How is consciousness the bedrock of personal development? What are the key steps toward regaining consciousness of our lives? In this article, I attempt to answer these important but often difficult questions. I then share 5 fundamentals on Regaining Consciousness, as laid out by psychology blogger Sam Spurlin. These fundamentals aim to cultivate a higher [...]

Opportunity is just as much dependent on external circumstances as it is on our views and attitude about the world. When we actively change our thinking and perception toward a more opportunistic mindset, we can actually invite more opportunities into our lives. Many people are perfectly capable of discovering opportunities that greatly benefit their lives, [...]

The Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook covers many different techniques we can use, both during meditation and outside of meditation, in order to facilitate greater awareness in our lives and during our daily actions. The main goal is to become more aware of our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors as they take place in the present moment. [...]

Leo Babauta of Zen Habits recently wrote an interesting piece called, “The Illusion of Control.” In it he describes how our efforts to control our lives and our surroundings are fundamentally flawed and worthless. We cannot control things, Leo argues, because our world is too complex, and the future is ultimately unknown. I partially agree, [...]

It almost goes without saying that doing a task while being focused is better than doing a task while only half-focused, or not focused at all. In fact, focus seems to be a very coveted ability in today’s busy, ADHD world, where it’s all too easy to find something to distract us. One of the [...]