Why The Journey IS The Destination

by John Sherry on July 28, 2010

in Guest Post, Life Skills Development, Personal Development, Purpose

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This is a guest post by John Sherry.
John Sherry is the writer of the real simple life blog RealSimplePeople.com. John believes life isn’t rocket science but rocket salad, not to be complicated but to be viewed and enjoyed with a simple outlook. He has been on BBC Radio, worked with BBC TV and wrote a magazine column for 8 years.
 As John always says, “Life is all about the FUNdamentals!”
Within personal development you will often be encouraged to have goals.
Big dreams, aspirations and hopes to aim for. To reach for. To follow, activate, hit and bring to reality. Personal special destinations [...]

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The Winners Of The Life Skills Challenge

July 26, 2010

Hello Everyone,
Thanks to everyone who participated in The Life Skills Challenge.
A quick reminder:
The Life Skills Challenge is the latest development of Discovering Purpose.
It will be run once a month and it involves leaving a simple comment stating why you deserve to win the book of the month.
The books for the month of June 2010 were:

7 Habits Of Highly Effective People By Stephen Covey 
Everyone Communicates Few Connect By John Maxwell

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25 Reasons Not To Lose Your Temper

July 19, 2010

Please Note: This post doesn’t promote the notion of being taken for granted.
A research carried out by Dr. Patricia Chang and her colleagues states ‘Angry young men risk heart attacks.’  It showed angry young men were five times more likely than their calmer counterparts to have an early heart attack, even without a family history of the condition.
Now if that got you worried, you’ve got to read this….
Dr. Aaron Sell and his colleagues carried out a research and came to a conclusion ‘Pretty women are angered more easily.’ (Did anyone chuckle?). They found out that women who rated themselves as [...]

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The Sixth Edition Of The Life Skills Magazine Is Out Now!!

July 10, 2010

It’s that time of the month again and ………
I am pleased to inform every reader and subscriber to this blog, the sixth edition of The Life Skills Magazine is out now!!!
Updates:
Introducing a new column called Dominiques Corner. 
The Life Skills Magazine now has a DIY website http://thelifeskillsmagazine.com . It’s still work in progress because I’m quite slow at building, reading and implementing codes on the site bearing in mind I am not a web designer(laugh!!!). It would be great to have your feedback .
Once again:
A big thank you to everyone who contributed to this months edition
A TEASER TO WHET YOUR APPETITE
Open publication – Free publishing [...]

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My Battle With Self Doubt

July 1, 2010

Four weeks ago Kim Maglinti and Ben Weston initiated a project; getting personal development bloggers write on the lessons learned from their greatest fears.
Ben Lumley talked on acceptance.
Therese Miu focused on no excuses
Greg Blencoe discussed the fear of success
Ben Weston talked on making choices
Kim Maglinti focused on overcoming fear.
Today I’m just going to share my thoughts on self-doubt which is considered to be one of my darkest fears.
Facing encounters like these:

Struggling to spell words from the age of 7
Harbouring the thoughts of an extra year in university because of my woeful first semester(year 1) results; passing 3 out of 8 [...]

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