Self Improvement Articles (Sorted by date)

How To Become A Polished Public Speaker In Just One (1) Day

The fear of speaking in public ranks right up there with the fear of death. I had the same fear myself until I was chosen to be an electronics trainer for the Air Force. It was only then I realized just how afraid and lousy at speaking I really was.
Lynne SchlumpfFebruary 04, 2002

Are You A Procrastinator?

What is the dictionary definition of a procrastinator? It is one who delays, defers action, puts off until another day. At some point in our lives all of us have probably procrastinated over something we needed to do. This is human nature....
Robert TaylorFebruary 04, 2002

Overcoming Procrastination

What are the reasons that YOU procrastinate? Are you a perfectionist? Do you procrastinate on projects that you dislike? Do you over schedule yourself? Do you have fear of failure? Or maybe fear of success? Perhaps you dislike or disagree with...
Mari PeckhamFebruary 04, 2002

Step Out

Living your successful life requires you to step out. I remember as a teenager, right out of high school, learning this valuable lesson. Now - 15 years later - my life is the result of habitually stepping out.
Michael PollockFebruary 04, 2002

Your Goals Are Unique

We have just begun another new year in our lives. It is time to regroup and rethink our goals and desires. Our goals may be partially dictated by outer circumstances.
Robert TaylorFebruary 04, 2002

I Am My Sunshine

"You Are My SunshineMy Only Sunshine You Make MeHappy When Skies Are Gray"(I remember this song from my childhood)"You Never Know ,Dear,How Much I Love You Please,Don't Take My Sunshine Away"And, doesn't that insinuate...
Patsy GoinsFebruary 04, 2002

10 Passion Principles to Creating the Rest of Your Life

1. Take passionate action towards living your life by design. Talk is cheap. Action = deposits in the bank of a passionately authentic future. Without it, passion is void. 2.
Julie Jordan ScottFebruary 04, 2002

On Uniqueness

Is being special or unique a property of an object (let us say, a human being), independent of the existence or the actions of observers - or is this a product of a common judgement of a group of people?
Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.February 02, 2002

Traumas as Social Interactions

("He" in this text - to mean "He" or "She"). We react to serious mishaps, life altering setbacks, disasters, abuse, and death by going through the phases of grieving.
Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.February 02, 2002

The Happiness of Others

Is there any necessary connection between our actions and the happiness of others? Disregarding for a moment the murkiness of the definitions of "actions" in philosophical literature - two types of answers were hitherto provided.
Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.February 02, 2002