Carnival of Improvement 03 February 8, 2007
Posted by The Probabilist in : [Links], Carnivals , trackbackThank you all again for the articles that were submitted. The post count reached 30 and the greatest surge was during the first two days. This time I chose the top articles by category when nominating the top five submissions.
I decided also not to rank the rest of the entries, but instead enter them in the order they were submitted. This way it’s a first come, first serve service for those who visit this carnival regularly and stay updated.
Link to it and enjoy the material! 
Top Five Posts
What if Today’s the Day? (1048) is again one of Craig Harper’s excellent additions to the CoI. Just what kind of a day is today, anyway?
Positive Belief (940) written by Karl Staib expresses the need to build your life around lasting and continuously improving beliefs about your own confidence, trust, choices and talents - a good read.
Exercise and Emotions (835) by John Hill gives us plenty of excellent reasons to start working out more often. These words come form a professional health instructor.
Frugal is more than a way to spend money, Part III (823) is Sarah Winfrey’s thoughts on how to weaken the urge of emotional spending. Are your beliefs and emotions damaging your goal to be a financially sound spender?
Break Free from the Power of Guilt (907) by Barry Mahfood does a fine job in covering what the feeling of guilt is all about. Make sure that you’re not enslaved to it out of unhealthy reasons.
Consciousness & Understanding
Trust Tip 16: Get Beyond Fairness (414) by Charles H. Green evokes us to slightly disregard total equilibrium when it comes to fairness. It’s not what you get, but how you appreciate and relate to what you get. And to what others want as well.
Finding A New Career - The Importance of Understanding And Accepting Yourself (421) by Moses E. Miles III is a personal story of accepting the fact that a current job turned out to be overwhelming and how it ignited a change to become self employed. Go check out this new blog.
Word of the wise part I (1290) by Jonathan Vida contains plenty of quotes for improved life quality that he has added his own comments on.
Love is all that matters… (919) is Arvind Devalia’s 100th blog post and is an inspirational entry on all that love can give us.
Learn To Control Your Mind (368) is Matt O’Connor’s concise message that aims to make sure that your mind doesn’t wander off into unproductive and useless things. Take control of your greatest asset.
Finances & Investing
When Not to Buy a House (763) by Steve Leung enlists five scenarios where you should think twice before buying your own home. These warning signals will prevent you from buying a liability that causes you more trouble than enjoyment.
The “I Am Facing Foreclosure” Saga (477) is Silicon Valley Blogger’s opinion of the controversial story of Casey Serin, the young real estate investor who got himself into a great deal of financial trouble.
Simple Living - best buys for DIYs (1023) by TC gives you some pointers on getting good bargains from auctions. You can save some good money in the long run.
Time Is Passing. Are You? (843) written by Vahid Chaychi aims to get you to question if you’re entrepreneur material.
The Truth about Making Money Online (896) by Matthew Paulson uncovers how much work and how little income different internet money-making opportunities consist of in reality.
What the Bible says about money (1082) is Joe Caterisano’s addition is quite self-explanatory as it includes passages that teach about how to handle money.
Health & Exercising
20 Ways to Improve Your Life and Health (1321) by Scott Lee gives you a broad range of new habits you should consider applying for improved life fulfilment. I personally want to emphasize 6, 7, 9, 12 and 17.
Your Diet as Medicine. Interview with Dr. La Puma (936) was suggested by Aleksandr Kavokin and will give you detailed information about Dr. La Puma’s views on keeping healthy eating habits.
Motivation & Productivity
Look for What You Want to Find (375) by positive thinker Miguel Trujillo concisely tells you to choose your beliefs and thoughts carefully. Happiness is also an option just waiting for you to tap in to.
Aim High (356) presented by Josh Bickford will inspire you to strive for the kind of success that 99 % of the population only labels as wishful thinking. You can’t accomplish more than you think and know you’re capable of.
20 Bad Workplace Habits (277) by David Maister enlists damaging habits that cause relationships and meetings in (work) environments to go sour. First see to it that they aren’t part of your behaviour and then see if you can address and heal them in others.
Do self-improvement courses work? (952) is Anja Merret’s question that arose in her mind after spending some time at a weight loss group. Few achieve their goals and many fall short.
How to Determine Your Top 20 (1262) by Debra Moorhead gives us further information on using time more effectively. Plan, follow and track.
Career Development Takes Work (440) written by Martin Stoleman follows the topic line perfectly. Success doesn’t come overnight, but it’s always worth the effort.
Relax and Unwind-Without Spending Any Money! (530) written by Shamelle tells us a thing or two about meditation and why it’s useful. Make sure you haven’t overlooked it out of ignorance.
Is Insecurity an Enabler or Detractor to Success? (1082) by David E. reminds us that confidence may not be the best path to success and that insecurity can be a virtuous drive to accomplish things as well.
Psychology & Relationships
Traits That Help You Hang Out With Other People (2690) by Chris will give you plenty of useful pointers on being a more enjoyable and sociable person in your group of friends - some very common issues and practical solutions.
Spanking - Why Many Keep Seeking For A Better Way (664) is Rory Sullivan’s take on the question of how to best correct your child’s misbehaviours. Both the parent and child have to deal with the consequences of whichever choice you make regarding this issue.
Making Decisions with Less the Stress (605) by Victor tells you to reduce worry and poor evaluation of a stressful situation. I don’t know what stress feels like, but this advice on weakening the stress effect sounds accurate.
Being Effective With People: Part 1 (Listening) (786) is Erek Ostrowski’s take on the flow of communication between people. Is your listening ability welcoming others to share their thoughts with you or are you just quietly deflecting them?
Join me again on next week’s Thursday and feel free to submit your entry to it by clicking here.
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Sunflower
Great carnival, thanks for including my article!
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Steve
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