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Continue reading →: The ultimate source of my mental happiness is my peace of mind. Nothing can destroy this except my own anger.The ultimate source of my mental happiness is my peace of mind. Nothing can destroy this except my own anger. DALAI LAMA I am humored sometimes by how I choose an aphorism to write about and as I am writing about it, circumstances in my life start to manifest around…
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Continue reading →: In life, it is important to know when to stop arguing with people and simply let them be wrong.In life, it is important to know when to stop arguing with people and simply let them be wrong. How many ongoing arguments have you carried in your relationships? Personal. Professional. Parental. Political. Some you win. Some you lose. Some you just have to throw your arms in the air…
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Continue reading →: It all begins in your mind. What you give power to, has power over you, if you allow it.It all begins in your mind. What you give power to, has power over you, if you allow it. The mind is truly a tricky beast at best. It can be your best friend and your worst enemy. It can provide comfort as easily as it can perpetually torment you.…
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Continue reading →: It’s not who you are the holds you back. It’s who you think you’re not.It’s not who you are the holds you back. It’s who you think you’re not. What if you were that being that you doubt you could be? Letting all thoughts to the contrary stand aside, what if you really were that being? Would you know it? Do you think the…
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Continue reading →: The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same.The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same. JEAN ROSTAND An ideal is an absolute, which by definition, does not exist. Except for perhaps, zero. Zero is a real absolute for which no alternate, derivation, or alternate explanation can defy. Zero is always zero. You…
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Continue reading →: Always keep your eyes open. Keep watching. Because whatever you see can inspire you.Always keep your eyes open. Keep watching. Because whatever you see can inspire you. If you flash back over the course of your life, you can pinpoint a couple moments that probably seemed innocuous at the time but which ultimately became catalytic in terms of where you are now. Something…
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Continue reading →: There is a past version of you that is so proud of how far you have come.There is a past version of you that is so proud of how far you have come. Remember when you first started dreaming of what your life would be like now? Flirting with careers as a little kid and fantasizing about what it would be like to be an astronaut…
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Continue reading →: A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them. John C. Maxwell When you discover that you were wrong, how long does it take you to own it? I see this quality in myself and others and…
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Continue reading →: You did not wake up today to be a weak-assed bitch!You did not wake up today to be a weak-assed bitch! Often times, the one person who can most quickly get under my skin and annoy me more than any other human being on planet earth… is myself. I do not know who installed this operating system in my brain,…
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Continue reading →: Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious to even fail.Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious to even fail. BRUCE LEE How high have you set your aim? What if you aimed even higher? I will share a moment in my life where this crystalized. Not because I am full of bravado,…
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