Motivation and Self Improvement Articles

Break And Move Beyond The Length Of The Chains - Posted by JmL.

"Never let fear, procrastination or the longing for approval from others to take possession of your mind, they become self-forged chains." ~ Ty Howard Have you ever experienced a moment in ...

Guidelines For Choosing A Guru, Coach Or Mentor - Posted by JmL.

The following tips are meant as a guide for those of you who wish to enter into a coaching or mentoring relationship with a Guru, Coach or Mentor. If you are not going to work with the individual yo...

Managing Time to Accomplish More - Posted by JmL.

Time is inelastic. Despite what some of us persist in believing, it will NOT magically expand to accommodate all we have to do. So, in order to maximize the time we have available, we have to spend i...

On Achievement - Posted by JmL.

If a comatose person were to earn an interest of 1 million USD annually on the sum paid to him as compensatory damages – would this be considered an achievement of his? To succeed to earn 1 mill...

The Egoistic Friend - Posted by JmL.

What are friends for and how can a friendship be tested? By behaving altruistically, would be the most common answer and by sacrificing one's interests in favour of one's friends. Friendship implies ...

The Happiness of Others - Posted by JmL.

Is there any necessary connection between our actions and the happiness of others? Disregarding for a moment the murkiness of the definitions of "actions" in philosophical literature - two types of a...

Traumas as Social Interactions - Posted by JmL.

("He" in this text - to mean "He" or "She"). We react to serious mishaps, life altering setbacks, disasters, abuse, and death by going through the phases of grieving. Traumas are the complex outcom...

On Uniqueness - Posted by JmL.

Is being special or unique a property of an object (let us say, a human being), independent of the existence or the actions of observers - or is this a product of a common judgement of a group of peo...

10 Minute Tricks to Help You Get Organized - Posted by JmL.

Whoever thought you'd be able to get organized in just 10 minutes?! Here are a few simple ideas. 1. 10 MINUTE CHORE BOX: Rather than spending hours organizing, and doing it all yourself, create a 1...

10 Passion Principles to Creating the Rest of Your Life - Posted by JmL.

1. Take passionate action towards living your life by design. Talk is cheap. Action = deposits in the bank of a passionately authentic future. Without it, passion is void. 2. Commit to yourself as w...