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Not the best6 min read · 2022-09-19 · On not needing to be the best at anything · Shared by 386, including Arturo Rebolledo
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my questioning of my work bypasses an important truth: no one else can do my work because no one else is me. And no one else can do your work because no one else is you. When I write, I write with my entire being: my lived experience and history
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Focus to Win2 min read · 2022-08-29 · Since focus requires saying no, it also means really smart people and good competitors are saying no to really good ideas. · Shared by 996, including Scott Monty, Peter Herger, davidabrock, Arturo Rebolledo, Jason Lauritsen
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This sounds really simplistic, but it still shocks me how few people actually practice this, and it’s a struggle to practice, but is this issue of focus.
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Discipline is Destiny: 25 Habits That Will Guarantee You Success9 min read · 2022-09-15 · The ancients were fond of an expression: Character is fate. It means that character is deterministic, that who you are determines what you will do. Self-discipline is one of those special things that… · Shared by 2861, including Martin Soorjoo, Arturo Rebolledo
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22. Be strict only with yourself. It was said that the true majesty of Marcus Aurelius was that his exactingness was directed only at himself.
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Why you don't deserve to be happy all the time4 min read · 2022-10-18 · You do not "deserve" to be happy nor do you "have" to be. A meaningful, valuable life is just as much measured by duty, as happiness. · Shared by 8
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Why Trying to Be Happy Makes You Unhappy10 min read · 2022-08-13 · From birthdays to ‘hot-vax summers,’ everyone knows anticipated delights can be a letdown. That phenomenon has a name: the paradox of hedonism. · Shared by 623, including Thomas Power, Arturo Rebolledo
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“Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”
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Want to be happy? Don’t follow your gut.10 min read · 2022-09-07 · A data scientist on what truly makes us happy. · Shared by 518, including Arturo Rebolledo, Dorlee Michaeli, MBA, LCSW
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the number one factor that increases your happiness while you’re working is liking the people you’re working with.
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The Untold Story of Napoleon Hill, the Greatest Self-Help Scammer of All Time2022-04-11 · Napoleon Hill is the most famous conman you’ve probably never heard of. Born into poverty in rural Virginia at the end of the 19th century, Hill went on to write one of the most successful self-help… · Shared by 12, including Brittany Berger, Arturo Rebolledo
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6 strategies that will make you a better reader — and person4 min read · 2022-07-04 · Simple advice to help you get more out of the books you read, from author Ryan Holiday. · Shared by 4973, including Daniel Pink, Marcos, Anita Leirfall, Tarik ESSAADI, Arturo Rebolledo
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Life is too short to read books you don’t enjoy reading. My rule is 100 pages minus your age — so if you’re 30 years old and a book hasn’t captivated you by page 70, stop reading it.
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Habit trackers: does tracking your habits actually work?5 min read · 2022-08-04 · We rarely lack good intentions. Establishing habits, however, can feel like a struggle, and there’s often a gap between intention and execution. · Shared by 1337, including Tarik ESSAADI, Stephanie A Kowalski, Arturo Rebolledo
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Apply the “never miss twice” principle
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Dolores Cannon – My Past Life Regression Session With The Master~19 min read · 2022-09-05 · It was a brilliantly clear, dark and starry sky the early morning I left to drive to northwest Arkansas for Dolores Cannon’s Past Life Regression class. I remember standing on our driveway mentally… · Shared by 5, including Arturo Rebolledo
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7 Mental Habits That Work Really Well—Until They Get In Your Way4 min read · 2022-08-06 · Why habits like grit and self-discipline can, at times, backfire. And what you can do to prevent this. · Shared by 1299, including Arturo Rebolledo
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Zen Koan: The first rule of routines is to develop one and stick with it. The second rule is to cultivate the capacity to easily let go of it.
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101 Healthy Alternatives to Watching Pornography9 min read · 2022-08-28 · Trying to quit porn but don't know what to do instead? You're in luck! We have 101 different things for you to do instead of turning back to porn. · Shared by 5, including Arturo Rebolledo
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Creative aliveness: turning life into a creative adventure5 min read · 2022-08-15 · Creative aliveness consists in reclaiming a larger creative canvas woven into the fabric of our lives. It starts by asking yourself: what makes you come alive creatively? And how can you inject more… · Shared by 751, including Stephanie A Kowalski, Arturo Rebolledo
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Curious. Asking questions is one of the best ways to live a creative life, whether you ask these questions to yourself or to other people
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On the Shortness of Life4 min read · 2022-08-11 · “You live as if you were destined to live forever, no thought of your frailty ever enters your head, of how much time has already gone by you take no heed. You squander time as if you drew from a full… · Shared by 564, including Arturo Rebolledo
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What if we could forget for a bit about how we look, how we are coming across, whether we’re OK … and instead fully loved the breathtaking sunset in front of us?
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Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Cardinal Rules For Life2022-07-30 · A good life is an experiment in progress · Shared by 789, including Arturo Rebolledo
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How to break unhealthy habits: Stop obsessing over willpower and focus on routines~13 min read · 2022-08-09 · Understanding and changing the environment in which habits form is a critical step when it comes to breaking unwanted behaviors and forming healthy ones. · Shared by 1835, including Katja Evertz, Arturo Rebolledo, USC
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Instead, we concoct more compelling explanations, like saying we drink coffee to ease our morning fog.
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