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How To Balance Contentment And Ambition

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Extremes are almost never good. We all are driven to extremes at times. We hate some things and love others. We eat at the best restaurants on the planet or the absolute worst dumps around. Our trips to the beach are the best experiences of our lives and our setbacks are catastrophes that make the […]

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The One Thing That All Smart People Know

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The most brilliant people on the planet all share one piece of knowledge. They all know something that adds to their greatness and allows them to achieve remarkable things. What is that one thing they know? They know that they don’t know everything and thus greatness never occurs in isolation. To put it another way, […]

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3 Reasons You Are Not Achieving The Goals That You Set For Yourself (And What You Can Do About It!)

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You’re being too general. It’s sounds great to have “be a better Dad” as a goal, but what does that actually mean? The more specific your goal, the more likely you are to achieve it. It’s discouraging to work hard on a goal, and then  not be able to see if you are succeeding because […]

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“Becoming” Isn’t Easy: Three Keys To Becoming The Person You’ve Always Wanted To Be

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Early in Michelangelo’s career, before the Sistine Chapel, he was commissioned to sculpt more than 40 figures for what would have been the most magnificent tomb of its time. Money for the project dried up, however, and it was pushed to the side and never completed. The result is a collection of statues that line […]

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3 Ways To Stop Being Offended And Start Making A Difference!

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The cardinal virtue that a person can attain in 2014 is “being offended”. A quick glance at any social media site will reveal floods of “offended” posts.                   “I can’t believe that we have soldiers in Iraq!”                 “How dare we refuse to send more soldiers to Iraq!”                 “Join me in boycotting this […]

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How To Change The World In One Easy Step

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A few days back as I was rumbling through a used book store, I came upon a coin operated vending machine (see above). Instead of giving out a small toy or bouncy ball, this vending machine handed out poems. I was intrigued, so I fed it my quarter and was rewarded with this classic poem […]

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The Applause You Need and Why It May Be Wrecking Your Life

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“I live for the applause, applause, applause…”                                 -Lady Gaga She’s right you know. We all live for the applause. It may not be the applause of 50,000 screaming fans in a packed out stadium, but we live for it nonetheless. You may be more comfortable calling it “praise” or “affirmation”, whatever it is, we […]

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How Hurry Can Wreck Your Life

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I move quickly. If I am not careful, I live my waking hours at a frantic pace. I’m not sure when I started living like this, I just know that I tend to do everything in fast forward. I get out of my car quickly when I park, I walk quickly, I eat quickly, and […]

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Inspiration (Part XIII)

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“Fight one more round. When your feet are so tired that you have to shuffle back to the center of the ring, fight one more round. When your arms are so tired that you can hardly lift your hands to come on guard, fight one more round. When your nose is bleeding and your eyes […]