Blogging Archives - The Personal Growth Channel

How to Keep Going When You Feel Discouraged

Every so often, someone will say something negative about a comment or post I made, and I feel like trashing this entire site. Why should I keep going when people don’t appreciate it? A press of a button and hundreds of articles would disappear. Then someone will say something positive, and my day brightens again…until […]

Why I am Deleting a Large Portion of My Subscriber List

I recently decided to move forward with a purge on my email subscriber list. It was a tough decision as I’ve worked hard at growing it over the years. I like feeling like I’m helping people by emailing out articles, but I had to face the reality that if some people aren’t opening my emails, […]

Twitter Statistics Showing 335k Views in a Month

Stop Looking at the Statistics to Grow Your Business

I was mindlessly flipping through my statistics today. Twitter Analytics: Decent number of impressions this month.Google Analytics: Yep, traffic to my site is good. Bounce rate down.Shareasale: No new sales since the last time I checked five minutes ago.Amazon: No new sales since the last time I checked five minutes ago, but a fair number […]

Numbers Don’t Lie but They Rarely Tell the Full Story

This morning I found out that I weigh the same as my personal trainer. We’re roughly the same height as well, and numbers don’t lie, so we’re the same, right? Well, almost. I’ve just got a little more…abdominal muscle. The fact of the matter is that I’ll probably never be as strong as my trainer. […]

What I Learned From Reading Thousands of Books

I consider myself a lifelong learner. I’ve read thousands if not tens of thousands of books at this point, including at one point the entire thirty volume Encyclopædia Britannica set from cover to cover (don’t judge me, I was a bored kid who grew up without a TV and that was before the Internet). Know […]

3 Things I Learned from Blogging for Four Years

I’m a member of Toastmasters, a leadership and communication development club. When I reached the blogging assignment from Toastmasters, I knew this was going to be straightforward. The task was to create a blog or continue an existing blog, writing at least eight posts during the month, and then share my experience with the club. […]

To Succeed, Do Something Small Today, and Tomorrow, and the Day After That

We often believe that the key to success is making some massive change in our lives. It is possible to take significant leaps forward by taking massive action over a short period, but in the past forty-plus years, I have found another more natural path to success. Know what I think the key to success […]

Are You Putting Names Before Numbers?

One of the themes of our high school youth group this year is “Names before numbers.” What that means is we as leaders want to know each individual in the program by name rather than focusing primarily on getting more people into the program. It is nearly impossible for one person to remember every name […]

A Year From Now You Will Be Glad You Started Today - Getting started as a coach

How to Get Started as a Life Coach

Many of my coaching clients are people who want to become life coaches. It’s an appealing field, especially for older men and women who have a lot of experience to share with the next generation. The most common question I get is, “How do I get started?” While every situation is different, this article describes […]

Our Mission: To help each other grow in our personal and professional lives.

Archive