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| Personal development for smart and bold students of life |
I believe that practically everyone is living far below their potential, and achieving far less than they deserve. If that's you, and you want to do something about it, this personal development site (featured in Randy Pausch's book The Last Lecture) will help you bridge the gap between the life you have and the life you want.
For example, you'll learn:
- How to find out what you're really supposed to do with your life, instead of putting up with a life that someone else picked out for you.
- How to expand your means so you have enough money to do what you want for yourself and your family, not just how to be cheap all the time.
- How to be far more effective, doing more with less instead of working yourself to death for mediocre results.
- How to make better decisions, improving your critical thinking to avoid being swayed by hype or compromising your integrity.
- How to master positive thinking, living in a state of joy and serenity instead of resenting everything that happens to you.
I thought about creating a niche site focused on a single topic such as investing, entrepreneurship, or productivity. In the end, I decided that what the world really needed was a holistic site that brings everything together.
You can have the best attitude in the world, but it won't matter if you don't know how to translate it into specific actions to get what you want. You can devote yourself to the most fulfilling work imaginable, but it won't be very satisfying if you're constantly at risk of losing your home. You can make huge amounts of money, but it won't mean much if you're stuck on the hedonic treadmill and always need to chase after more and more.
You really need to be firing on all cylinders in order to achieve success, happiness, bliss, inner peace, nirvana, enlightenment...whatever you want to call it. And doing that is hard! I'm here to help by sharing what I've learned and what I continue to learn on my own quest to stop sucking and live a life of abundance.
It will be a long journey, and there are no magic answers. You don't just read one post and then go to Disneyland because you think you're done. Creating the life you want takes consistent effort over time. And decisiveness is an essential quality to have, so why not subscribe to my blog right now to make sure you don't miss out on anything? It's free, and you can always unsubscribe later if you decide you don't like it.
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New visitors should start with the boot camp, a collection of core content designed to get you off to a good start. Returning visitors will probably want to continue to my personal development blog (you may want to subscribe for free updates or bookmark the main blog page to make it easier to keep up).
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