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By JC
A few months back, during a conversation with one of my mentors, he said something that I will remember for the rest of my life.  “All this planning and focusing is good, but doing is better” was the exact phrase that came out of his mouth.  It hit me like a ton [...]

This entry was posted on October 30, 2009 and is filed under: Productivity - 24 Comments »

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By Christopher R. Edgar
Sitting alone in a quiet place can be a difficult experience.  Without distractions, we can feel bombarded by unpleasant thoughts and emotions.  All the ways we’re unhappy about ourselves and our lives come raging back into our awareness when there’s space for them to come up.
It’s no surprise, then, that [...]

This entry was posted on October 26, 2009 and is filed under: Productivity - 30 Comments »

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By John Anyasor
In this day and age, it’s quite apparent that people are connecting everywhere. From the local pub to the cafe across the street, from the stands at the little league baseball field to one of the seemingly infinite number of online chat rooms, people are constantly connecting with each other.
Gone [...]

This entry was posted on October 19, 2009 and is filed under: Relationships - 33 Comments »

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By Ali Hale
It takes time to make positive changes in our lives. Often, it’s not the external circumstances which are hardest to change – but our internal state. It only takes a few seconds to hand in your resignation letter and quit your job, but it can take months of slowly building [...]

This entry was posted on October 15, 2009 and is filed under: Change - 9 Comments »

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By Gail Brenner
Some of us have had a tough go of it in life.  We have had experiences, maybe starting at a very young age, that have affected our self-esteem, relationships, and ability to succeed in life.  We might be dealing with depression or anxiety or have difficulty coping.  These experiences are commonly [...]

This entry was posted on October 12, 2009 and is filed under: Self Awareness - 41 Comments »

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By Farouk Radwan
Are you wounded?
Have you ever tried to put some water on a fresh wound? If you have, you must have felt some pain. Water, which can never harm you if you were not injured, has just made you feel some pain when it touched your wound, simply because when we [...]

This entry was posted on October 9, 2009 and is filed under: Self Awareness - 20 Comments »