Yesterday I had a great time video chatting with Bas de Baar, a project manager in the Netherlands and the author of Project Shrink, an awesome project management blog.
Bas is a really smart and nice guy who asked me some pretty pointed questions about flexible personal development and my compass direction method of planning (or should I say, anti-planning?). A few of the highlights include:
Why personal development can make organizational change easier
How to “bootstrap” your ow... Read Full Story
Welcome to the January 19, 2009 edition of the Carnival of Personal Development. This blog carnival gathers all the best posts of the week covering personal development, health, personal finance, and self-improvement. I’m really honored to be hosting the carnival this week. It’s been a great opportunity to read the work of new (to me) bloggers.
I hope you enjoy reading this week’s carnival as much as I’ve enjoyed putting it together. To get the most out of it, be sure ... Read Full Story
We’re now officially in the 2nd week of Traveling By Your Inner Compass. Now that you’ve reviewed your first week and selected some tasks for this week, it’s time to make things a little more challenging. Today, we’re going to stretch our comfort zones by making one small change that is just hard enough to keep your change muscles in shape!
Keep Stretching
What’s the point of going outside of our comfort zones? As people age we naturally become less comfortable ... Read Full Story
Welcome to the second week of Traveling By Your Inner Compass! If you’ve been playing along so far you have:
1) Selected a Compass Direction for 2009
2) Created a Possibilities List of ways you can start moving in your chosen direction
3) Chosen some items from the Possibilities List for your first week Action Plan
4) and most importantly you’ve been Acting on that Plan!!
If you’ve just joined us, follow the links above to go through this process from the beginning.
Now it... Read Full Story
Today is a big day. We are going to take your compass direction and your list of possibilities and turn them into a plan!!
Wait a minute! Didn’t I say yesterday that planning doesn’t work? Well, I did and I stand by that. Specifically, long term planning doesn’t work. However, I have found that it’s a lot easier to move forward in the short term if you have a realistic, flexible plan to work off of.
In this post, I’m going to show you how to select item(s) from ... Read Full Story
Yesterday we talked about the difference between a New Year’s resolution and choosing a Compass Direction for your year. If you haven’t done that exercise, read Traveling By Your Inner Compass: A Guide to a Better 2009, do the exercise and come back in a few minutes.
[Long Pause....]
Welcome back! Now that you have a compass direction, you’re probably wondering, “How in the hell is this going to help me live a better life?” If you just leave it at the level of ... Read Full Story
It’s a New Year, and if you’re anything like me, I bet you’re full of energy and ready to make a lot of positive changes in your life. The bad news is, this energy isn’t going to last! Within a few weeks (or maybe even a few days!) life is going to get in the way and your attention is going to move on to something that seems more urgent.
So we’ve got to act fast. Today is the day to start moving in the direction you want to go. If you don’t start now, you m... Read Full Story
It’s New Year’s Eve. In a few hours, the sun will be setting in the U.S. and tens of millions of people will go forth to eat, drink, and dance in the New Year.
In the morning, many of those people won’t be feeling too well. They’ll have headaches, hangovers and upset stomachs. They’ll look in the mirror and be greeted with a face that is bloated by alcohol and too much rich holiday food. They’ll have wrinkles and bags and their skin will look sallow. And m... Read Full Story
Merry Christmas!!, if that’s your thing. If not, Happy Wednesday!!! I just wanted to let everyone know that I’m taking a few days off to celebrate the holidays with family and friends (and open lots of presents - I LOVE presents!).
I’m also in the process of putting together some awesome stuff for the first couple of weeks of January. Those awesome things include:
The release of Changes That Stick: How to Make Lasting Changes, the ebook. This is going to be based on my blo... Read Full Story
According to some top scientists, human beings over the age of 30 hardly ever change their lives successfully. In fact, they go on to argue, that it is almost biologically impossible for us to change after we pass our 20’s.
Do you agree with that? Are you willing to accept it - especially if you’ve passed the Big 3-0?
I’m 31 as I write this. I say they’re wrong, and I’m going to use their own arguments to explain why, and show you how you can successfully make m... Read Full Story
