Personal development

A career is traditionally seen as a course of successive situations that make up a person's worklife. One can have a sporting career or a musical career, but most frequently "career" in the 20th century referenced the series of jobs or positions by which one earned one's money. It tended to look only at the past. ...more on Wikipedia about "Career"

In organizational development (or OD), the study of career development looks at: ...more on Wikipedia about "Career development"

Continuing education may refer to one of two types of education. The first is a type of post-secondary education in a general sense, often for its own sake rather than being designed for a particular degree or certification. The second type is education required in a licensed profession in order for the professional to maintain the license. ...more on Wikipedia about "Continuing education"

Dan Millman is an author of several self-help books, the most famous of which was the fictionalized autobiography Way of the Peaceful Warrior (1980). The winner of the 1964 World Trampoline Championship in London, he co-captained the 1968 NCAA Cal-Berkeley gymnastics team and has also worked as a gymnastics instructor at Stanford University and a professor of physical education at Oberlin College. He is most often connected to the human potential movement along with Anthony Robbins. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dan Millman"

An employment counsellor, also known as a career development professional, advises, coaches, provides information to, and supports people who are planning, seeking and managing their life/work direction. ...more on Wikipedia about "Employment counsellor"

Erhard Seminars Training, or est (always in lower-case), was a controversial New Age large group awareness training (LGAT) seminar program, widespread during the 1970s. Werner Erhard (born John Paul Rosenberg) founded est and conducted the first est seminar in San Francisco, California, in October 1971. ...more on Wikipedia about "Erhard Seminars Training"

Esalen Institute is a center for humanistic education, a nonprofit organization devoted to multidisciplinary studies ordinarily neglected by traditional academia. Now in its fifth decade, Esalen offers more than 500 public workshops a year in addition to invitational conferences, residential work-study programs, research initiatives, and internships. Part think-tank for the emerging world culture, part college and lab for transformative practices, and part restorative retreat, Esalen is dedicated to exploring work in the humanities and sciences that furthers the full realization of the human potential. ...more on Wikipedia about "Esalen Institute"

Getting Things Done, commonly abbreviated as GTD, is a time management method, a commitment management method, and the title of a book by David Allen. ...more on Wikipedia about "Getting Things Done"

Harry Palmer is the developer of the Avatar self-development system courses and later founded Star's Edge, which franchises Avatar worldwide. He started development on Avatar in 1986, first releasing it on October 15, 1986. ...more on Wikipedia about "Harry Palmer (Avatar)"

A Highly sensitive person processes sensory data exceptionally deeply and thoroughly due to a biological difference in his or her nervous system. This term was first coined by Dr. Elaine N. Aron, who subsequently wrote several books about the subject. ...more on Wikipedia about "Highly sensitive persons"

The Hipster PDA is a paper-based personal organizer popularised, if not invented, by San Francisco writer Merlin Mann. Originally a tongue-in-cheek reaction to the increasing expense and complexity of personal digital assistants, the Hipster PDA (said to stand for 'Parietal Disgorgement Aid') simply comprises a sheaf of index cards held together with a binder clip. Following widespread coverage in the media and blogs, the Hipster PDA (abbreviated 'hPDA') has become a popular personal management tool particularly with geeks and followers of David Allen's Getting Things Done methodology and users of the Fisher Space Pen. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hipster PDA"

Holland Codes are career types created by psychologist John L. Holland ** , ** , ** , ** . ...more on Wikipedia about "Holland Codes"

The Human Potential Movement came out of the social and intellectual milieu of the 1960s and was formed to promote the cultivation of extraordinary potential believed to be largely untapped in most people. The movement is premised on the belief that through the development of human potential, humans can experience an exceptional quality of life filled with happiness, creativity, and fulfillment. A corollary belief is often that those who begin to unleash this potential will find their actions within society to be directed towards helping others release their potential. The belief is that the net effect of individuals cultivating their potential will bring about positive social change at large. ...more on Wikipedia about "Human Potential Movement"

John L. Holland is a psychologist who spent much of his career at Johns Hopkins University. He received his B.S. from the University of Omaha and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. ...more on Wikipedia about "John L. Holland"

The term Landmark Education refers to the corporation Landmark Education LLC and to its commercial operations, which primarily involve the delivery of a series of motivational and self-development courses. Landmark Education LLC refers to the most well-known of its offerings as The Landmark Forum. ...more on Wikipedia about "Landmark Education"

Life coaching is coaching to improve someone's personal or professional life. ...more on Wikipedia about "Life coaching"

Lifelong learning is the concept that "It's never too soon or too late for learning", a philosophy that has taken root in a whole host of different organizations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lifelong learning"

Lifespring can refer to a series of New Age/ human potential training LGATs or to the organisation offering such trainings. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lifespring"

Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a theory in psychology that Abraham Maslow proposed in his 1943 paper A Theory of Human Motivation, which he subsequently extended. His theory contends that as humans meet 'basic needs', they seek to satisfy successively 'higher needs' that occupy a set hierarchy. Maslow studied exemplary people such as Albert Einstein, Jane Addams, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Frederick Douglass rather than mentally ill or neurotic people, writing that "the study of crippled, stunted, immature, and unhealthy specimens can yield only a cripple psychology and a cripple philosophy" (Motivation and Personality, 1987). ...more on Wikipedia about "Maslow's hierarchy of needs"

Michael Murphy is the co-founder of the Esalen Institute, a key figure in the Human Potential Movement and author of both fiction and non-fiction books on topics related to extraordinary human potential. ...more on Wikipedia about "Michael Murphy (author)"

Very simply, all of your income is to go into a savings account each month. At the end of the month, you create your budget for the following month based on that income. This prevents you from spending money you have not earned yet. You already know your income for the period, and just need to plan for the months expenses. You can then transfer the budgeted amount into checking to spend as your budget dictates. This way you only spend your previous months earnings. ...more on Wikipedia about "Personal budget"

Personal development (also known as self-development or personal growth) comprises the development of the self. ...more on Wikipedia about "Personal development"

The concept of psychosexual development began with Sigmund Freud when he developed his theories of psychoanalysis in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the development of his theories, Freud's main concern was with sexual desire, defined in terms of formative drives, instincts and appetites that naturally determined one's behaviours and beliefs, even as those behaviours and beliefs are continually repressed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Psychosexual development"

Recreational reading, synonymous with free voluntary reading, and related to the Comprehension Hypothesis, is a well supported hypothesis that student gains in reading can be encouraged by giving them time to read what they want without too many evaluative measures. Sustained silent reading is a method of implementing recreational and free voluntary reading theory. ...more on Wikipedia about "Recreational reading"

Samuel Smiles ( December 23, 1812 – April 16, 1904), was a Scottish author and reformer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Samuel Smiles" Things Go Better with http://www.shortopedia.com. Personal_development

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