Personality Development is all about cultivating and projecting a great personality. One of the most helpful ways to do this is through power dressing.

Power dressing is a form of dressing, especially in the corporate world, which makes you appear in control, confident and authoritative. In today's world fashions and trends change at the blink of an eye. But there are still some principles, mostly conservative, which remain unchanged. By following these principles, you can learn how to create an image of a powerful, collected, professional you.

Below, I am sharing 5 tips for power dressing. These tips can serve as a guide post in your quest to dress and look better. And remember, when you dress professionally, you feel professional. Studies have shown that wearing a smart suit can instantly make you feel more confident. And it projects the image of a confident person to the world! Read the full article here.

Have you ever had a great dream that was going to change your life? You experienced the thrill of starting a project and taking the first baby steps. But then you were told it was too big, too risky or too difficult. You felt you didn’t have the time, or the qualifications or the support system. And you gave up.

Have you ever wondered how different your life would have been if you had completed that special project?

There was once a man named Colonel Sanders, who had a great project just like you. His great project was a fried chicken recipe. He went door to door from restaurant to restaurant. The first one hundred restaurants he tried rejected his idea outright. People made fun of his idea, his recipe and even his white shirt. How many rejections would you take, before you give up?

Colonel Sanders did not give up. He went on to try a thousand restaurants. A thousand doors were knocked upon. And a thousand doors banged shut in his face. How many doors would you knock, before you give up? Read the full article here.

We often find it very hard to give ourselves the respect we deserve. For some reason, we feel that honoring ourselves is not important. We let others dump dirt on us all the time, and take it without comment. We allow people to hurt, manipulate, abuse, disrespect, bully or control us. We take ourselves for granted.

Now, give the following sentence a moment's thought, allow it to fully sink in, before you proceed. Each time we treat ourselves with disrespect or allow others to do so, we are weakening our spirit.

If we are to take control of our own life and live it to the fullest, we need to have a firm foundation. And that foundation is self-respect. Often, the absence of this foundation can cause cracks in your castle of life. It will reflect in your relationships, career, ambitions and more.

Importance of self-respect

When we stand on a solid foundation of self-respect, we are perceived and treated differently. We do not let others manipulate or demean us. Others naturally sense your self-respect, and it translates into respect from them. Haven't you ever experienced meeting someone with a solid self-respect, and immediately feeling the urge to treat them well and with respect? It is the same with everyone. Bullies do not mess with people who stand up for themselves. Abusers stay away from them. Sharp-toothed criticism will not hurt them. They are comfortable in their own skin.

It doesn't matter what life or others throw at you, when you have high self-respect. You always know intuitively how to deal with it. People who respect themselves will not be trampled by anyone or anything. They know that their spirit and their self is special and deserves to be taken care of. Read the full article here.

What is the one thing that you want to do with your life, more than anything else? What is the legacy you want to live? What is that dream which, when accomplished, will make you feel you found success in life?

It doesn't matter what your age or profession or location is. If you have a burning desire, you can achieve any dream you have in life. But how can we cultivate that burning desire? With the passage of time, our desire might have become blunted and suppressed. Or worse, it might seem impossible.

But with some conscious effort, we can rebuild your desire. We can motivate ourselves and surround us with messages that inspire us to go for our dream. Here, let us discuss seven ways to set up your own personal inspiration system. With the help of this system, you can get that fire burning in you again, and start working towards your dream.  Read the full article here.

Respect is a very basic human need. We all feel that need, and some of us struggle to get it. It is important to learn how to earn respect at the workplace, at your home, from your friends...

Respect is of two types: normative and earned. Normative respect is something you get because of your status, job title, social position etc. Earned respect is one that you get because of your character. It is the earned respect that lasts longer, matters more and ultimately shows how respectable you are. In our journey towards personality development, it is important for us to learn how to gain this second type of respect from others.

We all want to gain earned respect. But how do we do it? Let me share 7 tips to gain respect. Read the full article here.

I created and performed an exercise which helped me see my life from a very different point of view. I got a much clearer picture of what is going on, and what needs to be done. It had a tremendous impact on me, and I am sure it will help you out too. So, I decided to share it here.

A simple exercise called "Growth Mapping" can help us get a perspective on our current state and our future. Using this exercise, you can get an idea of where you stand in any area of your life, and where you want to be in that area in another year. There are two parts to this exercise, which are described below. Once you complete those two parts, you can save the map and keep it with you for an year, where you can measure your progress. Read the full article here.

Anger is one of the top issues faced by mankind as a whole today. An inability to control anger can cause serious damage in our family life, work life and social life. We also often feel guilty after our bursts of anger, leading to a reduced sense of self-esteem.

From our childhood, we need to learn how to manage our anger. But for many of us, this doesn't happen. Some of us are from violent households, or have parents who themselves had anger management issues. It may cause us to feel that it is okay to get angry. And for some of us, our parents might have let us get away with our angry moods in our childhood, which resulted in adjustment problems as an adult.

But whatever the reason, as an adult, it is important to take responsibility. As I always say, it is only when we take responsibility for our actions and behavior that we feel empowered to change them. It doesn't matter why we have an anger management issue, it is important that we need to get a grip on ourselves and tackle the issue once and for all.

When we bring our anger under control, we can experience a marked improvement in our interactions with others. We feel much more peaceful and in control. We will be respected more, and will be able to deal with any situation in a more calm and cool manner, and with better results. Let us discuss some techniques used in anger management. Read the full article here.

I have learned one thing from my experiments - I feel most energized and fulfilled when I do things which are good for my body, mind or soul. Therefore, I reasoned that if I could do justice to all three each day, it would be quite a day indeed. Therefore, I started experimenting with ways to do that. And I found that I am at my productive and cheerful best when I take time to make sure my body, mind and soul are fully catered to.

Here, I share how. I am sharing the methods I use to feed, exercize and rest my body, mind and soul each day. And days when I manage to do all 9 things - those are my perfect days. By making use of the ideas shared here and taking one day out of your life to try all nine, you can experience their power too. Doing any one of these can make us feel good by itself. But when we do all the nine things listed below, our body, mind and soul are fully refreshed. I can guarantee that you will feel much better than ever before on any day when you do all 9, or at least most of them. Read the full article here.

All day today, I kept being bombarded with messages of love. When I was writing an article, the word "love" just popped into my head and commanded me to include it in the article and spread the word. The part of the article about which I am talking included references to my soul. So I guess that is a message from my soul.

When I switched on the TV, I found one of my all-time favorite romantic movies playing - "A walk to remember". That movie is full of the message of love.

And while browsing the internet casually, guess what I come across - a blog post celebrating 25 years of married life. :) Looks like the Universe is telling me something..

I thought about love. About the people I love and the people who love me. About the pets I love. About the places, food, pictures, books, movies and colors I love. I see that our most precious gift is love. I wouldn't be able to write a line here if I didn't love this website and its readers. You wouldn't share it through social bookmarking or leave comments if you didn't love it.

I thought about my parents... The kind of love we share. I thought about all the times I treated them as if I didn't love them, especially as a teenager. Respect should be synonymous with love - we shouldn't be capable of showing disrespect to the people we claim to love. Treating them with respect, performing small thoughtful actions, being kinder than you need to be... all these show the true force of love.

I thought about how anybody could hurt another person they truly love. I wouldn't deserve to claim I love someone if I abused them emotionally, verbally or physically. Once we understand this, we wouldn't let ourselves be caught up in violent or abusive relationships... Our love for ourselves should be strong enough to realize that anybody who constantly abuses us is not a lover.. Maybe the measure of love is just a measure of how far you would go to prevent your loved ones from getting hurt... Our love is our protective charm. Love is our special shield...

If I could spread just one message with my life, it would be to love. Love yourself, your family, your friends, your country, your fellowmen, your teachers, your home, your pets, your planet, your life, your body, your talents, your past, your present, your future...

Today, I have posted a new activity in the Activities page. It is a project called 30-day Challenge Yourself Project.

All great achievers in the world were really good at challenging themselves. They always pushed their limits and went beyond what anybody thought possible. They were masters of the art of competing with themselves.

The 30-day challenge yourself project (CYP) is all about pushing your limits. By completing this project, you would have totally changed the way you see yourself. It is an experiment in personal growth and development.

What?

The 30-day challenge yourself project is a 30-day challenge you take on. On each day, you push yourself to do something beyond your usual comfort zone. It could be rising an hour earlier, working out 30 minutes more, working proactively to complete a project ahead of time, doing yard work you otherwise dislike, meeting new people... It is up
to you to decide what to do on each day. The only condition is that we should push ourselves at least once each day. If you have any major goal, this could be the 30 days where you go miles in achieving it. You could set reasonable yet challenging targets for each day, more than you usually do, and keep winning. Read the full article here.