Free Personal Development & Self-Improvement Articles |
| Willie Horton's articles are regularly published all over the world. An expert on Personal Development since 1996, he has worked with leading figures in major corporations, sports people, small business owners, employed and unemployed people. |
In this section, you will find Willie's articles specifically relating to: |
| - Personal Development |
| - Self Improvement |
| - Self Help |
| - Positive Psychology |
| - Positive Thinking |
| - Self Esteem |
| Your Inner Power |
| Picture this – your mental energy is like water in a metal bucket. When your bucket’s full, you can pour all your energy into what you’re doing and get the job done. You know what that’s like – it’s like the way you get a load of things done the day before you go on holidays! Then why does university research say that normal people use just 1% of their mental energy? Is the bucket almost dry? Is your energy being wasted? Because the same research says you could be 2000% more effective |
| Welcome to Your New Life |
| Your life is in your hands. If you’re normal – and chances are that you are – that’s an awful shame because your ability to be happy and successful is correlated with your ability to pay attention. And normal people don’t know how. More to the point, normal adults have forgotten how. You need to re-learn what comes naturally, an innate ability that we all have to be present, focused, effective, happy and successful. The solutions are to be found within. Gurdy.Net simply points the way taking you step-by-step on a journey that will transform your life, enabling you create the happiness and success that you really want. |
| The Dangers of Positive Thinking |
| Many self help 'gurus' recommend "Positive Thinking" and "Affirmation" as the best way to get yourself "in the zone". Not so - the most effective state of mind is a focused one. In other words, a clear state of mind, one in which you are alert to today's opportunities. Many years research has shown that abnormally successful people operate in this clear, focused, alert state of mind. |
| Happy New Year! |
January, 2009 – another “New” year – but what has changed? Research (in the Universities of Chicago, Milan, Harvard – the list is quite long!) tells us that, in general, normal people lead repetitive lives where little ever changes. Sure, you might have made an important career change, met the love of your life (for now!), launched a new business, or captained your club on their way to winning the cup in 2008. But, so what! Little, under the skin (personal or corporate) ever really changes... |
| Second Life? How about getting a first one! |
| Increasingly, people are turning to the virtual world to paper over the cracks of the real one. People lose themselves - or, perhaps, think they've found themselves - on YouTube, Blogging, Social Networks and virtual reality games like Second Life. Wouldn't it make more sense to get a First Life? Our thoughts create our lives - years of research prove this. Change your mind and you'll change your life... |
| So Many Self-Help Books - So Little Change |
| Bookshops are full of "popular psychology" and "self-help" books - yet most lives stay the same and the world appears to be in a bigger mess than ever. The problem is that an intellectual understanding of "self-improvement" books is not enough - and, in fact, can be quite dangerous. You need to experience the difference between being "normal" and the "altered state of mind" in which you can clearly see the way towards happiness and success... |
| Living Dangerously |
| So-called normal people live dangerously by not really living at all. Research shows that normal people use only 1% of their mental capacity to focus on the task in hand, in the here and now. Yet people who really do live dangerously - those who practice extreme sports - provide us with an important insight into how we can all really live life to the full - and experience true happiness and success. Paying attention is the key. |
| Barack Will Save Us All! |
| There is a great expectation that Barack Obama's election to the White House has changed everything. Yet, as the Mahatma Gandhi said, ordinary people create real change - and, in fact it was ordinary people's belief and expectation that got Obama elected. At present, there's a lot of negative expectation about - the good news is that psychology andn quantum physics prove that expectation, which is contangious, works positively too... |
| How to Build Self Esteem |
| Self esteem is an illusion - whether you're suffering from low self esteem or you're on a high - the concept is a creation of your personality - and your personality isn't real - it's a mask that hides you from your own inner potential. Understand this, take a little "exercise" to side-step your personality and - lo and behold - you'll find the real you - and all you're really capable of... |
| Does Anyone Need Personal Development? |
| Personal development is big business. And, yet, all the psychological evidence, relating to how children use their minds as compared to adults, indicates that the so-called "normal" adult needs some personal un-development rather than personal development! Explore how the adult mind lives in places that bear no resemblance to the reality of the present moment - in stark contrast to the way children's open minds experience reality as it is... |
| Why is it so Important to Live in the Present? |
| Are there benefits to living in "The Now" as described by Ekhart Tolle? Or would we be better off living our normal lives where we sometimes reminisce about the past or look forward to the future? Well, if you're not focused in the present moment, how will you be able to do your very best? Will universal energy bother to respond (as quantum physics proves it does) if you don't bother to turn up? The only time and place to live is here and now... |
| The Dangers of Recognition |
| Recognition - the psychological process by which we make sense of everything that is going around us. Or do we? Could it be that one of our key psychological "abilities" results in us making nonsense of what is really going on? Does it result in us misbehaving as a result of our automatic ability to react? Worse of all would you recognise an opportunity if it stared you in the face? For "normal" people, the answer is generally "No". Read on... |
| Alternative Medicine |
| The world needs new approaches. The state of "normal" relationships, "normal" businesses and "normal" lives leaves a lot to be desired. The greed hasn't worked, the nation state hasn't done anyone any favours - it's time for you to take some "alternative medicine", to find new ways (that are in fact age-old) to motivate yourself, achieve uncommon business success and create the life that you really want. You need to change your state of mind... |
| Normal People are Lazy |
| Normal people are not uncomfortable enough to do anything to break out of their mundane, repetitive lives. They complain that they don't like their jobs, they spend their lives telling others that they're "not too bad", but they never do anything to be really successful and happy. And that could all change effortlessly. If I told you that a commitment of ten minutes each morning would change your life beyond recognition, would you be interested... |
| How to Be a Life Coach at 25! |
| Life coaching is all the rage. But how many life coaches are really adequately equipped to help their clients? And, for that matter, does anyone really need a life coach? This article explains the evidence that's already available to confirm that everyone has the answers they need - within. Really successful people call it gut instinct. Artists (and scientists) call it inspiration. Discover your own inner inspiration - here's how... |
| The Fine Art of Communication |
| Communication is about making an impression. Yet technology deludes us into thinking that we have become great communicators - email, text, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Blackberries, enables us send information. But does it make any real difference, is anyone listening? Your success and happiness is effected by your ability to communicate - to make a good impression. Develop your presence and you will become the ultimate communicator... |
| Meteoric Personal Develoment |
| Myself and my family recently watched the annual Perseid Meteor Shower, a humbling experience which got me thinking about my place in the universe. It brought to mind a client's question about how a "loving God" allows tragedy happen in people's lives. Most importantly, it re-defined for me, how I need to control my mental power and potential - to invest my mental energy in a universe that quantum physics tells us will respond to our investment... |
| What Normal People Want |
| Surprisingly, by their actions, normal people don't want success or happiness - they want to stay "not too bad" and want abnormally successful people to be normal too. There's no one more threatening to a normal person than someone who "has it all" and, yet, research proves that normal people are technically insane. Which would you choose - effortless success in your business and personal life - or to be normal and not too bad? No choice really... |
| Is Self Help a Scam? |
| Recent university research suggests that self help "makes you feel worse". But the researchers know nothing about self-help - they studied self-affirmation. And self-affirmation is a scam - you'll never convince yourself that you're wonderful if you don't believe it in your heart and soul. To really help yourself, you need to get in touch with that heart and soul, the part of you that can create the life and happiness that you really want... |
| The Motivational You |
| We need to get a kick out of life. Yet research suggests that we're stressed, unhappy at work, worried about money and frustrated in our apparent inability to achieve our goals and dreams. We need to motivate ourselves - but does that mean one part of me needs to motivate another part of me? The evidence suggests that that is the case - your real potential is being held back by your perceived personality - it's a battle the real you must win... |
| Stop Reading Self-Help Books |
| Normal people live normal lives. They read lots of "self-help" books but nothing ever changes. They (you) need to start living and experiencing the wonder of now. In being focused in the here and now, you develop presence - an attribute always ascribed to people whose names we all know - abnormally successful people. Do you want to be abnormally successful, effortlessly? The solution is entirely in your own hands - here and now... |
| Your Comfort Zone is Killing You |
| People are not uncomfortable enough to do a little something that would change their lives immeasurably. It takes five minutes each morning to get your head in the right place for the day ahead. Those five minutes put you "in the zone" enabling you use your energy to create each day perfectly. Otherwise, you're throwing away your greatest opportunity. Science proves we create our own lives. Your creative power is within. Time to start using it. |
| No More Bad News |
| Why are the media full of bad news? What kind of sick minds continually press negative stories on us? Or, more to the point, what kind of sick minds continually have such a voracious appetite for bad news? Normal people, that’s who! Normal people are very sick people – they use almost none of their mental capabilities, they only perceive what they expect to perceive and, as a result, live normal lives are, at best, “not too bad”. That’s not good enough. The good news is that you can choose to be abnormal – abnormally successful and happy... |
| How You Are Who You Are |
| We are victims of our upbringing because our formative years formed our frame of reference for our view of what’s possible or not possible and our strengths and weaknesses. Most importantly, our early years are the subconscious basis for our adult behaviour. Our subconscious pays attention to that past, rather than the present moment – so we miss out on what’s really going on now – we miss out on life’s opportunities that could well be staring us in the face... |
| Why Approval is Worse than Crack (and how to quit) |
| We've all been raised on the drug of approval - there's nothing nicer than someone saying something nice to you or about you. Yet all this approval by others is wasting your energy, divorcing your from the real and, ultimately, amazing powerful real you within. You need to start approving of yourself. To do this, you need to reacquaint yourself with the real you, beyond your perceived inadequacies. Five minutes, each day, will take you there |
| Crazy Parents - Crazy Kids |
| Normal adults are crazy. Research proves that they live their lives automatically, paying little or no attention to what they're doing or what's really go on. That means that normal parents are raising their children - automatically and mindlessly - to become, just like them, normal crazy adults. But this is not inevitable. We can all learn from our children, for they, as we did, have the natural ability to mindfully experience the wonder of now |
| Your Potential is in Your Own Hands |
| Energy responds to your expectations. Unfortunately normal people expect very little out of life. They expect to get a good education and a job, retire and die! But, if you expect something different, something exciting, something different will happen. Quantum physics terms it The Law of Potentiality - and it is a call to action for anyone who wants anything out of life - your success is up to what you expect... |
| What Goes Around Comes Around |
| We all get what we deserve out of life. If you fell you're getting very little, it's probably because you're putting very little in. Normal people only invest 1% of their energy in what they're doing - that's why work is hard, that's why people are stressed - it feels like you're doing a lot but, in fact, you're not, you're just going through the motions. Put more than 1% mental energy into the here and now and watch the magic happen... |
| Your Life is Your Choice |
| What have Tiger Woods, you and I got in common? We all make choices and, often, our choices may not be for the best, for our lives or for the lives of those around us. But we don't make big bad choices out of the blue, we make little choices, moment to moment, that move our lives in our chosen direction. Most of us don't realize this and, consequently, drift - finally wondering why life is not so bad. Well, not so bad is not good enough... |
| Work Hard, Go to College, Get a Job |
| Get a good education, work hard, climb the ladder of "success", retire and die! Is that what it's all about. What about excitement and passion? What about living life to the full? It can be done by anyone and that includes you. It doesn't take a miracle, it takes a change in how you see the world. You only need change your mind to change your life - on your terms. And you can start doing that today - little stuff first, bug stuff follows. |
| Has a Self-Help Guru Ripped You Off? |
| Self help means that you must help yourself. You need to gather the appropriate information or guidance but after that you're on your own. You do not need to develop a dependence on some "guru" which, more often than not, will leave you worse off than you were at the outset. No rites of passage are required. You do not need to pay some "guru" thousands of dollars to awaken that which only you can awaken yourself - the potential within. |
| The Dysfunction of the Herd |
It's not OK to be normal. Years of research prove that normal people are crazy - they're automatic, mindless and travel in packs. This herd mentality has got the world into to the mess it's in - you need to break away from the herd. There's no downside and lots of upside. Imagine standing out from the crowd because you're abnormally happy and successful! Come to your senses, see reality for what it is and embrace life's abundant opportunities. |
| Successful Living and the Thin Veil of Thought |
| You may find yourself dissatisfied with life. You may have fallen victim to the world's economic problems. But, in all certainty, you are a victim of your own state of mind. A completely different, wonderful, happy and successful life is staring you in the face. But you cannot see it because of the thin veil of negative thought that you, yourself, are pulling over your eyes daily. Empty your mind, experience now - achieve your dreams. |
| Steps to Personal Development |
| You need to leave normality behind because it's slowly squeezing the zest for living out of you. The normal mind is out of control but you can start relearning your childlike skill to be focused, present and, as a result, be effortlessly happy and successful. The secret is to stop giving your subconscious mental energy to the destructive thoughts that hold you back and distance you from the opportunities that are before your very eyes - if only you could see them. |
| Taking Courageous Decisions |
| Your success and happiness, indeed, your life, depends on the decisions that you make. The most successful people take what normal people think are brave and courageous decisions. But normal people live in fear, paralysed by the normality of everyday life, fearful that being different will change their lives. Of course it will! You don't need to be brave or courageous, you need to simply set your mind on the right path - everything else follows. |
| Awareness and an End to Worry |
| Awareness is the key to effortless living, peace of mind, happiness and success. Awareness banishes useless thought - the pest that muddles the normal mind and prevents us from being the best we can be. Awareness is about paying attention to the place and time where life is actually lived - the here and now. Awareness is about coming to our senses, using them to experience reality as it is in the present moment. Awareness is self-liberation. |
| Playing with Other People’s Lives |
The normal adult experiences the here and now clouded by the shadows of their formative years. As a result, they react to what they think is happening and to people that they think are there, rather than the real people before their very eyes. This leads us to misbehave, to treat even our loved ones mindlessly. To start behaving properly (and start grasping the opportunities of the moment) we need to step out of those shadows and experience the light of reality - it's an eye-opener that will change your life. |
| Self Esteem and Your Inner Voices |
Many suffer from what they perceive as low self esteem. Many talk of inner voices that tell them "No you can't!" As a result, many simply cannot live the life they were meant to live. But these inner voices are not yours - they are the echo of your formative years which, together, form your personality or a mask that you think is you. It's not - the real you is "powerful beyond reason" and is only one choice away. You've got to choose between listening to your self-defeating voices or paying attention to the here and now. |
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