A personal section of StefanMotz.com
Self-development without the guru act.
I have been interested in self-development most of my life partly because I needed it. I knew I had a temper. I knew there were things in myself I wanted to change. Over the years I explored meditation, the Silva Method, visualization, Reiki, breathing, psychology, gratitude, and plenty of ideas that sounded better in books than they worked in real life.
My rule is simple: I try things, keep what works, and discard the nonsense.
Why this remains on a book site
Reading and self-development were never separate for me.
Books gave me many of the ideas I later tested in my own life. Retirement gave me more time to read again — especially through Audible — and more time to look back at what actually helped through fear, anger, uncertainty, reinvention, relationships, career changes, and aging.
This section is not a claim that I have life figured out. It is where I share the useful parts of that continuing experiment.
A book is taking shape
Eventually, these ideas will become something more coherent.
I am beginning a self-development book based not on abstract advice, but on stories from my life and the things I learned by trying to handle them better.