http://www.growthpop.com GrowthPop is the community resource to learn and share about personal development media. Review, rate, and learn about books, movies, courses, workshops, games, and more, all related to personal developement and personal growth. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:36:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At one time or another, we've all accidentally (or not accidentally) ended up with a cork stuck on the inside of a bottle. Absolutely no way to get it out, right? Turns out it's easy, and from the looks of it fun, way to free your cork from it's glassy ... http://www.growthpop.com/how-to-get-a-cork-out-of-the-inside-of-a-bottle Michael Phelps has won more gold medals (8) in a single Olympics than anyone in history. In honor of his inspiring week in Beijing, we've assembled a list of 8 secrets to Michael's Olympic success: Rap Music: Michael gets focused and pumped up to crush world records with the help of ... http://www.growthpop.com/8-secrets-to-michael-phelps-success Derren Brown is an NLP Phenomenon. Check out these videos where he predicts exactly what three women are thinking, takes someone's wallet just by asking, and convinces someone to completely forget the thing they wanted most not 30 seconds before. He uses a combination of techniques, including NLP, to convince, ... http://www.growthpop.com/how-to-take-someones-wallet-just-by-asking Are you a pro at buying a car? Know how to negotiate, evaluate a car's value, and choose the right time of the month to make a purchase (the end, when salespeople have to hit their quotas!)? If so, this video's not for you, for the rest of us who ... http://www.growthpop.com/how-to-buy-a-car It turns out, smiling DOES help you feel better. According to two research studies, one in 1988 and one in 2002, just smiling can help accentuate a positive experience. And since it’s Monday, we thought you should know. Read the full article on Cognitive Daily http://www.growthpop.com/smile-it-helps-really My ears perked up when a woman at a bar told me about a new training program that gets you in wicked good shape, but takes less than 30 minutes a day...and sometimes less than 20. Some say, after their first workout that they are the toughest 20 minutes they've ... http://www.growthpop.com/crossfit-junkies The Top 10 Delusions of Personal Growth By Carl Buchheit 1. That you can get somewhere positive by defeating something negative. When we act to improve our lives by defeating some aspect of ourselves (for example, "an old, unwanted behavior pattern," or a recurring issue of "self-sabotage") who is it, exactly, who wins? One ... http://www.growthpop.com/the-top-10-delusions-of-personal-growth I have a love-hate relationship with note taking. I love it when I have a system for storing, filing and retrieving the information. I hate note-taking, when I know my notes will end up in a notebook or pile of other notes that will never be referenced. Lifehacker's Gina Trapini ... http://www.growthpop.com/method-note-taking According to Stephen Covey, Cubicle Fu Master and author of "7 habits of Highly Effective People," being the boss is all about attitude. Not the kind of attitude that gets you a time-out, but the kind that the female praying mantis has towards her unsuspecting male mate: lull them, empathize ... http://www.growthpop.com/be-the-boss Location: Novato, CAWhat it is: NLP Marin is an organization that trains people in their own version of Neuro Linguistic Programming. They offer certification programs, as well as Family Constellation evenings, and other courses. If NLP usually turns you off, or you find it gimmicky, manipulative, or overblown, then I would ... http://www.growthpop.com/nlp-marin