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Be thankful for challenges and adversity because they present the greatest opportunities for significant personal growth.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Adversity, Personal Development

Content: Book | Authors: Don Morgan, Ivan R. Misner | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Personal Development

Athletes and actors have known for years about the value of coaching in improving performance. Now more and more individuals are turning to coaches to help guide them through the increasing complications of day-to-day life and business.

Content: Article | Authors: John Eaton, Paul King | Source: ManagementFirst | Subjects: Personal Development, Trends / Analysis

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In this feature, Inc.com has tapped into methods from a speech consultant, a mingling maven, and others, to help you write and deliver better speeches, polish presentations, and improve communication with coworkers.

Content: Online Resource | Source: Inc.com | Subject: Personal Development

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it the superficial appearance of being right.

Content: Quotation | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Personal Development, Personality / Behavior

Content: Book | Author: John G. Miller | Subjects: Change Management, Personal Development

What does it take to deliver a great presentation — preparation, practice and passion. It takes dedication and hard work. The best speakers do their homework and use many of these 10 techniques.

Content: Article | Author: Paul B. Thornton | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Personal Development

Content: Book | Author: Andrew Finlayson | Subjects: Management, Personal Development

Memory is often less about the truth than about what we want it to be.

Content: Quotation | Subject: Personal Development

If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it.

Content: Quotation | Subject: Personal Development

Being rich is having money. Being wealthy is having time.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Career, Personal Development, Wisdom

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.

Content: Quotation | Source: Forbes | Subjects: Expertise, Knowledge

Don’t ask for power. Seek influence. It lasts longer.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Personal Development, Power / Authority

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“When we talk about thinking, we think that we know what we’re talking about, but there are many different kinds of thinking. When I say people don’t know how to think I mean they haven’t been trained to think in different ways. The simplest distinction is between critical thinking and creative thinking. The most powerful thinkers are able to integrate those two modes. That’s one … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Marcia Conner, Michael Gelb | Source: LiNE Zine | Subjects: Miscellaneous, Personal Development

What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.

Content: Quotation | Subject: Learning

Article looks at Potentia International’s unique “profiling” system, designed to help people answer major career questions: What type of work will allow me to make the greatest contribution? Which career path fits best with my values and aspirations? How can I grow as a person by developing my latent abilities? What kind of work will give me the most pleasure, unleash the most energy, and … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Curtis Sittenfeld | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

When you abandon freedom to achieve security, you lose both and deserve neither.

Content: Quotation | Subject: Personal Development

One of the great discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do. Most of the bars we beat against are in ourselves — we put them there, and we can take them down.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Challenge, Life