Please enjoy these personal development articleswhich offer many helpful tips and strategies as part of Essential Life Skills and learn how to incorporate them into your game plan.

How to Build Self Confidence We have to build our self-confidence and not depend on or wait for anyone else's approval.

How To Start A Self-Confidence Action Plan Enjoy these tips on how to devise a self-confidence Action Plan!

Healthy Personal Boundaries & How to Establish Them Learning to set healthy personal boundaries is necessary for maintaining a positive self-concept or self-image.

Dare to Be An Original When you dare to be an original you are in essence daring to be "yourself" and everything that encompasses who you really are.

10 Ways To Improve Your Personality Contrary to what you may believe, you can improve your personality.

The Power of Persistence Indeed there is power in persistence. It is the fundamental difference between a successful outcome and a failed outcome due to giving up.

Why Quick Fixes Don't Work in Personal Development There are no quick fixes or short cuts to personal development (or to anything else worthwhile, for that matter).

Develop Good Habits in 7 Simple Steps As humans we are creatures of habit therefore developing good habits should be simple - right!

7 Useful Practices to Kick Start Your Day Here are 7 useful practices to kick start the day no matter what happens to threaten your sanity!

50 Ways to Be Happier Is happiness as elusive as we've been lead to believe?

What is Emotional Intelligence? Emotional intelligence can be defined as the ability to perceive, assess, and manage one's own, as well as the emotions of others.

How to Think For Yourself Do you think for yourself? How do you even know that you are?

How to Develop Your Intuition Intuition is, ultimately, your connection to the subconscious mind.

Tips on Overcoming Adversity Whether we like it, or not, adversity is part of life. Overcoming adversity is one of the big challenges we have in life.

How to Improve Your Memory There are many ways in which you can improve your memory and the more you work at it, the better it becomes!

Self-Discipline - The Foundation For Success No personal success, achievement or goal can be realized without self-discipline.

Effective Goal Setting Achieving the life you want is possible if you know how to set goals effectively.

The Elements of A Productive Mindset A productive mindset is one that makes the best use of your resources - your time, your energy and your efforts.

The Art of Conversation The art of conversation, like any art, is a skill of elegance, nuance and creative execution.

Good Communication Skills - Key to Any Success Good communication skills are key to success in life, work, and relationships.

Increase Your Brain Power with Classics Consider reading and learning about Classics to improve your mind or brain power, learning capability, and expanding your cultural literacy.

Tips On How to Develop Patience Needless to say, patience does not come easily to most of us and it's probably harder now to be patient than historically it has ever been.

How to Think Positively What does it mean to 'think positively'?

The Four Stages of Learning A New Skill Before we acquire any skill there are four stages of learning or competence that we go through.

7 Ways to Boost Your Mood Enjoy this article I originally wrote for Peter's "The Change Blog".

10 Tips for Maintaining Mental and Emotional Health To lessen the impact of stressful mental and emotional wear and tear, consider implementing some of these helpful strategies into your daily routine.

The Benefits of Regular Exercise Scientific research has shown that people who exercise regularly are healthier physically and mentally, have more energy, think more clearly, and sleep better.

Stress Management Strategies Stress management strategies are more important than ever in these chaotic, uncertain, and quickly changing times.

10 Things For Which to Be Thankful It is said that to be thankful is it's own reward.

A Personal Development FAQ Some actual questions and answers obtained from consultations that you may find personally helpful (the names have been omitted to protect privacy).

Caring Compassion Charity A cause that I feel strongly about and one that can lessen all the others when pursued with commitment and for the benefit of others, is EDUCATION.

The Benefits of Practicing Mindfulness Mindfulness is the practice of being aware of ourselves without getting caught up in thinking about the past or worrying about the future.

Emotional Freedom Technique Can Change Your Life More people are taking responsibility for their own well being than ever before. As a result there are self-help modalities available, to suit everyone's needs.

Affirmations - How To Make Them Real There has been some speculation as to whether using affirmations is helpful in pursuing personal development and setting goals.

Visualization a Key To Achieving Your Goals Just as affirmations can help you motivate yourself and focus better so can using visualization or mental imagery.

How to Think Critically and Problem Solve Learning to think critically or problem solve is imperative if we are to succeed at anything in life.

Keys To Making A Good Decision Good or sound decision-making is necessary for living life productively and efficiently.

Expand Your Comfort Zone If you want to improve and develop yourself you have to step out of your comfort zone.

Anger Management or How to Control Your Anger Anger management is necessary for living life fully and productively. Sometimes we get carried away and let our anger get the better of us.

Personal Development and Human Potential Personal development is not measured by financial, social or external success.

10 Things for Which to be Thankful It is said to be thankful is its own reward.

Forgiveness and Letting Go - How To Achieve It Forgiveness is more for your sake than anyone else's.

Overcoming Fear of Failure For many highly successful men who have accomplished great things in life, failure was merely a stepping stone to achieving greatness.

Overcome Your Fear Fear is certainly not always a bad thing. When it serves as a warning signal for impending danger or a life-threatening situation it is necessary and life preserving.

5 Tips for Managing Change Change is sometimes difficult yet inevitable. If we can learn to accept and manage it, we can make it work for us.

Motivate Yourself - 5 Tips To Help You Sometimes it's very difficult to get ourselves moving, however, if we want to accomplish our goals we have to be able to motivate ourselves.

10 Positive Habits To Develop The little positive habits that could make the difference between having an okay day and a upbeat, positive day.

Ten Character Traits Worth Developing A wonderful article that lists a set of principles to live by.

18 Excellent Rules for Living I could not improve on the Dalai Lama's 18 rules for living so enjoy!

How To Take Control of Your Life Each day you have the ability to make the choice to take control of your life, or to let it control you.

5 Tips For A Well Balanced Life A well balanced life is essential for personal effectiveness, peace of mind and living well.

15 Life LessonsYou Don't Learn In School There is the type of education we get in school and there are life lessons we learn along the way.

Live a Life of Courage Contrary to what some may believe, courage is not a quality you are or aren't born with.

7 Life Lessons Learned from Basketball Like all sports basketball is a great metaphor for life.

What is Your Legacy? Is there any more effective way to think with the end in mind then to consider what your legacy will be?

5 Ways To Buck the Trend and Add Meaning To The Holidays This time of the year is typically busy with the hustle and bustle of the holidays.

There Is An Art To Living Well There is an art to everything and living well is no exception.

Live In The Moment To live in the moment means to be conscious, aware and in the present with all of your senses.

The Importance of Maintaining Balance We tend to underestimate how much maintaining balance contributes to living life successfully and productively.

Success In Sports and In Life For many, success in sports and in life is "winning". It is considered to be the ultimate goal.

The Law of Attraction - A Different Take Given the popularity of The Secret lately and the concept of the Law of Attraction it has promoted, I can no longer avoid mentioning it even though I find the focus on it somewhat misleading.

Anatomy of A successful Relationship A successful relationship, as with most things in life, does not come about by luck, is a fluke, or happens just because you wish it.

Relationship Reality Check Every now and then your relationship needs a reality check to make sure you are on the same page and in touch with each other.

Be An Interesting Person Too many young people today spend time working on their "outer packages" and neglect to develop their personalities.

Build A Support System When things aren't going well or we're just not feeling that great we all need support and encouragement.

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