Personal Development

So much of what I write about here is how you can develop your awareness ~ mentally, emotionally and spiritually. These can be grouped together as personal development.

The continual work on your own development will lead you closer and closer to your unlimited potential. I invite you to dig in and explore these topics.

How to Attract Your Ideal Mate: An Exercise in Self Discovery

Attract your ideal mate

After meeting my fiancee and falling deeply in love, I’ve spent a lot of time over these five years thinking about what makes us go together so well. Especially given how much we’ve both changed in that time. It feels to me like we’re more in love now than ever, even though we’re now two totally different [...]

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Self-Discipline is a Powerful (and Fun!) Tool

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There I was, totally immersed in a task that just a half hour before I had completely no interest in doing. In the monotonous chore I began to witness the simple pleasure I was feeling. I was kinda having fun with it. What was going on here? I got the insight afterward. The task itself was important, [...]

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An Effortless Joy for Life: An Interview with Mark Harrison

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One of the best ways to pick up a new skill or mindset is to practice something NLP practitioners call ‘modeling.’ And the key is to only model excellence. I’ve been fortunate to connect with someone who is truly excellent at living with an effortless joy for life. In this interview watch out for what you [...]

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Personal Development Plan Sample

Personal development plan

Click on the image to zoom in. How I Structure My Personal Development Plan I‘ve got a couple of emails lately about how I structure my overall plan for my own development. Although I have a vision statement, goals, an action plan, and a to-do list, I have to admit that I didn’t really have [...]

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Stop Procrastinating by Planning “Procrastination Activities”

Stop Procrastinating

Want to stop procrastinating once and for all? Here’s a quick tip that actually works. Firstly, why do we so often fail at controlling our procrastination? There’s something we want to get done, and more often than not, we’ll allow ourselves a moment of distraction. That moment turns into hours, and by the end of [...]

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Developing Inspiration So You Can ‘Tune In’ At Will

Developing inspiration

Inspiration can be an elusive state of being. But when you’re in it – you sure know it. The feeling fills you with an abundance of creativity and the motivation to actually get the job done. Your connection with Source is free-flowing, and you seemingly exert no effort, even though your output can be through the roof. [...]

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New Resources Section

Jim's Resources

I’ve just created a new section on the site that details all my recommended resources. You can find it here: Jim Recommends I’m going to keep the section up to date with the things that I can recommend will make a difference in your life, to get the results you’re after. If I don’t 100% [...]

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Results-Focused Transformation vs. Striving for Goals

Results-Focused Transformation

How do you think about your goals? Do you struggle to achieve them, forcing them into existence kicking and screaming? Or perhaps get frustrated with the obstacles in your way? I’d always resisted the obstacles, fought hard for what I wanted, and had little actual success. The results were the opposite of what I wanted: failure, stress, [...]

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Self-Hypnosis: In 3 Easy Steps

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Self-hypnosis is one of the most effective means of promoting health and well-being, but maybe even more impressive, is that it’s an amazing means to accomplish any goal. When I was a kid, I found a Polaroid of my dad on stage performing an really impressive-looking stunt. He was suspended between two chairs, one under [...]

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Tools for Distraction-Free Writing

Distraction Free Writing

There has never been a time in history where there has been more distractions. Email, instant messages, SMS, Facetime, news reports, TV, advertising… the list is never-ending. There is no escape from these in a typical day. Now, where was I? Oh yeah! Today I wanted to share my favorite tools for writing on the [...]

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The 7 Deadly Barriers to Personal Growth (And How to Plow Through Them)

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There are seven barriers to personal growth that have the greatest effect on your ability to change your life for the better. Once you become aware of these stumbling blocks, you’ll be in a good position to overcome them. How many do you have under control? 7. Undefined Goals Setting goals is such a fundamental [...]

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The Most Effective Piece of Self Improvement Advice and How to Apply it for Instant Results

Self-improvement advice

Want to know the most effective self improvement advice that lies at the heart of all success? Here it is, and it’s the biggie. I’m going to give you the real secret to personal growth right up front. No mumbo jumbo, no products to buy, just the facts ma’am. Focus on what you want. Keep [...]

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Positive Affirmations: Why they don’t work, and a superior method to generate positive change

Positive affirmations

The subject of positive affirmations came up a lot when I started studying personal development back in my late teens. An affirmation is a sentence stated in the present tense, about an attribute you would like to possess, a habit you’d like to adopt, or an experience you’d like to have. In order for it [...]

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Great Places to Visit on Your Personal Development Journey

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Today I want to share with you the top personal development sites on the net today. I’ve been a regular at all three over the years, and I want you to get all the benefits I’ve received. Simply click the website name to visit (it’ll open in a new window). So, here they are in no particular [...]

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