Personal Development Carnival: Issue 38

“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I’m afraid.” – Audre Lorde

Welcome to the 38th issue of the Personal Development 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. Here’s to finishing strong in life.

20 Ways to Simplify Your Life in 15 Minutes
by Alex Shalman

We spend too much, own too much, and want too much — it’s the human condition — and as long as we aren’t aware of it we’ll be a slave to the cycle. Being the ingenious little critters that we are, we’re able to learn, and adapt pretty well. In other words, all hope is not lost, we still have a chance. more>>

Why Can’t I Achieve My Goals?
by Dr. Joe Capista

If you want what you say you do, you have to set goals. It’s not that difficult and the results will amaze you. Get a blank book. On each page write down your goals in a specific category and date it. more>>

I’ll Start Tomorrow
by Andrew Rondeau

It is a question I hear repeatedly from my subscribers: “I am struggling to make progress to meet my goals. How do you suggest I make the right progress?” So you know what you want and you have all these good intentions, right? Lose weight, gain weight, stop smoking, start exercising, get a new job, earn more, find a partner….more>>

Spirituality and Work
by Kathleen Gage

A recent sermon struck me in that message of the sermon not only applied to one’s spiritual development, but also to business. I have believed for many years that our spiritual life is reflected in all we do. There is no separation. Everything we do either moves us closer to our spiritual core or further away. more>>

9 Effective Ways to Get Out of a Rut
by Frederic Premji

Being stuck in a “rut” is definitely not one of life’s best experiences. We can end up feeling a range of emotions such as helplessness, lack of self confidence, laziness, etc. Even at your lowest of low, the glimmer of hope still exists to turn things around and get going again. Never forget that . Here are some methods to help you bounce back out of that dreaded “rut”: more>>

The Law of Attaction and Finding Love
by Marc Basile

What I do believe is this: we live in a symbiotic relationship with the universe, and the Universe does have our best interests at heart. It will even grant us our desires, subject to certain rules. The first, and most important rule is that what we want must be good for us. No self destructive fantasies allowed. Consider the following…more>>

Law of Attraction 101
by Gary Evans

You don’t even need a basic understanding of the Law of Attraction in order to see it yield you results. Instead, all you need to know are some processes in which you can carry out every day which will bring you alignment with what you want. I share 11 different processes in which you can become aligned with your desires in the How to… Manifest a Miracle system. To give you a head start now though, use meditation in order to get yourself aligned with what you want. more>>

So Sexy, So Soon: The Sexualization of Childhood in Commercial Culture
by Lin Burress

An entire generation of young girls is being psychologically damaged by the onslaught of marketing tactics surrounding inappropriate “sexy” children’s fashions, toys, music, books and sexualized images in the media, and parents should be very concerned. more>>

7 Ways You Can Stop Wasting Food and Help Save the Earth
by SpiKe

This month it emerged that in the UK, a staggering eight billion pounds worth of food goes to waste, which equates to 6.7 million tons or a third of our total purchases. I’ve compiled an introductory list of habits you can develop in your life that will help you to stop wasting food so as to save money and be environmentally friendly. more>>

3 Easy Steps in Becoming a Creative Genius
by Mitesh

The other day I had a friend ask me a question. “What are the basic steps in becoming a creative genius?” There is no easy way to answer it, but I figured it can be done in three steps. Now here is my disclaimer, you have to want to become more creative and cannot sit there thinking to yourself that you are not creative. Therefore, if you think negatively you will have no results. Now that I got that out of the way. Here are the three easy steps. more>>

Personal Development Carnival Submission Information

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

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