Unleashing Potential - Online Personal Development
Carrying on from the article on Social Media – Building Successful Relationships, I want to show those who are afraid of writing on-line, that the skills of effective writing are the same whatever the media. Another demonstration that on-line and off-line are not two different worlds – the first is just an extension of the second. [Read more...]
When was the last time that you told your partner, children, parents and other loved ones that you love them?
It’s so easy to get wrapped up in our work and neglect our personal relationships. For the self-employed, this is a real danger; we spend as much time as we can chasing and delivering work and forget the reasons why we are doing it. It’s so easy to neglect the personal; growth in the business is little satisfaction if there’s no one to share it with, if our “significant others” leave us because they feel neglected. [Read more...]
I often find myself talking with those who went to school before PCs and calculators were invented and they tell me they are hesitant to get involved in the world of social media. They fear that time has passed them by and that they don’t have the necessary skills. But as you’ll see, there’s nothing required of on-line relationships that isn’t required off-line. Sooner or later, as Nick Tadd keeps reminding us, people will realise that there is no clear distinction between life on-line and off-line. The skills required if you are to succeed are the same for both. [Read more...]
Social Media and Collaboration.Social Media offers a huge opportunity for collaboration, for synergy, for output that is far greater than might be suggested by an examination of the individual components. Let’s look at an example from an era before Social Media and examine the lessons we can learn from it. [Read more...]
Smile at someone - do it now!
How often have you said “I wish I had done that, but I didn’t have the time?” I’ve certainly done it and wrote at length about some of the lessons I’d learned about this in the article 10 Things I Wish I Had Known And Stuck To From Early On. Here are 14 tips to help you to put an end to procrastination. [Read more...]
Find out your life's purpose;
Establish your definition of success;
Set goals and timescales for all areas of your life;
Balance the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual dimensions of your life;
Create financial security;
Develop plans to help you to achieve those goals;
Help you to manage stress effectively;
Learn to communicate effectively and to influence and persuade others;
Build and maintain great relationships;
Maximise your health and energy levels;
Enjoy life and have fun!
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