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Embracing the Power of Intentionality: Five Essential Life Tips

The path to a more meaningful and fulfilling life lies in simplifying and embracing the power of intentionality. In a world brimming with abundance and distractions, we quickly lose sight of what truly matters. Many of us fall into the trap of accumulating possessions, commitments, and busyness, mistakenly believing that these are signs of effective planning […]

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Search for Meaning and Fulfillment: Simple Clues to Life’s Big Questions

Many of us find the words meaning and fulfillment esoteric and highfalutin and decide to worry about it when we retire from life’s obligations —work, raising and overseeing our kids, pets, and plants—and have little else to do. Apparently, that’s not what we’re supposed to do. In 1946, Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl chronicled his experiences in four […]

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Progress: One Step Forward, Two Steps onto a Plateau

Steven Wright aptly described the word progress when he said, "I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done." Progress journeysFrom the time we’re born until we die, life, for most of us, is an incessant search for progress. The details vary. As toddlers, walking a few feet without falling flat on our butts is progress. Consistently […]

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Five Life Lessons I Wish I Had Known Sooner

People, especially the rich and famous, often get asked what they regret most. Their answers vary. Some are truthful. Others makeup stuff that sounds erudite but, in reality, is quite banal. And then there are those who say they never look back and have no regrets. Good for them, I guess. A lot of self-help literature […]

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Contrarian Thinking: Why Social Approval Isn’t Everything

It’s actually pretty easy to be contrarian. It’s hard to be contrarian and right. Reid Hoffman.The Great DebateOn June 30, 1860, seven months following the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, a debate took place at the Oxford University Museum in Oxford, England. Referred to since as The Great Debate, it was […]

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Don’t Overgeneralize: Stop Turning a Pencil Line into a Concrete Wall

Marx is quoted as saying, “I used to think that all lawyers were crooks. Then I met one who was a liar.” The quote is funny because it takes a common stereotype and turns it on its head. But more importantly, it illustrates why it’s absurd to overgeneralize about people or situations.All generalizations are false, […]

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Are We All Hypocrites? Why It’s Easier to Preach Than to Practice.

Hypocrites are those who apply to others the standards that they refuse to accept for themselves. Noam Chomsky. Show, don’t tell“Don’t tell me the moon is shining. Show me the glint of light on broken glass.” Anton Chekov.If there is one advice every English teacher has given to their students, it is this: “Show, don’t […]

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Recognize Optimism Bias: How to Stop Over-committing

Optimism is normal, but some fortunate people are more optimistic than the rest of us. If you are genetically endowed with an optimism bias, you hardly need to be told that you are a lucky person—you already feel fortunate. Daniel Kahneman. It’s been a stressful week. In hindsight, I realize I’ve brought some of this […]

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Work-Life Balance Amid The Slow Fade of the Eight-Hour-Workday

The challenge of work-life balance is without question one of the most significant struggles faced by modern man. Stephen Covey.In 1930, as part of his Essays in Persuasion, one of the world’s most celebrated economists, John Maynard Keynes, tried to spread optimism during what was undeniably one of the most troubling times in modern history—the […]

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Balanced Escapism: Where You Go, There You Are

Escapism is my cardio—running away from responsibilities counts, right?American spiritual teacher, writer, and psychologist-by-training, Baba Ram Dass (1931—2019) who helped popularize Eastern philosophy and spirituality in the West was renowned for his entertaining yet profound spiritual discourses. In one of his talks, Ram Dass narrated the parable of a farmer and his horse. The story was […]

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