{"id":2,"date":"2008-11-28T16:44:07","date_gmt":"2008-11-28T22:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/million-dollar-self-esteem.com\/blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2012-03-29T10:45:02","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T10:45:02","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/million-dollar-self-esteem.com\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>About the concept<\/h3>\n<p>This site is dedicated to covering the topic of personal power, and the powerful effect it can have on our lives, and lifestyles.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, what you believe about yourself, and the value you have to offer, is a stronger influence on how successful you are than any number of qualifications, any amount of experience, or any number of other factors.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve seen it. \u00a0The &#8216;Dilbert&#8217; employee who is hopeless in the job, but somehow manages promotion after promotion. \u00a0They walk into the interview convinced that they&#8217;re the best thing since sliced bread, and walk out having convinced the panel to believe the same way.<\/p>\n<p>Here is where I share the lessons my own life has taught me &#8211; from being a total victim, to taking the reins of my life into my own hands and creating something better &#8211; over and over again. \u00a0Best of all, the breakthroughs I&#8217;ve had and helped create for friends are not the slow, gradual progress kind &#8211; they&#8217;re quantum breakthroughs, and they happen FAST. \u00a0I&#8217;ve walked from one job into another at half as much again, through to nearly double salary, just by working on what I share here. \u00a0Three times (so far). I&#8217;ve also applied this to other areas &#8211; like creating my ideal home, attracting a relationship, etc etc. \u00a0Bottom line, I know it works. Having had the benefit of others helping me along the way, it&#8217;s now my turn to share what I know and help you.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you badly want to succeed, but find your doubts and fears holding you back, this site is for you.<\/li>\n<li>If you worry more about what the world might think than what you stand to gain, keep reading.<\/li>\n<li>If life just keeps on throwing you curveballs, and you wonder when you&#8217;re ever going to catch a break, then I want to help you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>There will be aspects of LOA (Law of Attraction) as well as &#8216;New Age&#8217; philosophy here. \u00a0You are free to agree or disagree with anything I say. \u00a0In fact, you&#8217;re also free to use the comments on my articles to argue with me or tell me your own view and why it&#8217;s better. \u00a0Nothing is sacred, except the one core value I hold above all &#8211; never, EVER seek to cause harm. \u00a0 (So flamers, unconstructive critics and naysayers please look elsewhere for your amusements).<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>About Me<\/h3>\n<p>I&#8217;m female, 24 until further notice, and hate being stereotyped. \u00a0So much so that when I decided to learn bellydancing, I also went and signed up for motorbike lessons at the same time &#8211; just to make sure I couldn&#8217;t be pigeon-holed. \u00a0My interests include life, the universe and everything &#8211; sci-fi\/fantasy is my favourite form of escapism. \u00a0I also love languages and speak 4, but am working on another. I work as an analyst in a government department by day, and indulge in metaphysical\u00a0philosophy on my own time. \u00a0I&#8217;m a vegetarian because my body won&#8217;t let me be anything else, and never has, although lately I&#8217;ve been experimenting with raw veganism and juice feasting. \u00a0Most of all, I&#8217;m a serious dedicated geek. \u00a0I&#8217;ve been online since 1989, and the internet is my home town.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for my formal qualifications, I have a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, followed by Honours in Education Social &amp; Policy Studies, both from the University of Sydney. I have training certifications as well, plus quite a few other pieces of paper, but frankly, I consider my life experiences and where I am now to be the real qualifications \u2013 they mean much more than any certificate.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to know more about where I&#8217;ve come from, and the steps I\u2019ve taken along the way, there is my personal blog at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/crystalsquest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CrystalsQuest<\/a>\u00a0or you can check out my free newsletter, which often gives a brief rundown on where I&#8217;m at in my own journey, along with the lessons I\u2019m picking up on the way.<\/p>\n<p>The link coming soon under \u2018Personal\u2019 will take you to a brief biography, and a few other interesting points about me, including an astrological profile for those of you who are interested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the concept This site is dedicated to covering the topic of personal power, and the powerful effect it can have on our lives, and lifestyles. 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