Posts Tagged ‘self-improvement’

How to Create Self Help Momentum

Human Statues In order to get anywhere - either literally or metaphorically - we need to create and maintain a certain level of momentum. Sitting in your very-capable Porsche won't get you anywhere unless you choose to start the engine, engage a gear (or six), steer the car and operate the pedals. In my time as a coach, trainer and teacher I've encountered many people who have not only been sitting… Continue reading

April 6 2009 | By Craig | Tagged: personal-development, procrastination, self-help, self-improvement | 5 comments»

If your Childhood Sucked - It’s Time to Stop Blaming Your Parents!

Dear Parent Blamer, Firstly let me say, stop it. It's pathetic and pointless. And for the rest of us innocent bystanders... very annoying. To be completely honest, we're sick of your whining, your complaining, your anger, your victim mentality and your inability to see that your current attitude (not some historical event) is your biggest problem. We're also sick of you blaming your (current) bad behaviour on your parents. What's standing between you… Continue reading

April 3 2009 | By Craig | Tagged: childhood, personal-development, psychology, self-help, self-improvement, trauma | 85 comments»

How to Stop Being an Over-Thinker

As a rule, thinking is a good thing and while some people don't do it enough, some over-think everything. Both genders can fall into either category - today we're going to chat about the one who does too much. Some people think themselves into stagnation, frustration, exhaustion, anxiety and even illness. They have an aptitude for making the simple, complex, the easy, hard, the minor issue, a major drama and… Continue reading

December 22 2008 | By Craig | Tagged: action, overthinking, personal-development, procrastination, self-help, self-improvement | 44 comments»

Set Yourself on Fire

Have you heard of a guy called Fred Shero? No? Until recently, me neither. I'm not a big sports fan and Fred was a hugely successful Canadian NHL player and coach with a string of many hundreds of wins and numerous awards and accolades to his name. Pretty good going, but it's not his sports record that I admire. What I love Fred for is something that he once said: "Success is… Continue reading

November 27 2008 | By Steve | Tagged: coaching, confidence, goal setting, motivation, personal-development, self-help, self-improvement, success | 15 comments»

Do You Determine your Beliefs, or do Your Beliefs Determine You? (part three)

G'day Kids. So this study on beliefs has turned into something of an epic. Let's look at a snapshot of what we've covered so far in parts one and two... 1. We're all largely driven, motivated, limited, empowered and controlled by our beliefs; this can be both good and bad. 2. We have positive, negative and incidental beliefs. 3. Beliefs typically form over a long period… Continue reading

November 25 2008 | By Craig | Tagged: belief, personal-development, self-help, self-improvement, thought. change | 7 comments»

5 Easy Ways to Shake Off a Bad Mood

Everyone gets into a big ol’ bad mood sometimes. I’m talking about the kind of mood that throws a spanner in the works, has you fuming at every little thing and threatens to ruin a perfectly good day. Sometimes these moods happen just when you don't want them to and they can get in the way of doing what you want to do in the way that you want to… Continue reading

November 19 2008 | By Steve | Tagged: coaching, confidence, exercise, motivation, personal-development, self esteem, self-help, self-improvement | 15 comments»

Do You Determine Your Beliefs, or Do Your Beliefs Determine You? (Part Two)

Following on from Part One of this three-part series on beliefs. Here is part two: Catholic Craig Growing up in a Catholic home which was regularly frequented by nuns and priests (friends of my folks), attending only Catholic schools, being taught about life (God, religion, marriage, relationships, sex, good, bad, right, wrong) exclusively from a Catholic perspective, hanging out with my Catholic friends and only ever seeing… Continue reading

November 18 2008 | By Craig | Tagged: beliefs, personal-development, self-help, self-improvement | 21 comments»

4 Big Reasons to Jump Into Your Life with Both Feet

They say that life is for living, but we all know that when the going gets tough it's hard to keep that enthusiasm and passion going. It takes real guts, determination and confidence to live a full and rich life, but it becomes a whole lot easier if you jump into your life in the right ways. The very best way to live a rich life that I know of… Continue reading

November 14 2008 | By Steve | Tagged: confidence, goal, life coach, personal-development, self-help, self-improvement | 5 comments»

Do You Determine your Beliefs, or Do Your Beliefs Determine You? (Part One)

Where do our Beliefs Come From Have you ever wondered why you believe what you believe? Have you ever considered where your beliefs came from? How they got there? Was it an intentional process? Did you embrace those beliefs consciously or did you just wake up one day and there they were; curiously stuck inside your head? Possibly with a big "do not remove" sign on… Continue reading

November 11 2008 | By Craig | Tagged: belief, personal-development, self-help, self-improvement | 19 comments»

Human Speed Humps

The External Saboteur Something's bugging me today. In fact this something has bugged me for a while but the last few weeks it has become increasingly obvious to me that virtually all of us face similar challenges in one area of the creating-our-best-life process; support, encouragement and understanding from others. Or the lack thereof. You've heard me speak many times about the internal saboteur and our… Continue reading

September 29 2008 | By Craig | Tagged: personal-development, self-help, self-improvement | 5 comments»

What Are the Self-Help Pitfalls?

I've worked for a couple of decades (or so!) helping people along the path towards their best life via my career in the fitness industry. Over the last five or six years, I've committed much more of my time and energy into developing a career in the big, weird world of Personal Development. It has been an interesting journey and I've learned (and continue to learn) much along the… Continue reading

August 25 2008 | By Craig | Tagged: personal-development, self-help, self-improvement | 8 comments»

Where Are the Blokes?

Today's post is not so much a personal development 'lesson' as it is a discussion and exploration into how men and women are wired; a look at something which interests me. As always, I don't have all the answers but I do have plenty of questions and thoughts. Being as I'm not a female (mostly), I may be completely off track... so feel free to enlighten me, ladies. As a scientist… Continue reading

July 18 2008 | By Craig | Tagged: gender, personal-development, self-help, self-improvement | 34 comments»

Career Change from the Inside Out

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»

A Shove with Love - A Kickstart to Change.

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 | 30 comments»

5 Simple Steps To Be Happy — Finally

Happiness -- the often elusive, but always desired state of being. The reason why we're not always happy is simply because we aren't always present to the miracle of life. Millions of years after the creation of the Universe, and then the earth, after Homo sapien evolved out of monkeys, our sperm had to jump through hoops in order to be the one out of millions. That's one reason… Continue reading

June 2 2008 | By Alex | Tagged: happiness, self-improvement | 13 comments»

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