Having high self-esteem means experiencing life from a place of worthiness. With this attitude, it’s easier to find success, because high self-esteem encourages optimism, confidence and resilience. It’s easier to find meaning, because seeing value within yourself makes it easier…
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Comfort is easy. We fear uncertainty, loss, pain, and so we seek to cushion ourselves against the rawness of life by spending our lives in artificial, climate-controlled boxes safe from unwanted intrusion. Powerful forces conspire to keep you in your…
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Are you a product of your circumstances? Has the path your life has taken been determined largely by forces beyond your control? Even if this is the case, stop believing it. Persuade yourself that you’re in control of your life….
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Jack and Jill want to learn to ride bikes. Jack plans to read every book ever written about bike riding. Jill plans to get on a bike and start pedaling. Who will learn faster? Fortunately, every skill required for optimal…
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Are you who people think you are? Or do you let them see only a persona carefully crafted for likeability? Do you tiptoe through life, saying and doing only what passes through your internal social acceptability filter? Fear of social…
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Wake up! If you’re reading this, then you’re already awake in the traditional sense. (Unless you’re dreaming right now and I’m just a character in your dream, in which case, please don’t wake up.) But are you conscious? Were you…
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Your identity drifts in the direction of those you spend time with, because everything important is contagious: moods, attitudes, beliefs, desires, values. Happiness or sadness, success or failure: what you surround yourself with is what you’ll get. You will be…
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Do you sometimes feel trapped in a life not quite your own, playing a role you didn’t choose? Are you being who others have told you to be? Many people live scripted lives, falling into roles that started taking shape…
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What beliefs do you have, about yourself and the world, that constrain your present experience and impede your ability to have the future you want? “I can’t do that because I don’t have the time/money/skills.” “If I tried that I’d…
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Reality is good, but you deserve better. Having an accurate view of yourself and the world is desirable to the extent that it serves you. Usually it does, but when it doesn’t, don’t feel that you have to value truth…
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