Self-Improvement Archives

How to Speak More Confidently: Belief in Yourself & Your Audience

Do you have a speaking engagement coming up? Are you nervous about it? Are you not sure you can make an impact? John C. Maxwell estimates that he’s spoken over 13,000 times throughout his career. He’s well-positioned to help you learn how to speak more confidently. In his book The 16 Undeniable Laws of Communication, he shares encouragement and tips for easing your mind and coming across assuredly. Continue reading to learn how to believe in yourself and your audience when you speak.

The Memory Book by Harry Lorayne & Jerry Lucas (Overview)

Would you like to memorize a poem or the presentation you’re giving next Tuesday? Do you just want some help remembering what you’re supposed to pick up at the store? The Memory Book by Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas aims to help anyone memorize and recall all sorts of information. The authors explain the principles that govern memory, and they share strategies that capitalize on those principles. Continue reading for an overview of this classic book on memory.

Advice to Your Younger Self (That You Can Still Use Now)

What advice would you give to your younger self? Is it too late to learn from your past mistakes? As you grow older and wiser, you might wish you could tell your past self the things you know now. Maybe you regret not going on that date all those years ago, or maybe you wish you made a career change. Even though you can’t change the past, it’s never too late to start making better choices. Here are six pieces of advice your younger self should’ve heard, but that you can still heed today.

How to Live Your Best Life: Advice From Motivational Experts

Do you feel like you’re stuck in the wrong life? What’s the key to living your best life? Many authors have tackled why people feel so unhappy with their lives. While they all take different approaches, they seem to agree on one thing: knowing your values and living in alignment with them will make you feel satisfied with your life. Below we’ll look at how to live your best life by comparing experts’ advice.

Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life (Overview & Takeaways)

What does Jordan Peterson think you should do with one room in your house? What’s his advice for dealing with bad memories? What things should you refuse to do? In Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life, Jordan B. Peterson lays out his philosophy and rules for living a life of excellence in a world of hardship and chaos. Peterson offers 12 rules, centered on ideas of chaos, change, and order. Continue reading for an overview of this much-anticipated sequel.

Confucius: Virtue Is About Making the World a Better Place

Harnessing the Force of Love to Change Your Life

What is shu? How can it guide your behavior in life? What’s Confucius’s recipe for morality? For Confucius, virtue is paramount in life. The Analects contain practical advice for how to become a good person. Confucius discusses the principle of shu, and he shares four more qualities you should embody if you want to be a force for good in the world. Keep reading to learn the Confucian way of morality.

How to Remember a Speech: 3 Steps to Memorize Your Main Ideas

Do you have a speech or presentation coming up? Do you want to deliver it without sounding like you’re reading from a script? The Memory Book shows you how to remember sequences of items using image-based association, how to create stand-in words to make abstract items easier to remember, and how to apply those techniques to remember full ideas in sequence. You can use these strategies to memorize a speech or presentation. Continue reading to learn how to remember a speech with techniques from The Memory Book.

How to Make Changes to Your Life: 3 Rules for Improvement

Do you feel like you’re getting nowhere in life? How can you make a change that will improve your life forever? You may know what you want out of life, but it can be hard executing it. Luckily, we have different ways to start living in alignment with your values and make changes to your life. Below we’ll look at three rules for learning how to make changes to your life.

Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life (List & Exercise)

Do you have any fine art in your house? How much attention do you pay to the person you’re becoming? Do you have a date scheduled with your significant other? Beyond Order is Jordan B. Peterson’s hard-hitting, no-nonsense guide to navigating the chaos of our difficult world and living a life of excellence. In it, Peterson offers 12 rules to help you reduce the chaos in your life, create order, and live responsibly. Keep reading for the Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life list, and apply them to your life with an exercise at the end.

What Makes a Man Strong? Defining Masculine Strength

What makes a man strong? Is strength purely defined by physicality? According to Stefan Aarnio in Hard Times Create Strong Men, strength is much more than just being in top physical shape. Being a strong man means taking control of your actions and being comfortable with your emotions. Let’s look at what truly makes a man strong and powerful.