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Self-Help Gurus Suck. Here’s Why And How To Choose The “Right” Ones

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Self-help and personal development is an over-crowded market. I knew this coming in. There’s tons of people trying to give advice, feedback, coaching, etc. You can usually trace each site or resource down to one person, or so-called “guru”. Not every person likes that label, but let’s stick with it for now. It could also be mentor, teacher, or something …

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5 Tips On How To Conquer Fear In The Moment

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The following is an edited excerpt from Mastery Of The Mind. Check it out if you are looking for some help on learning lasting habits and tools you can use to fight off things like procrastination, anxiety, fear, and jealousy. I have talked about progressive desensitization (the ladder method) as a fast and simple means of getting over fear. Basically, instead …

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How To Improve Productivity – A Simple Cycle Based System

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When we get things done, we’re happy. It’s why so many of us want to know how to improve productivity. I had to learn how to be productive very early on out of circumstance. First in engineering school, when you’re sometimes in class from 8AM until 8PM with one 1.5 hour break during the day, still have lab reports to write, …

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The One Mistake You Make With Positive Thinking And How To Fix It

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Positive thinking and learning how to stay positive is powerful. These are probably some of the first things you learned about in self-improvement. What you focus on grows, so if you are always assuming people are judging you, if you always assume something bad will happen, if you always contemplate anxious thoughts and churn on them… Well, you’re putting garbage into your …

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The 7 Benefits of a Vipassana Meditation Retreat

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Are you interested in Vipassana benefits? What you can gain from a retreat? See, Everyone from Oprah to Russell Brand is doing it, why aren’t you? I’m talking about meditation. In general, Buddhism comprises a way of living peacefully and in happiness while respecting others. But, a large part of this way of living includes practicing regular meditation, which in …

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Killing The Negativity In Your Life And Proven Ways To Be Happy

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You want to be happy. You want to have a positive attitude and live your life enjoying what is in front of you. Unfortunately, you might be held down by circumstances in your life that you aren’t even aware of.   Garbage In Your Life Is Holding You Down Why are you being held down? There’s a phrase in computer science which goes “Garbage …