Creating a Better Life

Pointers To Resources For Your Better Life #2

This seemed to be a fairly popular idea, so I intend to make these pointers a regular weekly feature here at Creating a Better Life.

Have you ever wanted to be a public speaker?

Then go read Stephen Hopson’s Confessions of a Motivational Speaker. I found this just after posting my Opie, where I wrote that “people and organizations have started asking me to do speaking engagements. I’m still no great orator, but I do get by better than I could in the past.”

After reading Stephen’s article, I know I can do better than just get by.

It’s Not About The Money

Jim Bouchard contributed a thought provoking article to Steven Aitchison’s Change Your Thoughts To Change Your Life - It’s Not About The Money

I was hooked by the first half of the first line of the article: “Before I give the impression that I’m going to regurgitate some of the new age platitudes that so many underachievers find comforting…”

He doesn’t.

Improve Your Vocabulary While Feeding The Hungry

I was pointed to this one by the newsletter from Publication Coach - if you want to improve your vocabulary and help the needy at the same time, check out FreeRice. You’ll be presented with a word and four choices for what it means. Get it right, and 20 grains of rice are donated to the World Food Programme. Get it wrong, and you’ll learn a new word! The site also tracks your progress, so that new words are presented with increasing difficulty.

Learning to Live Consciously

Leo from Zen Habits gives us some great tips (and has an interesting conversation going) with Wake Up: A Guide to Living Your Life Consciously. The more I live, the more I realize that we don’t have anything other than the Now… and paying attention to it is key.

What Would You Do If You Knew You Couldn’t Fail?

Well, you might as well do it! Edward Mills of Evolving Times explains why in his outstanding article You Cannot Fail In Your Personal Growth (But You Can Be Defeated By Constantly Greater Things). Why do we accept failure as a part of the learning process in everything except our personal growth efforts?

Just Keep Moving.

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Have a great week!

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