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    8 Wake-Up Calls We Need to Receive in Life Before it’s Too Late

    For my 18th birthday, many moons ago, my grandfather on my mom’s side gave me four lightly-used flannel shirts that he no longer needed. The shirts were barely worn and in great shape; my grandfather said he thought they would look great on me. Unfortunately, I thought they were odd gifts at the...
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    10 Hard Truths that Will Help You Grow (Once You Accept Them)

    Character and wisdom are both sculpted over time. These qualities come with loss, lessons, and triumphs. They come after doubts, second guesses, and exploring unknowns. If there was a definitive path to personal growth, everyone would be on it. Truth be told, the seeds of your success are often...
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    6 Essential Daily Rituals that Will Change the Rest of Your Life

    Are you willing to spend a little time every day like most people won’t, so you can spend the better part of your life like most people can’t? Think about that question for a moment. Let it sink in. You ultimately become what you repeatedly do. The acquisition of knowledge doesn’t mean you’re...
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    10 Choices in Life You Will Regret in 10 Years (and Maybe Even Sooner)

    “If only…” Those two words paired together create one of the saddest phrases in the English language. Here are ten choices in life that ultimately lead to that phrase of regret, and how to avoid them on the average day: 1. Wearing a mask to impress other people. If the face you always show...
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    7 “Notes to Self” We Should All Read to Ourselves 7 Days a Week

    Earlier today, I was sitting on a neighborhood park bench eating a breakfast sandwich when an elderly couple pulled their car up under a nearby oak tree. They rolled down the windows and turned up some jazz music on the radio. Then the man got out of the car, walked around to the passenger side...
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    6 Sensible Reasons to Stop Proving Yourself to Everyone Else

    Sometimes we try to show the world we’re flawless in hopes that we will be liked and accepted by everyone. But we can’t please everyone and we shouldn’t try. Take this to heart. You won’t find your worth in someone else’s approval — you find it within yourself, and then you attract those who are...
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    3 Underlying Mistakes that Often Drain 90 Percent of Our Daily Potential

    As human beings we often make the same underlying mistakes over and over again. For example, deep down we know it’s wise to take it one step at a time, to maintain positive daily habits, and to seek out healthy living and working environments. Yet we often do the exact opposite when times get...
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    7 Mindful Quotes for Those Moments When You’re Taking Things Personally

    You can’t calm the storm. What you can do is calm yourself, and the storm will gradually pass. So do your best to breathe when negativity surrounds you today. Let calmness be your superpower. The ability to not overreact or take things too personally keeps your mind clear and your heart at...
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    20 Mindful Things to Start Doing in Your Relationships

    Family isn’t always blood. They’re the people in your life who appreciate having you in theirs — the ones who encourage you to improve in healthy and exciting ways, and who not only embrace who you are now, but also embrace and embody who you want to be. These people — your real family — are the...
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    10 Choices in Life You Shouldn’t Have to Justify to Anyone Else

    Your life is yours alone. Others can try to persuade you, but they can’t decide for you. They can walk with you, but not in your shoes. So make sure the path you travel aligns with your intuition and values. And don’t be scared to pave your own path when you know it’s the right thing to do...
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    12 “Notes to Self” We Should All Memorize Before Life Gets Any Harder

    I know many of us are yearning for a simpler and selective range of life experiences right now — the happier days, the normal times, the settings and experiences that make us feel more comfortable. And yet, the full range of our reality often brings something very different. The days and weeks...
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    3 Essential Things to Start Doing for Your Self-Confidence and Personal Growth

    When I was a high school freshman, a 260-pound freshman girl showed up for track and field tryouts right alongside me. Her name was Sara, and she was only there because her doctor said her health depended on it. But once she scanned the crowd of students who were on the field, she turned around...
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    20 Things 90 Years of Wisdom Told Me to Stop Worrying About in Life

    Some people wait all day for 5pm, all week for Friday, all year for the holidays, all their lives for happiness. Don’t be one of them. Don’t wait until your life is almost over to realize how good it has been. The secret to happiness and peace on the average day is letting each moment be what it...
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    7 Mindful Things You Should Insist on Doing for Yourself More Often

    I have witnessed people reinventing themselves at all ages — 48-year-olds starting families, 57-year-olds graduating from college for the first time, 71-year-olds starting successful businesses, and more. How did they all do it? In a nutshell, they started being more mindful about making...
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    20 Essential Things to Start Doing for Your Inner Peace and Happiness

    As you move through the days and weeks ahead, remind yourself that it takes roughly 66 days to form a new habit. So for the next nine and a half weeks, consciously leverage the actionable reminders below to look at the brighter side of your life, and you will gradually rewire your brain… 1...
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    10 Ways to Remain Calm and Mindful When Others Are Out of Control

    Calmness is a human superpower. The ability to not overreact or take things personally keeps your mind clear and your heart at peace, which gives you the upper hand in most life situations. And it’s a daily practice too. Over the past several years I’ve been cultivating calmness in myself — I’ve...
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    10 Meaningful Things We Often Wait Too Long to Do for Ourselves

    Too often we waste our time waiting for the ideal path to appear. But it never does of course. Because we forget that paths are made by walking, not waiting. Let this be your wake-up call today! If you always sit around until you feel 100 percent ready for the journey, you’ll likely be sitting...
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    40 Quotes for Letting Go and Coping with All the Things You Can’t Control

    The goal each and every day of your life is to gradually grow stronger on the inside, so that less and less on the outside can affect your inner wellness without your conscious permission. Truth be told, how you cope with unexpected problems and frustrations can easily be the difference between...
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    5 Ways Essential For Leading Change

    Change is inevitable, but that doesn’t mean it will always be easy. Humans are resilient, but we’re also resistant to change. We’re wired that way, which is why change can be so intimidating, scary, and challenging. Our brains are plastic, malleable, and fertile for quickly learning vast...
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    11 Ways To Boost Workplace Morale As A Leader

    Maintaining workplace morale has always been a challenge. With the recent remote-friendly decentralization of the workplace, the task of keeping morale high has become more difficult than ever. As the world is constantly navigating new changes daily, leadership also means being attentive and...
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