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Focus and speed come alongside certainty. If you are certain about yourself and that you are able to do the best with what is thrown at you, you will do well. Life isn’t about avoiding uncertain situations. It’s about being certain about the type of person you are, trusting that you will handle yourself well…
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Sometimes I get frustrated when I find myself overeating, and wonder why I don’t seem learn the lesson to not eat too much. I wonder though – did I eat too many servings and the unnecessary dessert because I couldn’t help myself? Because I love to keep eating? Or, is it because I didn’t work…
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Is obsession a bad thing or a superpower? It can be either. Obsession over what we don’t have, can’t control, or doesn’t serve us or others can be catastrophic. On the other hand, obsession over a passion you have clarity on that serves the world even in the smallest of ways can be a great…
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The roads we travel on have been taken by others before. But our path, the unique combination of roads we take, is our own. Let’s learn from the wisdom of those who have been on each of the roads we take while we create our own path.
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Life is a series of moments. Today we celebrated my daughter’s first birthday and it was amazing. Seeing her light up and happily grabbing fistfuls of her cake was a very special moment. We don’t know what all our special moments in life will be, or how far away the next one is. We also…
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What is worth doing? I heard the phrase recently “squeeze the air out of your life” and I like it. Not in terms of necessarily always feeling busy – intentional reflective time is valuable. But removing the non-essentials. Because you really don’t have time for them. I’m reconsidering my blog post frequency. I’m attracted to…
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When addressing a process that needs improvement I typically take one of the app approaches. Which approach is chosen is very important. The appropriate option is context dependent. Do you have a functioning process that just needs a little help? Or something that is so broken that it’s better to just look at fresh? Reinventing…
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We all have strengths and weaknesses, whether or not from nature or nurture. We can leverage our strengths even further and we can shore up our weaknesses. I always struggle with deciding which to focus on, desiring to focus on my strengths, but feeling guilt of ignoring weaknesses. The truth or best way to be…
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We can and should make plans. But we should also realize – our imagination is limited. Things can go worse than expected – but they can also go wildly better and different than we imagined. So keep pressing onward. Your imagination likely hasn’t expanded to be capable of envisioning what’s possible. The future is more…
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We’ve all experienced time move in extremes. Feeling every second pass in that boring class at school, or engaging in work we find mundane. Feeling time fly when we’re having a great time doing something we love. Clearly, then how we experience time is a spectrum, and something we can influence. Next time you find…
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