Personal Assessment and Development Tools

Personal development does not have to mean becoming rich and famous and living in Hollywood. Personaly development can occur in much less obvious or dramatic changes and can be equally as significant and rewarding. Personal development may mean you start to speak to your community, you write that book you have always wanted to write or you become a mentor to someone else.

Whatever you decide to do next in your spiritual, emotional and intellictual unfoldment, focus on how you can give your life away, how you can serve and give others. I read once that a day was not complete until you gave away something that was not returnable. Focus on that, give without want, give constantly and everything you need or need to discover for yourself will come to you.

Many people are not certain what their life purpose is, or what to do next. I want to share some tools and resources to help you move quickly down your path. Remember, when you stay on purpose, you never get too far off your path!

1) Take a Self Assessment Test.
There are several available to you. A self assessment test will ensure you develop a plan or life purpose that is catered towards you and your personality. These tools will help you identify your strengths, your weaknesses, your preferences and your ways of thinking. They can be fun, enlightening and informative. Some assessments are free and can give you a glimpse into your current path, situation, goals, desires and purpose.

Here are the popular ones with their website link:
Keirsey Temperament Sorter
Myers Briggs Type Indicator
Strengths Finder

The self assessment tests do not require any fancy tools, just some time and patience and willingness to be open minded when you read the results.


2) Discover Your Personal Goals:
This is your why and what. Why you get out of bed in the morning and what you feel most passionate about. This is unfolding your life purpose. There are great tools available to help you do this. Here is one I recommend:

Discover Life Purpose

Create your life mission, start with a mission statement, this will guide you on your path to personal fulfillment and purpose. Whenever you are acting in accordance with your life purpose or life mission statement you are in a creative and attractive vibrational state. This is how you attract all that you need to accomplish your tasks. Everything you need will show up for you, if you stay on purpose, that is your own unique life purpose.

Here are a few suggestions about your mission statement:
Be passionate, seek feedback, write it, be yourself, follow your bliss.


3) Next Create a Development Plan:
Now create a development plan. You set the goals and the timelines. Then act and focus on your goals and plan. A development plan should include short and long term goals. Life is a marathon, your life purpose should continue and expand as you unfold. Sometimes the goals may not all be clear, but they will come to you as you stay on purpose.

Short term goals are often more effective and attainable. Long term goals are your long term visions. Your plan should also include action steps, outcomes and a plan for analysis. You will want to see if you are meeting your goals or revise your goals and timelines accordingly.

Own your plan. Write it out, post it where you can see it daily and create affirmations to keep you on track with your plan.

4) Find a Mentor:
I have posted several articles on this blog archive on the benefits of having a mentor. You will reach your goals faster and more efficiently with a mentor.Mentoring is a close, personal relationship that differs from supervision. Finding a mentor means seeking development and input from someone you respect and feels has experience or expertise in what you are pursuing. Mentors can be friends, bosses, family, authors, ministers etc. We meet mentors every day! Just open your eyes to them!

Calmness of Mind: Jewel of Wisdom

Here are some great ones from SGR program

Choose your thoughts wisely!

"The only thing that can grow is the thing you give energy too".
-Ralph Waldo Emerson


"To think what you want to think is to think truth regardless of appearances."
-Wallace D. Wattles

An ignorant person permits the appearance of things to control his or her thoughts. They do not realize that they can choose their results, they can reject any thought or idea and they can create their own truth. So few get this, so few act on it, so few at true co-creators. Co-creators realize that they are spiritual beings with creative energies and power flowing to them, through them and from them.

"Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the reslut of long and patient effort in self-control. Its presence is an indication of ripened experience, and of a more than ordinary knowledge of the laws and operations of thought.

You become calm in the measure that you understand yourself as a thought evolved being, for such knowledge necessitates the understanding of others as the result of thought, and as you develop a right understanding, and see more and more clearly the internal relations of things by the action of cause and effect, you cease to fuss and fume and worry and grieve, and remain poised, steadfast and serene."
-James Allen

Wow, that was powerful

Decisions Determine Destiny

Our attitudes and decisions determine our results, who we attract to us and how we live. Why not choose to live with an abundant attitude, one that thinks, feels and acts as if the Universe is abundant and there is only infinite opportunities and possibilities.As we grow, or develop in mind, body and soul, as we become more self aware of our life purpose, goals and passions we recognize one of our spiritual responsbilities is to move into one-ness with the universe/God, our higher power. With this we move beyond living in an emotional reactive way to challenges in life to cultivating positive emotions as our habits. We learn to respond as opposed to react. We remain steadfast in our vision, focus and goals no matter what happens. We have a knowing that everything we need is already here or will come to us, that we can tackle anything that comes our way.

We simply live as if life is meant to be abundant and that abundance is already here, we are already connected to it.What this means is we learn to love even when we don't feel love, we are kind and generous, even when we would ordinarily complain or hoard, and we hold an image of abundance and never focus on lack or what we do not presently have, we live in a continous state of gratitude, even if we wouldn't ordinarily feel particularly thankful.

Successful people, make feeling love, joy, optimism, hope, abundance and gratitude their way of being, their habit. After gaining a conscious awareness and with some work overcoming the conditioning that they grew up with, they make thinking, feeling and acting with an abundant attitude their life and way of living.Our attitudes are our mental stances, they determine everything that comes to us, everyone we attract and they ultimately determine our results. Our attitudes are the glasses from which we view the universe and see the world. Do we see abundance, love and joy or do we see lack, poverty and fear? We can change the way we see the world by changing our thinking, by cultivating a positive attitude.

When we live in joy, acquire hope, see only abundance and possibility, we begin to remake our world and we can literally change our conditions, our results and our place, simply because our attitudes have changed. My favorite quote from Dr. Dyer says is all, "Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change."Additionally, the tremendous benefit of living with an abundant attitude, in faith and gratitude is that it keeps us connected to the universe and all that is providing. It is the recognition of this connection that is often the point of illumination and time when one opens up to the flow of abundance, the more grateful we are, the more of an abundance sense of life we will experience.The more you cultivate the abundant attitude, even if you don't feel it, the more you consciously improve or change your attitude, the more you will feel it.

The more loving we feel, the more love we receive, the more giving we are, the more that is given to us, the more abundant and successful we feel, the more success will be attracted to us, the healthier we feel, the more health and vitality we will experience. The more thankful we are, the more we experience the joys and richness of spirit that grateful feelings produce.

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Because of the extraordinary sales growth of the laptop and computer notebooks and their use in the office environment, new ergonomic postural health issues are continuing to increase. Anyone who uses a laptop computer on a frequent basis for work or pleasure should invest in their self and body by adding some of these effective laptop accessories. The postural problems caused by laptop computers are easily solved by adding laptop accessories. The lack of monitor height adjustment and the size and positioning of the keyboard are the primary culprits. When you use a laptop computer, whether working in your office, an airport or a hotel, if your workspace isn't set up optimally, your body may be at war with your laptop.

Laptop computers allow us the freedom to work from almost anywhere but their basic design - a keyboard and monitor joined together violates ergonomic requirements for a computer. As you type, you should be looking straight ahead, or a little downward. Laptop computers create a no-win situation, if the keyboard is in the correct position for you, the screen isn't; if the screen is positioned correctly, the keyboard isn't.

Here are some ergonomic computer laptop accessories that allow the adjustability and flexibility for proper postures with the use of laptops. The key to comfort, ease of use, minimizing fatigue and enhancing productivity is proper posture. The various laptop accessories including a laptop holder coupled with a mini keyboard, and computer mouse reduce desk space and provide an ergonomic solution to computing while working from the laptop in the office, from home, or while traveling.

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Abundance Quote: Gotta have it to give it!

"Abundance is about looking at life and knowing that we have everything we need for complete happiness, and then being able to celebrate each and every moment of life."

Dr Wayne Dyer

Miracles Come From Within!

My life journey has allowed me the opportunity to lose just about everything, including my health and ability to function so that I could stop and take some time to really learn and understand what life and living is truly about. For that I am grateful. I can honestly say, as I studied and internalized the material that I was attracting, out of a strong desire to live more fully, to feel better, to experience a miracle of healing and to educate, inspire and empower others coping with illness or any life struggle to do the same, I began to experience a life of miracles. My success and prosperity has increased after getting involved with the SGR program, that program taugh me more about life and how the universe works, than any other book or program I invested in. It changed my life. I have also significantly improved my health, I ran 5 miles today, several years ago, going up a flight of stairs was so exhausting I would throw up from it. (seriously, the MG kicked my butt!)

I have learned inner peace. I have learned about infinite possibilities, stopping the chatter, removing the doubt and to live on the side of abundance. For me, living with an "abundant attitude" has allowed me to think, feel and act in ways of abundance and put me in the flow of receiving an abundance of all good things. For that I am so very grateful. I understand now, that inner peace, success, optimal health, living in infinite possibilities is a spiritual journey. Not all get there. But few do. I hope you all achieve fuller life expression and the ability to create miracles in your life, whatever they may be and whatever a miracle means to you.

"Your miracles are an inside job. Go there to create the magic that you seek in your life."

-Dr. Wayne Dyer

"When you think positive, happy, loving thoughts, there is a different chemistry that goes on in your body than when you think depressing, negative, anguished thoughts. The way you decide to think has a dramatic effect on your chemistry and on your physiology."

-Dr. Wayne Dyer

Silence Makes the Music

Here is one of my recent favorite quotes:

"It's the space between the bars that holds the tiger, as they say in Zen, and it's the silense between the notes that makes the music."

-Dr. Wayne Dyer.

The Reason for the Smirk on the Buddah

I heard something really clever the other day. I heard someone say that the reason for the smirk on the Buddah statue's face is because Buddah understood the powerful paradox of creating thinking and the use of free will.

When you think about it, creating thinking means that you use your mind to imagine things, people, circumstances that you would like to create in your experience. The use of free will is traditionally thought of as willing something to you, these two things are a paradox. They cannot exist simultaneously.

But what so few people understand, is that the truth is using your free will, as described above, is actually forcing something to happen, which cannot be done. When you force something to happen, you create resistance. You push against it, when you create resistance, the thing that you desire, cannot come to you. What few understand is that the proper use of the will. The proper use of the will means you use your will to keep your thoughts in harmony with the universe and the natural laws of the universe. You use your will to stay on purpose. So few people get this, Buddah understood this.... as the man said, this is the reason for the smirk on the Buddah.

Are you a Carrot, an Egg or Coffee? This is great!

A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee...You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again. A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.

Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil; without saying a word.In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.

Turning to her daughter, she asked, 'Tell me what you see.''Carrots, eggs, and coffee,' she replied.Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg.Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma.

The daughter then asked, 'What does it mean, mother?'Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.'Which are you?' she asked her daughter. 'When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond?

Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?

Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying. May we all be coffee!!

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My dream is to continue to improve my health, my wealth, be free and give back. I love to educate, empower and inspire others to strive for more, live better, live full and happy lives and seek optimal health, independent of what your current results are.

As you can see, my battle with Myasthenia Gravis, left me poor, exhausted, alone, sick and disabled and completely broken in all aspects of my life. I spent the last few years, reading, studying and learning how to live better. I am now grateful for the Myasthenia Gravis experience, as I came out of the struggle a much better person. I found my inner peace, success, my life purpose....I learned to believe again, to dream again. To reach further, because I know now that the only limitations that I have are self imposed. I can heal myself, I can achieve higher levels of physical performance, I can succeed professionally and financially and I can experience love again. First, I had to learn to love myself and rebuild my life, I had to create an entirely new set of results. I am grateful for it all. I am truly grateful for the journey.

My dream is to give back, help others achieve a fuller life, learn to live more, believe in themselves, become empowered and to live each day in the present moment. I recently found some great FREE Ebooks on exercise and fitness and the most powerful success/wealth creation books ever written. I have posted them on my Acquired Hope website resource page, please go read them, over and over again, and notice your world transform, you too will be grateful for your journey, what ever it is and where ever life takes you!

Life Success Strategy: Take Decisive Action

If you are seeking further life expression, abundance, better health, more free time or wealth and prosperity, you must act. This life success strategy of taking decisive action is used by those people who have mastered their results.

When you put off taking action, you put off a better future, you put off the manifestion of new results in your life. When you procrastinate on moving forward in an empowered way, you only set yourself backwards, as the universe is always seeking further life and expression, the universe is always advancing. When you do not advance, you are not working in harmony with the Universal laws.

Decisive action, that is what is going to make the difference for you in moving from your current circumstances, environment and results, to the life and new results that you dream of.

Those that do break through and take decisive actions when they are presented with the right opportunity are the ones that manifest quickly, effortlessly and joyously. They have developed a higher level of awareness, an instinct, they are intune to how the universe works, they follow their inner guidance system, they are intuned to their emotions and are confident in the direction they are going. They endeavor to live. They carefully evaluate all opportunities and realize that success happens with opportunity meets readiness.

When they have found an opportunity that matches their intentions, they act decisively, quickly and efficiently, with a sense of empowerment. They say "yes" to the universe and move confidently. There is no indecision, no hesitation. They jump at the chance to begin working on and advancing their freedom.

If you are ready to change your results and endeavor to live, you must act decisively when the right opportunity shows up in your life, know that it is there because you attracted it!

Memorize this incredible quote below by Thoreau, place a copy on your mirror, fridge or computer so that you look at it often.

"If a person advances confidently in the direction of their dream, and endeavors to live the life they have imagined, they will meet with success unexpected in common hours."

-Thoreau

Strategy for Life Success: Leverage

One of the most powerful strategies for life success is leverage.

"I would rather have 1% of the efforts of 100 people than 100% of my own efforts." -J. Paul Getty

The powerful life success strategy of leverage means you gain momentum and strength when you multiply the effects of your and other people's time and efforts.

Financially, this means delegating, automating and duplicating efforts. Creating multiple streams of income is a leverage strategy that is taught in the Secret Science of Getting Rich Program. You can become more successful, have more free time, financial luxuries, only when you create leverage and multiple streams of income. Until you do, you are just trading your time for money and your success and income will remain limited.

REF: Secret Science of Getting Rich Program

Strategy For Creating Your Dream Life

Dream of Escape from the rat race!!!

If you want to live with fuller life expression and lead a truly fulfilling life, you must have a powerful all consuming dream that drives you forward.

"If you don't have bold, daring and imaginative dreams then you're just not being realistic".
-Randy Gage

The reason why so many people are stuck in a slump or in ordinary lives, is that they simply have given up on their dreams in life, or even worse, they do not believe that they deserve a greater life or that they can actually have a better life. If you want to live fully, you must get back in touch with your dreams.

At one point, you had dreams, what are your dreams? What are your goals? What is your life purpose? If you need help finding your dreams, create a list of all the things you love to do, and all the things you do not like to do. This will help guide you to your life purpose.

Get excited about your dreams and your life purpose. When you are on purpose, you are unstoppable. You will attract everything that you need in order to make your dreams come true. When you believe this, you will develop an internal drive to take action, to follow your instinct and to remain focused. Expand your dreams even further and you will become unstoppable when obstacles get in your way. Develop an internal "knowing" that everything you need will appear, that no obstacle is too great to overcome, learn to pay attention to and live in harmony with the Universal Laws.

Success in life starts with a dream! Rememer the BE, DO, HAVE Rule (this is explained in depth in my Acquired Hope book) The secret is, you must BE what you dream of, then DO as you would if you already had your dream, this is the same as act as if it is true, or acting from the end, and then you will HAVE what you dream of. It is backwards from the way we were conditioned to think as we grew up. In our lives we were conditioned to believe it when we see it, ie we must HAVE it, before we can DO it and then BE it. The universe actually works in reverse order. When you get into harmony with how the Universe really works, you become a powerful attractor, able to manifest anything you dream of or desire.