Discovering your passion (and having the courage to follow it)

Category Archives: Starting personal development

Discovering your passion (and having the courage to follow it)

Posted: March 11, 2013 • Topics: Gaining Perspective, Inspirational, Leading by example, Powerful personal stories of people who dared to change, Starting personal development, Supporting YOUR Personal Development, The process of change

Jon Laetsch started the blog Jon on Demand: A review of your favorite Blockbusters as a high school class project but ended up growing a successful and very professional website. He is only 17 years old but writes with clarity, ease and a maturity that is much beyond his actual years. In a recent interview,…

Designing your future

Posted: March 4, 2013 • Topics: Becoming unstuck, Challenges on the road of personal improvement, Gaining Perspective, Inspirational, Leading by example, Powerful personal stories of people who dared to change, Starting personal development, Supporting YOUR Personal Development, The process of change, Your personal development and others

Roberto Salazar recently left a successful career teaching technology overseas in international schools. After studying in Spain and returning to his native Ecuador, he has started his own company, Kikenyo, as a 3D graphic artist. I had the chance to talk with him about what it took to make such a change, what were some…

The importance and misnaming of “failure”

Posted: January 28, 2013 • Topics: Becoming unstuck, Challenges on the road of personal improvement, Gaining Perspective, Life Coaching, Ongoing Change, Potential Obstacles of Personal Development, Starting personal development, Supporting YOUR Personal Development, The process of change

The work of improvement When I was in high school, I played the trombone. I know, I know, how cool was I? I was never very good at it but I did play for several years in both the jazz and concert bands. I tried playing the guitar a few years ago as well, but…

Putting together the puzzle of yourself

Posted: January 9, 2013 • Topics: Challenges on the road of personal improvement, Gaining Perspective, Inspirational, Leading by example, Potential Obstacles of Personal Development, Powerful personal stories of people who dared to change, Starting personal development, The process of change, Your personal development and others

I’ve known Danny Neville for almost 10 years and have witnessed a very talented teacher, cook and human being undergo a meaningful and profound life change. Here he is in his own words to tell you about it. Ignite Change (IC)–Obviously you knew that you were gay long before people in your life did. What…

You versus Ego and Impatience

Posted: December 27, 2012 • Topics: Becoming unstuck, Challenges on the road of personal improvement, Gaining Perspective, Leading by example, My Personal Development, Potential Obstacles of Personal Development, Starting personal development, Supporting YOUR Personal Development, The process of change

What you want to do versus what you think you should be doing When you first starting something new, like your own personal development, there is a strong tendency to want to progress and be at a certain level almost immediately. Nobody likes to be a beginner, or the new guy/gal, but it is a…

Category Archives: Starting personal development