personal growth Archives

Personal Development / 7 minutes of reading

I know that January 1st isn’t magical, but it’s still effective in spurring people into action. Perhaps the secret to achieving goals, creating habits, catalyzing change, and improving oneself is in making the mundane magical.

Even though the new year is an arbitrary and meaningless date on the calendar, and even though the year 2020 is nothing more than coincidental numbers – you can still inject enough meaning into it to make it useful for creating the changes you want.

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Dec 20 2019

20 Self-Reflection Questions for Personal Growth in 2020

Personal Development / 4 minutes of reading

As we transition from 2019 into 2020, take some time to go through these personal reflection questions. They’ll help you identify the high points and low points of different areas of your life, along with nuances on how you perceived those experience and what you can learn from them.

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Nov 26 2019

How I Form Gratitude, Joy, & Resilience by Thinking About Death

Personal Development / 6 minutes of reading

Throughout life, all of us have unbearable moments. They could be physically or mentally agonizing. We can’t wait for it to be over. But there’s a simple thought exercise that helps me get through it with gratitude: death.

Jan 26 2016

How to Become a Better Person in 8 Steps

Personal Development, Relationships & Community / 4 minutes of reading

You want to become a better person. But what does that even mean? How do you become a better person? What’s better for you and for others? How do you measure that?

Sep 29 2015

You Really Can Plan Your Future

Personal Development / 3 minutes of reading

It’s easy to believe that the future is completely out of your control. We may plan where we want to go or who we want to become, but there’s no way to absolutely ensure life will go according to plan. But life isn’t all about what you do or what happens to you, it’s mostly about the person you are in all those circumstances. Though events are unpredictable, you can intentionally plan who you will become.