Personal Development for Smart People by Steve Pavlina

October 11, 2008 · Posted in reading, relationships 

Personal Development for Smart PeopleI really can’t resist personal development. Learning new things is one of the thrills that keeps me going in life. I came across Steve Pavlina’s website a few years ago and find some of his posts thought provoking. I admit a lot of his dietry sharing is oversharing as far as I am concerned. I am not able to entertain the idea of being vegetarian, let alone a raw foodist. Steve offers another perspective and I like his no fluff approach to personal development.

When he offered for bloggers to review a copy of his book, I applied and received an ebook. I have read it through once and am keen to reread a few sections that have lingered in my thoughts. I completed most of the exercises as I like to do when I read these kinds of things. Some of them were powerful in allowing me to see some thoughts I have that had been hidden from my awareness.  Personal Growth for Smart People is based on some sound principles and if you click on the link, Steve has a pretty thorough overview of it on the page. The page contains the principles, introduction and table of contents.

The thing I particularly like about his style of personal growth is the lack of value judgement. I have been reviewing my thinking about relationships recently and his chapter on relationships was useful. I like the way he lists the different relationship alternatives right at the start and challenges social conditioning. I think that’s what I like most about his style, he asks questions and challenges assumptions. It’s always interesting to have fresh questions to ask yourself.

He questions the media and challenges ingrained habits we have as a society. Naturally, I like him because he validates some of my beliefs and opinions in that area at least. His concept of a 30 day trial is interesting and although readers of his blog would be familiar with that particular tool, most of what I read was new and interesting. The book is not a rehash of the blog, which I found surprising. It clearly has the stamp of sound, logical thinking that the blog has, but the information is organised in a way that can make a more coherent journey.

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