Practical Personal Development

I’m on a never-ending quest for articles on the topics of goal setting, time management, success, self-improvement, and stress relief. (Sometimes, it feels like a full time job!) Here’s some recent nuggets I’ve come across: -

I own my own business, and run it out of my home, so I am well aware of the pitfalls that go along with working from home and my goal is to help other home-based business owners “climb out of those pits” as I have done. If you run your business from your home office or even if you just manage your home from that area, it’s important to keep it neat and organized. My goal in this article is to get you started with some tips and strategies for getting your office in shape and keeping it that way.

Clutter and Hoarding - Where is Tolerance and Compassion?
There is a Cherokee saying, “Oh Great spirit, grant that I may never find fault with my neighbor until I have walked the trail of life in his moccasins.” Understanding leads to tolerance and compassion. When we understand another, when we walk in their shoes, then we can feel tolerance and compassion. Clutterers and hoarders are treated the way alcoholics were treated 100 years ago. Clutterers are told that they have character flaws for being this way or that they are lazy, just as alcoholics were told long ago.

Overcome Terminal Seriousness - Stop, Drop and Roll
Terminal seriousness has been assigned a bad rap. Just because we don’t set aside time for fun doesn’t mean that we have forgotten how to enjoy life. Besides, what’s wrong with working long and hard to achieve our goals? If you relate to this line of thinking, you are well on your way to developing terminal seriousness.