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“A man is literally what he thinks”
- James Allen

What is this website about?

The Positivity Blog is focused on positivity and opening up new possibilities for happiness and awesomeness through motivating and practical articles on how to improve your life.

Here are a few of the topics that are explored on the website:

Creating new and better habits.
Improving your self-discipline.
Expanding your consciousness and realizing your possibilities.
Reducing procrastination, becoming more productive and feeling less stressed through better time management and various relaxation techniques.
Setting goals that you can can reach.
Learning to live in the present moment.
Understanding what is stopping you today from doing what you want and removing those obstacles.
Improving your people skills and relationships.

The Positivity Blog has been online since September 2006. So far it has had about 4.2 million visitors and it has 18000+ subscribers (as of November 2009).

This site, it’s content and I am a work in progress. My views on things and the subjects this site covers will probably change, develop or expand. I’m sharing what I have discovered so far. I hope you can have some use of it too.

Who am I?

Well, my name is Henrik Edberg and I’m a 29 year old guy from Sweden. I’ve dived into topic of personal development and immersed myself. I implement what I have learned and I learn from my own experiments and experience and figure out how to build a better life.

So what have I done so far? A few examples:

Switched from a generally pretty negative attitude to a much more positive one. If you want to do the same then the most helpful article I have written about doing so is in my opinion 8 Awesome Reasons to Blast Negativity Out of Your Life, and How to Do It.
Lost 26 pounds during 4 months in the winter/spring of 2009. I did it by using a program called Turbulence Training, check out the review here.
Become a lot more present. I used to live a lot of my life in my head, in the past and in the future. Today I spend a lot more time living it in the present moment. It’s a wonderful thing. Read about all of that it in 7 Awesome Reasons to Be Present, and How to Do It.
I have become a less shy and more confident person. For becoming more confident a good place to start is How to Build Self Confidence: 6 Essential and Timeless Tips. I have written dozens of articles about improving your social skills. Two of my favorites are How to Improve Your Relationships: 7 Awesome Tips from the Last 1900 Years and Wayne Dyer’s Top 8 Tips for Building a Better Social Life. A good one on body language is Do You Make These 7 Body Language Mistakes?
I get things done. I used to be a real procrastinating slacker that never got much done. My effectiveness and productivity have shot up quite a bit since then (although I certainly still have room for improvement). A good place to start to get more things done is How to Stop Procrastinating: 7 Timeless Tips.
I have created a highly successful blog. This blog has – in November of 2009 – 18000+ subscribers via email and RSS and hundreds of thousands of visitors each month. How did I do it? How to Build a Somewhat Successful Blog: 16 Lessons I Have Learned has a lot of answers.

But I am not an expert, I am merely an enthusiast.

What I write about are things that have had a positive effect on my life. Some or maybe many of these thoughts and strategies will possibly work for you too to some degree. We are all unique, but perhaps more importantly, we are all very similar.

But I’m not a professional, I’m not a psychologist and no information on this site should be construed as psychological advice. I give no guarantees and this site is for entertainment purposes only.

Frequently asked questions

Q: What are your tips for new blogger who wants to create a successful blog? Check out How to Build a Somewhat Successful Blog: 16 Lessons I Have Learned for answers.

Q: Do you accept guest posts? Not at the moment. If that changes I will post about it on the blog.

Q: Can I repost one of your articles on my blog? No. You may quote a part of the article and add a link back to my article. You can also find a whole bunch of articles that I have written and that you may repost on your blog on Ezine Articles. Just search for Henrik Edberg there to find those articles. If you would like to repost a post in your off-line article, newsletter, magazine or book send me an email via the contact page.

Q: Do you want to swap links with me? Nope, I don’t swap links.

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Good content elsewhere

Some of the personal development blogs I like include:

Steve Pavlina – Get Rich Slowly – Lifehacker – Scott H Young – Lifehack.org – Steve Olson – Pick The Brain – The Happiness Project – Zen Habits – Tim Ferriss’ Blog – Think Simple Now

If you are looking for some great personal development books, cds and dvd have a look at Recommended Personal Development Products.

If you want to be a successful blogger I recommend reading these five very helpful blogs:

Problogger – Dosh Dosh – Daily Blog Tips – CopyBlogger – Skelliewag

You can also read a short interview that I did on Lifehack.org by clicking here.