Personal Learning Lifestyle

Forgiveness is something that you do for yourself.
Many people argue that their offender doesn’t deserve to be forgiven, but what the offender deserves is entirely beside the point. You deserve to forgive that individual.
How many people do you know who are bitter and consumed with hatred because, years ago, someone - a parent, sibling, cousin, […]

The bottom line for motivation is reward.
Some kind of reward - whether it’s a gain or a loss - is behind all behavior. The reward can be either positive or negative;
I occasionally come across people who are motivated by a negative outcome. That kind of motivation may not be healthy, but it does dictate behavior.
The […]

1. When you talk, listen to yourself for the “buts,” “could ofs” and “gonnas” in your own conversations and those of people around you. Zap those negatively charged words and phrases from your own vocabulary.
2. Create scenarios in which you may have reacted negatively in the past and envision yourself responding in the future with […]

When you’re off track in life and need to stabilize yourself, look at your success goals and change your strategy to take the course that is most advantageous for you.
Create a win for yourself by choosing constructive, congruent communication rather than destructive, incongruent communication and behavior.
An overall plan or vision of where you are headed […]

Passion for anything occurs at the moment you get a glimpse of the potential for the project, yourself, your mission, and so on.
How do you develop passion? The following steps take a look at how you develop passion:
1. Analyze what you want in life and come up with a plan for reaching those goals. Though […]

There are many techniques for motivating yourself. You may say to yourself, “I will not leave the office until everything is cleared off this desk tonight,” or, “Just twenty more pages, then I can take a coffee break.” One of the most effective methods is to ask someone to support you living your dream.
Following are […]

When you develop your skills, improve your thinking capacity, or increase your knowledge of topics, thus making you more valuable to yourself, your family, and your employers, you are acquiring assets that you can utilize throughout your whole life.
Growth motivation has the additional benefit of making you feel good about yourself. That’s a benefit because […]

As you create your success goals and put that personal blueprint into action, you will come to be aware of the great difference between efficiency and effectiveness.
* Efficiency is the process of staying busy all the time, with idle moments.
 
* Effectiveness is the process of producing the maximum results in the minimum time, with the […]

An affirmation is a statement of truth you make firm by repetition.
Affirmations always take place in the present, hence the wording is always present tense. “I am a successful orchestral conductor, making $100,000 per year,” is how to state an affirmation, not, “I’m going to be…” or “I really want to be….” or “If it’s […]

To qualify as a goal, whatever you want to achieve must be written down.
Non-written goals, therefore, are not goals at all.
Don’t catch yourself saying, “I have goals and I know what they are, so I don’t need to write them down.” Non-written goals are unclear and nonspecific, with details that tend to change each time […]