Tag: growth
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Be more interested in conversation
“Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.” – John Steinbeck It’s easy to zone out and not really contribute to conversation. Pull out the smart phone and sail away into oblivion. Why not choose the harder, but more rewarding path? The path of actively engaging in conversation.…
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Sometimes the world tests us.
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” Helen Keller We all face adversities in life. Unexpected obstacles and challenges arise. 2020 presented plenty of those, particularly around our health and finances.…
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Do you deserve what you want?
“To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. The world is not yet a crazy enough place to reward a whole bunch of undeserving people.” Charlie Munger We always want what we don’t have. We dream, but we don’t always make a solid plan to move towards that dream. We aren’t…
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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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Choose your inputs wisely
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” Jim Rohn Be mindful of what is influencing your thinking during these challenging times. It’s easy to get sidetracked down a path or fear reading news or social media for eight hours a day, or maybe settling into binge-watching whole seasons…
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Time for something new
I started feeling a bit tired of the repetitive and ordinary. So I am trying to take a few more risks and shake things up a bit. I never used to be much of a risk taker until I decided to move overseas to London several years ago. That really changed things for me and…
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You are what you choose to become
“I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.” Carl Jung It’s time to let go of what happened in the past. Maybe you accepted the wrong job and got stuck in an unfulfilling career. Perhaps you made terrible choices which cost you some relationships, time or money. It’s important…
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Continuous improvement
“Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection” Mark Twain I had a busy week last week. Things felt a bit hectic, so I decided to take a few days off posting to the blog. I needed to focus on what was important at the time. Now I look back and have a slight regret for…
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A new challenge
“I like to set myself a new adventure challenge at least once or twice a year because I love that side of my life. I love getting fit and training for it.” Richard Branson When is the last time you started a new challenge? A different kind of goal. Something that pushed you out of…
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Nobody knows anything
Know it alls “Nobody knows anything…… Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for a certainty what’s going to work. Every time out it’s a guess and, if you’re lucky, an educated one.” William Goldman Many people give off the idea that they have it all figured out. They could be successful…