Welcome to the March 6th, 2007 edition of the Carnival of Powerful Living!

Thank you to everyone who submitted posts this week, and to everyone who has helped to make this carnival such a success. As usual, the Carnival of Powerful Living is packed to the gills with useful tools, brilliant thinking, and powerful new perspectives.

I chose to feature Christine Kane’s post on teaching people how to treat you for this edition. I think this subject is one of tremendous power and opportunity. Particularly in our culture, I think people tend to err on the side of caution in their relationships…hoping that someone else’s behavior or attitude will change, but fearing or resisting the conversations or actions that can transform the nature of the relationship and really make a difference. Christine offers us some solid ground to stand on…

This Edition’s Featured Post:

Christine Kane presents You Teach People How to Treat You posted at Christine Kane.

Being Effective

Conan Stevens presents Making A Decision posted at Conan Stevens Online.

John Wesley presents 5 Simple Ways to Make the Most of Your Intelligence posted at Pick the Brain.

ananga presents Make Like a Mountain posted at Answers from Ayurveda.

Trent presents Personal Productivity and Personal Finance: Ten Techniques I Use To Juggle This Blog, My Money, My Work, and My Life posted at The Simple Dollar.

Communication Skills

Niels Hoven presents Ask Niels: How do I build an emotional connection? posted at Niels Hoven.

Charles H. Green presents Waddya, Nuts? posted at Trust Matters, saying, “It’s hard to be trustworthy if you yourself can’t trust. And part of trusting is not thinking that everything—good or bad—is about oneself.”

Hal Sommerschield, Ph.D. presents Positively Satisfying Relationships posted at North Star Mental Fitness Blog.

Chris presents My Experience With Confidence posted at How to be Cooler, saying, “Site name is ‘how to be an all-around cooler person’ now”

Scott Schwertly presents Confidence - Do You Have It? posted at Presentation Revolution.

Joyous Living

Cardin Lilly Routh presents Understanding and Getting Over Your Difficult Childhood posted at OptmistLab.com, saying, “In this two-part series I’m going to give you Law of Attraction based tools for understanding and getting over a difficult childhood, once and for all. The good news is, it can be a lot easier, and faster, than you may think.”

The Positivity Blog presents 5 life-changing keys to overcoming your fear posted at Henrik Edberg.

Beth Dargis presents How to Retreat posted at My Simpler Life.

Life Lessons

OurBlogs presents The In-Laws posted at A Guide to Raising Great Kids.

Susan Velez presents Limiting Beliefs We All Have Them posted at The Secret To Life.

Shamelle presents Why Do Smart People Do Stupid Things Sometimes? posted at Enhance Life.

Debra Moorhead presents “The Science of Getting Rich� Evaluated, Part One posted at Debra Moorhead.com.

Karen Shanley presents The Steering Wheel posted at Karen Shanley.

Marcy Nala presents Learning How to Live posted at The Abundant Life.

Personal Development

Michael Estep, Ph.D. presents Talking to Learn posted at Intuitive Feeling-Learning.

Jesper Knutsson presents Change your perspective posted at InsiderWeblog.com.

almomento presents Open Call For Project MastermindX posted at BurstCreativity.

Anco presents Wake Up On Time posted at Tipskey - Unlock Practicality, saying, “Wake up “early” is too generic. Wake up “on time” is more practical.”

Karen Lynch presents Visualize and Create! posted at LivethePower, saying, “Take some time to create the life you want!”

Alan presents Risk Taking - Living life to the fullest posted at Made to Be Great.

Ellesse presents 3 Things To Do When Friends Are Sniggering At Your Goals posted at Goal Setting College.

Raymond David Salas presents How to Solve All of Your Problems posted at ZenChill.com - Power Tools for Mind, Body, and Soul.

Aaron M. Potts presents No Rocket Science Required: Self Improvement Starts NOW! posted at Today is that Day.

Azmi Mufti presents See yourself to your Destination posted at Azmi M..

Tupelo Kenyon presents Benefits of Music for Personal Development posted at Tupelo Kenyon, saying, “Thank you.”

Charles H. Green presents American Secret posted at Trust Matters, saying, “Watch out what you envision—it may backfire on you!”

Patricia presents 5 Steps to Overcome Fear of Failure posted at Patricia.

Ybother presents Ten Old Ways To Learn Something New posted at TodaysTen.com: Daily Top Ten List to jumpstart your knowledge, saying, “It’s time to try something new! When was the last time you learnt something new? Here are 10 ways to experience something new!”

John Lampard presents What a midlife crisis can teach you about changing careers posted at The InterChange Desk.

Craig Harper presents The Seven(teen) Habits of Highly (In)effective People posted at Renovate your life with Craig, saying, “Okay, here we go; my seventeen anti-personal development gems for those people who seem curiously desperate to fail and extremely determined to find a way and a reason to do it…”

Other Gems

David Maister presents What Kind of Provider Are You? - new careers podcast episode posted at Passion, People and Principles, saying, “At any given point in your life, there is a need both to understand what kind of role you are specializing in, and, if you wish to progress, how the skills for your next role differ from those that brought you to where you are.”

Vahid Chaychi presents How to Use the Internet and Save Time and Money posted at Internet and Search Engine Marketing, saying, “Internet is one of the best tools to save time and money. It can easily help you to do many things without having to leave the home. Internet can also help you to make money through different ways like selling your own products and others products and freelance writing.”

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of powerful living using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.