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Being Busy

The Myth Behind Why Being Busy Makes You Feel Important by Heather Picard

“You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes a day, unless you are too busy, then you should sit for an hour.” ~Ancient Zen proverb

Confidence

How to Be an “Imperfectionist” By Stephen Guise

Every person in the world has perfectionist tendencies, but only some of us realize it. Fewer still recognize the profound negativity that perfectionism has on our lives.
~ Stephen Guise

Developing Your Leadership Skills - A Model for Sustained For Success By Dr. Philip A. Iannuzzi, Jr. [Retired Colonel, U.S. Air Force]

Career Advisor

Leadership Excellence – A Model for Sustained Success By Dr. Philip A. Iannuzzi, Jr. (Retired Colonel, U.S. Air Force)

“Do it with passion or not at all.” ~Rosa Couchette Carey

If you’ve ever had a passion for something, you are probably well aware of the peaks and valleys that are natural side effects of pursuing the thing you love most.

Change

7 Reasons You Are Unsuccessful. It Isn’t Because You’re Lazy. It’s This.

If you too are labelled lazy, it’s because In you’re always in a hurry…when you do many things quickly, you end up not doing anything.

Change

If Technology Connects People Why Are People Lonelier Than Ever

Many of us talk about the discrepancy between a photo on social media and reality in relation to loneliness.

Affirmation

We’re all beginners in life who’ve been given a lot of advice…just be sure not to ignore these 7 powerful pieces!

We’re all beginners in life who’ve been given a lot of advice…don’t ignore the wisdom within these 7 powerful pieces

inspirational motivational quotes, books, video, blog

Change

5 Signs That You Are Successful Even Though You Don’t Feel Like It

Signs That You’re Successful In Life Even If You Don’t Feel Like It. What is your personal measure of success?

Change

What Is Your One Word? This Principle Will Change Your Life!

Evan Carmichael explains how we all have one word that defines our life. When we find it, and live by it, the quality of our life changes.

Anger

Angry All the Time for No Reason? This Might Be Why

Maybe you feel angry regularly. You’re irritable, short-tempered and grouchy. Maybe you snap (or want to snap) at everyone around you — because your anger feels like a tsunami. It’s bound to crash into something…

Change

7 Awesome Things That Happened When I Started Surfing

Read BLOG: The Ego vs. Your True Self By Saratoga Ocean. WAKE UP! Stop Allowing Your EGO to Hide Your True Self

Career Advisor

Why I Stopped Chasing Money and Found Happiness By Samantha Plavins

“Money is numbers. And numbers never end. If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end.” ~Bob Marley

Children Who Break Your Heart: Here’s Some Expert Advice

Confidence

When You Don’t Live Up to Your Parents Expectations By Karl A. Pillemer, Ph.D., Professor of Human Development, Cornell University

How do today’s parents cope when the dreams we had for our children clash with reality? What can we do for our twenty- and even thirty-somethings who can’t seem to grow up? How can we help our depressed, dependent, or addicted adult children?

Blame

If Your Childhood Sucked, It’s Time to Stop Blaming Your Parents By Craig Harper

Dear Parent Blamer, Firstly let me say, stop it. It’s pathetic and pointless. And for the rest of us innocent bystanders… very annoying. ~ Craig Harper

Confidence

The Power Of Encouraging Words – The Gift That Keeps On Giving By Elle Sommer

“If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.” ~ G. K. Chesterton

Adult Wounds

How Unhealed Childhood Wounds Wreak Havoc in Our Adult Lives By Marlena Tillhon-Haslam

“The emotional wounds and negative patterns of childhood often manifest as mental conflicts, emotional drama, and unexplained pains in adulthood.” ~Unknown

Hijacking Your Mind

How Technology is Hijacking Your Mind By Tristan Harris

“It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they’ve been fooled.” — Unknown.

I’m an expert on how technology hijacks our psychological vulnerabilities. That’s why I spent the last three years as a Design Ethicist at Google caring about how to design things in a way that defends a billion people’s minds from getting hijacked.

Inspiration

Why You’re Overthinking Everything By Henrik Edberg

12 Simple Steps to Overcome Overthinking

What is holding people back from the life that they truly want to live?

I’d say that one very common and destructive thing is that they don’t know how to stop overthinking.

They overthink every little problem until it becomes bigger and scarier than it actually is. They overthink positive things until they don’t look so positive anymore (and as the anxiety starts to build).