Self improvement advice, articles, tips and strategies

One of the biggest challenges is to believe the self improvement advice someone else has written on a website.

How can that person have any idea about my problem?

Who made them an authority on the subject?

Why should I listen to them?

For me, that has slowly changed. Two very short stories from my life will help to explain how.

... only a moving ship
can be steered ...

OVERCOMING CAFFEINE ADDICTION

I used to be addicted to caffeine. I would sometimes drink more than 10 cups a day! I had read some articles about its affects on our bodies and figured that most of it did not apply to me. Besides, aren't we all bullet-proof?

Well, after years of restless nights and riding the highs and lows of the caffeine tide, I decided that is was time to try something.

I surfed a few sites and found some that had similar stories. I tried some of the advice and ... Woohoo! I am over caffeine and I have not felt this good for a long time.

OVERCOMING PROCRASTINATION

I spent years thinking about how I could write a book that would help others with life’s little problems. I read many books and online articles about it. I told people that I was going to do it. I just never got around to it because it was mostly "talk" and it was easier to talk about it than actually do it.

I then read about how the Internet is fast becoming the essential reference tool for the modern age. I work with computers every day so I thought that I might be able to work on this project and enjoy it at the same time. I made a move and started researching how to publish online.

The natural result was to put all my ideas into a website.

Total Self Improvement is the end result.

What changed my mind about believing online self improvement advice? I read somewhere that only a moving ship can be steered. So I decided to take small steps and put some advice into action. I had to develop some self discipline along the way.

... I hold the power to make my own decisions and
chose my next actions ...

How did I choose the “right” self improvement advice?

When you search the web for advice on anything you will find lots of junk. Over time I made some simple rules for filtering out the junk. These rules are listed below. To be of some value, advice or stories had to pass most of these checks:

• The author seems genuinely interested in my welfare
• It has a positive effect on self worth and building self esteem
• I was not insulted by any negativity or sarcasm
• I could read the article without feeling like I was being trapped or pressured into doing or buying something – I hold the power to make my own decisions and chose my next actions
• The website was not just a big sales pitch, although I did end up buying some resources based on recommendations from people I learned to trust
• No banner ads and other gimmicks on the home page

That’s it. If stories I read online passed most of these checks I would take them seriously.

That is the basis of Total Self Improvement.

It is packed with self improvement advice, stories, tips and strategies on a whole range of topics that are written to not only pass each of the above checks, but to be offer genuine help and suggestions to people seeking an improved life.

Find your way around using the menu on the left, the Find-Read-Use three step tool or pick a link from a few popular pages listed below.

Building Self Confidence - 5 part article revealing powerful self help tips to boost all aspects of your self confidence.
Self Help Books - my recommendations.
Setting Goals - powerful yet simple steps to set and achieve personal goals.
Motivational Quotations - be prepared to be inspired by reading these uplifting and sometimes philosophical quotations.

If you find anything on my site that appears to not pass one of the checks listed above, please let me know via the contact page.