Category Archives: Personal growth

Finding Your Howl

Posted on October 9, 2008 by bengt

As I mention in Lightworker I woke up one morning and had two words ringing in my head. The first one, ochoa, is Basque and means wolf. That did not ring any bell back then but today it makes sense. … Continue reading →

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Is self improvement possible?

Posted on August 5, 2008 by bengt

PickTheBrain has an interesting post by Kent Thune about Is There Really Such a Thing as ‘Self Improvement’?. It starts like this: Can the self be improved? What is the self, anyway? Does the currently popular “self-help movement” really help … Continue reading →

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Simplicity

Posted on July 20, 2008 by bengt

Success Soul has An Interview with Leo Babauta on Simplicity, Clarity, Happiness and Success. Shilpan asked: What is the single most important advice for my readers to use simplicity for their personal development? I like Leo’s answer and his definiton … Continue reading →

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Link Medley

Posted on July 19, 2008 by bengt

Freelance Folders posts about What To Do When You Feel Invisible. Zen Habits has a guest post by Mary Jaksch from Goodlife Zen about How to Establish New Habits the No-Sweat Way. It is about how Kaizen can help us … Continue reading →

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To learn and grow

Posted on July 6, 2008 by bengt

Browsing around among blogs I came across Transforming Stress Into Personal Power and read about Jean and her basic philosophy. Stay curious and open to life. No matter what happens keep learning and growing. Find what you love to do … Continue reading →

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Read one book a week

Posted on June 30, 2008 by bengt

Nick Cernis has a post over at Put Things Off titled The Challenge: Read One Book a Week. I love reading but it goes up and down, I do not stick to any regular reading pace. The challenge is interesting … Continue reading →

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The Manifestation Wheel

Posted on May 3, 2008 by bengt

I have finished a really interesting book titled The Manifestation Wheel: A Practical Process for Creating Miracles written by Alan Seale. The Manifestation Wheel is made up of eight “houses” or steps: intention, peace, energy, guidance, empowerment, action, surrender, and … Continue reading →

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Learn More, Study Less (preview)

Posted on March 24, 2008 by bengt

I came across Learn More, Study Less where you can buy a 200+ pages eBook but there is also a short free preview. I got curious and have read the short version. Scott Young describes a concept called Holistic Learning … Continue reading →

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The rest of your life?

Posted on March 22, 2008 by bengt

Last night I watched Alfie on DVD. Great music but the movie is so so, Alfie is shallow and does not learn from his mistakes. In one part of the movie Alfie has regrets and walks along the beach talking … Continue reading →

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True love

Posted on March 11, 2008 by bengt

I came across a blog called Sri Chinmoy Inspiration which is a blog on Self improvement written by Tejvan Pettinger and where I found several interesting posts. The post about How to distinguish between love and emotional dependence is great, … Continue reading →

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