Personal Development Tips Galore

Luciano at Litemind is running a Personal Excellence Tips contest. All the 66 tips submitted are great reads. I’m thrilled that so many people are committed to the development of themselves and willing to share their best tips with others. Many go beyond the “Hey, here is a cool hack!” level.

So even though I wasn’t planning to post today, here is my quick overview. Enjoy.

Here are my favorites:

Mistakes are the seeds of evolution and change.
By Adam Sicinski at My Infinite Wisdom Blog. I’d say learn from others’ mistakes, and don’t be afraid of making your own mistakes. Here is one of his more recent blog post: I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach me destination

Have a personal hero.
By Mike Yoke. It’s good to have a role model. One of mine is Oprah – she is a great messenger! Further, I guess it would be even better if I could have a personal mentor.

Make personal excellence… personal.
By Tori Deaux at MindTweaks. I love the emphasis on our authenticity and uniqueness. And it takes courage to let people know who you really are – but that is such a critical step.

If you don’t have space for what you want in your life, it will never come to you.
By Josie Sawers of Content Critical. Destruction must happen before creation, and space, both physical and mental, need to be cleared for the new.

Learn from the best first.
By Jacob Share at JobMob. Here is one of the interview he did recently. I can say, from my experience, that one of the most foolish things I have done in my life was to try to learn something important from someone who may be available easily but don’t really know what they are talking about. Yes, learn from the best. Even pay to learn from the best – it will pay itself off.

And here is my own entry:

Listen to your inner voice.
We all have intuition that guides us navigate through our lives. That quiet inner voice, that knowing beyond logics. Following your intuition can be scary at times, but I can say from my experience it’s the most effective advice I can ever find. I can recall a number of incidents when I ignored my intuition and regretted later, but no regrets about following my intuition. So after you read, discuss, brainstorm, take a quiet moment to listen to your intuition.

But really, all the entries are worth spending time reading. (Photo by paulaloe)

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