If you’ve been following Project Lifestyle Design from the start, you’d understand that the project is aimed at  managing my transition from my 13 year service in the Army into my new lifestyle design.  Building Uncork Your Mind has been a great way to track my own progress, learn new online skills and write about one of my passions: lifestyle design.

Each month I write progress reports which tracks the development of Uncork Your Mind and sets myself goals for the next month. This month’s progress report is a little different.

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Its no secret, the internet is full of low value generic information and ‘me too’ articles. Spend a couple of dollars on a domain name, upload WordPress for free and the gates to the internet have now opened. With such low (almost no!) barriers to entry it’s no surprise that everyday sees more low value info clog the internet.

Just ask A-List blogger Corbett Barr who is currently on his own mission to inspire blog writers (like me!) to change this trend.

Okay, Uncork Your Mind is not a blog about internet commentary or online social trends so lets get back ‘on topic’. This is a round up of 8 recent Uncork Your Mind articles aimed solely at providing actionable information to help you progress towards the lifestyle design of your own choosing.

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How To Be Unhelpful – Give Others Advice

I’m a smart guy (just ask me!) with a lot of life experience.  I’ve lead and managed diverse teams from 2 to 200 people. I’ve served in the Army in three combat zones, trained senior Iraqi Army officers, negotiated with Afghan warlords and shared meals with Taliban insurgents. I have an honours degree in Engineering, [...]

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The Breeze At Dawn

As a different type of post today, I thought that I would share a poem with you that I recently read.  Noting that the poem is written by Rumi, a 13th century Persian Sufi mystic and poet, I’m sure that it can be interpreted in many different ways. On the surface I find it a great [...]

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Personal Mission Statements – Putting Your Vision To Work!

After recently writing a post about how  can propel you  towards your desired lifestyle design, it seemed natural to write about another useful lifestyle design goal setting and motivation tool: the Mission Statement.

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Progress Report – Project Lifestyle Design: February 2011

This month’s  progress report reflects on the progress of Uncork Your Mind in my first full month of self-employment. A big month both on and offline saw a significant increase in traffic as well the purchase of a block of land to build our family home on and the receiving of an . Here are [...]

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Get To Know Yourself – Understanding Your Values

Before you can determine what you want from life, it is very important to understand who you are.  Your desired lifestyle can only bring you happiness and fulfillment if it aligns with your individual values and needs. This month’s recently released edition of Uncork Your Mind’s newsletter focusses on values including a very useful coaching [...]

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Excuse A Bit of Self Congratulations….

Please indulge me while I give myself a quick pat on the back but today is kind of a special day for me…… On the giant island down in the Southern Hemisphere, today (26th January) is known as Australia Day.  If you’re from this great country you’ll need no further explanation on what its all [...]

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