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The answers you seek are in these 7 tips on how you can be committed to your self-development for continuous growth. After mastering these strategies, you will gain control of your destiny and feel supercharged. 1. Build Self-Development Through Knowledge Do you often feel unprepared or find yourself making frequent mistakes? Self-development is taking action to replace doubt with knowledge. Continuous growth means expanding beyond your comfort level and continually gaining new information to accomplish your goals....

This isn’t your fault, and you’re not alone, but this is a fact for nearly every person on the planet. Today’s fast-paced world has amplified everyone’s emotions without leaving enough time to handle them. Luckily, every human can compartmentalize emotions to get around this issue. Emotions aren’t harmful in and of themselves, but issues arise when these unhandled emotions deter your focus, motivation, and productivity. If you are unable to perform well in work, relationships, and life in general it’s time to learn some tricks to keep your emotions tamed for a healthy life!...

Incorporating infographics into your nonprofit organization’s marketing strategy is an effective way to a) get readers’ attention, b) educate them on a topic and, c) encourage them to take action. This article will walk you through a few different approaches you can take to create an effective infographic for your nonprofit organization. Annual Report Infographic While your nonprofit organization may choose to publish your full annual reports on your website, you can also make a condensed version of an annual report into an infographic to share with your audience on social media....

Slowly, your day is whittled away from all the unused in-between moments. Eventually, time wasters, laziness, and procrastination get the better of you. The solution to reclaim these lost middle moments is by creating rituals. Every culture on earth uses rituals to transfer information and encode behaviors that are deemed important. Personal rituals can help you build a better pattern for handling everything from how you wake up to how you work....

But what if I told you strategically consuming caffeine rather than drinking it habitually could provide an energy reservoir, so to speak, that you could tap into any time you liked? Drink caffeine strategically Chris Bailey, the author of The Productivity Project, was also sick of the caffeine hangover, but didn’t want to abandon the stuff. So he decided to try something: he consumed caffeine before doing any number of important things....

Paul Erdos, the fantastic mathematician, published over 1,500 papers before establishing himself as a thought leader. Famous composers put in 10 years of under appreciated work before earning recognition. Greek legend Milo picked up a young calf every day until he developed incredible strength. Somehow, top performers in any craft figure out a way to fall in love with boredom, put in their reps, and do the work. Of course, whenever “experts” share stories about successful people they often leave out a key ingredient of the story....

1. Find Your Passions Okay, it makes sense that before you develop your passions you have to find them first. What is it you like to do? What have you always dreamed of doing? Do you have a favorite hobby that you could turn into your dream job? Have you had to give it up in order to settle into a 9–5 job in order to make a living? If you’re unsure of what you want or perhaps have varied interests in several areas, consider taking an aptitude test....

You’ve probably learned a lot in the early going, like how to figure out who your core audience is and why it’s more important to have a website that’s easy to use than one with all the bells and whistles (unless you sell bells and whistles, of course). Maybe you’ve even discovered that the Pareto Principle applies to your business, with 20 percent of your products or services accounting for 80 percent of your sales, and used this knowledge to focus on your strengths....

About The holiday season officially begins on Thanksgiving Day, with the day after one of the biggest shopping days of the year. Those who shop on “Black Friday” often have access to some of the best deals of the season, however the crowds keep some at home in their beds. “Cyber Monday,” the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday, is another holiday sale day when online retailers lower their prices and otherwise feature amazing deals....

Five years later, Linda and Peter Biehl arrived in South Africa to support her killers’ freedom. For them, forgiveness didn’t excuse the horrendous crime. They simply let go of any vengeful feelings. They empathized with the feeling of rage that existed in South Africa at the time. “I don’t see them as evil people,” Linda Biehl said. “They have already taken responsibility for their actions and asked for forgiveness.” Obviously, this is not easy....

Financial institutions sell loan products with the aim of making interest. It has, however, become necessary for these institutions to switch to less demanding requirements for granting loans, because only a fraction of clients seeking loans today can fulfill the previous, more stringent demands. Read on to find helpful tips about how to access an auto loan even with a bad credit rating. Qualifying for an Auto Loan with Poor Credit A bad credit car loan will allow you to get the vehicle you really want – new or used – without having to pay too much over time....

I teach some of the most competitive students. They are all jostling to get into med school and you should see the extreme measures they take. They study till they drop… literally. That’s not what university life is supposed to be like. The key to freeing up your time is to learn to study effectively, not study more. As the semesters go by, you should be getting better grades but studying less....

First, let’s clarify by what I mean by “rich,” as this is a very nebulous term. The definition of “rich” is as individual as taste preferences of food or fashion. Many times, even when you are considered by others to be rich, you don’t think of yourself that way. After all, it’s all about perspective. In poorer countries, people would consider $20,000 per year to be rich, where in more prosperous countries, it is considered poverty....

1. High-five Yourself Go on, high-five yourself! Or give yourself a pat on the back because you deserve it. We humans rarely acknowledge ourselves in this way, and perhaps we should. (Bonus if you say something along the line of “Way to go!” along with it.) 2. Practice Positive Self-talk Positive self-talk is a great way to relieve stress, increase your self-esteem, and gradually strengthen your mind. It will train your brain to think positively, which will be the source of your future attitude....

We all know bad examples of team leaders who seem to fail at one aspect or the other, or even at both. But we’ve also heard of awesome managers who seem to juggle both things well enough. How do they do it? By sticking to few proven ways that let them maintain a positive karma score while remaining efficient. In this article, we’ll guide you through 11 smart management tips on how to lead a team and become something more than a boss – a leader....

Listen actively Make sure you are really paying attention to what your partner is trying to tell you. Even if you have no interest in fantasy football stats or spring hairdo woes, actively listening will make your partner feel like you care. If you listen and engage, your partner knows he or she is important to you. Break down barriers You will learn new things about your partner for the duration of your relationship....

How To Make a Ductster PDA – [The Atrium] The left ‘open’ pocket is for the next day’s ‘template’ (which usually gets filled as ‘today’ progresses) followed by a bunch of blank index cards and a few other templates (e.g. checklists for each class for homework checking purposes; cards for contact with parents, etc. … not too many, mind you — I have a bunch of these in a small basket in my desk; they’re in the Ductster just in case I need to access them when I’m not in my room)....

In this article, I want to share some key pointers on how to make small talk and have great conversations. It’s Way Easier Than You Think What makes small talk an easy skill to learn is the fact that you can practice pretty much anywhere. You can practice with bartenders, waitresses, cab drivers, neighbors, etc. You can always be ready to talk a little longer with a random stranger, and take just small attempts at improving your small talk muscle....

So, how do the high achievers do it? By setting measurable goals, keeping track of them, and progressing towards these goals each day. To help you out, I’ve put together a simple guide on measuring goals. I’ll show you a SMART framework you can use to create measurable goals, and how you can track your goals’ progress. What Are SMART Goals? In order to easily measure a goal, you should start with SMART goal setting....

Why is this? Is it because we didn’t do enough to make our goals a reality? Is it because we didn’t have a system in place to keep track of our progress? Actually, the problem is that sometimes our goals are so big that they are like mountains — they end up being too overwhelming. These are the goals that we usually never achieve no matter how worthwhile they are....