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At any given point in the day, I’m just one thought away from losing it and going over the edge! At the very same time I’m just one thought away from being ecstatically happy.
Last Sunday I was rear ended by a car while standing at a red light. I took a second, got out of [...]

“You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success – or are they holding you back?”
~W. Clement Stone
The premise of my argument is that our ability to reach [...]

Editor’s Note: This article is written by the brilliant, amazing, and selfless Marina Tsipenyuk.
Those who have ever valued liberty for its own sake believed that to be free to choose, and not to be chosen for, is an unalienable ingredient in what makes human beings human. ~Isaiah Berlin
Though I generally procrastinate when it comes to reading long [...]

Life is empty and meaningless and it’s empty and meaningless that it’s empty and meaningless.
When I posted that Life is empty and meaningless, I was just curious to see what type of comments I would get. I could have explained what I meant then, but I thought it would serve me better to wait.
Some people [...]

… and it’s empty and meaningless that it’s empty and meaningless.
FYI: I do have a point, but I’m waiting to see if anyone nails it in the comments section.
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As you may or may not know, I’m not a big fan of being late. This is why I like to come early on days when I go to see my life coach.
This time around I came a whole 30 minutes early, and decided to brain storm some ideas in my moleskin. In order to [...]

Have you ever noticed how desire and anticipation are sometimes more exciting and profound than obtaining the object that we yearn for? Whether we’re anticipating a vacation, wanting to get to know a person we saw from a far, or hungry for an appetizing dish, we are assuming that we will be receiving a certain [...]

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Wouldn’t it be great if you could live a totally worry free life? Think about all the time and energy that you would save, and all the stress you would avoid. If you’re enrolled into the idea that You Can Control Your Life With One Thought, then I have an interesting lens [...]

It’s actually quite astonishing to think about how many thoughts an average person has per day. The number is approximately 12,000 thoughts per day for the average person and much more for deeper thinkers. To me that sounds like our thoughts are out of control, and we just leap frog from one to the next [...]

Some people go through their day without giving much consideration about how they will interact with their fellow humans. This article will forever change the way you look at even the shortest conversation.
You never know what kind of an affect a compliment may have on a person. A smile, a better day, or a large [...]