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
10 Traits To Be Perceived As A Winner!
2008-01-15 05:53:00 {Disclamer: Definition of what a winning person is may differ} I happen to think that a winning personality is someone that is trusted, loved, and respected. To you, it may mean someone who is rich, charismatic, or successful. We won’t dwell on semantics during this post, and just stick to my initial definition. In order to ... More About: Relationships , Winner
Rules Of The Game
2008-01-10 04:07:00 The time in my life when I got serious about personal development started on the tail end of me studying books on how to pickup women. The whole pickup world became a fun hobby for me and several of my friends, so we ended up reading a few more books than one would deem… healthy. ... More About: Relationships , Networking , Book Review , Game , The Game
Who?s Life Are You Living?
2008-01-08 11:00:00 Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Basho If you’ve read my bio in the about me page, than you know that I’m currently a graduate student ... More About: Life , Living
An Eschatological Laundry List
2008-01-07 17:00:00 As you may or may not know, I’m not a big fan of being late. This is why I like to come early on days when I go to see my life coach. This time around I came a whole 30 minutes early, and decided to brain storm some ideas in my moleskin. In order to ... More About: Laundry , Book Review , List , Thinking
Sunday?s Speedlinking 1-06-08
2008-01-06 20:39:00 Michael Kwan of Beyond The Rhetoric was kind enough to blog an answer to a question I had e-mailed him. Check out How to write a killer review by one of my favorite freelance writers. Michael Montoure gives is HackYourself.org. His explanation of how we stop ourselves from achieving in life. Ravi Vora gives us the Top ... More About: Networking , Sunday
Starting Off 2008 With A Morning Routine
2008-01-01 22:53:00 There are limitless benefits to starting and sticking to a solid morning routine. My favorite benefit is that once the routine is a habit, it can be executed in such a robotic way as to not exert much effort on your part. To start this new year off right I’ve devised a new morning ... More About: Health , Productivity , Morning , 2008
Manipulate Your Enemies To Serve Your Benefit
2007-12-30 18:55:00 View people you are likely to quarrel with as your partners in personal growth. They are likely to make you more aware of your vulnerabilities, limitations, and mistakes. Don’t let this get you down. Rather, let it serve as your coach. You now have more awareness of what you need to ... More About: Relationships , Productivity , Enemies , Benefit , Pula
Turn Anticipation Anxiety Into Excitement
2007-12-27 18:33:00 Have you ever noticed how desire and anticipation are sometimes more exciting and profound than obtaining the object that we yearn for? Whether we’re anticipating a vacation, wanting to get to know a person we saw from a far, or hungry for an appetizing dish, we are assuming that we will be receiving a certain ... More About: Anxiety , Thinking , Turn , Excitement , Temen
Would You Be Friends With Yourself?
2007-12-23 20:00:00 Consider having an out of body experience. Imagine walking along and meeting yourself, the way you are now. Would you be friends with yourself? If your character and actions are not congruent with what you think makes up a good friend, then perhaps its time to start lowering standards of friends, or raising standards of yourself. What ... More About: Relationships , Friends , With You
Thank You For This Special Year
2007-12-23 02:30:00 December 15th 2007 marks the one year anniversary of Alex Shalman dot com. It’s an understatement to say that this has been an incredible journey, an amazing pass time, a captivating passion, and a full filling devotion. The benefits that I have seen in my life as a direct result of this website are colossal, yet ... More About: Updates , Special , Year
Three Ways Dreaming Can Improve Your Blogging
2007-12-21 17:40:00 After a night of studying with my best friend, a glass of sweet Ressling wine, and some good sleep on a couch, I had an interesting dream. I woke up, and the first thing I thought to myself was, “Wow, there’s a good blog post! No. There’s TWO great blog posts!” For a moment I thought ... More About: Blogging , Dreaming , Improve
The Evolution Of Co-mentoring Relationships: A Quest For Dialogue
2007-12-19 14:50:00 My mentoring experience had marked one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences that I had ever undergone. I was hoping to extend a dialogue over a group of people who I had never before encountered, but I had not, under any circumstances, known the kind of mental dialogue that this would foster within me ... More About: Relationships , Evolution , Leadership , Mentoring , Quest
What Is Relaxation?
2007-12-18 11:37:00 Photo by Oson Editor’s Note: Guest post by Anna Kravtsov. What does it mean to relax? Is relaxation a person, place, thing? Many people think that relaxation is a vacation from work, a bubble bath, a movie- but in fact it really depends on many factors. When on vacation are you packing everything into the day? Are ... More About: Productivity , Relaxation
Never Worry Again! Interested?
2007-12-11 17:00:00 Photo by pedrosimoes7 Wouldn’t it be great if you could live a totally worry free life? Think about all the time and energy that you would save, and all the stress you would avoid. If you’re enrolled into the idea that You Can Control Your Life With One Thought, then I have an interesting lens ... More About: Worry , Thinking , Eres
5 Tips To Help You Make A Winning First Impression
2007-12-10 20:33:00 Everyone knows that a first impression can have a major impact on how people see you for the entirety of your relationship. A bad first impression can be difficult to overcome while a good one can make you stand out in a positive and memorable way. The initial meeting can be one of the ... More About: Relationships , Tips , Make , Winning , Impression
Sunday?s Speedlinking - 12-09-07
2007-12-09 18:55:00 Laura Milligan over at Bootstrapper brings us Negative Calorie Foods: 15 Foods That Actually Burn More Calories Than They Contain. Sounds like a diets dream to me. Bob Grant writes at love-lectures and gives us 7 things he won’t appreciate. This is general advice for women, as to which actions their man may not appreciate. ... More About: Networking , Sunday
I Have Re-discovered The Cure For Racism, Prejudice, And Violence
2007-12-04 19:06:00 digg_url = \'http://www.alexshalman.com/blog/2007/12 /04/i-have-re-discovered-the-cure-for-rac ism-prejudice-and-violence/\'; Something tells me that philosophers and religious leaders have thought of this idea thousands of years ago, but it struck me again today while driving in my car. In the past, I held the belief that if everyone learned to communicate on a higher level then wars and violence could be ... More About: Relationships , Racism , Violence , The Cure , Cure
Take Control Of Your Life With One Thought
2007-12-03 22:19:00 It’s actually quite astonishing to think about how many thoughts an average person has per day. The number is approximately 12,000 thoughts per day for the average person and much more for deeper thinkers. To me that sounds like our thoughts are out of control, and we just leap frog from one to the ... More About: Life , Thought , Control , Thinking
Sunday?s Speedlinking 12-02-07
2007-12-02 11:00:00 Debbie Ballard of My Personal Cantor shared some feedback about How To Avoid 15 Years of Regret. Debbie is new to blogging, but here tremendous wisdom and beautiful writing style is something that I’m looking forward to exploring further. Steve Pavlina, the man who inspired me to start blogging, seems to read and listen to ... More About: Networking , Sunday
Help! Why Does Everyone Lie To Me?
2007-11-29 12:00:00 Let’s be honest, you’ve probably been lied to before in a relationship. Everyone has at one point or another. Some are white lies, while others might have been a bit more serious. Did you ever stop to consider that you are responsible for being lied to? In a way, what I’m asking you is, ... More About: Relationships
Do Not Under Any Circumstance Pay Anyone A Compliment
2007-11-28 11:00:00 Some people go through their day without giving much consideration about how they will interact with their fellow humans. This article will forever change the way you look at even the shortest conversation. You never know what kind of an affect a compliment may have on a person. A smile, a better day, or a ... More About: Thinking
Indifference Is The Toxic That Lacerates Relationships
2007-11-28 00:18:00 Relationships should be about helping the other person become a better version of themselves. This could come from encouragement, proactive listening, or fighting it out until a point is made. As long as there is passion, as long as you care, as long as you have a pulse there will be a reason to work ... More About: Relationships , Toxic , Diff
5 Dimensions Of Self Forgiveness
2007-11-26 22:53:00 Photo: berlinetapes Editors Note: This article is written by Tina Su. She is the CHO (Chief Happiness Officer) at Think Simple Now, a personal development site focused on simplicity, clarity, self-empowerment, motivation and happiness. You can read more about Tina and her mission here. ?To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you ... More About: Forgiveness , Mens
Sunday?s Speedlinking 11-25-07
2007-11-25 13:40:00 Tynan at Better Than Your Boyfriend shows us how to properly give thanks to our parents. With thanksgiving just behind us, perhaps it’s time we give thanks to all the special people in our lives. Me over at Lifehack on How To Use Compliments To Control Communication. Walking the fine line of manipulation. Rob the Former ... More About: Networking , Sunday
You Can Now Find Me At Lifehack.org
2007-11-24 03:16:00 To all my beloved readers, I would like to let you know that I can now be found on lifehack.org. After speaking with Leon Ho, Craig Childs and Dustin Wax I have decided to become a regular (bi-weekly) contributor. No, this doesn’t mean I’m jumping ship and abandoning this site. On the contrary, this means ... More About: Networking , Updates , Find , Lifehack
Overcoming The Biggest Roadblock In Life Design
2007-11-19 17:01:00 Indecision is one of the leading causes of personal torment. This type of confusion is what keeps us in a state of limbo between where we are, and where we want to be. It’s important to understand that there isn’t really anything wrong with where we are. Essentially that’s all we have. However, when ... More About: Design , Life , Thinking
Sunday?s Speedlinking 11-18-07
2007-11-18 15:03:00 At Alex Shalman . com - Practical Personal Development the Sunday morning tradition is me posting links, to my favorite articles for the week, from OTHER blogs. I feel like this is a good way to bring attention to quality writing that my readers might not get a chance to see otherwise. For this week my ... More About: Networking
Creating A Relationship To Create A Magnificent Life
2007-11-15 11:00:00 Last week I discussed how we don?t need a relationship to complete our lives but that a great relationship can enhance our lives. The advice was to work on yourself first and then work on attracting a great relationship. No question, absolutely, no matter how valued and wonderful a relationship with another person becomes to ... More About: Life , Relationships , Relationship , Creating , Create
It?s My 23 Birthday And I Have Presents For You
2007-11-14 23:19:00 Today is my 23 birthday, and I have been celebrating since last night. I usually celebrate the whole birthday week, so I’ll be going at it until Sunday evening. Don’t worry, I won’t leave you completely stranded without posts. As a matter of fact, I have a great guest post that will be up ... More About: Presents , Updates , Birthday , Resent
Rolling Out A Unique Blog Design
More articles from this author:2007-11-13 14:18:00 Putting together a new theme is something that I’ve had on my mind for months. Initially I tried to put something together myself, but realized it would take me way too long to learn everything I need to know about web design and coding. Nate Whitehill of Unique Blog Design s came to the rescue with ... More About: Updates , Rolling 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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