Personal Development & Happiness Carnival: Issue 11

Welcome to the 11th issue of the Personal Development & Happiness Carnival. This carnival is dedicated to people who want to share and receive ideas to improve the quality of their lives and relationships.

Remember every Sunday there will be a new carnival containing your thoughts, articles and inspirational stories will be shared. You may participate too by visiting the submission form at the bottom of this issue.

Featured Articles

David B. Bohl begins with Personal Development: Your Values or Your Life? posted at Slow Down Fast Today!, by asking, “If you had to define, in five sentences or less, your values, could you do it? Imagine that your life depends on your being able to define your values immediately and without thought.

Albert Foong provides The Flower of Love posted at Urban Monk. Albert is very real and honest with us when he states “This is one of the most painful things I can admit. I don’t know if I have ever known Love. Lust, yes. Attachment, Passion, yes. Compassion – perhaps. And the most hurtful thing I can say is – how many have?”

FitBuff gives us Negativity is Contagious, Are You Immune? posted at FitBuff.com’s Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog, and provides another study shows the power and influence that negativity can have on us and how important it is to overcome it and think for ourselves.

Tupelo Kenyon presents Choose the Companionship of Positive People Who Inspire You posted at Tupelo Kenyon, saying, “If the people you spend the most time with are inspiring, supportive, encouraging, and they demonstrate qualities you want to emulate – great, you are on the right track. If not, it’s up to you to do something about it.

The Personal Development & Happiness Carnival continues with these outstanding articles:

Ananga presents Is Stress Keeping you at Boiling Point? posted at Ananga Sivyer’s Living by Design Blog.

Dominic Tay presents Motivation to Undo Sidetracking posted at Dominic Tay Dot Com, saying, “If you want to grab the sweet taste of success, learn the power of listening and motivation at the same time.

Ralph Jean-Paul presents Develop Mental Toughness posted at Potential 2 Success, saying, “MVPs, CEOs, extraordinary leaders, and successful people of all kinds have it and so should you. Develop, strengthen and master your ability to perform under pressure, bounce back from failure, and excel in life.”

Pearl tells us It is easy to achieve success! posted at :: Interesting Observations ::

Arin Vahanian presents How to Build True, Lasting Confidence posted at Super State.

Rahul Bhambhani presents Take-20.com » Taking a Leap of Faith: Overcome Social Programming (Part 1 of 3) posted at Personal Development Advice, Tools to Improve the Quality of your Life, this is an article which raises penetrating questions of whether or not you are thinking for yourself.

Kate Baggott keeps up with Race for the Cure posted at Babylune, and shows a way how we keep hope a few steps ahead of despair.

Nadege presents Five reasons why you should write your intentions posted at Clearly Envision.
Silicon Valley Blogger presents Top Common Fights Over Money And What You Can Do To Avoid Them posted at The Digerati Life.

Chris_SS rounds out this week’s carnival with Thoughts On Small Talk, Gossip, And Being Interested In Other People posted at How to have more social success.

Thanks to everyone who submitted articles. You are invited to submit your articles and inspirational stories to the next edition of the Personal Development and Happiness Carnival using our carnival submission form.