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Indecision is one of the leading causes of personal torment. This type of confusion is what keeps us in a state of limbo between where we are, and where we want to be. It’s important to understand that there isn’t really anything wrong with where we are. Essentially that’s all we have. However, when it [...]

Friday is Thinking day at AlexShalman.Com
I could be wrong, I often am, but in my humble opinion, and in my ever tweaking paradigm of the world, there is no such thing as self-sacrifice. It just doesn’t exist. Sure, on the superficial level, you may look at a person and see a martyr. If you allow [...]

Friday is Thinking day at AlexShalman.Com
Have you ever felt that maybe you aren’t enjoying life as much as you could be? Perhaps you see other people smiling, and laughing, and wonder just what it is that makes them seem so happy. Maybe if you had all the money, and all the time in the world, [...]

Friday is Thinking day at AlexShalman.Com
As much as we would like to think of past mistakes as a learning experience, there are certain errors that we wouldn’t mind having corrected. Join me in doing the following exercise, in order to realize which mistakes we’re able to correct before they occur.
While You Were Sleeping
Tonight you’re going [...]

Friday is Thinking day at AlexShalman.Com
Let’s talk about life; how does the way we think of life affect the way we live it? I say life is a -blank- because your outlook on life is yours alone. The trick is to think about why this is your outlook, and how your life could be different [...]

Friday is Thinking day at AlexShalman.Com
Here comes a big confession from me; one of my biggest fears is being completely alone. I’m not talking about not being in a relationship, or in an empty house, I’m talking about being the last person on earth type of alone. Luckily I’m pretty sure that I’ll never have [...]

Friday is Thinking day at AlexShalman.Com
Today I was doing a little bit of thinking about a question posed by one of my favorite conversational bloggers, Dawud Miracle. He’s actually one of the people I met at SOBCon07.
I was reading his blog, as usual, except this time I was compelled to write about a question he [...]

Friday is Thinking day at AlexShalman.Com
There is a difference between a life of servitude and serving people on a regular basis. I would consider that monks, religious leaders and parents are living a life of servitude. Doctors, social workers, and teachers are offering a service for a living. However, regardless of what profession you choose, [...]

Every Friday is Thinking Day at AlexShalman.Com.
The philosophy here is that the routines and habits of your average day determine how you will live out the entire rest of your life. So it makes sense that the amount of time you spend on an action directly correlates with the amount of value you attach to [...]