February 2012 (listening!)
Hurry Up and Meditate: Guided Meditations
by David Michie
If meditation was available in capsule form, it would be the biggest selling drug of all time. It has been scientifically proven to deliver highly effective stress relief, boost our immune systems and dramatically slow the aging process. It has also been shown to make us much happier and more effective thinkers. In this partner recording to Hurry Up and Meditate, David Michie takes the novice meditator by the hand, and provides four guided Buddhist meditations to help you experience for yourself the benefits of these time-honoured and powerful techniques.
The Meaning of Life: Making Every Moment Matter
by Guy Finley
All who were there for these five days of groundbreaking dynamic talks were inspired, enriched, and deeply touched by the revelations Guy presented. In all, Guy presented seven powerful talks that built one upon the other to reveal the entire explanation of how we can discover and live the meaning of our lives. In addition, Guy gave two talks on meditation based on the theme, Start Letting Stillness Organize Your Life.
Every moment of these revealing talks was recorded, and the result is a seven-hour album that will open your heart and mind to new vistas of possibility and provide practical techniques you can use to make those possibilities your new reality.
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity
by David Allen
In today’s world of exponentially increased communication and responsibility, yesterday’s methods for staying on top just don’t work. Veteran management consultant and trainer David Allen recognizes that “time management” is useless the minute your schedule is interrupted; “setting priorities” isn’t relevant when your e-mail is down; “procrastination solutions” won’t help if your goals aren’t clear.
Allen’s premise is simple: our ability to be productive is directly proportional to our ability to relax. Only when our minds are clear and our thoughts are organized can we achieve stress-free productivity and unleash our creative potential.
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
by Roger Fisher, William Ury
Getting to Yes is a straightorward, universally applicable method for negotiating personal and professional disputes without getting taken – and without getting angry.
It offers a concise, step-by-step, proven strategy for coming to mutually acceptable agreements in every sort of conflict – whether it involves parents and children, neighbors, bosses and employees, customers or corporations, tenants or diplomats. Based on the work of the Harvard Negotiation Project, a group that deals continually with all levels of negotiation and conflict resolution, from domestic to business to international, Getting to Yes tells you how to:
- Separate the people from the problem
- Focus on interests, not positions
- Work together to create opinions that will satisfy both parties
- Negotiate successfully with people who are more powerful, refuse to play by the rules, or resort to “dirty tricks”
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Hello 2012!
How are you going to bring in the new year? Like a lamb or a lion?
Do you struggle with your relationships? Your weight? Your health? Your career?
Maybe it’s simply about finding out who you are and what truly makes you happy.
A lot of times these new year’s resolutions ultimately become lofty ambitions that slip further and further away from your grasp – not from lack of want but from lack of direction and a great support system. Read the Rest of This Article »
January 2012 (listening!)
1. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
By: Stephen R. Covey
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, has been a top seller for the simple reason that it ignores trends and pop psychology for proven principles of fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity. Celebrating its 15th year of helping people solve personal and professional problems, this special anniversary edition includes a new forward and afterword written by Covey that explore whether the 7 Habits are still relevant and answer some of the most common questions he has received over the past 15 years. Read the Rest of This Article »
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from PickTheBrain
To our friends all around the world,
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
I look forward to continuing our journey to ‘grow ourselves’ in the New Year to come!
All the best and be well,
Erin
Happy Thanksgiving from PickTheBrain
Dear PickTheBrain Community,
Everyday I am given dozens of reasons to be thankful that you are part of this wonderful, ever expanding self improvement community – a group of people that are intent on growing yourselves as well as making the world around you a better place. Whether it comes in the form of lovely emails to my inbox, insightful comments on blog posts or, of course, the extremely generous donation of your intelligent, thoughtful and highly impactful content, you have all been key parts to the success of this blog and the millions of people it reaches every month.
Even though this is an American holiday (I’m Canadian!), PTB has readers in over 200 countries and I would like to extend, from the bottom of my heart, a serious thanks to each and every one of you, today, no matter where you’re reading this from.
THANK YOU!
Be well,
erin
How To Overcome Self-Sabotaging Thought Patterns For The Rest Of Your Life
Peter G. James Sinclair has this past year been a prolific contributor to Pick The Brain, and his articles always attract a lot of great comments from our readers – so please allow me to share a little bit more about him with you.
But before I do that, Peter recently asked me for an endorsement and this is what I wrote:
‘Peter is one of the most passionate and intelligent self-improvement bloggers I’ve had the pleasure to work with. He tirelessly aims to produce compelling and thoughtful content and he succeeds, whole-heartedly. He is an inspiration to me and most definitely to his ever-expanding audience. If Peter created it, I endorse it. It’s just that simple.’ Read the Rest of This Article »
Thanks To You…
To all of the PickTheBrain readers and contributors around the world (211 countries to be exact!!!),
I feel grateful everyday that you choose to come here to find inspiration, to share your thoughts, stories, knowledge and love.
Being part of this site is such a wonderful part of my life and thanks to you I believe it is, at least in small part, a bright spot in many, many daily routines. Knowing that gives me endless joy.
Whether you are in America or not, know there is someone here giving Thanks today, to all of you!
PickTheBrain wouldn’t be here without you!
Happy Thanksgiving and Be Well!
erin
90 Days Round-up
Great week of posts for our 90 Days program! Lots of inspiration, plus a little bit of humor has made for a great learning experience.
In case you missed them, here are some highlights:
You’re Making Yourself Fat, not Happy: Here’s How To Dump Your Artificial Lover: The title says it all, Lori Taylor’s humorous post about how to take back control of your bad habits, nails it!
Can’t Keep Up? 10 Reasons To Take a Well Deserved Time Out: Cindy Platt’s piece on the importance of taking time for yourself in order to increase productivity and joy, is a great refresher on a subject that is so easy to forget.
Do This and People Will LOVE You, Even If They’re Suspicious!: There is no such thing as an act of kindness that is too small. In fact most acts of kindness have an impact far greater than we think. Find out why, with Sean Platt’s great post on giving.
Be sure to check these inspiring articles and more! (You will find them under the 90 Days tab) And for daily inspiration, sign up for our FREE 90 Days email program!
Be well,
erin
90 Days!
Good Sunday everyone!
A couple of weeks ago, we did a ‘soft launch’ of a new program we have been working really hard on, called 90 Days to a Better You (see new tab in nav ’90 Days’). After reviewing everybody’s survey responses a couple of months ago, a handful of key answers were repeated over and over, and so we thought it might be a good idea to try and put together a complimentary program that addresses these points of interest. Before launching outright, we wanted to get a feel if there would be any interest/traction.
Less than two weeks in and the response so far has been outstanding…overwhelming even. Reader feedback has been terrific and it seems as though we’re already making a big difference for our audience – which makes me proud! One of the comments I keep getting is that readers are finding that these posts are really helping inspire their inner confidence. Because of this we’ve decided to change the name of the series to “The 90 Day Confidence Booster.”
If you’ve not yet joined the community – membership is completely free, we’re just getting started and still have plenty more growing to do (about 75 more days to be exact!) Every day there will be a new post in the 90 Days tab and in case you missed them or found yourself too swamped during the week, I’ll be doing a weekly round-up every Sunday.
This past week of 90 Days posts were not only powerful, but also really fun – from the power of laughter to the importance of learning how to ‘Say No!’ I was very impressed by how much I learned!
To catch everybody up, here are some highlights from the past couple of weeks:
8 Ways to Stop Feeling Indifferent – a fantastic post by Sean Platt that really snapped me out of a numbness that I was in this week (and didn’t even realize it!!)
6 Reasons You Need To Be Touched – something we probably don’t often think about, Tracy O’Connor’s article really opened my eyes!
You’re Doing It Wrong – 3 Simple Steps to Anger Management – a very personal and effective guide to recognizing and dealing with our emotions, by Lori Taylor, is a great guide even if you think you are always in control.
A Guaranteed Way to Feel Better About Yourself – Cindy Platt reminds me that it’s not always all about me! And I loved it!
The Best Way to Lose That Lethargic Feeling Once and For All – by David Wright, was full of great tips that genuinely helped me feel more energetic this week!
This program is a labor of love that I hope will help unleash your confidence! Click here to check it out, get real time updates and most importantly have a helping hand as you look to becoming a more confident, successful person!
As always, I would love your thoughts, feedback and comments!
Be Well,
Erin
Letter From The Editor: We’re Still Beautiful on the Inside…
…but thanks to you, we’re now a little prettier on the outside, too.
Wanted to thank you again for all of the notes and comments on our 2 design choices a couple of weeks back and hope you like the final product!
Coming up we will still have all the great content you’ve come to expect from us along with a new newsletter program and more…
So stay tuned…and ENJOY!!
Be well,
Erin
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