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Take a Break or Else: Discover the Secret You’ve Known All Your Life To Get Out of Your Head and Get More Done Today By Not Trying So Hard

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This week in Self Improvement, we discuss taking a break. Specifically, it’s the ultradian rhythms that rule our daily lives, and how working within those rhythms can boost productivity, creativity, and your health and well-being. It was wonderfully explained, in a 90s kind of way, by: The Twenty Minute Break: Reduce Stress, Maximize Performance, Improve … Read more

The Book That Got Me Started — Mindset by Carol Dweck

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He could just be hungry, but maybe there’s more going on behind his focused eyeballs. A Review of a Classic That Pretty Much Everyone Should Read This is a review of a classic of the genre, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck. This book explained the fundamentals of self-improvement to me and propelled … Read more

The Big Leap, a Book Review and Beyond

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I am re-launching my self improvement newsletter with a review of one of the best books I’ve ever read on the subject, The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level, by Dr. Gay Hendricks. If you only read one more book for the rest of your life, read this … Read more

Building Something Awesome In Spite of Yourself

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There are a few man-made things that stand as a positive testament to what humans are capable of creating. The pyramids and the great wall of China are some of the larger monuments you will see, and, depending on your religious inclinations, you may look to churches and cathedrals as being among the more impressive, … Read more