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Self Help
Self Help is, in some respects, a
rather odd term for the important work we do here at the White Dove
Books Inspiration site - I think the description seems to hold negative
associations for some people. There are numerous equivalent labels in
common usage including self development, self improvement, personal
development, personal growth and human potential.
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Problem-Solving
Problem-solving is an art and it can be
learned. Below is Edward De Bono's useful five-step process for
problem-solving. There are however different types of problem and they
require different thinking styles in order to crack them.
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Christianity & Wealth
Without giving the subject much thought, I can recall some of the
messages, concerning money, that I noticed during my formative years.
Messages I remember from my Christian background regarding money and
wealth include, but are not limited, to these: Money is the Root of All
Evil; You Cannot Serve God And Mammon.
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Motivation
In their book the
One-Minute Manager,
Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson make the statement that 'there are no
un-motivated people'. We all have the necessary motivation to do the
things we really want to do - we are all motivated people. It may be
that, in the workplace, some people just don't seem motivated, but they
certainly are - for some reason, they turned up for work.
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Presentation of Self
In as much as behaviour is the process of living life, the development
of behaviour sets, which can be thought of as roles, may be employed for
the purpose of simplifying the task: the idea was first proposed by
William James (1890). 'Some roles, James believed, we choose for
ourselves ... Other roles are prescribed for us by virtue of our
position in life'.
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Self Improvement
Whilst there is fundamental disagreement between behaviourist and
humanist ideologies in the matter of the degree of choice that
individuals might exercise over the circumstances of life, it seems that
many humanist, self-development writers have no difficulty making use of
learning concepts introduced by psychologists of the behaviourist
school.
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Stress
The proposition that the state which we term death is the final means of
escape from the condition we call stress is somewhat reminiscent of the
statement made by Sir Thomas Browne in his Religio Medici that 'death is
the cure of all diseases': this is, of course, essentially an anihilist
view. There is obvious scope for the alternative proposal as advanced,
for example, by Sir James Barrie in Peter Pan that 'to die will be an
awfully big adventure'.
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Personality
Your Personality is the visible face you present to the world. It is
the set of behaviours, thoughts, emotions and motives that you have
developed for interacting with other people. You might think of your
personality as being something like a mask - it is not the inner you,
but rather it is the outer you. Your personality represents the
culmination of all of the success strategies you have internalised over
time. Your parents taught you some of these and you discovered some of
them for yourself.
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Personal Development Plan
Developing your own plan for Personal Development is an interesting
idea you might like to consider. To begin, you need to think about
the end - no doubt you will remember Stephen Covey's Begin with the
End in Mind habit! This means being clear in your own mind about
your Vision and the Mission you are trying to accomplish - and you
will wish to break your Mission down into specific Goals.
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More Articles by Will Edwards
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Any Article published at the eZinearticles site may be used on other sites, and in
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