The key reason confidence is so powerful and magnetic is simple, confident people ask for what they want. Whether it is advice, a sale or a date, confident people ask others for what they want. They ask for what they want out of the world and they ask for what they want out of themselves. […]
Archives for April 2007
I Need Your Help
I’m all about improvement in every way, especially when it comes to this blog. If you are a subscriber or have been coming here for a couple visits, I’d like to get some feedback for how to improve the website and the articles I offer. Specifically there are three questions. I’ll keep the questions brief, […]
Do Less to Be More Productive
Note: This is a guest post by Leo Babauta, a fellow PBN member, who blogs at Zen Habits about setting goals, creating habits, productivity, GTD, motivation, exercise and more. If you enjoy this post, I recommend you head to his site for more inspirational writing. Many articles on productivity will teach you how to do […]
Avoiding Motivation Burnout
It’s easy to get really enthusiastic about a new goal, start working hard and then completely burn yourself out a week later. For some people it’s an annual event, usually starting about January 1st. Diets that crash in a month. Financial plans that aim to hit your first million in a year. Like a kid […]
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