Bryan C. Fleming

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Personal Growth blog Carnival.  So what’s new this week?

Let me ask you.  Are you making money or excuses? Shamelle has a great article about just that: Make Money, Not Excuses! I don’t know about you, but I’ve been working well past mid-night this week.  I’m not making any excuses.  Hopefully you won’t either.

Dave had a interesting idea.  You ever throw away junk mail?  Why not read it and learn about writing sales letters?  But wait.  You’re sitting there saying, “Bryan, I don’t write sales letters”.  Yes you do.  Every email you send to someone is really selling them on something.  Maybe it’s an idea you’re trying to sell them on.  Maybe it’s to come over for a barbeque.  We’re all writers in this day and age of the internet.  I’m going to follow Dave’s advice tonight by reading about Bank of America’s $40,000 check that I just have to cash! (Yeah right).  Seriously, I’ll bet they’ve got some good writing in there.  You can read his article here: Writing Sales Letters For Results

The last Article that really caught my interest is from Craig Harper.  He talks about Energy Vampires.  I’ve known some people like this.  You’ll learn a lot by reading his article.  You’ll do much better to rid your life from these people. I prune people all the time from my life.  Just like you need to prune a plant to get good groth.  Here’s Craigs Article: Dealing with Energy Vampires

As I was preparing the carnival today the 3 articles above caught my eye.  I only deleted 2 because they looked like spam. But the rest all look really good.  If anyone can post their comments on the articles below I’m sure the authors and other readers would really appreciate it:

Enjoy…..

edithyeung presents Stay in Line for the Oysters (Inspired by Keith Cunningham) posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..

Praveen presents Garbage In, Quality Out posted at Tao of Simplicity.

Phil B. presents Reducing Stress « Phil for Humanity posted at Phil for Humanity, saying, “All to often, I see people around me looking for short term solutions to stress, such as taking “must needed” vacations, and then they go right back to their hectic and stressful schedule immediately afterwards. I equate this with yo-yo dieting that does not work in the long term. Handling stress must be a lifestyle change that minimizes everyday stress.”

Sam presents Marketing Sizzlers! The Next Big Thing in Marketing! posted at Surfer Sam and Friends.

Erik Milligan presents Thinking Through Problem Solving posted at Empowerment.

Michelle Sweeney presents Live A Little posted at Tonic Gifts.

Samuel Peery presents Dave Ramsey Resources and Links posted at Getting Finances Done.

John Wesley presents Why Believe the Simple Truth When Lies are more Appealing? posted at Pick the Brain.

Gleb Reys presents That Which Is Measured, Improves posted at Personal Development Ideas Blog.

Lexi Sundell presents Overcoming Obstacles and Unworthy Goals posted at Energies of Creation, saying, “Persistence may not be rewarded at all the way you expect, as an unfortunate rabbit discovered. We need to be sure our goals are worthy of the effort we spend acheiving them.”

Andrew Michaels presents Lifecrafting · Meat Part I: How It’s Slowly Killing You by Strangling Your Heart and Riddling You With Cancer posted at Lifecrafting, saying, “This article is about improving your life through the elimination of meat from your diet.”

Michelle presents The Anger of Others Can Turn You into an Angry Person… or a Better Person posted at Aridni, saying, “Thank you for hosting this carnival!”

wilson ng presents The Science or Art of Price Setting posted at Reflections of a BizDrivenLife, saying, “As a business, or as a consumer, it helps to understand how to set the right prices, and sometimes, it pays to know that it has no connection with how much it costs to produce that product or service!”

Chris presents Students: Burn The Ships, Not Your Contracts posted at Martial Development, saying, “A short article about the importance of commitment.”

Anne Maybus presents A Fable of Three Men and a Baby.As some of you … posted at The Tall Poppy.

Cardin Lilly Routh presents Allow More Source, Get More of What You Want posted at OptmistLab.com.

Albert Foong presents What your ego is and how to stop it from obscuring your inner peace and unconditional love posted at Urban Monk, saying, “The ego is the source of all unhappiness. All unhappiness. What is it, how does it creep in, and what you can do? This is by far my longest, favourite, and most heartfelt article ever.”

Alexander Becker presents Free ebook: Celebrate Your Beauty posted at WOW, saying, “Peer pressure, vanity and behavior, motivation tricks and hacks, success and pain, and how to excel, *Celebrate Your Beauty* — whatever it takes. Whether you work on stage, or walk the runways, whether you make things real on the big screen, behind the scenes, near a microphone, or in the proximity of a camera, this free ebook is for you.”

Debra Moorhead presents Why Affirmations Sometimes Fail posted at Debra Moorhead.com.

Conan Stevens presents Will You Die Before You Even Live? posted at Conan Stevens Online.

Courtney Tuttle presents Committing To Your Causes posted at Make Money Online Free With Court, saying, “This article helps people to learn to commit more deeply to their causes in order to grow.”

Joseph presents time management posted at Self Help and Personal Development.

Wanda Grindstaff presents What Questions are you Asking? Creating Your Results. posted at Creating Abundant Lifestyles, saying, “The questions we ask ourselves hold a special power in our development.”

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