Discovery of the Day

Check out 365 Thought Provoking Questions to Ask Yourself This Year at Marc and Angel Hack Life: Practical Tips for Productive Living. They also have many articles about Productivity.

Talents Slideshare

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Shine

Lyrics from Katy Perry’s song “Firework”:  Baby, you’re a firework Come on, let your colors burst Make ‘em go “Oh, oh, oh” You’re gonna leave ‘em all in awe, awe, awe You just gotta ignite, the light, and let it shine Just own the night like the 4th of July Boom, boom, boom Even brighter [...]

Give a little

21 small ways you can make a huge difference this summer by the couple who inspired The Blind Side in USA Weekend July 16-18, 2010 provides ideas for giving. Go to the random number generator at www.random.org, get a number between one and 21, then go to the list and do whatever the number is [...]

Six Tips to be a Winner

From How You Can Win At Anything in USA Weekend: Focus on the task at hand. Pay attention to detail. Make friends wherever you can. Free your mind and the rest will follow. Never give up. Be yourself, no matter what.

Retirement RX

In the book “Retirement RX: The Retirement Docs’ Proven Prescription for Living a Happy, Fulfilling Rest of Your Life,” Dr. Fritz Fraunfelder and Dr. Jim Gilbaugh share the results of their study of those who make the transition to retirement successfully. The most satisfied retirees all share eight key traits. While planning for financial security [...]

Making Connections

Tim Sanders describes an exercise from his book “The Likeablity Factor” in a post on his blog, Sanders Says, called “Develop a Sincere Interest.” It’s a great way to make connections with the people in your life. Here’s a summary of the steps: Write down the names of your most frequent contacts. Write down the [...]

Happy For No Reason Photo Cube

I recently read the book “Happy For No Reason” by Marci Shimoff. The many charts about choosing expansion over contraction were terrific. I was inspired to put them on a photo cube template from HP to make a Happy For No Reason Photo Cube. The HP template is a little small for the photo cube [...]

A Tool for Clear Purpose

This is a wonderful tool to clarify what you want to do with your life: Pave Your Life Roadmap at Idea Sandbox Don’t miss: The radar diagram in pdf-a visual map of how you are doing at filling your life with value. The Life Roadmap Plan in doc-a way to get specific in each life [...]

Tracking loving actions

Personal Development System Part Two: Relationship Tracker Cards relationshipset.pdf This set includes four cards: 1. list your main primary and secondary relationships. 2. fill out a contact card for each of the relationships you listed. 3. conversation starter card. 4. an emotional account card to track loving actions.