Is optimism better than pessimism? If you listen to most self-help writers they will give you a definite yes as an answer to this question. Our culture is steeped in positive psychology and optimism. We are told to “think positive” about the future and have “faith” that things will turn out well. Given this propensity […]
Archives for October 2006
Is Steve Pavlina Reading this Website?
If you’ve read any of my past writings you are probably aware that one of the blogs I regularly subscribe to is Steve Pavlina’s personal development blog. Although we don’t always agree on certain issues, other readers have pointed out several times similarities in our writing styles. Steve writes about a variety of personal development […]
Don’t Be Yourself
If there is one piece of self-help advice I wish would go away it is the advice to ‘be yourself’. The only think I dislike more than the proliferus usage of this phrase is how everyone seems to universally accept it as words to live by. It seems like every self-help author needs to append […]
Putting it Into Practice – Emotional Mastery (Series)
This is the final article in an extended series on emotional mastery. From an explanation of emotions through to concepts of physiology, patterns, energy and persistent states, this has been a detailed series on how you can gain control over one of the most important factors of your life, the way you experience it. Whether […]
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