Goal setting
Changing your life with the Cycle of Change Model
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The cycle of change model is for anybody looking to make a change in their life, be it small or large. You [...]
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The Id, the Ego, the Super-ego and your goals.
A lot of people find it difficult to reach their goals and consistently give up on them, often thinking themselves a failure for giving up. This compounds their fears and pretty soon they are afraid to try anything new for fear of failing. Well, it’s time to buck the trend and finally [...]
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26Oct2008 | Steven Aitchison | 23 comments | Continued
8 Ways to get out of the rut
Last week I went to a football game with a good friend, Celtic v Hibernian. He had tickets for the executive lounge at Celtic Park and asked if I wanted to come along. I was hesitant at first, knowing that family time is at a premium as I work [...]
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17May2008 | Steven Aitchison | 14 comments | Continued
The GOYA method for Personal Development
It’s nearly 2008 and some of you will be looking over the year and thinking about what you have achieved over the past year. For some nothing much will have happened for others their whole life will have changed. Personal development begins in your head and GOYA method will help [...]
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30Dec2007 | Steven Aitchison | 22 comments | Continued
The 4 easy steps to losing weight
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post entitled ‘How to love the foods you hate’ this week I have a more challenging post for you. It is more challenging in that it is easy to avoid foods you hate but, just now, harder to avoid the foods you love. [...]
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30Sep2007 | Steven Aitchison | 19 comments | Continued
22 Of the best motivational videos online free
UPDATE: There was a problem with this post for the last few days but it has now been rectified. It seems that tables cannot be put into the database, even though it has been there for 4 months, I think another problem with the server.
For the last week or so I have been scouring [...]
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15Aug2007 | Steven Aitchison | 115 comments | Continued
Getting things done the dirty way
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Gettings things done: the dirty dishes method
I have recently been reading more and more about productivity and getting
things done (GTD). I belive this is out of necessity as I have a lot
on my plate just now and balancing them all can [...]
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4Jun2007 | Steven Aitchison | 9 comments | Continued
How to use the Law of Attraction
The 3 laws of the law of Attraction
If you have been using the law of attraction in your life, you’ll know sometimes that it might not work as well as you would want. Why is this?
Speaking from my own point of view, as I cannot say what your experiences will be like, there are [...]
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25May2007 | Steven Aitchison | 39 comments | Continued
How to change your life in 60 seconds
Change
your life in a minute
How many books have your read on personal development? How many seminars have you attended? How many podcasts have you listened to? and how many blogs have you read to change your life?
My guess would be that you’ve spent hundreds of hours reading, watching and listening for ways to change your [...]
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10 beliefs that could hold you back in life
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I have spoken a lot about beliefs and how to change them to make your life
better. There are certain beliefs that a lot of people believe and I
think it’s time to address these.
We are initially given beliefs from our parents, teachers, peers, [...]
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7May2007 | Steven Aitchison | 32 comments | Continued
Changing your personality
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A new personality, a new you
I had noticed recently that I was getting more and more frustrated
at work when things are not going the way they were planned. I was starting to
panic about not making a meeting on time; I was getting [...]
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28Apr2007 | Steven Aitchison | 10 comments | Continued
Asking the right questions to change your life
The day your world changed with one question
Personal development means absolutely nothing unless we are ready to change. We
can read a hundred books, attend a hundred seminars, read a million blogs but
it still won’t change us unless we are ready to change. A lot
of us are [...]
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14Apr2007 | Steven Aitchison | 7 comments | Continued
Help me become a professional blogger
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Okay, here’s the deal. I love blogging, I love
blogs and I love personal development. Only trouble is I can only do
it part time at the moment as I have to work to pay the bills and the mortgage. I
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6Apr2007 | Steven Aitchison | 18 comments | Continued
What are your best personal development tips
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Win a copy of my new eBook ‘Change your thoughts to change your life: the best
of the blog’.
All you have to do is submit your best personal development
tip and write a little about it. It can be anything from improving [...]
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26Mar2007 | Steven Aitchison | 8 comments | Continued
Connecting to your inner core
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Sometimes I feel like my life gets covered over by unimportant
things and I lose my inner core. Its hard to explain but things like work, trivial
arguments, trivial tasks, bills, social events etc all paint over what’s
really important to me. [...]
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22Mar2007 | Steven Aitchison | 15 comments | Continued
It’s easy to stop smoking
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It has been around 18 months since I gave up smoking and every time I meet
a smoker they always ask how I did it. I have to say it took me three
times before I eventually gave up for good.
There were lots of [...]
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19Mar2007 | Steven Aitchison | 16 comments | Continued
6 tips to slow down the world
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Sometimes it’s an absolute nightmare trying to juggle everything we
have to do in a day. In the world we live in today we are available 24
hours a day. We work longer hours and take in much more information through
TV, [...]
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7 tips to revitalise your gym sessions
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Making the gym more interesting
weight are excellent motivators for going to the gym
but sometimes it can be very boring. My workout in the mornings are;
treadmill for 12 minutes, abs 3 reps, biceps 3 reps, bench presses 3 reps,
legs [...]
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14Mar2007 | Steven Aitchison | 8 comments | Continued
Clear your house to clear your mind
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Clear your house to clear your mind
Do you ever wish you were more organised in your daily life? Sometimes I feel
there is just too much going on in my head that it overwhelms me and
I cannot get things done. A great way to [...]
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10Mar2007 | Steven Aitchison | 14 comments | Continued
The process of a dream
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Over the years I have noticed that the things I have failed in are the things
I have not thought out. I have started projects in the past and got
really enthusiastic and then the enthusiasm dies. I have analysed the
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28Feb2007 | Steven Aitchison | 8 comments | Continued