Category Archives: Life Hacks

Encouragement

If you take some time to think about the people in your life whom you most appreciate, you’ll probably find that they are all encouraging. Everyone needs some encouragement, whether they’re going through a rough time or a smooth time. … Continue reading

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Tracking Progress

I’ve learned a variety of different skills in my life. Some of them were fairly easy and took little effort, while others required years of practice before I felt comfortable with them. Since most of these have been physical skills, … Continue reading

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A Feeling of Importance

Les Giblin talks about how everyone wants to feel important in How to Have Confidence and Power in Dealing With People. In a segment of the book about why employees often feel frustrated at work, Giblin provides these reasons:  Failure … Continue reading

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Fear

The driving force behind so many actions is fear. Fear of failure, fear of being hurt, fear of not being liked, fear of losing control, fear of loss, fear of the unknown, and countless other types of fear. Instead of … Continue reading

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Review of Think and Grow Rich

A few days ago, I finished reading Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. I had heard of this book before I bought it but I didn’t know much about the author or the message. Now that I’ve finished it, … Continue reading

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An Ounce of Prevention

You may have heard the saying “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” It simply means that it’s better to consistently maintain something than let it lapse and then try to get it back to where it … Continue reading

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Mister Rogers: “What Do You Do With the Mad That You Feel?”

You may know how much I admire Mister Rogers and everything he did to make the world better. His work centered around helping people deal with their feelings, and even though his show was primarily aimed at children, it contained … Continue reading

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How to Say No

Do you have trouble saying no? Do you regularly say yes because you feel like you’ll be letting somebody down if you say no and that they won’t like you for it? I know what that feels like because I’ve … Continue reading

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Unity

I’ve seen a lot of divisive stuff online lately. I’m not going to say what it is but I think you know to what I’m referring. For this blog post, I’m going to focus on things that unite us and … Continue reading

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Holding Space

For most of my life, I’ve habitually agreed with other people even if I didn’t actually hold their perspective. I tended to do this especially when they were being negative, probably because I didn’t want to become a target for … Continue reading

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