Personal development

Fake It Till You Make It

One of the major obstacles most people are facing when they want to change the person they are or want to start a new habit is when in the initial phase they would like to behave in a certain manner but they are still struggling with their old habits. They are in a situation where they are not sure what to do. This is dangerous because what they are doing does not align with their new goals and values
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What You Can Learn From Video Games

I got the idea to write this post by reading a recent article on Steve Pavlina’s blog where he was writing about how life sometimes relate to video games. What I missed from that article was a practical explanation of what you can learn from video games to get outstanding results in real life, so I decide to write my own. Because we are talking about personal development, I’ll use The Sims as

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Are You Superstitous?

Today is Friday the 17th, so I decided to write this short post for superstitious people. In our culture -at least in mine- friday 17 is supposed to be a bad day for superstitious people. If you are one of them, you are probably doing everything by paying a special attention to see if something mysterious will happen. By doing that, I’m pretty sure you’ll find at least one thing during your day

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Knowing What to Improve in Your Life

Personal development is about improving areas of your life. Knowing what those areas are is important to remain on track and do what is truly important for you. They allow you to see at a high level where you are going with your life. Without specific areas to improve, low level goals become meaningless, and you always have the impression that you are going anywhere. I consider areas of improvement

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Overcoming Addictions

It has been two months since I gave up alcohol and coffee. Today I don’t think of drinking neither one nor the other. The advantages of this decision for me are many: I feel more relaxed, I sleep better, I wake up earlier, and I also save extra money each month. Another similar addiction I had a few years ago was smoking. I used to smoke ten to fifteen cigarettes a day. I’ve done this for a few years.

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New Design

I’ve just uploaded a new design for Freestyle Mind. I think this design is more appropriate for this blog. I added links to the rss and email feed, so be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already. I would also take the opportunity to thank all the visitors of this first week.

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