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12 Laws of Life

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI just came across a truly excellent post by Tom at Connecting with NLP: Tom’s Twelve Laws of Life 1.     SELF-MANAGEMENT AND PEOPLE SKILLS ARE THE KEYS TO YOUR SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS. 2.     YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF YOUR UNIVERSE. STAY THERE! 3.     WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT MOST IS WHAT YOU GET. 4.     YOU…
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Buddha on Understanding

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrom the Science of Oneness by Malcolm Hollick (p 163). Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh explains: The Buddha … said that in order to understand, you have to be one with what you want to understand. … The French language has the word comprendre, which means to understand, to know, to comprehend.  Com means to…
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Personal Learning Plans

Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you consider yourself an autodidact, or are an aspiring polymath, then this post may be of interest.

66 Best Personal Excellence Tips

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast week I posted about LiteMind’s Personal Excellence Tips Project.  I ended up submitting an entry (#51), and have to say it was tough to pick *one* single best tip.  But, here’s what I came up with: Set aside a specific time each week for personal reflection. Having a consistent weekly review is one of…
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Personal Excellence Tips

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLuciano at LiteMind has a great idea: Simply submit your *best* personal excellence tip!  The person with the best tip can win up to $449USD in prizes.  This was actually a very tough exercise.   It was hard to pick one single tip that rises above the rest.  But, I did it and submitted my result. …
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Hierarchies and the Birth of AQAL

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWilber makes reference to the birth of AQAL (All Quadrants, All Levels) in his work The Marriage of Sense and Soul – Integrating Science and Religion (pg. 63): “It is fascinating that both premodern religion and modern science have a defining hierarchy, and both of them are composed of enveloping nests of increasing embrace (development…
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Mindjet MindMap Sharing Just Got Easier

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere has been a lot of buzz lately surround Mindjet’s latest release of their flagship product: MindManager v8. For a great review and highlight of the new features, check out Chuck Frey’s review. I haven’t had the opportunity to review the latest version yet, but from what I’ve read there are a lot of great…
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How to be Great!

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s been over a month, and I’m finally spending more time getting plugged back into the good ole’ blogosphere. I spent some time last night catching up on some of my favorite blogs, and was pleasantly surprised to find a great article (posted a few weeks ago) on LiteMind – How to be Great: Rising…
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Time and Time Again

Reading Time: < 1 minutehttp://www.worldhistory-poster.com/en/ Over the last couple years, I’ve collected links to a number of sites that offer timeline-based browsing and thought I would share. Many of these sites are quite helpful for a number of areas of research, and help put many events into context and historical perspective: From Cave Paintings to the Internet (Formerly From…
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Rudolph Steiner on Patience and Progress

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve been meaning to dig deeper into Rudolph Steiner’s works since I first became aware of him a few years ago.  Steiner is an intriguing character for a number of reasons.  He was a passionate polymath, being interested and well-versed on a wide range of topics, accomplished philosopher and lecturer, founder of an alternative education…
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