Archive for the 'Personal growth' Category

Browsing around among blogs I came across Transforming Stress Into Personal Power and read about Jean and her basic philosophy.
Stay curious and open to life. No matter what happens keep learning and growing. Find what you love to do and find a way to share it with others.
This is a lot like my own philosophy, [...]

I came across the post Mindful Eating which has a great quote:
And when you chew, chew only the carrot, not your projects or your ideas. You are capable of living in the present moment, in the here and the now. It is simple, but you need some training to just enjoy the piece of carrot. [...]

I love this quote from The 5-minute Meditator, a book about ’spot meditations’:
A person in a Buddhist centre, sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed for an hour, may be completely unfocused and not meditating at all. He could be daydreaming, falling asleep or thinking about everything at random. Conversely, someone who is fully present while [...]

I have finished a really interesting book titled The Manifestation Wheel: A Practical Process for Creating Miracles written by Alan Seale.
The Manifestation Wheel is made up of eight “houses” or steps: intention, peace, energy, guidance, empowerment, action, surrender, and legacy. Through these eight houses, the Manifestation Wheel offers a process that helps readers create the [...]

I came across Learn More, Study Less where you can buy a 200+ pages eBook but there is also a short free preview. I got curious and have read the short version.
Scott Young describes a concept called Holistic Learning which means putting knowledge in context. Instead of stuffing your brain with information you create a [...]

Last night I watched Alfie on DVD. Great music but the movie is so so, Alfie is shallow and does not learn from his mistakes. In one part of the movie Alfie has regrets and walks along the beach talking with an older man. Alfie is asked “What’s gonna happen to the rest of your [...]

Over at Pick the Brain is an interesting post about Spirituality for Dummies. I fully agree that spirituality does not have to be religious.
Having spirituality simply means believing in something greater than yourself. It can be incredibly powerful to have a sense of spirituality in your life, and very often it can haul you through [...]

The Saint The Surfer And The CEO is the third book by Robin Sharma that I have read. This book is about a person’s three final questions:

Did I live wisely?
Did I love well?
Did I serve greatly?

These questions are dealt with while the book’s main character spends time with the saint, the surfer and the CEO.
In [...]

Discover Your Destiny With The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari is labeled “A potent pathway to self-awakening that will help you to live your greatest life and claim the happiness, prosperity and inner peace that you deserve”. The book is written by Robin Sharma, author of The monk who sold his Ferrari.
The Monk is back [...]

I was recommended to watch the Peaceful Warrior movie (IMDB) which has a site of its own at The Peaceful Warrior. The plot can be found at Wikipedia.
I decided to instead get the book the movie is based on, Way Of The Peaceful Warrior. The author Dan Millman is a former world champion athlete, university [...]

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