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The mind is a terrible thing to waste they say. In this section you will find articles, essays, writings and stories on personal development, self-improvement and generally ways to feed your mind, stimulate your interest and get your gray cells going in a fun and creative way. Don't forget to become a member of The Daily Avocado so you could also send us your stories and share your tips online. - Desi Anwar

Planning Your Life

Planning Your Life

The Summoned Self
By DAVID BROOKS

The New York Times

This is a column about two ways of thinking about your life. The first is what you might call the Well-Planned Life. It was nicely described by Clayton Christensen in the current issue of the Harvard Business Review, in an essay based on a recent commencement talk.

Christensen advised the students to invest a lot of time when they are young in finding a clear purpose for their lives. “When I was a Rhodes scholar,” he recalls, “I was in a very demanding academic program, trying to cram an extra year’s worth of work into my time at Oxford. I decided to spend an hour every night reading, thinking, and praying about why God put me on this earth.

“That was a very challenging commitment to keep, because every hour I spent doing that, I wasn’t studying applied econometrics. I was conflicted about whether I could really afford to take that time away from my studies, but I stuck with it — and ultimately figured out the purpose of my life.”

Once you have come up with an overall purpose, he continues, you have to make decisions about allocating your time, energy and talent. Christensen, who is a professor at the Harvard Business School and the author of several widely admired books, notes that people with a high need for achievement commonly misallocate their resources.

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Learn To Focus

Learn To Focus

HAPPINESS IS POWER

What makes you perform at your peak? What makes you happiest? When are you at your best?

Here's a power tip you won't learn from any of the motivational ...

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Face Your Fears

Face Your Fears

HAVE NO FEAR

If you were afraid of nothing, what goals would you set? What could you accomplish? What would you do if nothing scared you or made you nervous?

Fear stops suc...

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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Friday, Jul. 09, 2010
The Cruelest Study: Why Breakups Hurt
By Belinda Luscombe, Time

Say you're a college student who was recently dumped by the person you thought was the O...

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The Power of Happiness

The Power of Happiness

Happiness is power.

What makes you perform at your peak? What makes you happiest? When are you at your best?

Here's a power tip you won't learn from any of the motivational...

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Don't Exclude Other People

Don't Exclude Other People

WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU EXCLUDE PEOPLE?

Have you been banned from a group? Have you been treated like a second-class citizen?

When you were young, did certain kids exclude you ...

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Meaning of Happiness

Meaning of Happiness

Happiness, they say, is a state of mind.   It is not what you have and it is not what you do.  It is how you feel as you are going through the motion of living.  But then...

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On Infidelity

On Infidelity

The next time your male partner makes some kind of evolutionary excuse for his infidelities (like 'it's in the genes' or because 'men are inherently unfaithful') you know...

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Sweet Taste of Challenge

Sweet Taste of Challenge

The following story illustrates just how too much of a good thing can be a bad thing and that at the end of the day, what makes you happy is not in having an easy life or...

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