Category: Energy

Illustration of a man and woman tending to a plant growing out of a pot. The plant has a large red heart at the top instead of a flower.

Read time: 3 mins

The Art of Lingering

I am by nature (and by now, choice) a task-oriented person. I’ve an efficiency/optimization mindset and an achievement mentality and in terms

The words "Life is short, choose happiness." in colorful letters on an off-white background

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Life is Too Short

Life is too short to squander in strife. The longer I live, the more I’m willing to let bygones be bygones, to

Illustration of a hand scattering little red hearts on the ground like planting seeds, with red heart flowers sprouting up

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A New Year’s Resolution You Can Keep

Ten Thousand Smiles, Ten Thousand Acts of Kindness. What if you made a New Year’s resolution to do some combination of doing

2 women walking on a hiking path with mountains in the background

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Buen Camino

Buen is Spanish for ‘good’ and camino can mean road, path, journey or way. The phrase ‘buen camino’ is a greeting most

Drawing of a man standing in a gray space looking at an open door with a sunny sky and bright colors outside

Read time: 2 mins

Is the Universe a Friendly Place?

Einstein famously remarked that the most important decision you will ever make is whether or not to believe that the universe is

Photo of a young woman in a raincoat standing outside in a light rain while the sun shines through. Her head is tilted up to the sky and she is smiling

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Exchanging Winks with the Universe

Crazy idea I know but what if the Universe is conspiring to HELP you? What if the Force is on your side?

A group of friends standing in a circle with their heads together, looking down and smiling at the camera

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What Fires Together Wires Together

‘What Fires Together Wires Together’ is from Hebb’s Rule, a neuropsychological theory explaining the increase in synaptic efficacy arising from one cell’s

A blue background with white text: "Your success is only limited by your own imagination and your hard work."

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Are You Ready for Luck?

The unsuccessful sometimes attribute the success of others to good luck. Balderdash! Luck, good and bad, comes to all. As the good

A hand holding a small clock with sand slipping through the fingers into a pile of sand below

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Are You Watering Weeds?

We ‘water weeds’ when we waste our time/energy. Weeds come in many forms: Saying yes to the unimportant, to others’ priorities that

Two overlapping circles, one that says "things that matter" and one that says "things you can control". The area where they overlap is colored in and labeled as "what you should focus on"

Read time: 2 mins

Not my Monkeys, not my Circus

Folks, in life you must pick your battles; allocate your time and energy in ways that are most effective and efficient. We

Cartoon of 3/4 of a light bulb with a person holding the last 1/4 piece and the words "work hard but smart" written in the background

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It Sounds Dumb to Some but Actually it’s Super Smart

When deciding where to focus your energy, consider ‘choosing bigger problems’. Yep, you heard me: take on the biggest problem you can