Archive for December, 2008

The Basics of Personal Development

Posted on December 29th, 2008 in Personal Development, Tools

Back to basics. Start with the fundamentals. Every good coach or teacher begins teaching with the fundamentals of the topic under instruction. They also return to the fundamentals over and over again. This is good teaching. And that’s why I like Steve Pavlina’s book, Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth.
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Positive Psychology on Kindness

Posted on December 22nd, 2008 in Happiness

As a member of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA), I attended a fascinating presentation as part of IPPA’s quarterly Leaders Series. Sonja Lyubomirsky, a noted positive psychology researcher summarized recent research on happiness.
One of her studies involved acts of kindness. Her research results indicate that performing 3 to 9 varied acts of kindness each [...]

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