Tag: motivational
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Know Thyself
I’m sure you have heard the phrase “know thyself” many times. A maxim that originated in Greek philosophy and later adapted into Latin, know thyself is a simple yet powerful phrase. Simple because all it requires is self examination yet powerful because it requires self examination. Knowing who you are – what makes you do…
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Stuck Between a Rock and My Goal
I have lived in my house for over 5 years now. During that time I have done nothing to improve it. No landscaping, nothing with the interiors, nothing. Realizing this I have decided to improve some things, starting with the outside. Among some of the improvements I am adding a fence and garden boxes to…
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The Envious Eye is Never Satisfied
It should be no epiphany that we have created an envious society. The desire to have what others have is driven into our eyes and ears daily. It comes from all avenues – from “celebrities” and politicians, from media and corporations , from fashion and athletes. Envy is everywhere and its effects are destructive. Envy…
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Redefining Success
I recall a program I volunteered with at a local church looking to help students with truancy problems. In every training session they stressed that we must redefine what success means. Where most of us were accomplished professionals success for them might be merely making it to school for two weeks straight. We had to…
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Redefining Epic
I was at the doctors office recently and while waiting I thumbed through Red Bull’s magazine, Red Bulletin. In it they had stories about people doing epic adventures – climbing down 400ft ice glacier caves, running a 69 mile pilgrimage trek in Spain. Seeing these I started wondering – what makes something epic? Dictionary.com defines epic…
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Renewing the Wonder of the Perfect Pump
Throughout the history of man we have always been in awe of things…. for five minutes then we lose interest. For example how fire cooks food, how the oceans have tides, how the stars come out at night, how trees and vegetation grow. Even as our technology grows so does our apathy toward it. The…
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Can a Shaken Confidence Break the Desire?
Last week I mentioned I was going try to swing dance again. I went and though I had a good time I was a little rattled. Before my MS I used to go quite often but since my diagnosis I have only been three times now. This last time my legs were not cooperating well.…
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Doing What You Can, How You Can, While You Can
I believe that when doing something you should do it to the best of your ability. For me, I have always striven to be the best I can be, sometimes without knowing what that meant. At times I would over estimate my abilities, at others I would underestimate them. But I would always try. With…
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Time is on Your Side, Are You?
Time management is a hot issue in today’s world. With as many things in our lives and all the options we have it certainly feels like time is against us. We do not have enough time for our work projects, for our family life, for our personal hobbies – for anything and everything there is…
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Simply Happy
There is a documentary that I recently watched titled Happy. It explores the different notions of what makes one happy and whether they are sustainable or not. It is a good documentary that while I don’t agree with every conclusion I would say as a whole it delivers valuable information. One of the most poignant conclusions…