Personal Development & Happiness Carnival: Issue 18

Welcome to the 18th 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 relationships, sustain happiness and create lasting success for the next 45 years; and beyond.

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

Continue to live while resisting the temptation to regret your past. Instead, you need to take full advantage of your future. After all, it isn’t how you start in life, it’s how you finish!

Featured Writers

Peter S C finds The Magic of the Every Day Mindset posted at I will change your life . com. The “Every Day Mindset” is a simple, yet extremely powerful, way in which to live your life.

Hueina Su shares The 212 Degrees Attitude posted at Intensive Care for the Nurturer’s Soul. That one extra degree makes all the difference.

Brip Blap presents What Lies Before Us posted at brip blapAn individual’s life is made up not only of experiences and events but also of ideas, dreams and possibilities.

David B. Bohl presents Is it Time to Turn up the Heat in Your Life? posted at Slow Down Fast Today!. The inspirational message contained here is that one extra degree of effort, in business and life, can separate the good from the great.

Matthew Spears presents Breaking through the chains of identity posted at Loving Awareness. Having a strong identity is greatly emphasized in this culture. We have expectation upon expectation placed upon us. This article explores what identities are, how they’re limiting, and gives an exercise on how to move beyond some limitations.

Warren Wong presents How To Feel Better And Be Happier posted at Personal Development for INTJs. Some practical tips you can use now to feel better and be happier.

Goal Setting

Tina Su gives us 9 Steps to be Decisive posted at Think Simple. Be Decisive..

Marco Richter presents What You Need to Know Before You Decide to Quit Smoking posted at Self Improvement Emporium.

Noel Lynne Figart presents The Polyamorous Misanthrope » Blog Archive » H.A.L.T posted at The Polyamorous Misanthrope.

Sagar provides us with the The Mobile Productivity Toolbox: 100 Resources to Keep You Productive When on the Move posted at TruckingAccident.org Articles.

Christine presents The Dollar Drops Again! How the Exchange Rate Affects Travel. posted at Me, My Kid and Life: An American Single Mom Living in France. It’s important to Think about how you spend before you travel so you don’t need to think about how you spent once you’ve returned home.

Happiness

Miami Phillips presents How Often Do You Change? posted at Miami Phillips - About Happiness.

Lola presents Who are you listening to? posted at Real World Spiritual and Personal Development. Whoever you are listening to is in control, double check who’s in control of your life.

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Possibly Good, Albeit Annoying Advice posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

Roger presents So You Want To Be Happy posted at The Happy and Prosperous Blog. What makes you happy ?

Personal Development

Shirley presents Fun Spirit: Be creative and break the rules. posted at Fun Spirit. Anyone who does something in a new way, or even views the world differently is creative.

Ananga presents How to Read More Effectively posted at Ananga Sivyer’s Living by Design Blog.

Anna Farmery presents Dare to dream ? Or dare not to dream..that is the question! posted at The Engaging Brand.

Gamy presents Self Improvement Starts With Making Decisions posted at Mind Think Success. To have a positive change in your life, you have to decide you want a positive change, and this in itself is making a decision.

Todd Goldfarb presents 50 Ways You Can Be The Change posted at We The Change. Here is a wonderful article which describes 50 Ways we can “be the change”. Enjoy!

GreatManagement presents Great Inspiration Articles 19 Nov 2007 posted at The GreatManagement Blog. This weeks great personal development blogs I found around the Internet cover the topics of the ‘unhabits’ of Great Managers (this one had me laughing out loud), What is Stopping You Having Success, How To Overcome Your Nerves, Being A Smart Worker, Learn More and 22 Motivational Videos.

Kalyn presents LifeEdit.net: 4 Steps in Dealing with Frustration posted at LifeEdit.net.

Jeniffer presents Who Do You Think You Are? posted at thethirtydayyear.com.

Lodewijk van den Broek presents A strategy to change your habits for the better How to be an Original posted at How to be an Original. Changing habits is essential in achieving personal growth. This article discusses a strategy to change habits…for the better!

Relationships

SimoneM presents The Secret To a Successful Cross-Cultural Relationship posted at Outfit Inspirations. To give a cross-cultural relationship a firm foundation, you need to explore the way in which you both view the world. If you find laughter in similar things, you have a platform from which you can communicate in a positive way, every day.

FitBuff presents 30 Sexiest Things to Say to Your Girlfriend FitBuff.com’s Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog posted at FitBuff.com’s Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog, saying, “There are many things to say to your girlfriend that could either turn her off, or turn her very on. You would be wise to stick with the latter, for both your sakes.”

The Last Words

Steve Oliphant presents What would you do? posted at Steve Oliphant’s Musings.

Stanimir Sotirov presents Motivation:Become a Leader posted at All About Your Body And Spirit, saying, “Learn how to become a leader the right way,not being the boss that everyone hates!”

Wanda Grindstaff presents Success Through Service, the Most Important Component! posted at Creating Abundant Lifestyles.

Rolf F. Katzenberger presents GPD: Getting Presents Done posted at Evomend Timeless resources for personal organization., saying, “Holidays and birthdays always come as such a surprise, don’t they … ? There are gifts to avoid, gifts you can do yourself (DIY) and appropriate times to start.”

Edith presents Life is not a Race posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..

Vladimir presents Why is Pilates good for Internet users and man in particular? posted at Vladimir Prelovac Online, saying, “It is hard to set your mind on it but very rewarding”

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.

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