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The Caves We Fear to Enter
2009-09-21 12:00:00 This is a guest post by Steven Aitchison. We have to travel many paths in our lives in order to reach the state of our true self. There are also many caves to enter. Caves are those places deep inside us where we are a little bit nervous to enter, some we have to ... More About: Fear , Enter
10 Ways to Go Hard or Go Home
2009-09-18 01:51:00 As you guys know, I’ve recently started NYU Dental School. I’m surrounded by a lot of brilliant students and faculty, and as I’m meeting everyone I’m keeping my ears open for life lessons. Last week my classmate and future dental-superstar Damoon Yashar told me about his life philosophy. Go hard, or go home. He meant this ... More About: Home , Hard
The Benefit of Exercise
2009-09-13 00:28:00 This is a guest post by Diggy. Do you think that exercise is just unpleasant hard work and lots of effort, just designed to make us tired and lose weight? There are,in fact, many benefits of exercise that go beyond getting the physical body into a great shape. If you aren’t doing any form of exercise in ... More About: Exercise , Benefit
A Practical Guide to Success: ?You Get What You Plant?
2009-08-31 12:00:00 This article explains the path to success using the simple concept of planting ?corn? seeds. We know that if you ?plant? corn, four things are going to happen: Number 1: You?re going to get corn (not apples) Number 2: You?re going to get the corn later than you planted it Number 3: You?re going to get ... More About: Success , Guide , Plant
What?s Your HELL YEA!?
2009-08-26 16:45:00 It’s time to destroy the pros and cons method of decision making once and for all. Pros and cons are soooo blah…grey…BORING. Why not go for the all or nothing mentality? I mean, you only live once, right? Ever wonder what kind of conversations successful people have? No, it’s not gossip or negativity. A few weeks ... More About: Hell
NYU Dental School Class of 2013 ? Here I Come!
2009-08-18 23:35:00 The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. ~Randy Pausch Long story short – I’ve been accepted to the NYU Dental School graduating class of 2013. That means I start ... More About: Class , Featured
What Everyone Ought to Know About Fans and Friends
2009-08-17 13:00:00 If you’re trying to be my friend you have to meet some basic criteria: You must be a kind person, be ambitious, be open to personal growth, and I must respect and admire you. If you think we’re friends, and you don’t meet this criteria, then you’re my fan. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate my ... More About: Relationships , Friends , Communication , Fans
You Are Not Your Business Card
2009-08-12 05:53:00 Whenever you see a potential contact, come right up to them and give them your business card - if you want to fall under their radar. “People don’t want to do business with business cards, they want to do business with people.” ~Audio (via @LewisHowes) I’ve placed myself in an excellent position to observe networking patterns between homo ... More About: Business , Card , Networking , Business Card
12 Transformational Life Coach Tricks
2009-08-07 17:40:00 This is a guest post by Tim Brownson. When Alex asked me if I would like to write a post entitled 12 Transformational Life Coach Tricks , I was like, ?Wow, that could be tough, because these are topics that I often spend 1,500 words on and up and I?m sure he doesn?t want a 20,000 word ...
My Twelve Crazy Things ? Brainstorm With Me
2009-08-05 17:02:00 The plan is to put myself in the twelve most uncomfortable situations that I’ve ever been in. With over 6000+ paid speaking gigs, Ted Fattoross is the most prolific speaker who I’ve had the opportunity to hang out with. Since I want to become a master storyteller, and touch, move, and inspire people – and ... More About: Crazy , Things , Twelve , Brainstorm
AlexShalman.com Podcast #018 ? Interviewing Mark Sisson
2009-08-03 15:00:00 AlexShalman.com Practical Personal Development Podcast #18 Mark Sisson is the guy that puts the facts behind lifestyle, exercise, and nutrition claims. His current mission is to create the happiest, healthiest, leanest, most fit, and productive life that he can while he’s here on earth. In the good ol’ days Mark Sisson was a professional triathlete, endurance runner ... More About: Podcasts , Featured
Practical Personal Development: Kindle Edition
2009-07-31 15:00:00 This is a scam. That’s the first thing that came to mind when I first heard of Amazon charging $0.99 cents to let people read free blogs on a kindle. A scam for the readers who could be reading the same blogs for free online, or on their mobile device and a scam for the bloggers, ... More About: Personal , Development , Edition
7 Signs of a Successful Person
2009-07-29 15:00:00 This is a guest post by Mr. Self Development. A friend of mine approached me a few weeks ago asking if I could make an investment into a jewelry store he was looking to purchase. Typically when I get these types of offers, I don?t give them too much attention, but this offer was slightly ... More About: Signs , Person
7 Fears That Prevent You From Truly Living
2009-07-27 18:00:00 This is a guest post by Bud Hennekes ?The key to change… is to let go of fear.? ~Rosanne Cash Many of us live a life full of fear and consequently omit only a small percentage of our true being. The battle with fear can be a daunting one no doubt, yet with the right mind-set, any fear ... More About: Living , Fears
Euphoria Salon, East Brunswick, NJ ? A Business That Gets It
2009-07-09 20:38:00 How horrible is it that when we discover a business that operates with the utmost attention towards customer service that we recognize it as the exception to the norm? I have a dream that every business will be so customer centric that walking into a business that doesn’t give it their best shot will be unheard ... More About: Business , Leadership , East , Salon
A Fat Girl?s Struggle With Discipline
2009-07-07 15:26:00 My friend, and future Doctor, Sofiya, shared an inspirational story with me the other day about an acquaintance of hers. We’ll call this acquaintance Margie (not real name). Margie is a classic example of a girl with no discipline, who let herself go, and was basically shunned by boys because of being overweight, having a low ... More About: Health , Girl , Discipline , Fat Girl
Permission to Think Big
2009-06-29 16:52:00 At any given point in the day, I’m just one thought away from losing it and going over the edge! At the very same time I’m just one thought away from being ecstatically happy. Last Sunday I was rear ended by a car while standing at a red light. I took a second, got out of ... More About: Permission , Thinking
AlexShalman.com Podcast #017 ? Interviewing Suzy Welch
2009-06-24 02:36:00 AlexShalman.com Practical Personal Development Podcast #17 Suzy Welch graduated at the top of her class at Harvard Business School, wrote a column in Oprah’s O Magazine, and was the editor of the prestigious Harvard Business Review. Since then Suzy has gone on to marry the ex-CEO of General Electric, Jack Welch, who now runs 11 companies. Jack ... More About: Podcasts , Featured
AlexShalman.com Podcast #016 ? Interviewing AJ Jacobs
2009-06-09 21:27:00 Audio Podcast at the very bottom. AJ Jacobs is a fascinating NY Times bestselling author, current editor of the infamous Esquire magazine, and what I would say is the “father of outsourcing.” AJ Jacobs has written The Know-It-All, in which he documented his experience of reading the whole Encyclopedia Britannica from front to back in his ... More About: Podcasts , Featured
7 Ways To Escape From Confusion Island
2009-06-06 06:07:00 So you’re metaphorically stuck on an island, with a group of people who think, dress, and act in the same way. As your mind and body begin to reject the notion of spending your whole life on this island, you fall into a whirlwind of uncertainty and depression. You emerge on the other side, confused. You ... More About: Island , Confusion , Escape
You?ll Love This Doctor
2009-05-29 23:22:00 Caution: Don’t read this without your sense of humor. I don’t know original source, so if you point it out, I’ll cite it. Q: Doctor , I’ve heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true? A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that’s it… don’t waste them on exercise. Everything wears ... More About: Health , Love
90 Second Rule of Relationships
2009-05-20 16:37:00 The other day my inbox got hit with a press release on behalf of Jim Fannin. Jim is a life coach, specifically for celebrities, which I found to be pretty cool. Jim, don’t celebrities need a psycho-therapist, not a life coach? The press release had a very short, but powerful synopsis of Jim Fannin’s project, ... More About: Videos , Relationships , Rule
Sleeping in My Trunk (The Drunk Driving Story)
2009-05-18 20:29:00 Long story short, I slept in my trunk so I wouldn’t have to drive under the influence of alcohol. What follows is the full story, details, and reason behind this “strangeness.” I drove to a BBQ on Friday evening, where I met up with Marina and some of our friends. There was a bit of beer ... More About: Story , Sleeping , Driving , Drunk , Drunk Driving
Finding The WHY To Motivate Ourselves
2009-05-16 21:49:00 A reader contacted me with a question today. As my response was getting longer, I realized that this would be a very relevant topic to share with everyone on the blog. Her e-mail reads as follows: Hello Alex, I ran across your blog (and subsequently have sent you a LinkedIn invite) regarding finding what motivates you in ... More About: Featured , Motivate
How To Deal With Criticism
2009-05-07 15:36:00 This is a guest article by Vincent Tan. You can follow him on Twitter. We will receive our fair share of criticism in our life. It is hard to stop criticism from coming because there are too many people with different views and opinions, which may result in disagreements. There are a few reasons why people criticize ... More About: Deal , Criticism
How to Study with Focus, Confidence and Purpose
2009-04-12 22:19:00 In my previous article, Why Are You Still Trying, I mentioned that I failed to get into Dental School a couple of times since graduating University in ‘06. In ‘08 I finished my Masters degree, and I’m currently on the waiting list for NYU Dental School. Whether I’ll get accepted or rejected for this coming cycle ... More About: Study , Confidence , Purpose , Focus
Review: Private Label Rights
2009-04-01 21:57:00 This review is sponsored by PLR.me Remember when you were in school, and you had a term paper assigned to you? Imagine being able to log into a website, search through dozens of expert articles, pick the one you want and write your name on it. Sounds great in theory, but, you would be cheating both ... More About: Review , Rights , Label , Private
AlexShalman.com Podcast #015 ? Interviewing Ishtar Alabina
2009-03-30 22:08:00 AlexShalman.com Practical Personal Development Podcast #15 I’ll be referring to the superstar singer Ishtar from the world famous group Alabina as Ishtar Alabina in this interview. Ishtar Alabina is a singer that is truly loved by fans all over the world. In the early 2000s Ishtar Alabina made millions in record sales worldwide, while performing for ... More About: Podcasts
Why Are You Still Trying?
2009-03-26 04:02:00 I was on the phone with an old friend of mine. I started telling her about some of the steps that I’m taking to be super prepared for the Dental Admission Test. One of the six sections is Quantitative Reasoning (aka Math), and it covers a very broad spectrum of math topics. I went to the ...
Vote For Me on Blogger Face Off (1-click, no signup required)
More articles from this author:2009-03-23 21:12:00 Glen Allsopp of PluginID has decided to host the first ever “Personal Development Blogger s Face Off.” What he does is ask 2 personal development bloggers a series of questions over e-mail, and then posts their answers side by side on his blog. The audience votes based on who has a better looking mug, and of course, ... More About: Click , Vote , Face Off 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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