Self Improvement Articles (Sorted by popularity)

Coach motivates the self-employed to achieve success.

When your day largely involves hours of work at the computer and a quick trip to your own kitchen for lunch, it's easy to feel a bit isolated."When you get up and go to a job every day, you're interacting with people, but you...
Carol GiannantonioMay 29, 2007

Social Phobia/Social Anxiety Disorder

Social phobia or social anxiety disorder is the constant fear of being criticized or evaluated by other people. People who suffer from social phobia are excessively self-conscious to the point where they feel that everyone around them is looking at...
Steve HillJanuary 08, 2006

Writing CVs and Resumes for Professionals with Examples

Tips on writing your Skills and Achievement Based CV (ABCV) by Mike Kelley at First ImpressionsConducting a job search is like marketing and selling a product - with YOU as the product.
Mike KelleyAugust 07, 2005

When Someone Has Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a devastating brain disorder—the most chronic and disabling of the severe mental illnesses. The first signs of schizophrenia, which typically emerge in young people in their teens or twenties, are confusing and often shocking...
Arthur BuchananJanuary 20, 2006

Control, Helplessness, and Love

During my 35 years of counseling individuals, couples, families and business partners, I have discovered that an important purpose of our controlling behavior in our relationships is to avoid the feeling of helplessness.
Margaret Paul, Ph.D.November 16, 2004

17 Extraordinary Human Capacities

People have a tremendous capacity for outstanding achievement. There are also many extraordinary capacities that allow them to become high achievers.Here are seventeen extraordinary capacities that make human beings remarkable.
Steve BrunkhorstJuly 01, 2004

True Friends Are Not Dream-Slashers

A friendship poem: Choose friends wisely, the portrait they paint Is who you are and who you ain't. Friendship is life's great support When friends are of the right sort. For all your dreams do they make room, Or bring you down with doom...
David LeonhardtFebruary 05, 2003

It All Starts With You

Think about this: It is impossible to feel good when you are thinking bad thoughts. Your only responsibility in this life is to increase your vibrational output, to feel good, and that's it.
Victoria LealJanuary 19, 2008

Choosing an eBook Compiler

This is written for those of you that want an alternative to creating an ebook in PDF format.It is not the purpose of this article to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of ebook compilers with products like Adobe Acrobat.
Bryan QuinnNovember 06, 2005

The 45-second Meditation

Is Meditation Too Much Time And Trouble?If you haven't meditated before, you might think it's too much trouble to learn. If you do meditate, you know it can be difficult to find the time to do it consistently.
Steve GillmanApril 17, 2005