Here's the latest article from the Self Development site at BellaOnline.com.

Creating A Self Development Plan
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art44696.asp

I’m asked if there is a way to create a self-development plan. The answer is “yes.” Begin with those areas in which you’d like to improve and then work slowly toward the future. Self-development is a whole lot more fun when you have a plan and then work that plan one bite-sized piece at a time.



A Reminder of our November Self Development Book Club Selection:
Paula Deen A Memoir
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art44072.asp

We see Paula Deen on the Food Network and her world seems perfect. So why then is a book about her life a Book Club Selection for November 2008 under Self Development? As the subtitle reads: It Ain’t All About The Cookin’. There are many powerful, practical and motivational life lessons we can learn from Paula Deen.


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Here’s our “pearl of wisdom” question for this newsletter:

Happy women know that saying no to others gives you the opportunity to say ___ to yourself. (From "What Happy Women Know" Dan Baker

a. yes

b. no

c. maybe


The correct answer is now posted on the Self Development forum in the thread entitled “Do you feel guilty saying no?”


To participate in free, fun online discussions, this site has a community forum all about Self Development located here -

http://forums.bellaonline.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=188



Please enjoy this positive thought for the week:

“(S)He that respects himself is safe from others; (s)he wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Author



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Sharon Michaels, Self Development Editor
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