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Tools of peacemaking

“Peace is not the absence of war: it is a virtue; a state of mind; a disposition for benevolence and justice” - Benedict de Spinosa

As part of our self-improvement and personal development we come across situations where we must understand about peacemaking.

I have found this to help me when I think about what we have learned from our past. The native Americans provided a form and a ritual for establishing peace, including the pipe of peace and the ceremony of burying the axe.

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Tips to Making the Right Decisions

“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”–Theodore Roosevelt

Recently when I sat down to catch up on my personal growth plan I had this horrible feeling of frustration. So I realized that my head was not in the right place to handle personal development and self improvement things. It got me thinking why was my head not in the right place and what was all this cloud that was around me and distracting me?

When I stopped and started thinking about this I realized that what was making all the noise in my head was the decisions that I was making and my brain was doing a big plus or minus on every thing that was going on.

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A gift worth giving.

In the hectic world we live in today sometimes I believe we need to pause, catch our breath and realize the gifts that we can share with others.

What good is self improvement and personal development if it is not shared with those we love and care for?

The Vietnamese Buddhist thinker Thich Nhat Hahn remarked “sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy”

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Phobias are also fears

As we continue talking about fears here are some thoughts of phobias.

Phobias can also limit your self improvement and personal development because phobias are often considered a rational.

A phobia can appear to be ridiculous and exaggerate such as the fear of flying or of water. Often people who have developed phobias are truly aware that their fear does not have a basis from rational thinking but they still cannot mastered their emotions and rise above the irrational fear.

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Now Is The Time to…

In personal development and self improvement as in many areas of our lives it has often been said “The greater the risk, the greater the return”. People who are in business will often tell you how true that phrase is. There has always been a trade-off between risk and returns. It is a logical relationship. The more risk you take, the more returns you’ll expect to get and the less risk you take, the lesser the returns you’ll expect to get.

But, are you taking a risk with your life? Are you letting life (or rather, situations) control your behavior? Are you leaving it all to luck? If yes, be alert because you’ll never know when you will have to lose everything you have. If there is one place where the phrase “more risk means more return” DOES NOT apply, it has to be your life.

We humans are habitual of copying the behavior of others that we see around us. For the same reason, we have “learned” to take life as it comes and without any plan. If a situation makes us happy, we get happy. If a situation makes us sad, we get sad. If a situation makes us give up, we give up! There are so many people around us who have no “life”, who have no idea why they are alive and they lack a direction. They simply “exist”.

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Knowledge is Power

In personal development and personal growth one of the characteristics we develop is that of being an empowered individual. Part of being an empowered person is having intimate knowledge and awareness of yourself as an individual, including your strengths, talents, weaknesses, capabilities and limitations.

How well do you know yourself? You’d be surprised how many people don’t know themselves at all! If you’ve spent the majority of your time focusing on the people around you, you may not have a clear self-image, which can lead to feelings of inner disconnection and disempowerment.

On the other hand, when you know yourself well you are empowered in that knowledge. You feel confident, self-assured, centered and strong, which enables you to live purposely and make more beneficial decisions.

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Are you taking care of yourself?

Firstly a belated Happy New Year to all.

If you are wondering why I have no posting for January 1 it’s because I have taken an example out of my own studies of personal development and growth and given a day to myself and those I love. So you can see I eat my own cooking !!

As lots of people start 2009 with their own New Year resolutions I would like to suggest one that perhaps you have not got on your list but I suggest you consider it - “Taking Care of You”.
What do I mean you say? Well

Taking care of yourself means eating a healthy diet, getting daily exercise and learning to relax and take care of your mental health.

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