The “Be Better” Round-Up: 03/21/2010

I’m going to start this week off with a little video of OMG Facts from a couple of years ago, then get into the new personal development jive.

Pretty interesting. Make’s me think of that Ferris Beuller line.. “Life moves pretty fast. You don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Let’s make that life the best we possibly can, right? Moving on… Lots to cover this week, so let’s get to it!

6a00d8341cedee53ef01053560fc1b970b-800wi

Over at the home of Personal Development blogger extroirdinare Steve Pavlina, Steve addresses how to “create your vision”

When you write down your goals, your primary aim is to create a new vision for what you desire to experience next in life, so that you can begin to make that vision a reality

So what do you do when you sit down to write a vision for your life, and you’re coming up with a lot of blanks that you just aren’t sure about?

Guess.

Steve also recently penned a book called “Personal Development for Smart People” Which I highly recommend.

The experts from Ask Dan and Jennifer, answer the question “Is your single behavior ruining a potential relationship”

Being single is all about freedom: freedom to dress how you want, do what you want, clean when you want, and so on. You don’t have a girlfriend who insists you cut your hair or take the garbage out before your apartment starts to smell. You don’t have a boyfriend who wants to see you wearing something nicer than sweatpants or makes you want to keep your legs clean-shaven. You don’t have a significant other who stops you from making a fool of yourself in public.

photoshop-devils-eye-effect

On PickTheBrain, we learn 5 Ways to slay the un-motivation demon.

You could be making attempts to get out there and do what you’re setting out to do. And even begin to get results here or there. But your surroundings, circumstances, and negative or lazy forces around you constantly hold you back. They pull you back to where you started. And you get discouraged or convince yourself you can’t do it.

That’s the un-motivation demon at work.

Dumb Little Man teaches us “how to shape your lifestyle to improve your fitness” in 3 simple morsels

Fitness, in the past, has not been a big part of my life and I imagine that’s true for many people reading this. I want that to change.

I don’t like running out of breath, aching after minimal movement and not being able to do the things I want to do just because I’m not physically prepared for them. For the longest time I felt this was just who I was. I was the computer geek, someone who wasn’t built for sports or to be fit and healthy.’

100315_failure

One of our favorites, The Positivity Blog has a great collection of quotes which help turn failure into success:

Failure can be quite the problem. And the fear of it can be paralyzing.

So what can you do to motivate yourself to take a chance, to overcome possible failure and to use it to your advantage?

Here are a few timeless words of advice.

burn-fat-faster

Finally at MensHealth.com, we learn how to “Burn Fat In a Hurry”

Researchers at Australia’s University of New South Wales found that intervals burn three times as much fat as running twice as long at a moderately hard, steady pace. Use this interval program from the University of Oklahoma Department of Health & Exercise Science this winter to turbocharge your body’s fat-burning system.

Tweet This Post Buzz This Post Delicious This Post Digg This Post Reddit This Post Stumble This Post