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Fitter, Happier, More Productive

Where we once felt purposeful, focused, and fueled with passion… these days, we’re apt to be idealistic but scattered, connected but alone. Our lives are brimming over, and yet we’re empty inside.

December 12, 2007

10 Reasons Why Change Fails

The main obstacle that gets in the way of most people changing how they want to change is that they cannot determine exactly how to

December 11, 2007

Personal Development: Moving Outside Your Comfort Zone

When we talk about “comfort zones” in self-help, we’re not talking about the temperatures between 67 and 75, or wherever the comfort zone on your thermostat lies. But that comfort zone is a good starting place, actually.

December 11, 2007

6 Ways for Effecting Change in Your Life

We all deal with change, well or poorly, every day. The challenge for most of is not so much that we have change to deal with, but how well we manage it. Managing change well means less stress, less work, and more time to feel content, joyful, and fulfilled.

December 10, 2007

How to Avoid that Sinking ‘What the Hell Was I Thinking’ Feeling After the Company Christmas Party

Workplace holiday parties can be career-enders.

I’ll share with you a sure-fire strategy to survive your company’s party.

December 10, 2007

Learning About Happiness from Students

“Happiness is all about everyday, normal activities, psychologists have argued, but do we intuitively understand what strategies increase happiness or not?”

December 9, 2007

The Perfect Personal Development Gift for the Holidays

Today, my gift to you is a gift suggestion for those folks who live, eat, and breathe personal development, and/or for those hoping to achieve their New Year’s resolutions in 2008.

December 8, 2007

Six Days for a Fifteen Hour Trip?

What’s important about this little story is not the actual drive from one location to another, or the details of what she’s going to do on that trip, where she’ll stay, what she’ll see or how she’ll spend her time.
What I think is important is the willingness to take a little longer to reach a destination, and to really explore the world while doing so.

December 7, 2007

What Are you Fixing to Do?

There are a lot of people who say that they are “going” to do something; they’re going to quit smoking, quit eating junk food, become

December 6, 2007

Internet Addiction and Authority

Is it any wonder that the X and Y generations display such irreverent humor and disregard for authority? It’s because they’ve discovered that, to a great extent, “authority” has become a self-affixed label.”

December 5, 2007

Financial Planning Gets a Makeover from Financial Consultant, the Coaching Industry

David Bohl and Karen Ellenbecker team up to help Americans take a more active role in their finances and investment futures. In the past ten

December 5, 2007

2 Simple Steps to Get Rid of Your Money Obsession

I am often asked: “How do I let go of my obsession with money and instead focus on my quality of life?” I answer this

December 4, 2007

Opting Out of Useless Information

Although I often wonder why I need mail in today’s day and age, I’m not opting out of mail anytime soon. I am, however, taking the time to reconsider the amount and types of digital and print media that I consume. I’m controlling my subscriptions.

December 4, 2007

6 Tips for Avoiding “Broken Windows” in Your Life

6 tips for keeping your life in order using the broken windows theory of crime fighting and prevention; available at Dumb Little Man.

December 3, 2007

Get Rid of Black and White Thinking Once and for All

Very few things are simple, and the more we try to simplify our thinking into this/that, black/white, good/bad, the worse we’re going to make our lives, because life just isn’t like that. We’re not like that, no one is like that, and no one ever will be.

December 3, 2007

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DAVID B. BOHL

Relinquishee, Adoptee, MPE
Author, Speaker.