Here is my own experience on the importance of a positive attitude and how it helped me with my career.
At my last job (which I can now blog about since my last day there was one week ago) there were some questionable goings ons with the upper administrative unit. Earlier this year, [...]
Posts under ‘Self-Help’
The Importance of a Positive Attitude and How It Helped Me Get a Job
Seeing People as Sources of Joy
For many of us, especially those who are shy or have suffered from social anxiety disorder (like me), other people are seen as potential sources of fear. We fear rejection, criticism, or judgment from our fellow humans. Or we are afraid we might inadvertently offend someone by doing or saying the wrong thing. [...]
Dealing with Depression and Anxiety in 4 Steps
This is the basic formula I use to deal with any negative thoughts that make me depressed or anxious. It is the same basic formula that you’ll find in many self help books. I’ve often used these steps to find some relief while suffering from depression, loneliness, social anxiety disorder, anxiousness, or the [...]
Words of Hope for People Who Get Depressed: Things CAN Get Better
Depression brings you down. It weakens both the mind and body. It steals your life away by preventing you from enjoying what life has to offer.
Depression feels like being trapped under water. You cannot feel, or breath, or even see outside of that mental prison. Depression is a suffocation [...]
The Daily Happy List
To help me keep on track with my commitment to be happy, I devised this happy to-do list. It serves as a reminder that my happiness is a priority that should be taken seriously above everything else. I try to read it each morning, attempt to practice the techniques outlined below throughout the [...]
My Experience of Healing Depression
EARLY EXPERIENCES
Growing up I suffered from chronic depression and did not realize it. The world constantly had a hint of gloominess to it, even during “happy” times. This makes sense since my parents and most of the other relatives who raised me were depressed, anxious, and/or suffering from some type of mental illness [...]
Why Mean People Suck: What I’ve Concluded about Understanding Difficult People
This article is now located at Understanding Critical and Judgmental People or Why Mean People Suck.
Addicted to Self Improvement?
photo credit: pinkiwinkitinki
What can I say? I just can’t stop myself. My book shelf is literally overflowing with books on spirituality, metaphysics, self-help, and personal development. As of this writing there is a pile stacked next to my book shelf consisting of, among others, Tolle, Emmanuel, and Thich Nhat Hanh . An orgy of [...]
Goals Update
During the second week of this month I created a list of New Year’s Resolutions which you can find here and here. How’s my progress been? Well, let’s see…
Internal control: B+ I’ve been doing a pretty good job of not letting my feelings go wild on me. It’s a matter of remembering [...]
