Self Improvement Articles (Sorted by popularity)

How to do Hard Things

One of the harsh little realities of pursuing a dream is that sooner or later, you're going to have to do some stuff you don't like very much. It's just plain inevitable. Enter procrastination. Dread. Meltdown. Complete inertia.But...
Suzanne Falter-BarnsFebruary 26, 2005

The Ripple Effect: Small Steps Lead to Big Results

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit." -AristotleProcrastination is the single habit at the root of so many problems that plague all of us at one time or another - challenges with managing our time,...
Kathy PaauwSeptember 06, 2005

Hearing and Seeing Your Destiny

As a child, I read an autobiography of Annie Sullivan. She was the woman who brought Helen Keller out of her dark and silent world and into a place of understanding few of us in the hearing and seeing world fully grasp.
Julie Jordan ScottFebruary 04, 2002

Job Descriptions: Why Effective Job Descriptions Make Good Business Sense

Most neophyte workers or even freshly graduated members of the workforce will jump into jobs without knowing their job descriptions. This practice is understandable.
Nicholas TanJanuary 25, 2008

How to overcome boredom.

Are you bored with your work, your relationship or your life? Being bored is a state of mind when you are fed up and sick of what’s going on or the lack of activity around you. Complacency also contributes to feeling bored.
Fatimah MusaDecember 18, 2005

Don't Settle For Less Than Your Personal Mission

Success is not an easy concept to define. What does it take to be successful? How does success look? When should a person feel like a success? Once success is achieved, how can new goals be set without diminishing the value of one’s...
JoAnna CareyJanuary 18, 2005

Self Management And Rational Thinking

Recently, there have been great advancements in the field of self-management. Rational and authentic living is certainly the ultimate goal of self-management.
Dr. Yehia A. IbrahimFebruary 21, 2005

Plan Your Life Effectively

Big Changes, Little ChangesMagazines these days are filled with articles on how to plan your life well in advance, but which don’t necessarily take the fact into account that LIFE can, and will, get in the way.
Charlotte BurtonApril 23, 2005

Ethics in Speaking: A Practical Point of View

Often managers have to deliver presentations with unpleasant content. The vice president has to announce that there is a hiring freeze or a downsizing. The human resource director speaks to the employees about a benefits package with fewer benefits.
Stephen D. BoydJuly 23, 2004

Be Tolerant

It's hard to tolerate the ones who live with us, someone who's late, traffic jams, endless lines... it's even harder to tolerate the diferences between people, frustrations, human mistakes. It is hard to tolerate ourselves.Think about...
Angela BorgesJune 14, 2007