and Stress
If you’re feeling overwhelmed and you’ve been drowning in tasks, busyness and stress, this guide will help you learn how to cope. If you’re tired of feeling the overwhelm, you can completely shift how you’re feeling. Let’s look at what’s possible, and then how to shift it. The Busyness and Stress Realization The realization I had is that when I feel like I’m overwhelmed and drowning in tasks … is that I created this experience for myself. I denied this truth for a long time, but it’s a realization that was very powerful for me. If I created the reality of being swamped and overwhelmed … I can create a completely…
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How to Overcome Common Mindset Traps
Some of the biggest traps in self-development are mindset traps, usually because they’re invisible to us. We get ourselves into a mindset box but can’t see the walls. What if the mindset box you’re in doesn’t contain any solutions to your biggest problems? What if those answers exist only outside the box? Recognizing Mindset Traps A common symptom of this trap is when you think you’ve tried just about everything and still aren’t getting results in a particular area. This is often true of financial, career, relationship, and health challenges. What you’ve really done is tried many solutions that are accessible within the same mindset box. None of them have…
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Do you suffer from Imposter Syndrome?
Did you know that many people who are super-successful are walking around with imposter syndrome right now? They are, by all accounts, very successful in their endeavors, but they feel lousy because they don’t think they deserve it. They feel like a fake. They feel as if everything they’re doing is a fluke and at any moment someone else is going to find out about the truth. Can you relate to those feelings? If you feel that way sometimes, use these tips to overcome imposter syndrome. Tips to overcome Imposter Syndrome If You Think This Success Was Too Easy If you are feeling as if your success was too easy…
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How to Achieve Balance in Your Life
The desire to achieve balance is inbred in all of us and yet for many people, it feels like an impossible dream. Read on for tips to help balance become a reality in your life. If you think about life being balanced, you might envision a seesaw in the position of being directly balanced in the middle with no ups, no downs, and simply managing to stay in the middle ground. Of course, life doesn’t work like that. There are ups and there are most certainly downs. Sometimes you might feel as though you just want to jump off the seesaw and lay on the ground for a little while…
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Expert Insight: Planning for a Successful Rest of the Year
As you start planning for the rest of the year amid the new normal we all find ourselves in, you may be wondering what you should focus on and how you can leverage the opportunities this time period presents. We asked 22 experts from within the productivity, goal-setting and personal development space to weigh in with their advice and insight. Read on to see what they had to say. Click on each question below to jump right to that section. Question #1 – What do you think are the top things people should be focusing on as they plan the rest of their year post-quarantine? Question #2 – What advice…
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Creating a Personal Development Plan to Overcome Fear
A personal development plan should be unique and tailored to your personal goals, habits, beliefs and lifestyle. If done correctly, it will create positive forward momentum for you. During your life, you’ve developed a few ideas and even formed some beliefs and established values around those ideas. Sometimes those ideas are simply wrong. They may feel right due to your own experience in life thus far, but often, they are very subjective and not an actual indicator that everyone will experience the same thing. Sometimes fears develop that can cause roadblocks on your path to success. Tips to Create a Personal Development Plan Get You Out of Your Comfort Zone…
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The 4 Different Types of Personal Growth
We all experience personal growth every day throughout our lives. In his book Road to Purpose, Kenneth Behring shared how his life went through four phases of personal growth. Personal Growth: 4 Phases The first phase was more – more money, more success, more friends, etc. The second phase was better – a better home, better possessions, better vacations, etc. The third phase was different – new experiences, new possessions, etc. And the final phase was purpose – meaning, fulfillment, contribution, and making a difference in other people’s lives. Behring claimed to have moved through these phases in linear order, but you have more flexible options here. You can shift among these four different types of personal growth throughout…
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A Time of Acceptance & Opportunity
It’s time for us to accept that this pandemic, and social isolation, are here for awhile. But in addition to that, our reality has changed, possibly for good. We’re in a new normal. Some things that have changed for many of us: A sense of restriction: We’re not able to do our usual things — not only work and school, but things like haircuts, dentists, coffee shops, restaurants, bars, shops and more. That can feel very restricted. Heightened uncertainty & anxiety: Things are incredibly uncertain right now, for all of us — for our health, the health of loved ones, the state of the world, the shaky economy, our individual…
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How To Tell If You Have A Fixed Mindset Or A Growth Mindset
“If you look at what you have in your life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.”– Oprah Winfrey Your mindset is what compels you to take a certain action or leads you refrain from acting on something. Your mindset influences how you see yourself and those around you. The various types of mindsets can mean different things to each individual, regarding how and why you think like you do. Each mindset has benefits and drawbacks. What kind of mindset do you have? The number of mindsets that exist is dependent on how much you generalize mindset. Finding your…
