Welcome to the April 15, 2007 edition of the Personal Development Carnival!

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Samuel Peery has done an excellent overview of Applying GTD principles to your personal finances - Part 1, posted at Getting Finances Done. Since I’m a a big fan of David Allen’s GTD and am also currently working my way toward financial freedom, I really loved this article. Thanks, Samuel!

Albert Foong teahes us about letting go of inner resistence in How to be a rock in a chaotic world, posted at Urban Monk.

Ellesse brings us back to our reasons for doing what we dream of in Here’s a Quick Way to Get Over Fear of Not Achieving Your Dream, posted at Goal Setting College.

Sometimes we need a little reminder about just who gets us into our own financial messes. ISPF gives us one in Stop Blaming Your Credit Card!, posted at Grad Money Matters.

Mr. Besilly gives us his personal top 10 Life Lessons from The Princess Bride, posted at Mr. Besilly - One Man’s highway.

Anmol Mehta presents The True Purpose of Relationships, posted at Mastery of Meditation, Enlightenment & Kundalini Yoga, telling us that the “article explores the true purpose of relationships and the affects of attachments on them. Includes a nice story to illustrate its points.”

Matthew Paulson shows us that it is possible to stay healthy both physically and financially in Getting Fit Without Spending Money, posted at Getting Green.

Pam asks an important question: Who Are We Not To Be Great?, on Make the Most of U.

Aaron M. Potts presents The Agony of Victory: Personal Development Breaking Point posted at Today is that Day. Have you reached your breaking point yet?

Debra Moorhead also looks into Letting Go of Resistance on Debra Moorhead.com, including a 5 step process for raising your vibration.

Gary van Warmerdam gives us a couple of options that can lead to happiness in Two Paths to Happiness, and explains why he believes one to be superiour to the other. It’s posted at, well… Happiness. :)

Jon outlines his 12 Steps to Set and Reach Your Goals, posted at Art Of Money, saying, “My past experience with goal setting books or talks has been that they didn’t sell the concepts well enough to my mind. In other words I was always left with a voice that could say, ‘that wouldn’t work, because of x, y or z.’ But with these steps, I couldn’t poke a hole in it. I was convinced that if I followed the twelve steps with honest and sincere effort, I would succeed in anything that I applied them to.”

Shamelle tells us that A Journal Doesn’t Have To Be A ‘Dear Diary’, which includes a great narrative about some journals he ran across. It’s posted at Enhance Life.

Matt Langdon presents Practice Makes Perfect posted at The Hero Workshop, saying, “Living a heroic life takes practice - it’s not something that ‘just happens’.” Very true, Matt!

David has put together an inpiring selection of quotations on Great Success Quotes – Part 1, posted at Worldwide Success.

Allen Galbraith presents 5 Tips on How to Manage Change in Your Life posted at Life is a Journal - Self Help For Lazy People!, saying, “One of the most difficult aspects of life is handling change. Life is full of change. It could mean changing job, moving house, a new relationship, the ending of a relationship - you name it! It can be stressful but don’t forget the golden rule! We can’t just FEEL stressed without first THINKING about being stressed. Here are techniques I found worked for me.”

Ririan gives us Ten Commandments for a Simpler Way of Life, posted at Ririan Project.

Karen Lynch shows us the purpose of our experiencing things we don’t want in Life and Contrast, posted at Live The Power.

Conan Stevens asks us an important question: The Opportunity Of A Lifetime Comes Along Every Day. Are You Seizing Your Chances?, on Conan Stevens Online.

Craig Harper presents Do It Yourself Prison posted at Renovate your life with Craig, saying, “I’ve done some work speaking in prisons and I gotta tell ya, they’re not that much fun.
I’ve also done some work with people who have never been near a (real) jail…. yet in many ways, they are more ‘imprisoned’ that anyone I’ve ever met on the inside.”

An anonymous submitter tells us that surface work just doesn’t cut it; you’ve got to go deep. Read about the Law of Attraction, posted at Success Step.

Attila Borcsa presents The goal is the soul posted at Vertegram, saying, “The article defines the 4 pillars of any self development quest. Personal development and spiritual development are different, but they have an essential meeting point. The space of their intersection is the utmost human goal.”

gia combs-ramirez reminds us that it comes from the inside, in The Metaphysics of Money, posted at The Science of Energy Healing, saying, “Switch the expression of money from material to spiritual and increase joy, abundance and vital life force energy.”

James gives us a technique to get moving in Overcome Intertia with the ‘5 Minute Stop’ Technique, posted at Powerful Insights.

Wanda Grindstaff presents Be the Rhino, A Life of Purpose and Intention posted at Creating Abundant Lifestyles, saying, “the Rhino knows where he is going and will not be misguided or held back by the beliefs of others.”

David Richeson gives us “Practical steps to define your true purpose and passion in life” in How To Define Your True Purpose and Passion in Life, posted at 360 Degree Success.

We all want more of the green (or purple, or red) stuff in our lives, and Raymond David Salas shows us How to Attract Money Into Your Life, posted at ZenChill.com Power Tools Blog.

Nneka reminds us that in order to love our neighbors, we must also love ourselves… and shows us how in 10 Tenets of the Golden Rule, posted at Balanced Life Center.

kshelton teaches us about The Benefits of ‘Soul Speak’, posted at A True Being.

Maria Yu explains Vibrational Protection, posted at art-life-spirit.com.

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That’s it for this edition. Next week’s edition will be hosted by Nneka over on Balanced Life Center. Get your submissions in early!

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Now go make it a great week!

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