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How to Shift Into a New Reality Faster
Last night I had a vivid dream where Rachelle and I were students in a spirituality seminar. The theme was about embodying your higher self. We were the only two people who showed up for it, waiting for the instructor to arrive. I realized that I showed up in my pajamas, and I thought to myself, Well that makes sense because my higher self surely likes pajamas. I don’t recall any part of the dream where I deliberately dressed that way, and my clothing morphed into a different outfit later in the dream, but that’s the nature of dreams. In a dream the flow of events can be very fluid and flexible. Physical rea...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - October 2, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Abundance Creating Reality Source Type: blogs

Your Personal Prime Directives
I recently finished the book What You Do Is Who You Are by Ben Horowitz, which is about business culture. It has interesting ideas that we can apply to the personal side as well. The main idea behind the book is that actions and behaviors define culture more than values or ideals do. People absorb culture from behavioral norms, and culture can be changed by reshaping behaviors. One idea that we can adapt from the book is to look at how to translate your values into behavioral rules, like a code of conduct for yourself. Many businesses have operated by such rules, such as Facebook’s “Move fast and break th...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - September 24, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Values Source Type: blogs

How to Win Against Your Favorite Distractions
What can you do when you realize that you’ve been wasting a lot of time succumbing to distractions, like endless social media or consumption-based activities, and it’s making you feel empty, hollow, disappointed, or even ashamed of yourself? How can you reboot and get your life (and your character development) back on track? A key here is to raise your awareness of how this behavior pattern is punishing you and what you’re missing out on. And that’s the truth – you’re missing out on tons that life has to offer when you stick with the low-hanging fruit of repetitive but unfulfilling action...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - August 3, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Lifestyle Productivity Source Type: blogs

How to Relate to People With Low Truth Alignment
The first chapter of my book Personal Development for Smart People is called “Truth” because truth alignment is one of the fundamental principles of personal growth. In order to grow intelligently, we must face and accept reality in as many areas of life as we can. This often involves confronting and dealing with unpleasant truths that we’ve been avoiding for some time. If we don’t get aligned with truth, we slide into falsehoods and denial, which can slow us down tremendously. Have you seen the lack of truth alignment playing out in the world recently? It’s hard not to notice it these days...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - July 30, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Emotions Relationships Values Source Type: blogs

Upgrading Your Reference Frames
Conscious reframing is one of the most accessible self-development skills because it aligns with how your brain works internally. Your brain already performs this task for you. And just as you can consciously control your breathing, you can also learn to consciously control your reference frames. A reference frame is a context upon which other thinking and behaviors are layered. It’s essentially an assignment of meaning. We don’t think in terms of how reality works. We think in terms of how we’re modeling reality internally. Our brains are constantly building and refining models (or frames). For example, dur...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - July 19, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Abundance Productivity Source Type: blogs

Two New Guild Course Bonuses Added
The new Guild course on social alignment now has two new bonuses, which are available immediately in the Guild member portal. The first new bonus is called Guild Builders. It’s a collection of 15 short audios to help with long-term practice after the main course is finished. The second bonus is a 25-page PDF called Empowering Social Reframes. It covers how to reframe a variety of social situations and challenges, including social anxiety, awkwardness, envy, loyalty, obligations, rejection, transitions, trust wounds, and more. Enjoy the bonuses! (Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog)
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - May 31, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Source Type: blogs

Why It ’ s Unwise to Be a Minimalist
When I first heard about the concept of minimalism many years ago, I was intrigued but also a bit hesitant. As I looked into it, I found that my hesitation towards it was well-founded, and I don’t consider it a particularly intelligent strategy for life or business. “Less is more” can be an interesting heuristic to use sometimes, but it doesn’t work well for many classes of problems and challenges. Sometimes it will point you away from opportunities and solutions instead of towards them. Human beings have invented a wide variety of tools and services, and many of those can be useful and worthw...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - May 25, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Abundance Lifestyle Values Source Type: blogs

How to Choose Commitment-Worthy Creative Projects
When considering which new projects to implement, I look at a number of factors, especially if it’s a creative project like a new course or workshop: Heart Is this a path with a heart? Is it likely to be fun, interesting, and growth-oriented? Does this idea have enough energy to generate sustainable motivation all the way through to completion? Or could this bog down into a demotivating slog that leaves me feeling drained and depleted? Opportunity Is this a genuine opportunity? Is there meaningful demand for it? If it’s an idea for serving others in some way, is there clear enough evidence that ...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - May 10, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Creating Reality Productivity Source Type: blogs

CGC Lands at 66 CGCers for Year 6
The annual opening for new members to join Conscious Growth Club closed a few days ago. We landed with 66 CGCers for Year 6, so perhaps this will be our most demonic CGC year ever. Or if we don’t count Rachelle and me, it’s 64, which is 2^6. So we’re being haunted by 6’s for Year 6. So far more than 330 people have been CGC members. Some have leveraged the group for short-term transitions while others approach it as a long-term investment to upgrade multiple areas of life. Last year we had a bigger group, so CGC is smaller this year, but we also had more renewing members this year. The ratio of ve...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - May 7, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Source Type: blogs

Today (May 3rd) Is Last Day to Join CGC for 2022
Today (May 3rd) is your last day to decide if you’ll join us for Year 6 in Conscious Growth Club. Presently there are 48 members enrolled in CGC for Year 6 (fantastic!), and this will surely go up today. You can see the current sign-up count at the top of the CGC Invitation Page. I know that many people carefully consider this decision right up until the final hours. Presently we have about 14.5 hours to go, so you still have time to decide. Here are some links to other CGC-related resources to help you decide: CGC Invitation PageCGC Frequently Asked QuestionsCGC Q&A Video Call (freshly recorded on Mo...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - May 3, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Source Type: blogs

Conscious Growth Club Q & A Call: Year 6 (Video)
Today we hosted and recorded a live Q&A call for people who are interested in Conscious Growth Club, so they could ask me and other members any questions they have about it. I’m sharing the recording for the benefit of anyone who couldn’t attend the live call. Be sure to watch it soon (perhaps on 2x speed), since the deadline to join is May 3rd. I think this video will give you a clearer sense of what CGC is like inside, so you can make the right decision about whether you’d like to join us this year. Several members contributed their insights and suggestions as well. Be sure to decide by ...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - May 2, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Announcements Video Source Type: blogs

My Intentions for CGC Year 6
Yesterday was the last day of our 5th year in Conscious Growth Club. Today we’re beginning our 6th year together. You still have about 2.5 more days if you want to join us since the deadline for opting in is May 3rd. I thought I’d take a moment to share some thoughts and intentions for Year 6. Some of these are personal. Some are club-related. And some are a mix of both. One thing I love about CGC is that it’s so supportive on the personal side, so even though I facilitate the group, I also engage with it much like any other member. Fitness One intention for this new CGC year is to refine my f...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - May 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Abundance Announcements Creating Reality Lifestyle Relationships Values Source Type: blogs

All 30 Guild Course Lessons Are Complete
Wow… what a journey the Guild course has been! We delivered the whole experience live April 1-30, in the form of a daily Zoom call – around 3 hours per day on average. It was such a beautiful and rewarding journey into connection, intimacy, social alignment, and more. All 30 lessons were recorded, and they’re fully published now. We’re keeping the course available for anyone who wants to go through the recorded version. The live version included breakout rooms for group discussions, which aren’t included with the recordings, but I’d say the recorded versions are still around 60 hours of m...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - April 30, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Announcements Relationships Source Type: blogs

Q & A and “ Meet the Members ” Zoom Call
To help people who are thinking about joining Conscious Growth Club this year make a wise decision, we’ll be hosting a public Q&A and “Meet the Members” Zoom call on Monday, May 2, 2022 at 11am Pacific time. You’re welcome to attend if you’re interested in CGC. Here’s the link to register for the call if you want to join us: Register for the Q&A Call After you register, Zoom will send you the link to join the call. I’ll answer people’s questions about CGC, and CGC members are also invited to join the call and share about their experiences and tips for n...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - April 30, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Source Type: blogs

CGC Questions Answered
The Frequently Asked Questions page for Conscious Growth Club has been updated for Year 6. The FAQ answers many questions about CGC and what it’s like inside – for those who are thinking about joining. Check it out here: Conscious Growth Club FAQ We have 125 spots max for Year 6, which is open for enrollment now, meaning that you can begin your membership right away. New members are already introducing themselves in the CGC forums. So far 36 spots for CGC Year 6 have already been claimed, so there are 89 spots left. You have until midnight Pacific time on Tuesday, May 3rd to join, or until all remaining sp...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - April 28, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Source Type: blogs