Personal Development Inspiration & Uplifting Music Personal Development Inspiration & Uplifting Music Discover in-depth articles on awareness, manifestation, productivity, relationships and more. Each one is accompanied by thought-provoking quotes and free, streaming, original music. Enjoy soothing instrumentals as you read plus songs with poignant l Articles
Why Do Your Best?
2008-05-30 14:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Why bother? Isn’t it a lot of extra energy and effort to do your best? When you look around, there seems to be a lot of people doing only the minimum to get by . . . they are doing only what is expected of them and ...
Right Action at the Right Time
2008-05-24 02:04:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. When is it best to ponder, and when is it best to take action? Perpetual pondering without action is also known as daydreaming. Being consumed by action without the proper mental and emotional preparations is ineffective at best and a waste of time and energy at worst. How ... More About: Action , Time
Inspiration from a Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor
2008-05-17 06:47:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. You’ve heard about the “right brain” and the “left brain,” right? The left brain is all about logic and sequential thinking and the right brain is all about the abstract flow of consciousness and how it relates to “the big picture.” Even though I’ve been aware of ... More About: Inspiration , Insight , Awareness , Health and Fitness , Jill
Refocus on Your True Passions
2008-05-09 14:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. It’s easy to get sidetracked. Our busy lives pull us in a thousand different directions. How can we stay on track? Can we balance all the things that must be done, and should be done, with the things that mean the most to us? Is there a way ... More About: Passion , Discipline , Awareness , Integrity , True
17 Bad Mood Remedies
2008-05-02 14:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. We all get in a funk occasionally. It’s part of living here in this playground of duality ? light and dark, hot and cold, up and down. Without occasional bad moods, how would we recognize a good mood? Without feeling despondent occasionally, how would we recognize ... More About: Meditation , Productivity , Discipline , Awareness , Moody
Directed Thinking vs. Compulsive Thinking
2008-04-19 04:56:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Do you have to think, or do you think to have? Thinking should be optional. Compulsory thinking is all too common. If your thoughts are non-stop, you are not thinking. Instead, your thoughts are having their way with you. Your life is an effect of the thoughts ... More About: Law of Attraction , Discipline , Awareness , Integrity , Manifestation
Why I Blog on Personal Development and Advice for Other Writers
2008-04-11 14:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. I was recently interviewed by Alex Blackwell for his series called, “The Next 30 Blogging Heroes.” He asked some good questions, so I decided to reproduce the interview here. Alex says, “Inspired by the book ‘Blogging Heroes: Interviews with 30 of the World?s Top Bloggers’ by Michael ... More About: Personal , Music , Advice , Communication , Development
Get a Broader Perspective ? Do It Different and Work Smarter
2008-04-04 14:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. While traveling in Costa Rica, I was fascinated by leaf-cutter ants. I read about their efficient, organized and highly evolved society and watched them at work for hours. From this experience, I learned the value of working smarter by trying a different approach inspired by a ... More About: Meditation , Work , Productivity , Discipline , Awareness
Trade TV Time for Habits of Personal Development and Success
2008-03-28 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. We are creatures of habit. In fact, psychologists say that up to 90% of our behavior is habitual. Think of all your daily routines and notice how many of them are habits ? good or bad. We have developed habits to get out of bed in a ... More About: Personal , Time , Development , Habits , Success
Know Thyself ? Ignore Comparisons and Be Yourself
2008-03-21 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. This profound quote, “Know Thyself,” is attributed to at least six ancient Greek sages, including Socrates and Pythagoras. It was inscribed in the forecourt of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi - according to the Greek writer Pausanias. At least a few of the ancients knew ... More About: Discipline , Awareness , Integrity , Purpose
Transform Your Inner Critic into Your Inner Coach
2008-03-14 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. We all have inner critics. For most of us, they blather on and on in negativity. They feed our mind a steady diet of destruction, peppered with strong words like: can’t, don’t, should have, not, never . . . and overly generalized labels like: idiot, stupid, ... More About: Discipline , Awareness , Coach , Critic
Appreciate Here and Now
2008-03-07 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. No matter what’s going on in your life right now, there’s something to appreciate about it. Sometimes the gifts of the moment aren’t recognized until later. The benefit of hindsight helps to bring them into focus. Even the difficult experiences like serious health challenges come packaged with ... More About: Productivity , Discipline , Awareness
Relax and Rejuvenate for Balance and Productivity
2008-02-29 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. As this article is being written, my wife, Janey, and I are at the National Seashore Park on Padre Island, down the road from Corpus Christi, Texas. I am sitting in a folding chair a few feet from the breaking surf. There is a warm breeze keeping ... More About: Productivity , Discipline , Awareness , Health and Fitness , Balance
Make a Decision Easier
2008-02-25 05:19:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Do you hem and haw over the details of a decision so long that the actual decision is perpetually delayed? Do you get bogged down in the minutia and lose sight of the big picture? Decision s needn’t be a chore. In fact, it’s a profound privilege to ... More About: Productivity , Discipline , Awareness , Make
Superfood Energy Drink ? Quick and Easy and Delicious
2008-02-15 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Since the mid 70’s, this delicious and nutritious drink has been our breakfast almost every morning. The recipe has evolved and morphed over the years, but the basic idea has remained the same. The idea is to start the day with excellent fuel for the body ? ... More About: Drink , Energy , Productivity , Health and Fitness , Quick
Self-Discipline in 3 Easy Steps
2008-02-10 20:34:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Do your intentions fall short? Do your new year’s resolutions fizzle out year after year? Do your plans for weight loss and fitness crash and burn in a pile of potato chip crumbs? Why is it so difficult to follow through and accomplish what you set out ... More About: Productivity , Discipline , Health and Fitness , Self-Discipline , Easy
Six Killers of Individuality and Personal Independence
2008-02-01 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Is the course of your life determined by your own internal road map or by a map made by someone else? Each of us can choose our direction deliberately and live a life custom sculpted. Each life can be as individually unique as the person living it. ... More About: Personal , Passion , Awareness , Killers , Integrity
Why Completion Feels So Good and How to Get it Done
2008-01-25 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Do you collect half-completed projects? Do you get close to the end of a task, and then leave the last step undone? Do you allow small repairs to accumulate and put off quick-fixes ? sometimes indefinitely? Whenever you think of these examples of things left undone, how do ... More About: Productivity , Awareness , Manifestation , Good
Finally the Truth About Diet ? The China Study Review
2008-01-18 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. It’s no wonder so many people are confused about diet and nutrition. There are books that support just about any opinion anyone might have about this important subject. Many are based on conjecture, marketing hype, wishful thinking, or hidden agendas. Finally, here’s an authoritative diet and ... More About: Truth , China , Diet , Study , Review
How to Accelerate Manifestation ?Keep Quiet About Your Dreams
2008-01-11 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Whenever a new desire or grand plan is born within us, the tendency is to share it with others. Every time we talk about it, the energy of the dream seems to deflate a little more, until it becomes merely a topic of idle chatter. Why ... More About: Dreams , Relationships , Communication , Meditation , Productivity
How to Accelerate Manifestation
2008-01-11 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Whenever a new desire or grand plan is born within us, the tendency is to share it with others. Every time we talk about it, the energy of the dream seems to deflate a little more, until it becomes merely a topic of idle chatter. Why ... More About: Relationships , Communication , Meditation , Productivity , Awareness
Is Food Your Medicine or Poison?
2008-01-04 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Food is not what it used to be. In the relatively recent past, food was universally recognized as the fruits and nuts that grow on trees, the vegetables that grow out of the soil, plus some fish and game. If you were to take a ride in ... More About: Medicine , Awareness , Health and Fitness , Poison
Numerology Clues of New Beginnings
2007-12-29 07:12:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Numerology is an ancient study of numbers. How it works is deep and a little mysterious, but it’s simple to use. Even without understanding the details of why it works, we can still learn from it. It’s just another tool in our spiritual tool bag to provide ... More About: Relationships , Awareness , Purpose , Clues
Life Drama as Blockage to Personal Development
2007-12-21 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Some people seem to relish drama in their lives. They go from one catastrophe to another. They thrive on it as if drama is what makes them feel alive. You may be able to see that they are attracting these experiences by their daily thoughts and ... More About: Personal , Life , Relationships , Drama , Communication
How to Live the Life of Your Dreams Through Intuition
2007-12-14 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Intuition feels good. That should be enough of a clue it’s something that can be trusted. But, our culture has done a thorough job of instilling doubt about the wisdom of following our instincts. Instead, we are taught to think things through and be logical. These mental ... More About: Life , Dreams , Meditation , Awareness , Live
Consciously Programming Your Subconscious Mind Before Sleep
2007-12-07 13:26:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. We are all continuously feeding our minds with the words we read, the audio we hear, and the images we see on the screen. The ideas we expose our minds to immediately before going to sleep are powerful. They sink deep into our subconscious mind as ... More About: Programming , Meditation , Law of Attraction , Awareness , Mind
Consciously Programming Your Subconscious Mind Before Sleep
2007-12-07 13:26:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. We are all continuously feeding our minds with the words we read, the audio we hear, and the images we see on the screen. The ideas we expose our minds to immediately before going to sleep are powerful. They sink deep into our subconscious mind as we ease into the alpha state of consciousness, as part of the sleep cycle. Here, the subconscious mind reviews the ideas over and over, not because they are the most important, but simply because they were the most recent. We all experience this phenomenon regularly. Pause and think about the last time you woke up feeling like you’d been dreaming all night about whatever your attention was upon before sleeping – a movie, a TV show, an article. Since it’s easy to recognize this principle in action, how can we use it deliberately to enhance our personal development? Programming the Subconscious Unconsciously To drive home the point, here are some ways pe... More About: Mind , Sleep
Enhance Your Self-Image on Purpose
2007-11-30 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. The idea of “self-image” is often a static concept. You hear of people with a “low” self-image or a “healthy” self-image. Whatever it is, many people seem satisfied to play the cards they’re dealt. Few people seem to realize their current self-image can be a departure ... More About: Awareness , Integrity , Purpose , Image
Enhance Your Self-Image on Purpose
2007-11-30 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. The idea of “self-image” is often a static concept. You hear of people with a “low” self-image or a “healthy” self-image. Whatever it is, many people seem satisfied to play the cards they’re dealt. Few people seem to realize their current self-image can be a departure point as they move toward the kind of self-image they specifically choose and deliberately engineer. Your self-image is much more than something that “happens to you.” As you first start thinking about your self-image, it’s natural to be curious about how your current ideas about it originated. Your first impression may be that other people’s ideas and attitudes about you were instrumental in creating your self-image. If your childhood and early adult influences were positive, encouraging and nurturing, you may feel these experiences contributed to a reasonably positive, healthy s... More About: Purpose , Image
Ego or Soul? Who?s Driving?
More articles from this author:2007-11-23 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. I’ve found it helpful to think of two separate entities who inhabit my body. First, this is an important distinction. You often hear of someone claiming to “have” a soul. The viewpoint inferred by this choice of words begs the question, “If you have a soul, ... More About: Meditation , Driving , Soul , Awareness , Integrity 1, 2, 3 |
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