Alex Shalman . com - Practical Personal DevelopmenAlex Shalman . com - Practical Personal DevelopmenPersonal Development is the act of actively seeking, gathering, and utilizing information in order to enrich your life. This blog covers topics such as health, money, blogging, goal setting, time management, communication, leadership and law of attra Articles
Sunday?s Speedlinking 2-10-08
2008-02-10 14:44:00 In the spirit of Valentine’s Day How to Make Chocolate Covered Strawberries 9 alternatives to flowers this V-day In the spirit of links Ryan Whiteside of Helping You Get The Best in Life has an interesting trick with which he claims he can get you doing 100 push ups straight. I think it’s an interesting concept, really ... More About: Networking , Sunday
Happiness Project: Scott H. Young Of Get More Out Of Life
2008-02-09 00:00:00 Scott H. Young started his personal development site at a very early age. His objective was to answer the question ‘how does someone get more out of life?’ During his time in high school, he was a productivity monster, and finished 2nd in his class. All while building up habits of excellence, such as waking up ... More About: Life , Project , Happiness , Scott
Happiness Project: Daniel Scocco Of Dailyblogtips
2008-02-08 18:00:00 Born in Brazil, Daniel has lived and studied in several places around the world, including Italy, England and Chile. After receiving a degree in International Economics and working for a year within a multinational company, he decided to quit and pursue entrepreneurial projects on the Internet. When he is not blogging or involved with these ... More About: Project , Happiness
Happiness Project: J.d. Roth Of Get Rich Slowly
2008-02-08 00:00:00 I was born and raised in Canby, Oregon. As was my father before me. As was his father before him. After high school, I spent four years at nearby Willamette University, where I earned a psychology degree (and a minor in English lit). At Willamette, I met the remarkable Kris Gates. We ... More About: Rich , Project , Happiness , Roth
Happiness Project: Mark Frauenfelder Of Boing Boing
2008-02-07 18:00:00 I’m a writer and illustrator living in Los Angeles. I co-founded bOING bOING magazine and the Boing Boing Blog, and was an editor at Wired from 1993-1998. For three years, I wrote a monthly column for Playboy called “Living Online,” and was the co-editor of The Happy Mutant Handbook (Putnam-Berkley, 1995). I’m the design columnist for ... More About: Project , Happiness , Mark
Our Family Has Grown To 1,000 Strong
2008-02-07 13:00:00 Yesterday when I woke up I realized two things. I realized that I was still in Panama, and life is very good to me for providing me with all these opportunities. I also realized that the subscriber count on this site has reached a milestone of 1,000 readers. This means that besides the 50,000 times the ... More About: Family , Updates , Strong , Grown
The Weekend Retirement Test Drive: Panama
2008-02-07 00:00:00 Sunday afternoon I landed in Panama to join the guys from Life Nomadic, and began my weekend mini-retirement (my weekend is Sunday-Wednesday this week - but that’s all part of thinking outside the box). This definitely ripped me out of my usual weekly routine and I had to make certain arrangements in order to ... More About: Retirement , Drive , Test Drive , Weekend
Happiness Project: Tynan Of Life Nomadic
2008-02-06 18:00:00 I first heard about Tynan years ago. He was one of the people written about in The Game, a book by NY Times best seller Neil Strauss. One way of describing Tynan is as eccentric, adventure seeking, entrepreneurial, vegan pickup artist who lives in Austin, Texas everywhere in the world! Tynan became a productivity monster, ... More About: Life , Project , Happiness
Happiness Project: Brian Clark Of Copyblogger
2008-02-06 00:00:00 Brian Clark is the type of guy to who thinks words mean something. This is why his metaphorical, yet concise writing always captivates us at Copyblogger. At Copyblogger, Brian’s M.O. is providing copywriting tips for online marketing success. When you ask yourself Who The Heck Is Brian Clark? This is the answer you get. Brian Clark is ... More About: Project , Happiness , Brian
Happiness Project: Liz Strauss Of Successful Blog
2008-02-05 18:00:00 Liz Strauss is the chief operating SOB (Successful and Outstanding Blog ger) of Successful-blog.com. She has the skill and talent of interacting with her reader base in a very unique and outstanding fashion. You can see how people gather around to interact with her during her Tuesday Night Comment nights. If you visit the work with Liz ... More About: Project , Happiness
Happiness Project: Leo Babauta Of Zenhabits
2008-02-04 18:00:00 We’re starting off the happiness project series of interviews with Leo Babauta. His response to my interview request was lightning fast. Also, I wanted to mention that this project was in part inspired by his Golden Goals Series in 2007. Leo blogs about productivity & organization, finance & family, simplicity, health, and happiness on Zenhabits.net. It ... More About: Project , Happiness , Habit
Happiness Project: Week 1 Lineup
2008-02-04 12:00:00 This is the week 1 lineup of the Happiness Project series of interviews. Monday: Leo Babauta of Zenhabits.net Tuesday: Liz Strauss of Successful-blog.com Brian Clark of Copyblogger.com Wednesday: Tynan of Lifenomadic.com Thursday: Mark Frauenfelder of BoingBoing.net J.D. Roth of GetRichSlowly.org Friday: Daniel Scocco of DailyBlogTips.com Scott H. Young ____ To get more info about what the Happiness Project is and isn’t, please visit the Introduction Post. To see a ... More About: Week , Lineup
Life Nomadic: Arriving In Panama
2008-02-04 02:10:00 After reading about all the fun Tynan and Todd were having with their Life Nomadic project, I decided to see what it was like for myself. The idea was brought up, and the plan was concrete all within a couple of minutes. I’m not that difficult to convince, and a fun adventure is not something ... More About: Panama , Traveling
Sunday?s Speedlinking 2-03-08
2008-02-03 12:00:00 Jose at Karme Diem interviewed me about my work ethic this week. You can check out the post here and learn a little something about me you might not have known. Leo Babauta our beloved author of Zenhabits.net, has started a second blog in which he shares with us his blogging genius. The new blog is ... More About: Networking , Sunday
Daniel Gilbert: Happiness Expert/author: Speaks At Ted
2008-02-02 17:54:00 Daniel Gilbert is on the cutting edge of happiness technology. That’s right, he is a scientist that studies happiness in a laboratory setting, and distinguishing happiness that is genuine, versus synthesized happiness. You can read more about this in his book Stumbling on Happiness . Note that during this month of February you can win ... More About: Daniel , Author , Expert
Happiness Project: Series Of Interviews With Top Bloggers: Win Over $650
2008-02-01 12:00:00 I want you to brace yourself, because I’m going to tell you what you want out of life. In fact, I’m going to tell you what all human beings want across the board. From the most selfish human, to the most selfless saint, the one thing that we share in is the desire to ... More About: Interviews , Series , Project , Happiness , Bloggers
Reaching Your Target Weight Does Not Get Any Simpler Than This
2008-01-31 16:00:00 One thing that can be said for New Year’s Resolutions is that they’re over and done with. The reason resolutions don’t work, is because we think of them as a change, rather than a transformation. A change associates something better and different with the previous worse version. It leaves you in a state of ... More About: Health , Weight , Law of Attraction , Target
The Gift Of Intuition
2008-01-30 18:00:00 Editor’s Note: This post was written by Karen Lynch of Live The Power. Back in the days before GPS systems, Mapquest on the Internet and cell phones in every pocket, there were still very effective ways to determine directions and navigate a course. In the northern hemisphere, an explorer could look up into the night ... More About: Gift , Intuition
Advertising Is Now So Simple Even A Caveman Might Be Able To Do It
2008-01-30 08:14:00 Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. -Albert Einstein. OIOPublisher goes by the great slogan, “Time to take out the middle-men…” and they certainly do that by making blog monetization extremely simple. By taking out big advertisers, you get to put the 50% commission right back in your wallet. This means you can ... More About: Advertising , Blogging , Simple , Caveman
7 Ways To Effectively Delay Hanky Panky
2008-01-29 21:37:00 While hanky panky can be a fun, intimate, and even orgasmic experience, it can also be your demise if you have a deadline to complete, need some rest, or some quality alone time. This is why, for the sake of productivity, I have carefully compiled a list to help you stay on point, and keep ... More About: Relationships , Hanky Panky
The World?s 12 Simplest Steps To Get Things Done
2008-01-28 12:00:00 Editor’s Note: This post was written by Charlie. You can visit his personal development blog here. We all have desires. We enjoy thinking about the future and coming up with new ideas about how things are going to play out. However, a surprising amount of people I’ve talked to contemplate the success they want in their ... More About: World , Productivity , The World , Things , Steps
The Landmark Forum
2008-01-25 17:00:00 The last time I attended the Landmark Forum was in August 2006, and boy did I get transformed. From that weekend I created being a person of unshakable integrity and learned about the world of endless possibilities. I learned that life is empty and meaningless, and it’s empty and meaningless that it’s empty and meaningless. ...
Life By Design: Using The C Word To Get Things Done
2008-01-24 23:00:00 [Editor’s Note: This article was written by Anna K Commitment Just the sound of that word might give people the shivers or send them running out the door. Despite whatever fears we may have, commitment is all around us. Life is full of very different types of commitment. If you look at most people, they are committed to ... More About: Design , Word , Productivity , Things
The Afore-established Dichotomy: Physical Endurance And Mental Strength
2008-01-23 22:45:00 Editor’s Note: This article was written by Marina Tsipenyuk Ever wonder why athletes are generally more healthy than non athletes? Seems like a very obvious answer! Exercising the body is essential for a healthy heart, strong muscles, good coordination…etc…and a healthy mind? Our culture tends to dichotomize mind and body by their own respective features. The body ... More About: Health , Mental , Physical , Endurance
From Slacker To Productivity Monster In 23 Days
2008-01-22 22:00:00 digg_url="“; Editor’s Note: This article was written by Tynan. You can keep track of his worldly travels at Life Nomadic. I’d had a great year by almost any standard. I had a great love life, my income had become totally passive, I planned my around-the-world tour, I changed to a 99.9% clean vegan diet, ... More About: Productivity , Slacker , Monster , Days , Mons
Affiliate Summit In Las Vegas, Why Me?
2008-01-22 10:15:00 Our beloved John Chow, the guy who makes money online by telling people he makes money online, is hosting yet another contest. This time John is kind enough to give away a $1,449 ticket to the 2008 Affiliate Summit in Las Vegas . If you would like to receive this $1,449 ticket, write a post on why ... More About: Networking
I Think Life Is Empty And Meaningless. Still Want My Advice On Life?
2008-01-21 11:00:00 Life is empty and meaningless and it’s empty and meaningless that it’s empty and meaningless. When I posted that Life is empty and meaningless, I was just curious to see what type of comments I would get. I could have explained what I meant then, but I thought it would serve me better to wait. Some people ... More About: Life , Advice , Thinking , Empty
Sunday?s Speedlinking 01-20-08
2008-01-20 17:46:00 40 Motivational Songs have been compiled for us by Ellesse Chow of Goal Setting College. Ellesse Included a special bonus video to a very inspirational Paul Potts on the bottom of her post that is definitely worth the 4 minutes to investigate. When I stumble upon fundamental principles, I tend to be impressed by their simplicity. ... More About: Networking , Sunday
Life Is Empty And Meaningless
2008-01-17 11:00:00 … and it’s empty and meaningless that it’s empty and meaningless. FYI: I do have a point, but I’m waiting to see if anyone nails it in the comments section. The Hidden Secret In Think And Grow Rich: A great book that shows you what Napoleon Hill really meant, and gives you the secret to achieving ... More About: Life , Thinking , Empty
Using A Bucket List To Enhance Your Relationships!
More articles from this author:2008-01-16 11:00:00 My wise older sister, who is happily married with 3 children, gave me some advice a few months ago. She told me that when looking for the person I want to spend the rest of my life with, two things matter the most. The person must be a kind person, and our goals have ... More About: Relationships , List 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |



