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Category Archives: Inspirational People
The Daily Stoic: “Never Complain, Never Explain”
I agree to a certain extent with this entry from The Daily Stoic. Generally, complaining and making excuses merely compounds existing problems rather than solving them. In some cases, however, I’ve managed to find solutions through complaining, venting, or even … Continue reading
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Tagged complaining, excuses, Marcus Aurelius, problems, solving problems, The Daily Stoic, The Daily Stoic: "Never Complain Never Explain"
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The Fork Theory
I recently learned of the Fork Theory through a post on social media. Earlier today, I found out that Jenrose originally posted about this brilliant concept in 2018. Although I also appreciate the Spoon Theory (linked below), I think the … Continue reading
Posted in Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged burnout, Jenrose, misery, problems, self-care, solving problems, Spoon Theory, The Fork Theory
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4 Books Everyone Should Read Right Now
Things seem to be getting crazier out there, or maybe it’s just me. I try to stay out of the worst of it as much as I can but I feel that I should say something about it. Thinking about … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Humanitarian Things, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged 4 Books Everyone Should Read Right Now, cycles, empathy, generations, healing, Jonathan Haidt, Letting Go, peace, psychology, The Fourth Turning, The Righteous Mind, understanding, Viktor Frankl
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Stephen Covey: A Paradigm Shift
This is a story that Stephen Covey uses in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to demonstrate the power of paradigm shifts. Notice that nothing changes in the story except Covey’s perception on the situation; that one change made … Continue reading
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Tagged kindness, pain, paradigm shift, perception, perspective, Stephen Covey, Stephen Covey: A Paradigm Shift, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
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Good Communication: The Way Forward
Sometimes I feel like a broken record on this blog. There are a few subjects that I regularly write about, sometimes from different angles but often from the same angles. Communication is one of those subjects. I’m sure I’ve said … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged communication, Daryl Davis, empathy, Good Communication: The Way Forward, habits, kindness, love, progress, rhetoric, solving problems, understanding
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Efficient Time Management
For at least the last week, I had been meaning to write about something related to my work but I kept putting it off, saying “I’ll do it later.” However, when “later” arrived, I continued delaying getting started. This morning, … Continue reading
Posted in Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged Efficient Time Management, getting started, pleasure, productivity, Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, time, time management
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Review of Letting Go
Letting Go is the best book I’ve read this year. David Hawkins brilliantly addresses how to effectively manage unwanted thoughts, feelings, and emotions so that they don’t build up within us and cause problems. I got this book right when … Continue reading
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Tagged David Hawkins, emotions, feelings, Letting Go, peace, Review of Letting Go, Surrender, thoughts
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Living with the Shadow
There is a concept in psychology called the shadow. As I understand it, the shadow consists of whatever aspects of ourselves we unconsciously repress or consciously suppress. It is anything that we keep from others or even from ourselves, and … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged acceptance, Alan Watts, Carl Jung, Letting Go, Living with the Shadow, love, Mara, peace, psychology, shadow, wholeness
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Tribute to Daryl Davis
Daryl Davis is an incredible person. He has done so much to promote empathy, understanding, compassion, and dialogue on some of the most controversial subjects while simultaneously showing the dangers of fear, assumptions, ignorance, hatred, and rigid ideologies. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged communication, compassion, Daryl Davis, empathy, leadership, persuasion, role models, TED Talk, Tribute to Daryl Davis, understanding
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Let Go and Dance
This passage from Letting Go is a wonderful illustration of what it’s like to get lost in a dance. David Hawkins perfectly describes the feeling I’ve felt on many occasions; that feeling is primarily why I stuck with swing dancing … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement, Swing Dancing
Tagged dancing, David Hawkins, freedom, joy, Let Go and Dance, Letting Go, love, mental freedom, Surrender, swing dancing
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