Goals Setting: How to Set an Action Plan

No matter what goal you are trying to achieve you will need to develop up an action plan to achieve success. Whether you are trying to lose weight, become financially secure, or improve a certain aspect of your life, then the action plan will be what takes you from where you are now to where you goal is. To help you out we provide you with a simple plan to help you set your action plan. The three steps are detailed below.

New Year's Resolution & Goal Setting

As the year finishes, it natural that our attentions turn to reflecting on the past year and even further back to previous years. We are likely to consider what has gone well and what are some areas for personal development or improvement.

Affirmation Cards

Some time ago I developed a series of affirmation cards. I have now made these available for download. The cards can be printed off and cut into an approximate business card size. please respect copyright, not to commercially reproduce. Download from http://j.mp/affirm_cards or Google Docs

Self-Confidence Building by Just Being Yourself

Self-confidence is probably one of the biggest factors in what makes people successful. Self confident people are able to do more with less than the average person, primarily because they believe they can. A high self-esteem contributes to self confidence, and many would argue that they are different terms for essentially the same thing. Think about the instances in your past where you were confident about a situation, and remember the outcome. Now think about a time when you were fearful or didn't think you could do something. How often did that turn out as positively?

Goal Setting and Positive Self-Talk - The Secret to Creating an Incredible Life For You!

It seems the average person has negative thoughts running through their mind almost 95% of the time! Wow! No wonder, so many people are fed up and underachieving!

So what's going through your mind?

How to Deal With Stress When You Stop Smoking

Attempting to figure out exactly how to cut back the stress that accompanies making an attempt to stop smoking is never simple. There are lots of factors that can all combine in partnership to put stress on you badly and learning the best way to avoid those possible problems is absolutely vital to success.

Fighting off Negativity

All of my friends know that I really loathe negativity. It is just so terribly destructive. I think for me what adds insult to injury about negativity is that it is in fact unnecessary. The only positive thing that negativity does is to demonstrate the importance of having a positive attitude; a kind of "unless you see the effect of negativity you cannot fully appreciate the benefits of positivity". I can no more see a useful outcome from the experience of negativity than I can from feelings of guilt.

How technology can help with anger

Visual reminders offer a powerful way to assist us change our behaviour. Many of the people I work with as a counsellor are looking for easy to apply and effective techniques that they can try in addressing their anger issues. The purpose of this article is to provide a step by step guide as to how technology can be used as a visual tool for anger behaviour issues.

Intro to Mindmapping

Mind maps, some times also referred to as concept maps are a great tool for getting your ideas down. It provides a diagram format of linking words, ideas, tasks and even pictures to represent information.  pdf article

Three steps to blocking negative thoughts and bring in the positive

The human mind contains a lot of unexploited territory. Most people have heard that we only utilize a small percentage of our brain's potential. It is true that for all our aspirations and abilities, we often talk ourselves out of our great ideas, convincing ourselves that things are impossible, we aren't good enough, or that things will never work.

How Inspirational Thoughts Maintain Motivation

If motivation is what fuels your actions then inspirational thoughts is what fuels your motivation. Consider what it takes to get motivated in the first place, an inspiration. When inspired you're stimulated or motivated to take action. When your inspiration weakens you then experience a lack of motivation. Gaining the initial motivation to take a course of action is a relatively easy feat.

Are You Lost?

Do you wake up some mornings with no purpose or direction?

How is it, that at times in our lives we lose where we are and where we are going?

There is no end of 'experts' telling us to set goals, stay positive, repeat affirmations, create dream walls, read books and listen to audios of the Masters of Personal Development.

Growing Up Or Growing Old - Step Boldly Into Your Dreams

I recently read a story about an 87 year old woman who knew the power of pursuing her dreams. The story goes that, Rose, at the age of 87 had always wanted to get a college degree but I imagine Rose used some of the same excuses for putting off going to college that some of you use to delay doing the things you know in your heart you must do. When Rose enrolled in college, she did not let her age, fear, anxiety, limiting beliefs or anything else deter her from her dream.

Develope Positive Mental Attitude

I have just finished reading Napoleon Hill's book, You can work your own Miracles. Written in 1971, this book is the foundation for many of the modern personal development practitioners thinking. Not as well known as his best seller, Think and Grow Rich, nontheless it has great messages within.

5 Tips to Cancel Limiting Beliefs

"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful." - The Buddha

Ways to Stop Procrastinating

I have heard people say that procrastination is like the death of our soul. That seems very dramatic but if you are a procrastinator you probably see that much of the statement rings true. When you go through life by constantly putting things off you will see that the quality of your life in many ways decreases. This is not the way that you want to live. So how can you stop procrastination? This article will give you some suggestions to do just that as well as show you where you can get more information.

It is Time to Grow

How many years has it been since you last made a dream turn into reality? If you haven't yet begun, don't you think it's time to grow again? Here are a few questions you should be asking yourself right now.

How to Change Your Perspective and Achieve the Results You Want

The bid was too high. It was more than twice what I was prepared to pay. And boy had it felt good to anticipate being rescued - to have someone else take the responsibility and get the job done. But it was clear that I was going to have to do most of it myself. I had to change my perspective - not about what was possible - but of how it was going to be achieved.

Overcoming Obstacles - Don't Let Them Stop You From Living YOUR Life!

You may have real obstacles or you may have imagined ones. Either way they tend to stop you cold. And guess what? Obstacles are a normal part of the process -particularly life changing processes.

Build Self Confidence With Affirmations

What are affirmations? An affirmation is a statement or a set of words that you repeat to yourself so as to build self confidence.