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This Is Gordie Signing Off. XXOO

by Gordie

This will be my last blog post for this year. I’m leaving the blogging world to focus on preparing for my move back to New Zealand.

It suddenly struck me recently that I’m not very employable back in the West. I’ve got nothing that I’m spectacular at or even very competent at that I can wow employers or potential business partners with. I’m going to use the time from now to my move in July to start upskilling myself.

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Lifestyle Design Versus Personal Development.

by Guest

I think it’s awesome that people from lifestyle design strive to go against conventional society. I mean how brave is that? To be able to handle the pressure from family, friends, peers, and everybody else who says that it can’t be done, is someone who is a true warrior. But even a true warrior still has to master themselves, and that’s where personal development comes in.

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Is It Time For Parenting Permits?

by Michael

So, I have to take a test to drive on the road but I can have as many kids as I want? Surely I can do a lot more damage to society raising kids badly. Really now, how long would I last on the road with those traffic cops are everywhere. However, in regards to child rearing that’s a whole different matter. I can screw that up for years. Awesomely, it probably won’t even be picked up in the schools, well it might but we’ve stripped discipline right out of schools so what the hell are they going to do to me anyway?

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How To Stay Focused.

by Guest

Learning how to stay focused on your work is one of the fundamentals of productivity. Unfortunately, maintaining focus has become increasingly difficult in an age where a single email or phone call can force you to reassess your priorities for the day. Why is it though, that even when we close ourselves off to emails and unplug the phone, we get little done? The problem is that although we have minimized the external, physical distractions of email and phone calls, the number one enemy to productivity are our mental distractions: our doubts and our worries.

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How To Smile At A Crisis With Big Shiny White Teeth.

by Jonny

Seeing the good when it’s all going bad.

I have a mug at home that has a grinning shark on it and the words words “He who smiles in a crisis has found someone else to blame.” Awesome. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not advocating finding someone to blame when problems arise; I keep the mug to remind me how my attitude should be during a crisis, and also because it’s excellent for keeping hot liquids in.

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Lessons From Customer Services For Life.

by Ben

When I left university, I went to work as a fitness instructor in a local gym. It was my first ever real job and it was pretty good. Everyday I’d go to work, help people meet their fitness goals and interact with a wide variety of individuals. It always amazed me how friendly people were when I was positive towards them, regardless of how bad their day may have been.

After about eighteen months, I got the chance to go and work in a big leisure center on a holiday park near to where I lived. This took me out of the gym and put me behind a counter helping holiday makers to organize and book all of the activities that they wanted to do during their stay. It was good fun to start with (most days).

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Personal Development By George Clooney: How Much Does Your Life Weigh?

by Tanner

“How much does your life weigh? Imagine for a second you are carrying a backpack. I want you to pack it with all the stuff you have in your life and start with the little things the shelves, the drawers, the knickknacks: then start adding larger stuff, clothes, tabletop appliances, lamps, your TV – backpack should be getting pretty heavy now – and you go bigger. Your couch, your car, your home – I want you to stuff it all into that backpack.

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Why Short-Term Gains Are Shorter Term Than You Think.

by Armen

We do a lot of things for short-term gains. I am here to explain how short-term they are. They’re basically gone before you can enjoy them to any worthwhile degree. Long-term gains, however, last long enough to offer fulfillment. Enough discussion about this will influence you to take the path of larger goals that involve more commitment.

Watching TV.

Watching television is a great introductory example. Before you turn on the TV, you’re wanting to see all the goodness that’s there. There might a be a show or two you want to check out. Soon, you start rolling through channels, or sit there stuck on one channel. That small spark of enjoyment or anticipation that you had before you started is basically gone after a very short time, and then you are in a state of little thought and enjoyment.

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5 Emotional States That Result In Bad Decisions.

by Srinivas

Making decisions is one of the most important things you’ll do in your life. Each decision you make will have an impact on how things turn out. One of the biggest mistakes you can make is to make decisions in extreme negative emotional states such as the following. Read these and think about whether you’ve been guilty of making decisions in poor emotional states or not. How can we avoid doing this in future?

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10 Ways To Fail Efficiently And Effectively Every Time.

by Jonny

Too many people seem to be telling you how to succeed in your personal development and lifestyle design journey, so I’ve decided to tell you how to fail effectively and efficiently every time, guaranteed. If you’re having problems failing then this will help you.

1. Aim ludicrously high.

If you’re a computer programmer wanting to start a company, make Microsoft and Apple your main competitors. Don’t worry about the fact that they’re both multi-billion dollar companies with money and manpower to burn and you’re just one guy in a shed. It’s all about belief and motivation, if you want it enough you can achieve it.

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Six Things You Should Do Daily To Succeed.

by Gordie

Zig Ziglar said that, “Motivation doesn’t last, but neither does taking a bath. That’s why we recommend it daily.”

The six things you should be doing daily.

1. Everyday upon waking you should by say out loud three things that you’re grateful for.

This immediately puts you in a positive frame of mind for the day. When parts of your day are going wrong, repeat these with a positive tone, smile on your face and a confident posture.

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Personal Development Through Song: “You’re The Best”.

by Gordie

It’s been several months since I’ve used a song’s lyrics to teach. The last time I did that was with The Lifestyle Design Anthem: “My Way”. Today I grabbed a song from that 80’s feel good movie, The Karate Kid.

“You’re the Best” by Joe Esposito

Try to be best
‘Cause you’re only a man
And a man’s gotta learn to take it.
Try to believe
Though the going gets rough
That you gotta hang tough to make it

Life is going to throw shit at you from time to time. No amount of adhering to the Law of Attraction is going to guarantee you a sweet life. It’s only when you’ve been tested by the fires of hardship do you know if you’re a “man” (i.e. a strong person).

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How To Stop People From Driving You Crazy.

by Armen

In your day-to-day activity, you might get pushed to the edge at times. Make sure this only occurs because of your own doing, and not because of the influence of someone else. It’s a shame to be in a state of depression or wacky stress because of how someone else is treating you. Regardless of how they’re treating you, for your own personal development, you have to overcome their influence.

It’s certainly okay if you make yourself crazy, based on self-imposed deadlines, added pressure, or taking risks that you haven’t before, because these are under your control, and you can always pull back when you feel that it’s too much. On the other hand, it isn’t okay when you allow someone else to do this to the point where you’re feeling helpless, because no one has more relevance in your life than you.

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Why Haven’t You Achieved Your Biggest Goal Yet?

by Gordie

Today, were going to do something different. I’m going to give you some homework a.k.a. a brutal call to action. It’s voluntary, so don’t feel you have to do it. However, if your name is already on the list below, that means I’m confident you’ll do it because I already know that you want to accomplish great things with your life.

I’m going to ask you five simple questions. Please put your answers in the comment section below. In return for your time generosity, I’m going to repay you with a link to your blog from the sexiest lifestyle design and personal development blog around. This one.

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Why Meditation Is The Rocket Fuel For Lifestyle Design And Personal Development.

by Michael

“Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation… tooting, howling, screeching, booming, crashing, whistling, grinding, and trilling bolster his ego. His anxiety subsides His inhuman void spreads monstrously like a gray vegetation.” -Jean Arp

If the above quotation doesn’t resonate with you, then I suspect you’re one of the lucky ones who have escaped the spiraling madness of most modern lives. For the rest of us the “monstrously gray vegetation” is what we see outside the window of our offices and passing us as we drive down the roads of our modern landscape and its noise fills our ears.

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The Three “F” Words You Must Know To Succeed.

by Gordie

I want to share with you three F-words that you must learn and apply if you want to succeed.

1. Frustration.

When you’re frustrated at how your life’s going, that’s great! It means you’re ready to make a change for the better. Don’t ever think that feeling frustrated is bad. Frustration can kick start you to choose a clear direction in your life and move forward towards your goals or even just inspire you to solve a problem. Frustration is only bad when you do nothing about it.

What are you frustrated about?

Are you frustrated at being out of shape, or that your current job shows no signs of opportunity to be promoted? If you are, then you need to get frustrated, really frustrated. Let yourself get frustrated to the point where you say, “No more!”

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How Self-confidence Can Strengthen Your Lifestyle Design And Personal Development.

by Tanner

“Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” -E.E. Cummings

Impenetrable Self-Confidence: The Key Driving Force behind Getting What You Want Out of Life.

Raising your self-confidence will take you far in building upon your lifestyle design and personal development. Confidence is the motor behind the passion to strive to achieve your goals. It’s the tool that will break down the barriers of fear that’s holding you back from achieving your desired lifestyle design and goals. Let’s take a look at some steps on how to build self-confidence to achieve what you want out of life.

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How To Use Goals, Autosuggestion, Commitment And Consistency.

by Srinivas

Goals.

Over the last month, I’ve been working on taking my personal development efforts up a notch by being more focused. If you haven’t set goals for your blog, your life, etc, I highly recommend you do so before the New Year.

The reason I recommend you do this is because New Year’s resolutions are conditioned behavior. You set them every year and it’s likely you don’t follow through on most of them because it’s the pattern you’ve had your whole life. I’ve outlined three basic steps below:

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This Is Gordie Signing Off. XXOO

Lifestyle Design Versus Personal Development.

Is It Time For Parenting Permits?

How To Stay Focused.