The Personal Development Carnival - February 18, 2007
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Welcome to the February 18, 2007 edition of the Personal Development Carnival!
38 articles by talented bloggers await your reading this week. Let’s dive right in, shall we?
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Krishna De presents The success equation: finish what you start posted at Krishna De.
Alex Shalman presents Money Management for Beginners posted at Alex Shalman . com - Practical Personal Development.
Henrik Edberg presents Take the Positivity Challenge! posted at The Positivity Blog.
Millennium Mommy presents Part I - The Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Growth posted at Priscilla Ortiz - Journal to Prosperity, Path to Freedom Inc..
Brian Kim presents When You Feel Down About Going for Your Dreams, Read This posted at BrianKim.net.
Madeleine Begun Kane presents Valentines Day Humor posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.
Donald Latumahina presents Examine Your Life with a Simple Life Map posted at Life Optimizer.
Phil B. presents Motivation for College « Phil for Humanity posted at Phil for Humanity, saying, “Why you should get motivated for college BEFORE going to college.”
Niels Hoven presents Ask Niels: How do I make new friends? posted at Niels Hoven.
Shamelle presents How To Easily (and Lazily!) Make Your Loved One Feel Special posted at Enhance Life.
TheOperative presents Finding Your Passion posted at Cigars and Life, saying, “An inspirational article on how to find your passion from an eclectic’s point of view.”
David Maister presents Ayn Rand posted at Passion, People and Principles, saying, “Contrary to what many people think at first, “no-one owes you and you don’t owe anyone” is NOT a pessimistic message of dog-eat-dog, where we’re all against each other. It’s a point of view that says “Not much can be done unless I get people to help me, but I have no CLAIM on their help, so I have to learn how to make them WANT to give it freely.”"
Charles H. Green presents The Best in the World posted at Trust Matters, saying, “Being the best isn’t about flash, it’s about mastering the fundamentals.”
Erek Ostrowski presents Getting Out of Debt (Part 3.5: More on Expenses) posted at Verve Coaching.
Mr. Besilly presents The Best Time To Plant A Tree posted at Mr. Besilly - One Man’s highway, saying, “I spent a good number of years killing my own personal growth and momentum simply by not staying planted in one place long enough for opportunity to find me. I have learned since then that it is far better to allow my life to take root right where I am planted.”
Denise Olesky presents My Tombstone Read I Was An Excellent Employee posted at Welcome.
Michael Cavano presents Follow Your Purpose posted at SubSun Records . com.
Karen Lynch presents No Jokes posted at LivethePower.
Cardin presents The Best Way to Help People posted at OptmistLab.com, saying, “The most empowering thing you can ever do for someone is to honor their particular journey. When you honor someone in this way, you help reflect back to them the ultimate freedom which is at the heart of this universe.”
Wilson Ng presents Succeeding by Looks posted at Reflections of a BizDrivenLife, saying, “Charisma has its limits. Can you be happy or be successful by looks alone?”
Hueina Su presents Celebrating YOU: The Leading Lady of Your Show posted at Intensive Care for the Nurturer’s Soul, saying, “Remember, you are the Leading Lady (or man) and director of your own show. You are in charge and fully responsible for how your show turns out to be. If your show is competing for the Academy Award of Life, which categories will it be nominated? Which awards will you win? This Valentine’s Day, make a point to celebrate YOU, honor yourself, and give yourself the LOVE and star treatment you truly deserve.”
Craig Harper presents So, You’ve Decided to Get in Shape….. Again (Part One) posted at Renovate your life with Craig, saying, “Continuing this three part series on ‘What if losing weight ain’t that complex?’ While I acknowledge that losing weight isn’t always a piece of cake (literally or metaphorically), I also know that it isn’t as difficult as many people make it out to be. After all, if losing weight was simple and straight forward (energy in verses energy out, for example) then maybe we wouldn’t need all those diet books would we? Mmmm.”
Barbra Sundquist presents Who Pushes Your Buttons? posted at HomeBusinessWiz.
Wenchypoo presents War on the War on the Middle Class posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket.
Maria Yu presents The Music of the Night posted at Art-Life-Spirit.
Zechary presents Think It Over… posted at Zechary White, saying, “Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view; We spend more, but enjoy less; We have bigger houses, but smaller families; We have more compromises, but less time; We have more knowledge, but less judgment…”
Chris presents How To Talk To Shyer More Introverted People posted at How To Be An All-Around Cooler Person.
Christine Kane presents It Might Be Time to Take a Risk if… posted at Christine Kane.
John Lampard presents The C Change posted at The InterChange Desk.
Silicon Valley Blogger presents Borrow, Barter, Buy Used: Espousing The Frugal Lifestyle posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “The simple life can teach us a lot about ourselves.”
Moses E. Miles III presents How to Start Your Day off Right posted at Three Sticks - www.mosesedwardmilesiii.com - Empowering, Teaching, Healing, saying, “A simple plan to help start your day off on the right foot”
SpiKe presents 10 Practical Stress Reducing Tactics posted at Organize IT.
Rodger Constandse presents Small Victories: 4-7 Days to Success & Lasting Change posted at Personal Development Blog, saying, “Use small changes to achieve success & lasting change”
Patricia presents Let Off Steam: 4 Types of Releases You Need to be Happy and Healthy posted at A Better You Blog.
Alan presents Its all about Family posted at Made to Be Great - Keys to Unlock your Inner Potential.
Sam Chan presents Life’s Greatest Waste posted at Acquire Wisdom and Live With Passion.
Walt presents No Plan B! posted at Walt Nation!.
Raymond David Salas presents The Power of Energy Healing posted at ZenChill.com Power Tools Blog.
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That’s all for this edition. Next week, Moses at Three Sticks will be hosting an edition of the Personal Development Carnival for the first time, so let’s give him plenty of articles to use. Submit your blog article to the next edition of The Personal Development Carnival using our carnival submission form.
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Now go and make it a fantastic week.
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Lyman Reed

Thank you for inclusion in the carnival! I’ve seen you on the recent readers often, thanks for visiting.
You’re welcome, Alex. Thanks for the great articles.
This is one of the best articles that I have gone through in recent past. It actually explains how a person have to be positive from the time he starts his day. Hats off to the author as he would have done lot of research work for this. Thanks a ton for this article.
Thanks, Kristian, but the kudos really belong right in the lap of the original authors of the articles. All I did was bring them together in one place.
Thanks for the great info….waiting for the new edition of the Personal Development Carnival.
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