Category: Balance

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Assume a virtue, if you have it not

The quote is from Shakespeare, Hamlet Act 3, Scene 4 and I share it not to ask you to fake a virtue

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The Thought Pattern That Saves Relationships… and the One that Virtually Dooms Them

It’s very simple really, a blinding flash of the obvious but just like fish discovering water last: what is constantly right in

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The Invincible Summer Within

There is a famous quote by Nobel Literature Prize winner Albert Camus: “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there

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Do You Experience Goal-incongruent Emotions?

Negative emotions such as doubt, fear, anxiety, depression, despair, guilt, or shame all weaken us, detract from our focus, sap our energy

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Your Thoughts Create

What are you creating? What do you choose to observe? What thoughts do you choose? What identity do you don? What mood,

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How Many You’s Make Up You? Which You Do You Answer To?

We all have many sides, many selves within us; conflicting wishes, drives, and emotions, making the old quote ‘To thy own self

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Try the Other Handle

“Every event has two handles—one by which it can be carried, and one by which it can’t. If your brother does you

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How Cognitively Fit Are You?

We think a lot about physical fitness; seems like there is a gym every 10 blocks. We care about emotional fitness as

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How Do You End Your Day?

How you end your day can powerfully impact how the next day begins. I endeavor to set aside 15 minutes or so

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Any One Number is a Lie

We live in a complex and uncertain world where ambiguity abounds. Yet we humans abhor doubt, we so desire a solid foundation

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Exploding Wants

Have you ever found yourself trapped on a hedonic treadmill? Frantically exhausting yourself like a gerbil, seemingly never ever able to get