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Are You Putting Any Parts of Your Life On Hold?

After writing 12 Meaningful Movies With Important Life Lessons To Learn last week, I was inspired to rewatch Click. The last time I saw it was a few years back and it’s been a while. So last weekend, I went out, got a copy and watched it. This is my 4th time watching it (love the movie :D) and like all movies, you kind of pick up something new each time you watch it. There is something I picked up this time which I thought to share in today’s post.

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Personal Excellence Book is Officially Up For Purchase!

I’m very very excited to announce highly anticipated Personal Excellence Book and 1st official ebook from Personal Excellence is finally released! :D

Covering 9 key categories of personal growth of Purpose & Meaning, Awareness & Growth, Passion & Dreams, Goals & Success, Cultivating Life Transforming Habits, Emotional Mastery, People Skills/Relationships, Maximizing Productivity and Inspiration, this is your essential handbook to live your best life. It’s chocked with 120 in-depth, exploratory articles (110 best articles from the blog and 10 new, never seen before bonus articles), frequent exercises within articles and spans 774 pages long. (View the full Table of Contents).

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12 Meaningful Movies With Important Life Lessons To Learn

“Celes, I was reading one of your articles and noticed a reader mentioning the movie ‘Yes Man’ in his comment. After reading the comment, I watched the movie and really felt a positive change in me. I will be really grateful if you could suggest similar movies that can help me in self-improvement.” – Fahad, Pakistan

Today’s post is different from usual. We’re going into the topic of movies – specifically, movies with meaningful life lessons for us to learn. Get some popcorn before you continue reading! :D

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How To Deal With Rude People – Part 3

This is the last part of the new series on how to deal with rude people – especially your co-workers, associates, customers and managers. Be sure to read parts 1 and 2 first if you haven’t. Part 1: How To Deal With Rude People – Tips #1 – #4 Part 2: How…

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Sneak Preview: Personal Excellence Book (Pre-Order Starts 18 July, Sunday)

Those of you who follow my Twitter and Facebook updates would know I’ve been busy working on my upcoming book in the past week. This book, titled Personal Excellence Book, is a compilation of 120 premium, personal development articles written by me, which includes 110 articles from the blog as well as…

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How To Deal With Rude People – Part 2

This is part-2 of the new series on how to deal with rude people – especially your co-workers, associates, customers and managers. Be sure to read part-1 first if you haven’t.

5) Objectify the situation

Is the person being really rude? Or could you be misinterpreting the signals? Even if the person is indeed out of the line, could your emotions be making the situation appear worse than it really is?

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