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Happy 13th Anniversary Freedom Personal Development

Eric Plantenberg — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:47 +0000

Today Freedom Personal Development celebrates its 13th year in business!� It seems fitting that today�s post takes a look at where we have been and where we are going.

The Freedom Personal Development Story

In November of 1996, Eric Plantenberg and Roger Seip had a vision to take their passion for helping people succeed and turn that into a company. At first, Eric and Roger weren’t sure how they would improve their client’s professional and personal lives or what service they would offer. What they did have was a tremendous conviction and a burning desire to help Read More...

Well Rounded Training for Your Brain

Tom Weber — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:00:12 +0000

Many studies today show that as we age we tend to focus our education, training, and learning on topics that we are already familiar with and subjects that pertain to our current career.

While that is all fine and good, what ends up happening is that the majority of the population stops researching and learning about completely new subjects and skill-sets.

The mind is a muscle, the more you use it, the stronger it becomes. Well, let me give you an analogy to explain what is happening to that muscle for anyone who stops learning new things, and only learns deeper levels of subjects they already know about.

It would be like somebody who wants to stay in shape physically, and they knew one Read More...

Freedom Personal Development – Freedom Fest 2009

Freedom Personal Development — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:00:34 +0000

The Freedom Personal Development Family gathered in Madison, WI this past weekend to take time to work on our business, learn from each other, grow and celebrate the victories of the last year.

This bi-annual gathering is known as Freedom Fest and it was wonderful to have this amazing group of individuals in one room.

Thanks everyone – can’t wait to see you again!!

Be Free!

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Happy 12th Anniversary Freedom Personal Development

Freedom Personal Development — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:00:54 +0000

Today marks the 12th anniversary of Freedom Personal Development. It seems fitting that today’s post takes a look at where we have been and where we are going.

The Freedom Personal Development Story

Urban Legends of the Personal Development Industry

Freedom Personal Development — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:00:06 +0000

As a professional trainer and speaker. I stand up in front of people and teach them useful skills for living and working more effectively. It used to be that people who did this were said to be part of the “Self Help” business. Now it is the “Personal Development Industry.” Whatever you call it I have come to love this business. I love the look that I see in my students’ eyes when they realize that the have just accomplished something they did not think possible. I dig it when a student tells me a story about how what I taught them helped them in some way. My mission is to give people tools to help them to live better lives, and it gives me great satisfaction.

But I gotta tell ya, Read More...