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Tag: Perseverance
What You Focus On Is What You Invite More Of
There once were three blind men walking on three separate roads, all of which ended upon at the same intersection. In the middle of the crossing sat an elephant, patiently waiting with its handler to go join into a circus which had arrived in town that very day. The first blind man who happened upon …
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Hey, How Much Does This Thing Cost?
How much does something cost? When we hear that word, our automatic assumption is that we are talking about money, a numerical value, some tangible currency to use as a frame of reference. How much, say, does it cost to watch an episode of The Game of Thrones (GoT)? There are many angles we can …
Be SMART and Appreciate the Little Things
I once stood upon a tall guard tower situated along the Great Wall of China, barely catching my breath with sweat dripping into my eyes, almost falling apart from the heat and the exertion it took to make it that far. Looking out from the window at the vastness all around, counting the great snaking …
Education And Learning Are Not the Same Thing
Everyone remembers the stories of one kind or another that, growing up, your fed-up parents told you to get you to behave. If you don't eat your veggies, Santa Clause is not coming by the house this year. Or, the Tooth Fairy does not collect the teeth of little girls who don't brush them. The shapes …
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Hello Ego, So We Meet Again
Author's Note: Please Like and Share if you like what you hear, otherwise the Complaints department is at the bottom under the label 'Comments' 😉 See you next Wednesday! "Today, before we start, I want you all to close your eyes and visualize a pose that you feel an aversion to," my yoga instructor tells …
Perks Vs. Benefits
Author's Note: A day late on the delivery, wasn't feeling so good this week, sorry guys. As always, if you connect to what you read please Like and Share the post. Appreciate it! Don't settle. A classic piece of advice that is easy to give but a lot harder to follow. Nobody wants to believe they …
You’ve Got to Risk It to Get the Biscuit
Would you work for free? Ever since we are born it is made clear that with work comes reward. When you did the dishes or cleaned your room, you received praise (or better yet, an allowance) from your parents. When you did well on a test or well on the course, you got recognition in …
But First, Be Kind To Yourself
Four-eyes. Nerd. Loser. Wimp. These words may seem pretty innocuous now, even funny in the innocent nostalgia they bring up. But if you think back - wayyy back - before the internet was a thing, before the F word was just daily vocabulary, maybe back when you still had to fork up a nickel for …
Welcome to the Real World Graduates, We’re All Mad Here!
Congratulations, class of 2017! Welcome to the moment you have been waiting for, the moment you have been working towards - your whole life sometimes it seems - and now that moment is here. It is a monumental bridge to cross, and you deserve every moment of celebration, of congratulatory adulation, and a little (or …
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