Personal Development for Smart People^TM

After completing the PhotoReading program several months ago, I’ve been evaluating some of Learning Strategies’ other products.  One in particular that really impressed me was their Paraliminals collection.  This is a set of meditation/relaxation CDs embedded with Holosync technology.  Holosync employs what are called binaural beats, which use different sound frequencies to coax your brain into a state […]

If you signed up for this site’s free newsletter anytime within the past couple years, you’ll have recently received a confirmation email asking you to verify your subscription.  The verification link will be something that starts with www.1shoppingcart.com, since that’s the service I’m using to send out the links.  I just transferred the list there, […]

A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still. - Dale Carnegie
How can you intelligently deal with people who are close-minded, totally stubborn in their beliefs and unreceptive to new ideas?  Perhaps you feel certain you’re right and they’re wrong, but you can’t seem to convince them to see things your way.  And maybe you are […]

Update Aug 28, 2007:  For a very limited time, the PhotoReading discount is back.  Order it now at 59% off.
The PhotoReading discount for StevePavlina.com visitors that was announced a couple months ago will expire on November 30th, so if you’re interested in getting the program at 59% off, there are only a few more days to do so.
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In 1998 I had an experience that had a deep and lasting effect on me.  Erin and I were eating lunch at a local soup and salad place, and I noticed a woman cleaning the tables nearby.  She looked very sad and depressed, as if she’d just been chastised by her supervisor or had gotten some bad news.
Erin and I didn’t […]

Suppose you set a positive intention, focus your energy on its manifestation for the highest good of all, see the promising alpha reflection, and then watch your results completely stagnate.  Why did your intention fail to manifest as quickly as you desired?
Whenever this happens the root cause is that you failed to become a vibrational match for your intentions.  […]

If you ever walk through one of the Las Vegas hotel/casinos, you may be approached by a well-dressed individual who says to you, “Hi!  How long are you in town for?  Would you like some free show tickets?”
If you talk to such people, you’ll discover that the free tickets are for real, but the catch is […]

One obstacle that traps a lot of highly conscious people is what Erin and I call Lightworker Syndrome.  This is what happens when someone wakes up to a higher level of consciousness, but they can’t figure out how to live on purpose and feed themselves at the same time.  Such people have a lot of trouble […]

This is a very unusual post because it’s being written in the middle of a live workshop for the Las Vegas National Speakers Association. I previously mentioned this NSA workshop last month, and I’m happy to say there are about 50 attendees in the room, several of whom flew in from out of town.
Presently Erin […]

Traveling the world is one of my key goals for the next five years, especially since I’ve never been outside the USA.  The only reason I haven’t done it yet is the youth of my kids, ages 3 and 6.  They don’t travel very well, and there’s no way I’d want to take them out of the […]