The 4-Hour Workweek in Action

June 18, 2010

Here’s a great story of two people who adopted a lot of the principles which Tim Ferriss refers to in “The 4-Hour Workweek” in order to create an online eBook business that is very profitable and which allows them to have lots of free time to spend with their kids.

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Eight Amazing Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Videos

June 12, 2010

Long-time readers of this blog know that I’m a big fan of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT). For those of you unfamiliar with EFT, it consists of tapping on energy points located throughout the body with your fingertips in order to release negative emotions, memories, and beliefs. I wrote a free, very comprehensive EFT tutorial which [...]

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How To Be Happy – Poster

June 10, 2010

A while back I published a post called “How to Be Happy”, which I wrote in poster-format. I’ve now turned it into a poster, which you can get at Zazzle. You can see it below (if you’re reading this post by email you can see the image by clicking over to the blog): If you’d [...]

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Master the True Art of Reading: How to Read A Book

June 6, 2010

There’s an important distinction between reading for relaxation and entertainment, or reading just for information, on the one hand, and reading for understanding, for deepening your mind, and for acquiring insight, on the other. Mortimer J. Adler–who wrote the classic “How to Read a Book” in 1940–explains that if you want to lift your mind [...]

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Your Second Chance to Boogie With SARK

June 2, 2010

A few weeks ago I wrote a post explaining that one of my favorite authors–the fabulously creative SARK–was offering a teleclass series called Dream Boogie With SARK, consisting of an eight-week productivity program to help you turn your dreams and ideas into reality. (You can read the post here.) The teleclass series–which is almost finished–is [...]

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The Secret to Success: Harness the Power of Focus and Concentration

June 2, 2010

In order to be successful at anything, you have to be able to concentrate, or focus all of your attention, on what you’re working on.  In his best-selling book “Outliers: The Story of Success”–which I’ve discussed before on this blog–, Malcom Gladwell argues that success is not determined by IQ or talent, but by concentrated [...]

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Go From Thinking to Doing: Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

May 28, 2010

Human behavior expert Theodore Bryant, author of the book “Self-Discipline in 10 Days: How to Go from Thinking to Doing”, has conducted self-discipline courses, workshops, and seminars for over a decade. He explains that everyone is made up of different selves. Often, your different sides want to go in different directions, which causes inner conflict. [...]

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Just For Today

May 23, 2010

There are many things we would probably conclude we could not possibly do, if we had to do them for a lifetime.  However, we could do them, just for today.  Instead of trying to “tackle your whole life problem”–to paraphrase Kenneth L. Holmes–, and being burdened by yesterday’s mistakes and tomorrow’s worries, try living one [...]

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