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How to Filter and Apply Self-Help Advice for Personal Growth
I love self-help and personal development content. It decentralizes valuable knowledge and empowers people to grow into better versions of themselves. I cannot imagine living in a society where a minority of people hoard practical and useful information. After all, knowledge is power! The problem with the proliferation of information is that we have become…
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How to use discipline to honor yourself
…And Protect Your Peace Discipline is one of those words that makes people wince. We immediately think about grueling work that we must strong-arm ourselves into doing. Just imagine a drill sergeant yelling at you to complete painful physical exercises while calling you a maggot. Discipline gets a bad reputation. It is common to associate…
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Cultivating Self-Complexity: Nuanced Identity For Resilience And Success
Anyone who has lost a job to which they had dedicated their life will tell you that it felt like their world was ending. A low level of self-complexity exacerbated their predicament. Similarly, anyone who devoted themselves to a relationship only to have it end will tell you about feeling completely and utterly lost. I…
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Choose Your Words Wisely: The Power of Our Statements & Questions
It is surprising how many statements and rhetorical questions we repeat on autopilot, with little thought about their implications. Monitoring what we say for a few days can reveal some disturbing patterns we may not be fully aware of. An interesting aspect of being a parent is that I ruthlessly censor my comments around my…
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Embrace Creativity: 5 Ways to Unleash Your Potential
Not too long ago, I thought people fit squarely into one of two camps: creative or analytical. Some people did liberal arts in college, while others went straight toward accounting. In my mind, the division was clear. I was always told I was good at math, so I internalized this idea. I firmly believed that…
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How To Harness The Power Of New Starts
There is something magical about new beginnings. I love the feeling of a fresh start. New Year is notoriously an inspirational time for many. It brings about feelings of hope, possibility, and renewal. It’s also fascinating how we can change or completely reinvent ourselves when we start a new job, move to a new city,…
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Reflect for Growth: How to Develop a Reflective Practice
Do you ever take a step back and truly reflect on who you are and what drives your decisions? Developing a strong reflective practice can unlock your potential and change your life. Productivity advice often focuses on systems, techniques, and tools designed for a non-descript, overly rational human being who always follows optimal behavior. These…
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How to Overcome Your Productivity Obsession
Our collective obsession with productivity is taking away more than it is giving. If you struggle with productivity despite staying current on all the latest and greatest tools and methods, this post is for you. Just like perfectionism used to, excessive productivity can disguise itself as a good thing. You may be thinking, “what’s wrong with…
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3 Practical Ways to Embrace Abundance
The abundance mindset has become somewhat of an esoteric concept, synonymous with repeating positive affirmations, visualizing, and magically manifesting things using the law of attraction. (Does anyone remember the “Serenity Now” episode on Seinfeld?) This mystical connotation of the abundance mindset has created an unpleasant taste for those who are more pragmatic and resist what…
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How To Reinvent Yourself (Overcome Upper Limits)
As a first-generation immigrant, my focus for the last two decades has been to assimilate and build my life in the United States. With this end goal in mind, I devoted myself to achieving various personal and professional milestones. I was always clear on my next steps. That was until I hit my upper limit.…
