Personal Development & Happiness Carnival: Issue 14

Welcome to the 14th 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 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.

Tristan Loo begins this week’s carnival with How to Invest & Grow Your Relationship Bank Accounts posted at Synergy InstituteIn this article, Life Coach Tristan Loo of the Synergy Institute highlights the similarities between relationships and checking accounts and how you need to be making consistent emotional deposits into your relationship accounts to build value in them, rather than depleting those accounts with too many emotional withdrawals.

Edith Yeung presents God Creates No Garbage posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act.

John Crenshaw asks Are You Proactive or Reactive? posted at Dominate Your Life. You can learn a lot about how to be successful in life and business by studying what works for people in really intense situations.

Tupelo Kenyon presents Listen with Your Heart posted at Tupelo Kenyon. When someone is talking to you, do you hear with your ears, monitor with your mind, or listen with your heart? Invest a few minutes thinking about the importance of listening well – a deliberate conscious act – and watch your relationships grow to a new level of closeness and understanding.

Albert Foong gives us Love, Sorrow, and Attachment posted at Urban Monk. Gautama Buddha once said: ” I teach one thing and one only: that is, suffering and the end of suffering.” And what causes this suffering? He answers this question in his four Noble Truths.

Dominic Tay presents Personal Mastery of Development posted at Dominic Tay Dot Com. You suddenly stopped working so hard and don’t feel like being a winner anymore. Take heart! Many feel that they’re too exhausted giving all their best, or burned out due to lost of motivation. Are you one of these people? Learn the 3 keys in sustaining your winning performance at work and personal development to success.

Warren Wong presents The Weakness Of Overconfidence posted at Personal Development for INTJs. Why overconfidence is a weakness and tips to overcome the dangers of overconfidence.

Balanced Life Center gives us The 7 Keys to Happiness posted at Balanced Life Center. What does it take to be happy?

Corinne Edwards presents THE ART OF DOING NOTHING posted at Personal Growth with Corinne Edwards. Why are we all so guilty when we carve out time for just ourselves? It is necessary and nourishing and we are able to connect with the true values that lie within us.

James DeLelys presents WORDS A Prophecy Fulfilled New Scriptures: Spiritual Growth, Healing, Help and Comfort posted at New Books.

Stefan Töpfer presents THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG » Blog Archive » Work-Life Balance 2.0 and Small Business posted at The Small Business Blog.

Jody presents Affirmative Intention and Gratitude posted at Jody Curtis.

Jamin presents 5 Simple Tricks to Help You Win Any Argument posted at WondR.net. We all get into arguments from time to time. But how do you deal with those people who consistently want to fight and act like they are always right? Contradicting them just feeds their desire for conflict and will frustrate and cause strife. Here are a five alternative methods for dealing with this type of difficult person.

Miami Phillips presents Happiness is Change (for me) posted at Miami Phillips - About Happiness. Happiness is found by defining success for you, then defining your values - and then creating your life around those definitions. Simple!

Phil B. presents Racist against Racists « Phil for Humanity posted at Phil for Humanity. Only through time and patience, can we hope that racists and bigots will change their views. So let s not add to the hate by hating racists and bigots.

Chris presents How to free your spirits, body and mind. Completely! posted at nomad4ever.

Rahul Bhambhani presents How to Make the Right Decision Every Time » Take-20.com posted at Personal Development Advice, Tools to Improve the Quality of your Life.

Anna Farmery presents Allow your employees to fly… posted at The Engaging Brand.

Dr Martin W. Russell presents EFT Is Bunkum? - Part 2 posted at Dr Martin W. Russell.

Matthew Paulson presents The Realities of Franchise Ownership posted at Getting Green.

James DeLelys presents ChristianWriters.com - Mom is home! posted at ChristianWriters.com.

Brip Blap presents habits posted at brip blap. Habits you should break, take and make - it’s harder, and easier, than you think it is to do.

Akemi presents Are You Afraid to Know Your Purpose of Life? posted at Gratitude Magic.

Tezza presents So Your Stuck In A Rut, Now What? posted at 4 Eva Young. We all get sucked into a black hole from time to time where our life just seems to have lost it’s luster. The bounce in your step is now just a fading memory and your starting to dread the days. It’s like someone came and pressed the pause button on your life and your just waiting for them to return to press play again. If your life seems to be stuck in a bit of a rut then hope is not lost. Here are some handy tips to help you get back on your feet.

Toni Tiu presents Define your own life’s meaning posted at Happy Nest. It’s easier said than done really — to not conform, to not be bothered by questions that make you feel like you’re not part of what seems like a natural progression in life (grow up, get a good degree, graduate, get a good job, climb the ranks, get married, have kids, etc.) There is nothing wrong with that at all. There’s just something more to that. Our lives are not borne out of cookie-cutters. How are you really living out your life?

Alex Marlin presents I Am Not Trying To Belittle No One posted at Life Improvement Tips For Thin and Small People.

Gavin Ingham presents Goal setting with no limitations posted at Gavin Ingham.

Dustin Coates presents It doesn’t matter if no one knows posted at dcoates.com.

Kathleen Gage presents Meet The Left Thumb Blogger posted at Street Smarts Marketing. Every so often our paths will cross with someone who is truly incredible. Such is the case with Glenda Watson Hyatt, The Left Thumb Blogger. Glenda is the author of I’ll Do It Myself.

Marc and Angel presents 30 “If Statements” in Life Worth Learning posted at Marc and Angel. Here are 30 “if statements” worth learning if you have the intentions of leading a more productive life.

James D. Brausch presents A Mindset Challenge posted at jamesbrausch.com.

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