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6 Things You Learned in School that Don’t Apply in the Real World

Textbook

If you’re a student, do you ever feel like what you’re learning in school isn’t relevant to the “real world”? Or if you’ve already completed your formal education, did you have to unlearn some things from school in order to adapt to life after school? I spend a lot of time working with students, parents and educators. I’ve observed that there’s a disconnect between what…

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Posted May 26 by | 43 Comments
Filed: Career & Work, Character Building, Life Lessons, Motivation & Inspiration, Relationships, Studies & School
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Why I’m Retiring at 28 and Inviting You To Do the Same

With a Giraffe in Johannesburg, South Africa

Me with a giraffe in Johannesburg, South Africa As of today, I’m retired from work and life. What do I mean? I mean that I’ll no longer work or live life as conventional society deems me to. I’ll no longer concern myself with monetary needs, societal statuses, creating a lifetime of achievements, matching people’s expectations, and so on. I’ll just do my thing, act the…

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Posted Apr 7 by | 108 Comments
Filed: About Celes, Awareness & Growth, Biz & Entrepreneurship, Bucket List, Career & Work, Life Lessons, Motivation & Inspiration, Passion & Dreams
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Ask Celes – How Can I Stop Worrying about Things I Cannot Control?

Ask Celes

“How can one not worry so much about things that he/she cannot control?” ~ Katy Hey Katy, the reason why people worry is because (a) they have no control over the situation and (b) worrying is their way of coping and gaining control over the situation, even though they aren’t. If they have complete control over a situation, they would never be worrying about it…

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Posted Mar 23 by | 18 Comments
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Ask Celes – What Do You Do When You Feel Uninspired?

Ask Celes

Hi Celes, life is the result of the emotions you feel from moment to moment (resulting in the connectedness to a wonderful life). What do you do when there are the moments where it feels “dry”? ~ Michel How do you deal with loss of motivation? ~ Charu I firmly believe that all of us have access to an infinite pool of inspiration. When we are…

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Posted Dec 10 by | 5 Comments
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Download Personal Excellence Screensaver – Free! 75 Beautiful Images with Inspirational Quotes to Beautify Your Computer

Inspirational Screensaver

Following the popularity of the inspirational wallpapers and daily inspirational quotes, I’ve created a screensaver of 75 inspirational quotes at PE Quotes. Each image comprises of an inspirational quote (like the one you see above) and is a great way to get your daily dosage of inspiration, right at your computer! The images appear at a random order and are flashed on the screen for…

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Posted Jun 7 by | 19 Comments
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101 Important Life Principles To Live By Every Day

Life Principles

Do you have a personal manual with a list of life principles to live by? In today’s article, I’d like to share the 101 important life principles to live by every day. Many of the principles listed are lessons which I learned at one point or another. This list complements the other 101 sister lists we have at PE to date, such as 101 Ways To…

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Posted May 21 by | 18 Comments
Filed: Awareness & Growth, Cultivate Habits, Life Lessons, Motivation & Inspiration
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Want Inspirational Mousepads and Posters? Check out Personal Excellence Store!

Personal Excellence Store

Hey everyone! First off, sorry for the lack of updates at the site. I’ve been busy working on a new book – an all-new, revamped version of Be a Better Me in 30 Days Program, which I hope to launch by the end of this month! Like 30DLBL, this one will come with an official guidebook AND workbook, and there will be annual live runs…

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All New: Personal Excellence Quotes!

Personal Excellence Quotes

In my never-ending quest to make it easier for you to grow, today I’m very proud to launch the all-new Personal Excellence Quotes section! Setting up a quotes repository has always been on my mind. However, because I didn’t want to it to be yet another quotes repository (way too many of such websites – after all, it’s easy to grab readily compiled quotes via google and slap them…

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Posted Mar 6 by | 11 Comments
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In Remembrance of Steve Jobs: 11 Life Lessons We Can Learn From Him

Steve Jobs

Yesterday morning, I was busy writing the preparation post for upcoming 21-Day Meditation Challenge.

As I took a quick glance at my Twitter timeline, I saw a message which said, “RIP Steve Jobs”. When I first saw it, my first reaction was…

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Posted Oct 7 by | 30 Comments
Filed: Biz & Entrepreneurship, Career & Work, Goals & Success, Life Lessons, Motivation & Inspiration, Passion & Dreams
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Ask Celes – Has Anyone Ever Discouraged You From Working on Your Blog?

Ask Celes

You have such an amazing blog and you’ve helped so many people around the world, it’s hard to imagine anyone discouraging you. But when you were first working on blog, did you have to deal with discouragement from any friends or family members? If so, how did you get through it to continue with your vision? I ask because I have a project or two…

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Posted Sep 23 by | 7 Comments
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Ask Celes – Have You Ever Lost Motivation During Your Journey?

Ask Celes

Hi Celes. Throughout your blogging/writing/personal development career in the past few years, have there been times when you are tired and running out of ideas from what you’re doing? How did you overcome them and how did you motivate yourself again? So for example, I love what I’m doing right now, but there are just times when I need to break myself from it –…

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Posted Sep 23 by | 8 Comments
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