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How to Live Life to the Fullest Through Personal Growth
I’ve got one new favorite book: On Writing by Stephen King. It was a great experience reading it. Not only did I learn a lot from the book, but also I love the writing style. I wish I could write like that!
Moreover, I found that many lessons from the book are applicable not just to writing, but also to life and career in general. They are essential for being successful in what you do.
Here are 17 lessons I learn from On Writing:
1. Do what you love
I know that this advice has been repeated many times. But it’s true. And King put it in a way I’ve never seen before:
For me, not working is the real work. When I’m writing, it’s all the playground…
Note: This is a guest post from Srinivas Rao of The Skool of Life
Tony Robbins once said there are two things that motivate people to make dramatic changes in their lives: inspiration and desperation. As crazy it might sound, there is actually tremendous power in hitting rock bottom or a low-point in your life. The last year has been one of dramatic positive changes for me because my life more or less fell apart in front of my eyes when I finished graduate school a year ago:
- I literally ran out money and my bank balance was ZERO.
- I had to move back to my parent’s house at the age of 31 (kind of embarrassing)
- I couldn’t find a job for 8 months
Note: This is a guest post from Steve Scott of Steve Scott Site
You’ve probably noticed that the market is saturated with self-help guides, audio books, and outrageously-priced seminars by motivational speakers. This is simply proof that most people enjoy receiving advice from others.
Here are a few “tips” that I’ve discovered on my own. Some of them are a bit humorous, but most of them are common sense. I think if you do your best to take them to heart, you’ll start to notice a clearer head and a bigger smile on your face.
One year from now, I don’t want to be the same person as I am today. I want to grow. I want to become better and better.
One way to do that, I realize, is by expanding my personal capacity. Expanding my capacity means being able to do things I wasn’t capable of before. It means being able to handle things I previously couldn’t. If you consciously decide to expand your capacity, you will become a different person in the future. You will look back and see how much you’ve grown.
Here are eight tips to expand your personal capacity:
Note: This is a guest post from Lisa H of Getting to Zen
We have all worked at places that we were less than excited to get up in the mornings and go to; this is an awful feeling. It is much more pleasurable, and less stressful to go to a work environment that is filled with positivity and enjoyment. A positive work environment is not only important for our physical, mental and emotional health, but is also important for the results that we produce for the company. The better we feel at work, the more likely we will take pride in our job activities and be loyal towards our place of employment.
So let’s look at some ways to create a positive working environment.
Do you love to read? I definitely do, especially non-fiction. I don’t read as much as I want but I enjoy my reading time. It’s great to learn about new things in the world and new ways to improve my life.
When it comes to reading, one important problem is how to find good books to read. After all, the goal of reading is to get as much value as possible. Don’t read just for the sake of reading. Read to somehow improve the quality of your life. That’s why it’s essential to find books that are worth your time.
To find good books, here are two steps I do:
- Find interesting books that might be worth reading
- Make sure that the books are indeed worth reading
Let’s look at them one by one.
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