Jonathan Talks about his story of quitting his corporate job to do something that he truly loves, which is helping others realise their potential.

However, when he realised there were hundreds of other people who were tired of their jobs and wanted to go it alone, and become an entrepreneur, he was suddenly in hot demand.  Ignoring the signs, at first, Jonathan eventually succumbed and started teaching others how they could go about making a living doing what they loved.

Check out the interview below

You can find out more information about Jonathan’s

TRAILBLAZER Movie here

and watch the great video we were talking about during the interview.

If you have any questions for Jonathan I am sure he would be happy to answer them here.  Just leave a comment below and tell us what you think of the interview.

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Okay it’s finally time to reveal the Top 50 Personal Development Blogs of 2011.

This has been a mammoth task for me and has literally taken me over 30 solid hours to complete this one post, you’ll see why as you go through the list.

With over 200 nominations and nearly 700 comments on the original Nominations Post I’ve finally managed to whittle it down to 50 great personal development blogs.

Criteria

I have tried to be as objective as possible when picking the top 50 Blogs, and the following criteria helped me with this:

1. The blog has to have a post at least every 10 days

2. The blog has to be more than two months old

3. The blogger has to show good interaction with their readers via commenting

4. The blog has to have at least 2 comments on each of the 5 latest posts

The above criteria helped me whittle the original 207 blogs to around 120. After that it was purely down to my subjective view of the design, the content, and looking for something unique about the blogger or the blog itself.

The winners

Everyone in the top 50 has a badge they can display on their blog.  You can find these on the last page of this post.

Category winners have their own badge they can display on the blog, again you can find these on the last page of this post.

The overall winner has their own badges they can display, which can be found on the last page of this post.

Okay enough of me going on.  Click on Page 2 below to go to the winners list

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NOMINATIONS AND VOTING NOW CLOSED
RESULTS WILL BE POSTED ON MONDAY 19TH DECEMBER 2011   

I can’t believe 2011 is nearly over, it’s true, the older you get the quicker time seems to pass

I would love your help in nominating your favourite Personal Development blog of 2011.  This will be a CYT annual event.  The aim of this event is to highlight some great Personal Development blogs that readers may not know about and also a chance for you to say thank you for some great writers out there.

Nominations for Best Personal Development Blog of 2011

In this post anyone can nominate their favourite personal development blogs by leaving a comment below.  I will then collate all the nominations and put them in this post.

The top 50 blogs will then be chosen from the final nominations list

The Top 50 Personal Development Blogs of 2011 will then be announced in two weeks time with the following categories:

Best Overall Personal Development Blog of 2011

Best Productivity Blog of 2011

Best Personal Development Newcomer Blog of 2011

Best Simple Living Blog of 2011

Best Finance Blog of 2011

Best Personal Development Product of 2011

To make it easier for you just copy and paste the above categories into the comments field and choose your nominations, or just leave a comment with the blogs of your choice, and I will categorise them.

This is going to take a lot of work as there will be hundreds of nominations for this award and I will be busy promoting this so as many people as possible can vote for their favourite.  There will also be a press release and hundreds of emails to individual bloggers to notify them of their nomination short list.

If you do get nominated you can use these badges on your site, and use the html code to put into your sidebar or post.

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What the winners receive

Besides the kudos, and the traffic, each top 50 blogger will be able to display this badge on their site:

The overall winner will receive a winners badge, which is being designed as I write.

The category winners will be able to display a category winners badge, which is being designed.

Some nominations so far

Here is a list of the nominations so far.  This will be updated on a daily basis

When the winners list is announced, each of the top 50 bloggers will have a bio, with a picture of the blog owner and link to their site. So it will not just be a list like this.  This list is to gather all the nominations.

Nominations for Best Productivity Blog of 2011

1. http://zenhabits.net/

2. http://www.dumblittleman.com/

3. http://www.gtdtimes.com/

4. http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/

5. http://litemind.com/

6. http://www.marcandangel.com/

7. http://www.productiveflourishing.com/blog/

8. http://www.lifehack.org/

9. http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/

10. http://www.43folders.com/

Nominations for Best Personal Development Newcomer Blog of 2011

1. http://www.mazzastick.com/
2. http://lifeislimitless.com/

Nominations for Best Simple Living Blog of 2011

1. http://rowdykittens.com/

2. http://zenhabits.net

3. http://www.mysimplerlife.com/blog/

4. http://www.missminimalist.com/

5. http://guynameddave.com/

6. http://www.modern-simplicity.com/

7. http://www.theminimalistmom.com/

8. http://artofminimalism.com/

9. http://jill-foleyjourney.blogspot.com/

10. http://www.ridiculouslyextraordinary.com/

Nominations for Best Finance Blog of 2011

1. Get Rich Slowly

2. The Income Team Blog

3. We make money not art

4. Stockpiling Moms

5. Online Success

6. Business Success Tips 2.0

7. Niche Marketing – Andy Beard

Nominations for Best Personal Development Product of 2011

Nominate a personal development product that you have liked this year.

Please cast your vote using the comment box below, copy and paste this into your comment:

Best Overall Personal Development Blog of 2011

Best Productivity Blog of 2011

Best Work/Life Balance Blog of 2011

Best Simplify Your Life Blog of 2011

Best Finance Blog of 2011

Best Personal Development Product of 2011

Underneath each category just add your nomination, or just leave a comment with your nominations and we’ll collate all the information and keep the list updated on a daily basis.

Please tweet, facebook, Google +, LinkedIn this so we can get this out to as many readers as possible and make it a readers vote.

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I am a hopeless personal development junkie, and I couldn’t let this pass without telling you about it.

I was honoured to be asked by Adam Baker (ManVsDebt.com ) Karol Gajda (RidiculouslyExtraordinary.com) and Cara Stein (17000-days.com) to contribute to a bi-annual event they hold called Only72.com.  They pull together some of the biggest names in a particular niche, ask them to contribute their best selling product, put all the products together and sell it at a ridiculously low price.

This time they have picked the personal development niche and gathered together some of the best products in the personal development field from some of the biggest names out there.

There are 22 products in total which equate to $1087 worth of products and they are selling it for only $97.

Only one problem……

The event only last for 72 Hours, hence the name Only72.com

Well, there’s another slight problem…..

The event started on Monday and there’s only 21 hours to go until it ends.  My apologies for that.

Helping charity

Another great reason to get this is for every single sale made for these 72 hours $5 goes to our friend Cath Duncan’s KidneyRaffle.com project. Cath’s “Team Juggernaut” is raising $45,000 for much needed support and research to the Kidney Foundation.

What’s on offer at the Only72.com event?

Here is the amazing list of products on offer for this unique event.

Focus by Leo Babauta ($35)

• The full version of the book, including bonus chapters, in PDF, EPUB, and AZW
• An email fast guide (PDF)
• A decluttering quickstart guide (PDF)
• A guide to changing habits
• 3 Audio Interviews
• 5 videos

Momentum Kickstarter Kit by Charlie Gilkey ($47)

• Living the Good Life (PDF)
• Email Triage (PDF)
• Premium Planners Set

Reclaim Your Dreams by Jonathan Mead ($47)

• Reclaim Your Dreams – “Everything Package” (70-page PDF)
• “I’m Serious About Action” Worksheets (30-page PDF)

52 Weeks to Awesome by Pace & Kyeli ($52)

• 52 emails, each with a tidbit to learn and a mission to accomplish
• A 128-page workbook (PDF)
• Pace & Kyeli’s best-kept secret to living an awesome life

5 Ingredients | 10 Minutes by Jules Clancy ($77)

• 133 totally NEW 5-ingredients recipes
• Colour photographs of every recipe (343 pages)
• 50 videos

Rebel Fitness Guide by Steve Kamb ($37)

• Rebel Fitness Guide (40-page PDF)
• Rebel Diet Guide (35-page PDF)
• Rebel Food Fighter (60-page PDF)
• 6 Separate Workout Exercise Books

Fear-Crushing Travel Guide by Farnoosh Brock ($47)

• Fear-Crushing Travel Guide (113-page PDF)
• 7 Fear-Crushing Travel Worksheets
• 10 Audio Interviews with experienced world travelers
• Bonus: The Master Travel Preparation Tip Sheet

Overcoming the Fear of Uncertainty by Sean Ogle ($47)

• Overcoming The Fear of Uncertainty Guide (15,000 words)
• Using Mint.com to Change Your Life (7,000 words)
• Ultimate Guide to Starting a Blog
• 5 Interviews, including Chris Guillebeau and Pam Slim
• Worksheets, review sheets, questions, answers, and a remote work agreement template

The Creativity Toolbox by Ali Luke & Thursday Bram ($47)

• Mapping Your Project: The Big Picture and the Details (22-page PDF)
• Game Plan: Spark to Business (36-page PDF)
• Balancing Life and creativity (26-page PDF)
• 7 interviews
• Resource Directory
• 65 Jump-leads for your creativity

Make Sh*t Happen by Jenny Blake ($47)

• Make Sh*t Happen (80-page PDF)
• Workbook of all exercises (Google Docs)

The Language Hacking Guide by Benny Lewis ($67)

• Language Hacking Guide in PDF, ePub, Mobi, and printer-friendly
• Full translationss of the guide in 23 different languages
• Worksheets, also translated
• Almost 3 hours of audio interviews
• Lists of free resources for practicing any language

Sex, Love, Liberation by Ev’Yan Nasman ($47)

• Sex, Love, Liberation: A manifesto for the bold at heart (61-page PDF)
• Sex, Love, Liberation Workbook (29-page PDF)

Learn More, Study Less by Scott Young ($67)

• Learn More, Study Less (200+-page PDF)
• 6 bonus printable workheets

A Daring Adventure collection by Tim Brownson ($47)

• How to be Rich and Happy (215-page PDF)
• Don’t Ask Stupid Questions (94-page PDF)
• Don’t Panic! A Practical Guide to Dealing with Fear, Anxiety, Panic & Public Speaking (45-page pdf)
• 16 Ways to Destress Your Life (34-page pdf)

The Less Work, More Harmony Relationship Guide by Cara Stein ($47)

• 25 PDf modules (96 pages, 38,000+ words)
• Better Communication Workshop

Brilliantly Better Collection by Dragos Roua ($43)

• Natural Productivity (156-page PDF)
• 100 Ways to screw up your life (109-page PDF)
• 100 Ways to improve your life (108-page PDF)
• 30 Sentences for a millionaire mindset (96-page PDF)

How to Become an Advanced Early Riser by Steve Aitchison ($37)

• How to Become An Advanced Early Riser (66-page PDF)
• Success Log to track your progress
• 4 MP3 audio downloads
• Quick start guides

Cheap Family Fun by Kim & Jason ($52)

• 52 weekly emails of ideas for free or very cheap fun
• 52 short, entertaining videos

The Art of Relaxed Productivity + The Power of Positivity by Henrik Edberg ($44)

• The Art of Relaxed Productivity (98-page PDF)
• The Power of Positivity (132-page PDF)
• Quick Start To Relaxed Productivity Audio Guide (MP3) + 5 more audio files
• The Ultimate Guide to Motivation
• 2 Workbooks
• Audio Transcripts

Discover Package by Barrie Davenport ($59)

• Discover Your Passion (116-page PDF)
• The Bold Living Guide (46-page PDF)
• Coaching Works (10-page PDF)
• Life 101 Master Course (9-page PDF)

Mind Control Method: How to Get What You Want by Karol Gajda ($47)

• Mind Control Method (37-page PDF)
• 5 MP3 audios

Sell Your Crap by Adam Baker ($47)

• Sell Your Crap (67-page main guide PDF)
• The Definitive Step-by-Step Guide to Selling Your Crap on eBay (171-page PDF)
• The Definitive Step-by-Step Guide to Selling Your Crap on CraigsList (49-page PDF)
• The Definitive Step-by-Step Guide to Selling Your Crap on Amazon (41-page PDF)
• 10 Video Interviews with Anti-Clutter authors and bloggers, including Leo Babauta, Chris Guillebeau, and J.D. Roth

So if you’d like to take control of your life once and for all and steal $1087 worth of products for $97 you can buy the package now using the button below.

Am I getting an affiliate commission? Too right I will, but you get all of the above for $97, I get a commission, Adam, Karol and Cara get a commission and Cath Duncan gets $5 for every sale, everyone’s a winner.

If you have any of the above programs let us know what you think about it and say how it has helped you.

I don’t want to go into addiction too much because it’s a huge subject.  Needless to say a lot of alcohol and drug addicts don’t want to stop their addiction they just want to control it and that is great.  I would rather someone drink or take drugs when they are in control of it.  Aside from the from the fact that most drugs (A lot of people are addicted to prescribed medication) are illegal it’s better to help someone control their drug intake rather than lecture to them that they must stop drugs because it is bad for them; that never works.

Coffee addiction is mainly psychological and you may have formed a habit of drinking coffee over time but at the end of the day it’s can still be addictive.

Here are 5 steps to breaking your coffee addiction

1. Admit you’re addicted

This is obviously the most important step with any addiction.  If you don’t admit it and don’t recognize that you have an addiction then in your head you are not addicted.  It’s only when other people start to say things like ‘You drink a lot of coffee don’t you?’ or when your work colleagues start calling you ‘mr coffee’( I wonder if that’s how ‘Mr T’ got his name.) that you start thinking that you might be addicated.  When you recognise the addiction it’s time to start taking action.

2. Recognise the pattern of your addiction

Most coffee addicts have a routine.  For example the first thing they do is have a cup of coffee when they get up in the morning, then again after they have had a shower and put their clothes on and then again before they leave for work.  That’s three cups of coffee within the space of an hour or so and the pattern continues at work and when they get back home from work and before they go to bed.

I always find it helps to have a visual representation of your habit and you can see at a glance just how much you are drinking.

As such I have made a PDF to record your coffee drinking routine throughout the day.

You can download it here

3. Breaking the pattern

As I said before your aim is to control the habit rather than have the habit control you, so we are not going for giving up coffee we are looking to cut down and be in control.

You can break the pattern by swapping coffee with water.  For example if you have 3 cups of coffee before leaving for work, replace your second cup of coffee with a glass of water.  This has two benefits; you are breaking the pattern of your coffee habit and you are re-hydrating your body (too much coffee can dehydrate you, this is why a lot of heavy coffee drinkers get headaches).

4. Resisting the craving

When we have a habit of any kind we get cravings to indulge in our habit.  When you have an craving to have a cup of coffee during the day, resist it and do something else for 20 minutes.  Cravings usually dissappear when we have our minds focused on something else, so if you can manage to resisit a craving for coffee and busy yourself with something else for 20 minutes your craving will go away.  It might return again and you may have to busy yourself a few times throughout the day but your cravings will weaken as you mentally get stronger and are able to control the cravings.

5.  Tell those around you your intentions

As with all habits that you are trying to break it’s good to let other people know about your intention to cut down.  This way other people can encourage you when you are feeling particualrly weak.

As I said at the beginning my aim was to help you with controlling your coffee addiction not to eradicate it.

It would be interesting to know how many cups of coffee or tea our readers have per day.  Leave a comment and let us know how much you drink per day.

Welcome to my blog. This site is dedicated to help you help yourself change your life for the better. I will be posting lots of different links, articles, blogs, thoughts anything and everything that will help you make yourself a better person.

I will be posting for all areas of your life including: Finance, relationships, career, spiritual beliefs, and health. Of course I am providing the tools for this, you have to do the work. The articles will be stimulating and thought provoking and some will require you to do some work on yourself.

To change your life requires hard work, it’s not easy, however once you get momentum you will find the changes snowballing and get quicker. I am a life coach and have seen changes in countless people just by deciding to change will give you the momentum needed, even a small change in your life can change your whole life. See my website

The areas I will be looking at are:

These are just some of the topics. This blog will grow but it will take time so please bookmark this site to visit again and again. I would like to spend more time doing this however i work fulltime as a support worker and part time as a life coach so time is not a luxury I have. If you like and use some of the information on this site you can donate via paypal.

I have disabled comments for the moment but I will review this as time goes on. If you have a question you can e-mail me.