Carnival of Self-Mastery - August 26, 2008

Welcome to the August 26, 2008 edition of carnival of self-mastery.  My top 3 articles for the week are:

1. Toni presents You always have a choice posted at Happy Nest, saying, "Making choices, no matter how simple or grand the situation is, empowers you. Passiveness won't solve anything, but finding your voice and asserting it will."
2. Shawn Driscoll presents How Do You Measure Success? posted at Shawn Driscoll.
3. Mitesh presents 10 Greatest Mistakes While Brainstorming posted at Invent Creativity.

Career & Work

Shawn Driscoll presents How Do You Measure Success? posted at Shawn Driscoll.

Stephen Martile presents How to Advance Your Career posted at FreedomEducation.ca by Stephen Martile, saying, "Career advancement comes from doing things a certain way, just as Wallace Wattles describes in his famous book, The Science of Getting Rich. If you follow this process, you must advance your career. Remember, this is not a philosophy or an idea that hasn’t been tested. This is a creative approach to career advancement. It’s the Science of Getting Rich. It works when you work it. It must work because it is Law. You can learn more by reading, How to Advance Your Career."

Wally Bock presents Can you have it all? posted at Momentor.

Dating & Relationships

Woman Tribune presents Forever the Other Woman posted at Woman Tribune.

Emotional Mastery

isabella mori presents josh waitzkin, an inspiring performer posted at change therapy, saying, "a review of a book by josh waitzkin, world chess champion and world tai chi champion. this book is not about “10 easy steps to success”. there are many passages where waitzkin describes spending hours, weeks and yes, years, on practicing one little thing. and yet the book has a wonderful feeling of lightness and possibility. one of the main reasons for that is that waitzkin, in his writing and in his life, works hard on focusing exclusively on what’s under his control."

Richard Johnson presents Understanding Happiness posted at Reaching A Better Place, saying, "There is so much written on happiness, yet I've never read anything which has broken the emotion down into its different parts. This article does just that and makes the business of finding happiness simpler."

Toni presents You always have a choice posted at Happy Nest, saying, "Making choices, no matter how simple or grand the situation is, empowers you. Passiveness won't solve anything, but finding your voice and asserting it will."

David B Bohl presents 5 Steps To Move From Concern to Content posted at Slow Down Fast Today!, saying, "Here are some strategies I’ve discovered over my years of coaching that can help you experience more contentment in all areas of your life."

Entrepreneurship

Sudhanshu presents Recruiting for Startups posted at Gyaan Sutra.

Raymond presents Best Business Credit Card For Your Small Business posted at Money Blue Book.

Goal Setting & Planning

Dereck presents An Essay on Human Growth posted at I Will Not Die.

AndrewB presents From Lame To Fame - 5 Steps posted at Personal Hack, saying, "Most of us are born with average resources yet a very few of us manage to become great. In this post I give you 5 steps to go from lame to fame Please give it a quick read and leave a comment, thanks."

Health & Fitness

Alvaro Fernandez presents Exercising the body is exercising the mind posted at SharpBrains: Your Window into the Brain Fitness Revolution, saying, "Want to generate a few extra neurons?"

Health Blogger presents Live A Healthy, Happy, and Rich Life By Practicing Moderation posted at Health and Fitness Blog.

Productivity

Mitesh presents 10 Greatest Mistakes While Brainstorming posted at Invent Creativity.

Spirituality

CG Walters presents Whose life would you like to be living? posted at Into the Mist, saying, "Tie your misery to the Suffering Tree and be free of it forever! Mind you, if you place a burden of your suffering on the tree, you must take on another burden that hangs there. Whose burden would you prefer?"

Andrew Q presents Social Networks: The Experiment posted at Baha'i Perspectives, saying, "A fascinating discussion on the benefits and pitfalls of social networking sites, with guidance from the Baha'i Writings:

"Whosoever has lost himself, has found the universe and the inhabitants thereof! Whosoever is occupied with himself is wandering in the desert of heedlessness and regret! The master-key of self-mastery is self-forgetfulness. The road to the palace of life is through the path of renunciation.""

Time Management

Kathleen Gage presents Never enough time - or is there? posted at Daily Awareness, saying, "How many people live in the space of frustration? The fact is, there is not enough time to do all we think we must do, want to do or dream of doing. There is just too much to do, calls to make, people to see.

One of the few things we truly possess is time. There is only so much you can do and only so many roles you can play. How we choose to use the here and now is a personal and a powerful choice. Choose wisely."

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