“The greatest achievements in life are only possible if we can activate the best within us.” Brendon Burchard This is a theme of his upcoming book “The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives that Make You Feel Alive.” There are already enthusiastic testimonials including these: “The Charge is an inspiring guide to the one thing [...]
By Morty Lefkoe Imagine that you had been doing something a certain way for a long time and you believed that you were doing it the right way. Now imagine that I come along and tell you not to do that way any more. I give you a lot of reasons and I promise a [...]
By Morty Lefkoe At one point or another, everyone has uttered the words: “I am happy.” And: “I am upset.” Notice what happens when you say: “I am [something].” You are describing yourself. Any words that follow the statement “I am” is your description of yourself. Moreover, when we say, “I am [something],” it feels [...]
By Morty Lefkoe All of you who read my blog posts and who signed up on my website to eliminate a limiting belief are “weird,” according to best-selling author and popular blogger Seth Godin. Why would he apply that term to you? Seth uses the term “weird” to describe anyone who is not “normal,” in [...]
Your Creative Brain: Seven Steps to Maximize Imagination, Productivity, and Innovation in Your Life by Shelley Carson, PhD Harvard Health Publications. “This provocative book reveals why sitting in front of a light box can increase your creativity more than listening to a Bach concerto as example. The author Shelley H. Carson, a Harvard psychologist, explains [...]
By Morty Lefkoe How many times have you attended a personal growth workshop, or listened to a self-help audio course, or viewed a set of DVDs designed to change your life? Given the type of people who usually read my blog, probably most of you. And how many times did you get a high when [...]
From Parade magazine: In his new book, Flourish, positive-psychology guru Martin Seligman looks beyond happiness and asks: How can we create a rich, fulfilling, meaningful life? We spoke with him about what it means to flourish. What’s the difference between flourishing and simply being happy? To have a good life—to flourish—it’s not enough to just [...]
Like many actors who want to develop their talents, Vanessa Hudgens observes other people, and uses the experience for personal growth as well. She also develops her awareness through reading, such as the book The Four Agreements. Hudgens sometimes visits Venice Beach: “I love going to the drum circle down there. Every now and then [...]
Among his many wise and witty observations on being human, Mark Twain commented about some of our thinking: “What gets us into trouble is not what we don’t know. It’s what we know for sure that just ain’t so.” Morty Lefkoe addresses the nature of self-limiting beliefs and how to overcome them in programs of [...]
Who we think we are – or are not – so often impacts what we consider possible for us and what we actually do with our talents and creative passions. Director Jane Campion earlier in her life commented, “I never have had the confidence to approach filmmaking straight on. I just thought it was something [...]
One of the enduring ideas about developing creativity is to that creative people such as writers need to “get out of their own way” so they can more freely express their inner experience. It is also potentially a core benefit of counseling or psychotherapy. But what does that really mean: getting out of our own [...]
Morty Lefkoe quotes Joe Vitale: “I realize that most intentions are limitations. Intentions come from your ego and can actually limit what is possible for you to receive… “For me, I want inspiration. When it comes, that becomes my new intention. But the intention comes from inspiration, not from limitation. The intention comes from the [...]
Do you hold yourself back in order to get along, make others feel good, or for other reasons? Mary-Elaine Jacobsen, Psy.D. – author of The Gifted Adult – notes, “There are millions of unidentified individuals of high potential lost within the fabric of a society that seems to have issued an edict against knowing oneself, [...]
Emma Watson is a Brown University sophomore. She says, “This college experience is really important to me, and I won’t give it up for anything. “I’m not going to school just for the academics – I wanted to share ideas, to be around people who are passionate about learning. “Being at Brown has totally taken [...]
Books can be valuable tools for self-understanding and change, but are they always worth the investment of time and money? One of the top selling self-help titles has been Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny! by Anthony Robbins. In their Scientific American Mind article [...]
By Carrie Oakley Online education has redefined our lives in more ways than one – it has made quality learning accessible to people irrespective of location, distance, cost and prior qualifications; it has brought education to us instead of making us go in search of this valuable asset; and it has made it much easier [...]
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Site author: Douglas Eby, M.A./Psychology, is a writer and researcher on the psychology of creative expression and personal growth, especially for high ability adults. He is publisher of the Talent Development Resources series of sites.
