Be somebody… But when you aspire to “be somebody,” is that somebody you? What’s wrong with the way you are now or the way you were before today? What is so frightening about being nobody? If nobody is […]
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When my daughter was seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college – my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared at
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Broadly speaking, there are two outlooks on change. Reactionaries see change as a bad thing, something to be treated with caution. Revolutionaries celebrate and embrace change. Take, for instance, attitudes towards the rapid changes in society due to
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When I was in a stuck burned-out place in my career, I couldn’t see a different path. What I would tell my past burned-out self now is: You won’t see what’s possible for your life until you move
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May we find solace in art. – Esmé Weijun Wang The ceilings sweep high above with natural light cascading downwards to meet us. Indistinct murmurs float from deep within. To escape the frenzy and find solitude, I leap
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I do some childminding for a lovely family, and this week, the younger girl brought home a “Congratulations” certificate from school. This got me thinking about celebrating success and achievements as an adult. When was the last time
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What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez It’s a good thing that time heals all wounds because if it didn’t I wouldn’t
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Do you have any big goals that you’re struggling to make a start on? Or goals that you’ve had a go at several times – but where you keep failing? Perhaps you think there are some areas of
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It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything. ― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club I felt like puking. I felt like crying. I felt like screaming. I felt like banging my fists against my head
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Success. Growth. Abundance. Results. Excellence. These are things we set out to achieve in life. Whether it is at work, in our relationships, with our health, in our fitness regime, or with our friends, we do our best
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Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. – William Jennings Bryan Change is not always something
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