Living Better
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I believe in focus, the value of concentration. I’ve posted about doing two important things at once as a recipe for getting nothing done. I used to do my homework during class though, and it was highly effective strategy for me. For one, I believe, listening to lectures generally does not bring a high level…
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What if the quality of your life was determined by how other people feel around you? Do you know what it feels like when you enter a room? Engage in a conversation? What’s it like for the other person, or group of people? This is another way of thinking from others’ perspective, which is a…
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A great life is not one in which we never experienced discomfort. In fact, a great life is waiting for us on the other side of discomfort. When we learn how to deal with discomfort, how to address it, do the uncomfortable thing that needs doing… when we build that skill, we become unstoppable. We…
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However brutal, if you learn from them you make good of them. The true mistakes are the repeat failures, the ones you don’t learn from. These become devastating and can be exponentially more damaging than what you thought was the initial mistake. Successful people make mistakes – then learn and live differently accordingly. But many…
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The concept of a zero sum game is one I think of often. A zero sum game has a winner and a loser in equal proportions. It assumes finite resources that must be distributed to one or the other. If you have one carrot and you and one other person flip a coin to see…
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What are you holding back from the world? What great gifts have you been given that you can share? Honor your gifts and relationships by cultivating them. Do what you love today, and love who you love today.
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What am I practicing today? I can read, listen to, or blog about anything I want, but what’s far more important is what I actually practice. That’s not to discount the benefit of listening to and reading quality materials. I believe in ingesting quality inputs, as fuel, motivation, and to prime your thinking process. The…
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Perspective comes with new life and also with death, these most significant events at the beginning and end of the cycle of human life. There is a verse in the Bible, Ecclesiastes 7:2-4 that talks about it being better to go to a funeral than a celebration. My interpretation of this is the wisdom and…
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The shortcut to success is embracing the natural path, building brick by brick with the end in mind. Sometimes great accomplishments take a long time. If you start building now you might be amazed what you’ve accomplished when you look back in 5 years. The temptation is to seek shortcuts, ways to cut corners. You…
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Deciding is crucial, as without decision we are aimless. To me it means having direction, and not constantly second guessing it. It doesn’t mean ignoring new information and being committed to never changing. An example would be changing jobs or careers. That’s not a decision you want to be making daily. Commit to your work…
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