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Many of you are already familiar with Steve Pavlina, a well-known personal development writer and pro-blogger.  Steve is now eating a raw foods diet (after experimenting with a 30-day trial), and it’s exciting to see how much publicity Steve has created for raw foods.

Steve recently published his first book, called Personal Development for Smart People, which is well thought-out, organized, and practical.

Over the years, I’ve read a lot of personal development books—including books by Tony Robbins, Brian Tracy, Steven Covey, Maxwell Maltz, Zig Ziglar, Jim Rohn, and others.  Steve’s book has a very spiritual/metaphysical feel to it—more so than other personal development books that I’ve read.  Personal Development for Smart People begins by describing the core principles of personal growth—these are Truth, Love, and Power.  Secondary principles are: Authority, Oneness, and Courage.

I especially enjoyed the chapters on Courage, Power, Habits, and Career.  Steve’s thoughts on self-discipline (as it relates to personal power) were also very useful.  The most practical section of the book was the chapter on habits.  I will be applying a number of habits that Steve suggested.  I am especially looking forward to running a 30-day experiment on early rising.  To give you a taste of the book, I’ll include a handful of my favorite quotes… (more…)

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