Category Archives: Personal Development

7 Tips to Overcome Fatigue

Fatigue (tiredness) is a state of physical or mental weakness. Fatigue diminishes our productivity and alters our well-being overall. In the following, I’ll present 10 simple tips to beat tiredness:

  1. Sleep well. Sleep may seem like a waste of time. You could instead be doing productive chores. However, it’s obvious that a tired person won’t be able to perform as efficiently as a rested one. Your body needs sleep in order to recover and fight entropy. Try to keep your sleep hours regular and uniform. And make sure your bedroom is a place for sleeping only, a relaxing, dark

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Development and Entropy

This blog has a simple, clear title: Life, Money & Development. Life is the root of every topic, every word. Life is the most beautiful form of things. In regards to Money, it’s a driving force of history, a strong influence on the decision-taking process. Now, the remaining term is Development… development means organization, fighting entropy, fighting the universe’s trend towards disorder and chaos. Pursuing self-development implies an energetic investment which ideally leads to a state of order, well-being and conscious awareness. In exchange for energy, development allows us to reach a superior state of organization.

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12 Steps for Entrepreneurship Development

Are you facing excessive hurdles for developing your entrepreneurial project? Do you feel you could attain improved results but you are lacking a development plan and organizational guidelines? Well, don’t worry. In this post I’ll teach you how to fulfill the development of your entrepreneurship plan by means of 12 steps, carefully envisioned for leading entrepreneurs towards success.  Let’s begin by reviewing the notion of entrepreneurship. First, an entrepreneur is a person who creates and introduces new things, in order to achieve some well-defined economical and social goals. Thereby, entrepreneurship simply amounts to being an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship might … (Continue Reading)

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Secrets of an Effective Oral Communication

It is known that the powers and skills of effective orators and speakers are not innate. Orators, like many people, either by profession or interest, may have found it extremely difficult to communicate or to express their ideas in public. Then, what actions have they taken to improve their skills for speaking in public? Well, they have solved this problem, either by attending specific courses, or by learning good techniques for breathing and public speaking, which helped them overcome their fear of speaking, of expressing their ideas and opinions. Thus, by means of the spoken word, they have achieved success … (Continue Reading)

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The Art of Persuasion for Success: A Tale of Talent, Humor and Experience

There are two ways or approaches for successful persuasion: the indirect approach and the direct one. To be better understood (and in full), we’ll use a simple example to explain the art of indirect persuasion: Indirect persuasion is what a lawyer uses in a court, questioning witnesses repeatedly, asking questions albeit he already knows the answers beforehand, interrogating the accused in public when he has already obtained the confidences of the accused, and talking to the judges vehemently although what’s really important for him is what the jury thinks. Therefore, the lawyer attempts to influence the minds of people who … (Continue Reading)

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How to Improve your Study Sessions: 10 Neat Tips

There is no single recipe for learning to study, but I can give you some advice to improve your study habits. First, remember that getting enough sleep and a good nutrition is essential for proper functioning of the brain. Furthermore, it’s also important to choose a comfortable, relaxed and always available physical space for your studying sessions. Also, visualize your study session and the outcome of your effort: if we see ourselves following an effective behavior, the situation will likely yield very positive results. Follow these tips to increase your academic success:

  1. Keep your notebook clean and

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A Checklist for an Outstanding Interview

First, don’t forget to review your résumé to respond firmly and fluently without mistakes about the data in your résumé. Prepare a shining résumé. A good exercise is trying to anticipate and ask yourself some questions that your interviewer could ask. Bring along a copy of your résumé, just in case your original submission is lost. Finally, we recommend that you research all you can about the company to meet their expectations, constraints, labor and hiring philosophy, and so on.

  1. A professional appearance: It is essential to to attend the interview wearing appropriate clothing, no sports clothing or

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Positive Thinking for Success

When following a course of action, just a fraction of second before, we can think about our plan like seeing a screen in front of our eyes. This technique allows us to anticipate and preview our actions in the future, and even predict an outcome. So, if we see ourselves following an effective behavior, the situation will likely yield very positive results, and we will have the option to actively live the experience as we have envisioned it. If, instead, we flood our thoughts with negative images or ideas of inadequacy, and we anticipate a negative outcome, we will surely … (Continue Reading)

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7 Tips for Controlling Anger

Getting angry is normal. However, an out-of-control rage is not normal, and will hurt you and those around you. Furthermore, anger can alter the normal functioning of the body… anger might lead to stress, heart disease, insomnia, digestive problems, and headaches. So for controlling anger, follow these tips:

  1. Breathe. Take a deep breath. Inhale slowly through your nose, and count to five in your head. During this process, let your abdomen expand outward, instead of raising your shoulders. This is a relaxed way to breathe, which will help your lungs to function at their best.
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15 Qualities of Successful Leaders

In this post we will highlight the traits of successful leaders. As I’ve commented previously in The 7 Attributes of Leadership, when I have to evaluate someone for hiring, I always try to identify leadership qualities, because people with such traits perform and coordinate a lot better than simple people. In short, what I look for is people with potential, people who is hungry for more, people able to grow and evolve. And these people can be identified because they have the traits or characteristics of leaders. Besides, as time goes by, these traits will also strengthen the … (Continue Reading)

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