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Don’t Fight the Funk: How To Deal With Depression

For those of us who suffer with a mental disorder, such as depression and anxiety, we are all too familiar with the funk. However, you do not even need a mental disorder, just a beating heart, to have...

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7 Tools to Radically Transform Your Life

Over the last 5 years I've made some radical improvements in my life.  I've reached my financial goals, found an amazing life partner, built confidence, and become much happier. How did I do all this?...

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Are Blocking Beliefs Stopping You from Attaining Your Dreams?

Blocking beliefs are beliefs that keep you from accomplishing your ambitions. They can be obvious like "I'm not good enough". Or more discreet like "Life should be easy". Beliefs are very strong. They...

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Tips On Setting Realistic Goals That Will Ensure Success

When affecting change in our lives we are often stymied by our own human nature to get things done and get them done now.  I want those ten pounds gone tomorrow!  Patience and our lack of it is a...

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5 Ways To Make Time For Yourself Without Feeling Guilty About It

“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”- English proverb It just drains all of life’s enjoyment. You just want to relax and watch a good movie but you feel guilty about claiming two full hours...

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Why You Need To Blow Off Your Critics and Blaze your Own Trail

You decided to grab the bull by the horns and try something new something unique something significant that not just anyone can do. It's hard enough to motivate yourself to take the leap and put...

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Discovering Your Strengths and Reacting to Your Weaknesses

Every person has inherent strengths and weaknesses, but there is no reason to let them determine the course of your professional or personal life. After all, even if you have had issues with...

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A Practical Guide To Having Everything You Want

My Wage I bargained with Life for a penny,   And Life would pay no more, However I begged at evening   When I counted my scanty store. For Life is a just employer,   He gives you what you ask, But...

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Stop The Drama Train: 6 Steps To A Drama Free Life

Drama is a habit, just like any other unproductive habit we acquire. When our lives seem dull or uninspired we crave to ramp things up. When our lives are filled with negativity we are naturally drawn...

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4 Simple Ways of Avoiding Distractions

So you want results without doing the work? Great, just what we need... another lazy bugger that's a sucker for instant gratification. Ok, we'll cut you some slack... you start with good intentions...

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3 Ways Being Yourself Leads To New Opportunity

When we don’t speak up, we’re guilty. When we pretend to know something we don’t, we’re guilty. When we’re scared to be comfortable in our own skin, we’re guilty. So many of us walk around violating...

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How to Make Learning as Easy as 1, 2, 3…

Math.  It's the universally dreaded word that almost everyone wishes to banish from their vocabulary.  In fact, it's the one subject that never fails to make our brain cramp up the very moment we...

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4 Rules for Supreme Productivity

I've spent the last several months launching a startup for life coaches while also working at my day job. I've had to work productively and effectively to get a lot of things done in a very short...

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4 Potent Life Lessons From Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin's accomplishments are otherworldly, and his advice is golden. Here are four life lessons I've learned from reading his autobiography (twice). All quotes are by Ben Franklin. Accept...

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5 Things To Do Before You Decide Something

Like it or not, you cannot prevent dilemmas from coming. They are always in your head. Who to recruit for this project? Which target to chase? Which training is best? When to jump to property...

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Stop Avoiding It – Why Conflict Is Good For You

“Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. When you are ignorant of the enemy, but know yourself, your chances of winning or losing are equal. If ignorant both...

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The Gift of Jealousy

“To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is: a dissatisfaction of self.  – Joan Didion You feel all flow immediately blocked. Instead of acting from your authentic self or true self, you are...

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15 Simple Ways to Put Meaning Back into Your Life

What is the meaning of life? That’s for you to decide, you get to choose. Instead of going through life without meaning only struggling to survive, stop along the way and begin to notice things around...

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8 Effortless Actions You Can Take Right Now To Live A Better Life

Let's face it. Personal growth is hard. At least, the type of personal growth you want to last is hard (which is the only kind that matters). If you've been on the self-improvement journey for any...

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How Limitations Can Be Positive

The word limitation is usually connected to something negative; it refers to being restricted, being held back from pursing or completing a task and it’s not just physical as we sometimes think. We...

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