On Saturdays, I offer a weekly roundup of posts from other blogs on the topic of money, personal growth, and work-life balance.

Here are some that I found interesting this week:

• Be Better Now shares tips on how to prioritize your to-do list and get the right things done.
• Living the Balanced Life explains how to let go of who I thought I was supposed to be.
• Briplap gives 4 tips for climbing out when you’re stuck in a rut.
• Wealth Pilgrim shares the “start being self-employed now” guide.

And here’s a recap of what we talked about here at Life Compass Blog this week:

• How to write your definition of success.
• Why your definition of success ultimately determines your level of success.
• The truth about getting more done.

Thanks for joining me here at Life Compass!  I hope you have a great weekend.

On Saturdays, I offer a weekly roundup of posts from other blogs on the topic of money, personal growth, and work-life balance.

Here are some that I found interesting this week:

• Briplap shares 100 tips for losing weight in 2011.  This is timely for me because I really need to get refocused on weight loss this year….and Briplap’s suggestions are really down-to-earth.
• Frugal dad offers 9 ways to prepare for food inflation and cut your grocery expenses.
• Wise Bread offers some creative financial strategies for surviving and thriving in the new economy.
• Financial Dominance explains how to find that elusive work-life balance.
• Finer Minds shares 5 barriers to personal growth and how to avoid them. #3 on the list is one I wrote about yesterday:  not having clear goals.

Have a great weekend!

The topic of personal growth is on just about everyone’s mind here at the end of the year, and for good reason.

It is natural for us to look back on the last year to assess the progress we’ve made in our life toward our goals and dreams, and look forward to what we hope to accomplish in the new year.

Of course, we can think about personal growth all we want. But nothing happens until something moves. Until we put our thoughts and ideas onto paper. Until we make a plan. Until we take a step. And then another. And then another.

Growth takes action. We don’t grow by gaining more and more knowledge…we grow by putting that knowledge into action.

So here are my best personal growth blog posts of 2010, along with my sincere wish that 2011 will be a banner year of personal growth and development for both you and me as we continue to take action toward our goals and dreams.

Warren Buffett’s Best Investment Advice: Invest in Yourself

Warren Buffett, one of America’s wealthiest people, is famously followed for his investing views and strategies. Yet his advice on “the best investment you can make” takes some by surprise.

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Are You Reaching Your Full Potential?

“When Abraham Lincoln was your age, he walked 10 miles to school each day,” said a father to his son who was complaining about walking to school. The son replied, “Yeah, and when Abraham Lincoln was your age, he was President of the United States.”

Do you ever get the sense that you’re not all you could be? That you’re not reaching your full potential? Or are you concerned about helping your child or grandchild reach their full potential?

That’s a big passion area for me. I want to be the kind of person who lives to my full potential and achieves all I am capable of achieving. And I want to inspire and equip others to do the same.

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How to Reach Your Full Potential

I define “reaching your full potential” as being the best “you” that you can be. Being in your sweet spot where you feel the most fulfilled, the most on-purpose, and where you’re making the greatest difference in the world.  Knowing who you are, what you’re good at, and how to maximize that for the greatest good.

So how do you reach your full potential? The journey begins with a process of self-discovery and introspection, where you take a good, long, look at yourself by…

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Creativity and Personal Development

Is there a relationship between creativity and personal development?  It’s been on my mind recently, thanks to news stories and blog postings I’ve read about motivating creativity in poor economic times, creativity in business, and creativity and innovation.

In addition, my wife and I were just discussing how we can better foster an environment of creativity for our kids, whom we home school.

Somehow, in the last week or two, I ran across a very thought-provoking video of Sir Ken Robinson, speaking at TED, who said, “We don’t grow into creativity, we grow out of it.  Or rather, we get educated out of it.”

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