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Not a Dress Rehearsal discipline energy happiness inspiration mindfulness success Jul 03, 2023

Life isn’t a rehearsal where you can request a do-over. You don’t have the luxury to rehearse your lines until they are perfect. You’re living in real-time. This very minute, as you read this post, yo...

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Stuck discipline focus mindfulness purpose responsibility success Jun 12, 2023

You know the feeling. You’re not where you want to be and you can’t seem to move on to…anywhere. You’re just stuck.

You can be stuck anywhere. In relationships, in your work or school, in your hobbie...

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Don't Care discipline discrimination mindfulness original success transformation Jun 05, 2023

“I don’t care.” We sound indifferent, even callous when we say it. It is difficult to imagine a positive connotation for this simple phrase that is used to imply consent (“Can I go to Tom’s house?”), ...

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Experience discipline experience inspiration mindfulness purpose success May 22, 2023

Astronaut and test pilot Colonel Frank Bowman once described experience as it relates to aviators: A superior pilot uses his superior judgment to avoid situations which require the use of his superior...

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Be Who You Are discipline freedom meaning mindfulness responsibility success May 15, 2023

At first glance it seems obvious, redundant. How could you not be who you are? Who else could you be?

The truth is far from simple. We are actors, manipulators, liars, in a world of actors, manipulat...

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Hardcore Happiness discipline happiness inspiration motivation purpose success May 08, 2023

If you follow my Instagram or Twitter accounts, you will know that I use #HardcoreHappiness as a tag to organize my posts and those of like-minded others. Happiness is obviously desirable, but why “ha...

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Give 100 Percent discipline freedom inspiration motivation responsibility success May 01, 2023

“Full send,” “Go for it,” “Be all you can be.” What does it really mean to give 100 percent?

The concept is as old as human ambition, and has been co-opted by marketing agencies ad nauseam (there is ...

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The Death of Critical Thinking critical thinking discipline freedom mindfulness responsibility success Apr 17, 2023

We are witnessing the death of critical thinking.

It has been ill for many years, despite the best efforts of those of us who understand that it must survive in order for humanity to prosper. The rel...

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How to Balance Work and Life discipline gratitude happiness purpose responsibility success Apr 10, 2023

“How can I balance work and life?”

Ah, the perennial issue for among high-performing adults. At first glance, the dilemma makes sense. The “balance” question is the plaintiff cry of working folks who...

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