Self Help: Improving Your Lifetime Potential – Dr. Diane Hamilton

My website www.drdianehamilton.com is dedicated to helping people improve their lifetime potential.  What does that entail?  I am always studying self-help articles to improve “me”.  I find that a lot of others do the same.  I use my website and blog as a way to share those things that I have learned through my research.  It can take a lot of time to find how to do certain things or how to improve your life in certain ways.  I hope that with my research, I make your research a bit easier.

Career

I like to study careers and different jobs that become available due to new technologies and advancements.  My degrees are in Business Management with a strong focus on Human Resources and Personnel Management.   In my book How to Reinvent Your Career I include a lot of information about how to improve yourself in order to get that career that is a good fit for you.  The anticipated publication of this book is early Fall, 2010.

In the meantime, I recommend checking out some of the following sites for more information to help you with your own research:

Personal

There are always personal areas we can develop. I love books like The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama.  Tony Robbins also inspires me quite a bit.  It can be easy to get bogged down in negative thinking.  We all have that inner voice that we barely notice in our minds.  I think it is important to pay attention to it, to be sure we are not focusing on negative thoughts. 

I recommend that you check out some of the following sites for more information about self-help topics:

• http://www.drdianehamilton.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=72
• http://www.amazon.com/Art-Happiness-10th-Anniversary-Handbook/dp/1594488894
• http://www.amazon.com/Awaken-Giant-Within-Immediate-Emotional/dp/0671791540/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280071270&sr=1-1
• http://drdianehamilton.wordpress.com/2010/07/24/20-words-to-change-your-life/

Health

Having worked in the pharmaceutical field for 15 years, I received a lot of health-related training.  I have a CMR certification which was a pretty intense graduate-level program where I learned about medicine, disease management, and how the different systems in the body function.  One thing that I had to learn in my own personal life was the importance of being healthy as compared to just being thin. 

I recommend that you check out some of the following sites for more information about health-related topics:

• www.sparkpeople.com
• www.bodyforlife.com
• www.fitday.com
• www.dietfacts.com

 Education

I currently teach for 6 online universities and personally have a PhD in Business.  I am a big advocate for a continued life-long education.  I never stop taking courses.  I love to learn new things. The great thing about the Internet is that there is a wealth of information out there that is FREE! 

I recommend that you check out some of the following sites for more information about paying for education:

• www.Staffordloan.com
• www.Collegeboard.com
• www.Fafsa.ed.gov
• www.Tuitionpay.com
• www.Afford.com

 I recommend that you check out some of the following sites for more information about free education:

• iTunes U: http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/ – iTunes have their university courses as well as regular podcasts available. Be sure to check out all of the free things iTunes has to offer.
• ‘Stuff you should know’ podcast  (the hosts Josh and Chuck are great!): http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/stuff-you-should-know-podcast.htm
• MIT Open Courseware: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/courses/index.htm
• Computer training: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computer/topic.aspx?id=140
• How to use APA for writing papers: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
• Source for a lot of educational videos that help you to be on the cutting edge: http://wimp.com/
• Grammar guide: http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/
• Online tutorials: http://www.librarysupportstaff.com/ed4you.html#Online Tutorial
• Source for many educational training videos: http://websearch.about.com/od/imagesearch/a/education_video.htm
• Career training resource: http://freecareertraining.org/

Technology

My latest passion has been to learn more about social networking.  It can be so complicated because there are so many different sites out there.  I do like to use sites like Posterous which allow you to update many different sites easily with just one email.  I am always looking for great suggested sites and things to read.

I recommend that you check out some of the following sites for more information about social networking:

• www.letsgetsocial.com – did try this one and liked it!
• http://www.cherrypickersoftware.com/ – sounds interesting – haven’t tried yet
• http://marketyourselfwithvideo.com/ – have not tried this one yet – but would love to hear feedback from those who have
• http://drdianehamilton.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/what-is-flipboard-for-ipad/  – signed up for this but haven’t yet been able to use it . . .
• http://drdianehamilton.wordpress.com/2010/07/21/howstuffworks-how-google-voice-works/

I hope some of my links are helpful to those of you who have similar interests to mine.  I welcome hearing back from those of you who have found sites that you like as well.  I am constantly updating my lists so check back on occasion to see some new site that I think are useful.