One trap many people fall into is identifying with their beliefs. A belief is a lens, a perspective, a way of viewing reality from a certain angle. A belief is a thought pattern, and thought patterns change. You are not a Christian or a Buddhist or anything so limited. You are more than that. Dont&

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Is it a good idea to suffer fools? Perhaps you think of it as tolerance, mercy, or compassion. But is it really? When you hold a low opinion of someone, is it better to keep them in your life and do your best to be tolerant and forgiving? Or should you simply dismiss such people&

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Using an accountability buddy to help you consistently stick with a habit or work on a goal is fine as a temporary measure to get yourself into the flow of action, but its also a crutch. Ultimately you want to be accountable to yourself first and foremost, not to a buddy, team, company, organization, app,&

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This is one of my favorite quotes from Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet (in the passage on work): Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those&

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Some of the biggest traps in self-development are mindset traps, usually because theyre invisible to us. We get ourselves into a mindset box but cant see the walls. What if the mindset box youre in doesnt contain any solutions to your biggest problems? What if those answers exist only outside the box? A common symptom&

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One trap that many personal development enthusiasts fall into is becoming overly self-absorbed, which severely limits their results in the long run. Working on your own problems and challenges can be rewarding when you start getting results that matter to you. Maybe you adopt a new habit like becoming an early riser, and it feels&

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I learned about spirit guides and how to communicate with them around 1994. For many years afterwards, I practiced this mode of gaining insight through various visualizations and meditations. I found it semi-useful, but I dont use this interface much today anymore. Are spirit guides real or not? Theres no way to know, and it&

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Generative learning is when you generate your own solutions to a problem or challenge, get feedback from reality, and learn from your mistakes. This is similar to the evolutionary development model of software development, whereby you do some coding, play around with your app, and then evolve it some more. Contrast this with learning solutions&

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I like being 100% stimulant free – no coffee, caffeinated tea, chocolate, caffeinated soda, etc. This means no decaf either since decaf still contains some caffeine. I base this on lots of personal experimentation. Ive gone some years of my life with no stimulants, and Ive also gone for long stretches consuming coffee daily. The&

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A nice side effect of my daily blogging challenge is that its helping me become more disciplined in other areas of life. This in turn increases my capacity to get more done because I can trust that Ill have abundant discipline to flow through more tasks and projects. I expected that there would be some&

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Im sure youve seen plenty of evidence of herd stupidity recently. One recent example is that when Wisconsins Supreme Court abruptly overturned their states lockdown, people began flocking to bars and snuggling up nice and close to each other with no protection. Such behavior will just make the virus hornier. Similar behavior has been happening&

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This morning while listening to the audiobook League of Denial, which is about the NFLs attempts to downplay and deny the serious links between football and degenerative brain damage, it struck me that the athletes themselves were in an untenable position. Imagine trying to defend yourself while suffering the many problems of a dysfunctional brain,&

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One thing I love about blogging is that by writing about many aspects of personal growth, I improve and deepen my understanding of those aspects. Writing helps me glean fresh insights connect the dots in new ways. This has been especially true of workshops and courses. Initially such projects felt daunting, but eventually I got&

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In this simple article, Ill share a perspective and a tool for improving your financial life. If you resonate with the perspective herein, consider testing the associated process Ill share. If you dont resonate with the perspective, theres no need to read beyond the first three paragraphs. Money can be regarded as a transfer of&

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This morning I got up at 4:30am and set out to do a 6.5-mile run (10.5km), which would be my longest in at least the past year. The weather was nice, starting out at 76 degrees, and I knew would continue to get cooler into the morning, at least until an hour or so after&

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I often think about how to create a better life for my future self. What can I do now that will make his life better? Everything I do today affects my future self in some way. I can make decisions that will cause him stress, or I can make decisions and take action that will&

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While you can regard thoughts as arising from within you, it’s interesting to view thoughts as transmissions that come to you, like waves of energy that create eddies within your consciousness. Perhaps consciousness is like an antenna that can tune into different frequencies of thoughts and translate them into forms you can perceive and understand.&

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In his book Road to Purpose, Kenneth Behring shared how his life went through four phases. The first phase was more – more money, more success, more friends, etc. The second phase was better – a better home, better possessions, better vacations, etc. The third phase was different – new experiences, new possessions, etc. And&

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I love the morning magical time. Its my favorite time of day – before dawn when most of the city is still snug in bed. This morning I hopped out of bed at 4:45am, feeling happy to start another adventurous day. By 7am this morning, I had done the following: Ran 5 miles / 8&

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This morning while running, I started listening to The Art of Possibility audiobook, which is about stepping outside of our mental boxes. The first tool in the book is to acknowledge that whatever story you tell yourself is all an invention anyway, so you may as well create your own story. If your old story&

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