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It was one of those moments where you find your palm clapping up against your forehead. When an evasive, niggling feeling that something is off pivots into a blinding flash of the obvious.

I was sitting in a Situational Workshop (SW). An SW is a twice-monthly meeting where six peers—a cohort—come together for 2 hours to support one another in their personal development. I was observing this one, the 14th and final one of the week. Literally, the 27th hour. I was bored out of my mind, and here’s why…

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My post last week on Seven Powerful Questions – Personal Development Made Practical triggered some great feedback. Let’s take what some of you have asked and commented on, and make those seven questions clearer and more powerful. [Read more…] about Bridging Insight Into Action

The conversation is etched in my brain because it shaped my life. It was one of those times something is said that is so clear, true, and powerful that the moment you hear it, you sense your life may never be quite the same.

Here’s the story. [Read more…] about Seven Powerful Questions: Personal Development Made Practical

I’m wondering whether you learned enough last year, and how you would know.

And I’m wondering this for two reasons. [Read more…] about How to Know If You Learned Enough Last Year

I spent many years “doing” personal development, and honestly, nothing changed. Not the way I felt inside. Not the way I treated people. Not the way other people experienced me. Not the way I handled money. Not the way I handled power. I “knew” a lot more. I “understood” myself and others better. I had more tools in my toolkit. But I hadn’t “built” anything different from what already existed. Why? [Read more…] about Personal Development = Five Attributes

Real personal development restores balance to the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual (PEMS) aspects of ourselves.