About

“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 30 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.
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.
I have become a less shy and more confident person.
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).
I have created a highly successful blog. This blog has – in July of 2010 – 32000+ 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.

You can find a lot of articles on these topics on the website and I have also collected and further explored what I have learned and implemented during the past 5 years in my ebook The Power of Positivity.

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.

Connect with me

If you got any questions or comments you can use the contact form on the Contact page.

Or you can connect with me on social media websites:
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Good content elsewhere

Some of the personal development blogs I like include:

Steve Pavlina – Get Rich Slowly – Scott H Young – The Happiness Project – Zen Habits – Tim Ferriss’ Blog – Think Simple Now

If you are looking for some great personal development books, CDs and DVDs have a look at Recommended Personal Development Products and 10 of My Favorite Personal Development Books.

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