Zero Dean's Blog, page 41

Appreciate the living

It is such a sad fact that it often isn’t until a person dies that others feel compelled to talk about how great they were or how much of a difference that person made in their life.

Appreciate the living

Think about someone you care about. Now imagine for a moment what it might be like to be them. Do you think they feel appreciated by you?

If you ever have any doubt as to whether someone you care about feels appreciated by you, don’t hesitate to tell them how much they mean to y...

False information spreads faster than facts

Due to its often controversial or novel nature, false information spreads faster than facts. And this is exacerbated by the fact that people are much more inclined to share information that affirms their beliefs – without questioning its accuracy – than they are to share anything that casts doubt on what they assume is true.

Always keep in mind that it is not just what you know, but how you know what you know that matters. Not every source from which you receive news & information is acc...

“They deserve it”

People who hate on other people often justify their actions with “they deserve it”. And by doing so, they excuse themselves for their own bad behavior. Because “It isn’t really bad behavior if the other person deserved it, is it?”

And so we have one person hating on another person. And another person hating on another. And another on another. And so on. And everyone excuses themselves for their negative behavior.

If your negative words or actions were directed a...

Summer & Fall travel plans

Big news!

I am currently planning a major summer road trip which incorporates:

a book tour a speaking tour a mobile podcasting & interviews tour a photography tour

Details are currently very fuzzy — and subject to major changes — but this is what I know so far:

Departing city: San Diego
Departure date: To be determined (as early as the end of March)

Known destinations:

Baltimore, MD/DC area: I have plans to stay in the Baltimore/DC area for at least a few weeks, possibly l...

Warriors of love, light, and kindness

My heart goes out to every walking wound and broken heart who still chooses to be a source of light despite a world that repeatedly shows you darkness. Your struggles are rarely seen and the degree of pain you’ve experienced in life is felt by few. And as much as what you do goes unnoticed and unappreciated, you keep pushing forward with love, light, and kindness instead of apathy or darkness. You are truly heroes.

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About my book

My first book features approximately 400 lessons based on actual experiences compiled into a single volume. In the course of 8 years, many of the excerpts of lessons that I published online went viral – reaching a global audience in the tens of millions (often without attribution). Over the years, many of my most viral pieces have been plagiarized or mistakenly attributed to known authors like Paulo Coelho.

I literally devoted thousands of hours to the lessons in this book and thousands more...

Love and kindness move mountains

Anger & hate dig holes.
Love & kindness move mountains.

Choose your motivation wisely.

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I used to be funny

That awkward moment you update a social media profile and among other details, you write, “I used to be funny”. And regardless of whether other people ever found you funny or not, the fact that you no longer do is kind of depressing.

And it eventually eats at you so much that it compels you to try to find the humor in your life. And as you do, you find it. And it reminds you that as dark as the world can sometimes appear, it doesn’t mean that your life isn’t still ful...

You feel me?

When people respond to something I say by saying, “I feel you!”, I wonder which part of me they think they’re feeling.

Because, frankly, if someone says they feel me and I don’t feel them feeling me, it probably means they’re either doing it on the sly or part of my body is numb.

You feel me?

Don’t let your life goals fall victim to the allure of comfortable routines

Don’t let your life goals fall victim to the allure of comfortable routines.

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