Resources I Use in My Life
| Each week people ask me what the best personal development courses and products are and what I use in my own life.
And a lot of people also email me and want to know how I have built this popular blog and what I use to do that. So I have decided to put together this list of the very most helpful tools. Note: Some of the links below are affiliate links, which means I’ll earn a commission if you purchase that particular tool or product. If you do, I thank you for supporting me and this site. Personal Development ResourcesFour of the most helpful personal development products I have used are these: Paraliminals
I have been using these recordings several times a week since December 2008. I have experienced such benefits such as increased presence and calmness, being able to get out of negative feelings and headspaces quickly and increased focus and effectiveness. Click here to read my full review of Paraliminals How to Learn More by Studying Less and SmarterOne common question people email me about is how to manage school. They want to know how to get excellent grades, manage stress and procrastination and find more time for other things than just studying. I have some answers for how to handle stress better and for becoming more productive in general. But as for becoming a more effective student that gets better grades and have smarter study habits I like to refer to other people. One such person that I have referred many students to over the past few years is Scott Young. Click here to read my review of The Learn More, Study Less Video Course The Hidden Secret in Think and Grow RichHow do you achieve the success of your dreams? For real? Well, way back in the early 1900s a man named Napoleon Hill dedicated about 20 years of his life to figuring this out by studying and interviewing 500 of the most successful people at the time. People like Edison, Ford and Andrew Carnegie. The result was a book called Think and Grow Rich. A book that went on to sell over 20 million copies. A book that greatly influenced the whole field of personal development as we know it today. However, in the book there is a secret. The secret to success. But Hill never explicitly tells us exactly what that secret is. Fortunately, a guy named Brian Kim came along and wrote a book about just that secret and describes it very clearly as a step-by-step plan. Click here to read my review of The Hidden Secret in Think and Grow Rich Turbulence Training (or How I Lost 26 Pounds)
I did it with one of the most popular workout programs right now, Craig Ballantyne’s Turbulence Training for Fatloss. It helped me to lose 26 pounds in 4 months, to become stronger and double my energy. It may even have helped me look a little bit younger. Click here to read my full review of Turbulence Training
Blogging & Lifestyle Business ResourcesEmpire Building Kit: How to Build a Lifestyle Business in One Year By Doing What You Love
In this review I will take a closer look at Chris Guillebeau’s Empire Building Kit. This is a course based mainly around case studies of people that are already running their own small and successful businesses online (they earn earn $50,000 to $150,000 a year) and a sort of email school that runs a whole year – yes, 365 lessons, one for each day – that will guide you to building your own empire/business. Click here to read my full review of The Empire Building Kit. |
Paraliminals are guided meditation CDs that are focused on various aspects of your life. One is about getting you to become more focused and effective. Other ones are focused on such things as overcoming anxiety or improving relationships, confidence and health.
The very best thing I have done in the area of personal development so far in 2009 is to get into better shape.
How can you build your own business that lets you live the life you want? How can you make a living out of your passions and quit your day job?