Tag: change
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Embrace it, change it, improve upon it
“Everything around you that you call life was made up by people no smarter than you. And you can change it; you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use. And the minute you understand that you can poke life and actually something will, you know if you push…
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Reinvent yourself
“He not busy being born is busy dying.” – Bob Dylan Many of us have had to find ways to reinvent ourselves during these difficult times. I know I have. What I have found is that through struggle and then reinvention also comes great meaning and fulfillment. Although it has been challenging, it feels more…
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Journaling can change your life
“I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my heart.” Anne Frank The cost of busy We get so caught up in the business of our lives that often we don’t really know what is going on inside. How are we?…
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React to judgments not events
“If any external thing causes you distress, it is not the thing itself that troubles you, but your own judgment about it. And this you have the power to eliminate now.” Marcus Aurelius The stoics are the most practical practical of philosophers. Even though it was written almost 2,000 years ago, Marcus Aurelius’ book Meditations…
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Choose what comes naturally
“My advice is to choose a profession that is really easy for you to do and that also allows you to be creative.” Lewis Cantley Does your work ever feel like a constant uphill battle? Not a rewarding battle filled with growth, but maybe more of a meaningless struggle. Work isn’t filling your cup, it’s…
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How big are your questions?
“Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.” Voltaire Peter Thiel is known for asking big contrarian questions. You could argue that the success he has achieved as a billionaire entrepreneur and venture capitalist (co-founder of PayPal, Palantir, the first investor in Facebook, and co-author of Zero to One), resulted from the size…