As I was reading a post on Steve Pavalina’s personal development forum, I noted that somebody was discussing how to get the most out of your personal development reading. When I looked it made me start thinking about why personal development is really effective for some people and why other people think it’s a complete...

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Earlier this morning, I was remembering a conversation with an old friend about a very, unusually quiet morning in Berkeley, CA. She said “It’s weird…this is like a silence before the storm.” That got me to thinking about life and how even in life there always seems to be a silence before the storm when...

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Have you ever noticed that sometimes in your life you are just on a roll? Everything seems to go according to plan, and you go around telling people “When it rains it pours.” This could be in any area of your life, money, relationships, career success and more. But, then shortly after something interesting happens....

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Commitment and consistency are the cornerstones of persuasion as discussed by Robert Cialdini. Although they are essential to persuasion of other people, you might be asking yourself what it has to do with personal development. It’s pretty simple. For anything in the field of personal development to be truly effective you have be committed to...

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