I’ve never been the smartest, fastest, or most talented person. When I played sports growing up, I was the last player waved in from the bench. I was usually one of the last students to finish tests. I […]
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“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” – Les Brown A few years ago I received a terrifying email. “We are pleased to inform you that you have been awarded
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“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” – Norman Vincent Peale I’m going to start off by telling you a story
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“The ego is kind of a big, unwieldy thing. It’s not so easily tamed or subdued.” – Alan Ball Completely Untamed I don’t remember when I first began feeling anxious. Perhaps it was in high school, when I
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Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you. – Dr. Seuss I spent most of my teenage years trying to be somebody else. There were always girls
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As a writer the next most coveted honor and opportunity beyond being published was speaking. To speak in public in front of hundreds of people seemed more immediate, more impactful, (not to mention way more scary) than having
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“God grant me serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference.” Since childhood, I have always known that I would grow up to find
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“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” – John Wayne Well, here you are. Your life is not going as planned. Maybe you’re stuck in a rut, unable to take that essential next step. Maybe your life
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In one respect it seems like ages ago, but in another it feels like it was just yesterday. There I was in my perfect little life, in a career that I loved (I was an enforcement officer for
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“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” – Maya Angelou Maybe you’ve met some of the people in my life: My financial adviser has been charging me high fees, but the returns on my investments are
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