A Typical Life? I gotta be honest, I really like my life. Of course I have my moments (being human and all), but for the most part, it rocks. Not a day goes by where I am not thankful for, or totally aware of, what I have and what I’ve been given. Of course it’s not always a normal, conventional or typical life by any means (but who has that?) –… Continue reading
October 23 2009 | By Craig | Tagged: attitude, learning, lifelong-learning, personal growth | 14 comments»
What motivates you? While there are thousands, millions, maybe billions of answers to that question, a growing body of research, some of it dating back 50 years, shows two things that don’t motivate us very well – the promise of rewards and the threat of punishment.It seems counter-intuitive, since after all we take it for granted that we need incentives to do work. It’s the basis of our whole economic system… Continue reading
October 22 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: goal, growth, learning, mission, motivation, personal growth, reward | 22 comments»
In a comment on my recent post about breaking up, someone asked if I'd write a follow-up about staying together. I've actually written about successful relationships before, based less on my own experience than on the work of relationship psychologists, so I'll just refer you there if you're looking for relationship advice. But thinking about what goes into a committed relationship got… Continue reading
October 14 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: choice, commitment, mission, personal growth, purpose | 12 comments»
Then and Now When I was a teenager I thought thirty-somethings were dinosaurs. Fossils. Relics. Now I think they’re teenagers. In the eighties I wanted to be a hundred kilos of muscle and five percent body-fat. Now I’m more interested in finding the ultimate cheesecake. When I was a kid I worried about my non-Catholic friends going to hell. The last time I went to mass was twenty eight years ago. I guess I’m over that. Once upon a time… Continue reading
August 19 2009 | By Craig | Tagged: change, personal growth, personal-development, personal-reality, self-realization | 21 comments»
she You should become an outrageous giver. An outrageous giver is someone who gives beyond expectations. If you are going to give more than others expect, you should also raise your own personal expectations. Lift your expectations about how much you are going to give both now and into the future. Set your goal to become an outrageous giver. WHY GIVE?
There are many reasons why you should give… Continue reading
August 10 2009 | By Danny | Tagged: abundance, giving, personal growth, self-improvement, thankfulness | 15 comments»
It happens every semester. Some student, thinking themselves very clever indeed, Googles up a WIkipedia entry, some obscure facts page from some obscure website, an essay from one of the plagiarism sites, or, one time, even one of my own papers, and hands it in as his or her own.
The smarter ones cut out the links and references to the site their paper came… Continue reading
May 13 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: dignity, ethics, failure, honesty, life-lesson, personal growth, plagiarism | 30 comments»
I teach things that many find offensive. Whether it's articles containing racist language in my "Gender, Race, and Class" course or descriptions of oral insemination as part of the Sembia male's coming-of-age rituals in my anthropology course, I know that some students are going to be offended, sometimes deeply.
Over the years, I've come to view offense as a particularly useful state of being – but only when the offense one… Continue reading
May 11 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: conflict, learning, offense, personal growth | 25 comments»
Are you a meek person?If so, your life may be ruled by others, and it's time to ditch meekness. Sounds easy, doesn't it? But it's not. Because meekness is a habitual response to the challenges of life. And it takes time and effort to change ingrained habits.The root of meekness is low self-esteem. When our self-esteem is low, we respond to the challenges of life with doubts and fears. And… Continue reading
April 6 2009 | By Mary | Tagged: confidence, personal growth, self esteem, self-development | 7 comments»
Image courtesy of jonrawlinson on FlickrAs technology continues to improve, it is becoming easier than ever for us to live vicariously through the creations of others. Living vicariously through technology is “watching instead of doing.” An example is getting home from work and deciding to watch television or Youtube videos instead of creating something of your own. It is stagnating during your free time instead of growing. This… Continue reading
August 13 2008 | By Derek | Tagged: creativity, growth, personal growth, Technology | 10 comments»
Pamela Skilling’s Escape from Corporate America and Daniel H. Pink’s The Adventures of Johnny Bunko
I just read something scary on Twitter. Jonathan Fields – entrepreneur extraordinaire (I interviewed him on Lifehack Live) – posted about a conversation he’d had with a friend who “didn't get how I could live w/ ‘stress’ of being entrepreneur and not having someone else pay me.”
It’s true… Continue reading
June 25 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: career, change, job, personal growth, self-improvement, talent | 13 comments»
Stepping into reality Thought we might be a little less theoretical and philosophical, and a bit more practical today. Always nice to get out of our head and into reality. We all have behaviours and habits that we need to change and from time to time we all need a little encouragement and support, possibly a vigorous shove, to get under way. So I'm here today to give you a
June 19 2008 | By Craig | Tagged: change, habit, personal growth, personal-development, self-improvement | 31 comments»
Being bored will help you be better at what you do
There are a great many books, web sites, and training courses today more or less dedicated to the idea that being bored is a major sin, for which the only cure is to find ways to be busy and productive every waking moment. People who follow this idea are constantly on-the-go — any feelings of boredom quickly smothered with… Continue readingJune 1 2008 | By Adrian | Tagged: active, attention-span, boredom, effectiveness, gtd, personal growth, thinking | 13 comments»
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