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Category Archives: Personal Freedom
Review of The Power of Now
Mindfulness is a subject I rarely ever heard anything about until last year. Before then, I never paid much attention to the constant stream of thoughts running through my head. Sometimes I would notice it if I got stuck thinking … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged Eckhart Tolle, mind, mindfulness, peace, Presence, Review of The Power of Now, stillness, The Power of Now, thoughts
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Life Hacks for Managing Negative Thoughts and Emotions
Almost everyone deals with negative thoughts and emotions. I still do at times, but not nearly as frequently as I used to do. I’ve learned a lot of life hacks from books like The Power of Now, The Power of … Continue reading
Posted in Great Books, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged breath, Charisma on Command, eye scramble, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, Life Hacks, Life Hacks for Managing Negative Thoughts and Emotions, negativity, positivity, The Power of Now, The Power of Positive Thinking
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Review of The Four Agreements
I believe that having the right mindset is essential for living a full, free life, and reading The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz has helped my mindset a lot. The agreements in the book are “Be Impeccable with Your Word”, … Continue reading
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Tagged Always Do Your Best, Be Impeccable with Your Word, Don Miguel Ruiz, Don't Make Assumptions, Don't Take Anything Personally, freedom, personal freedom, Review of The Four Agreements, The Four Agreements
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The Four Agreements and Personal Freedom
The Four Agreements talks a great deal about personal freedom and this excerpt from the book explains it perfectly. The rest of the book details how to recover this lost freedom, which is why it’s quickly become one of my … Continue reading
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Tagged be yourself, human spirit, personal freedom, The Four Agreements, The Four Agreements and Personal Freedom
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Practice
In the movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray plays a weatherman named Phil Connors who gets stuck in a time loop in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Cursed to repeat the same day indefinitely, Connors uses his abundance of time to learn a variety … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged bearing fruit, Benjamin Franklin, Bill Murray, communication, Dale Carnegie, Groundhog Day, habits, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Life Hacks, Practice, pruning, self-improvement, skills, time loop
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Free Will
Before this year, I had never given much thought to free will. I thought that humans have free will but was never a major point of interest for me. This year, however, I’ve spent a lot of time reading about … Continue reading
Posted in Great Books, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom
Tagged Charles Duhigg, cyclical time, Eckhart Tolle, ego, emotion, free will, habit, influence, influences, Jonathan Haidt, Neil Howe, patterns, persuasion, Pre-Suasion, Presence, reason, Robert Cialdini, The Fourth Turning, The Power of Habit, The Power of Now, The Righteous Mind, William Strauss
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Review of The Power of Habit
One of my favorite books is The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. In addition to being an engaging read, it’s one of the most useful books I’ve ever read. Here are a few of the bits I enjoyed the … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Duhigg, cravings, cues, free will, habits, Life Hacks, Review of The Power of Habit, rewards, routines
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Focus on the Important Things
A few years ago, I tried to keep track of as many current events and world affairs as possible. I sought out facts, opinions, and information about anything and everything that caught my attention. If an article floated across my … Continue reading
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Tagged attention, current events, focus, Focus on the Important Things, priorities
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My Dream Road Trip
For years now, I’ve wanted to get a camper van and take a road trip around the continental US. I love road trips and, as I found out on a big road trip I took last year, I have no … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom
Tagged adventure, camper van, excitement, exploration, financial freedom, friends, micoradventure, My Dream Road Trip, road trip, time freedom, travel
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Put On Your Mask First
Anyone who’s flown on a commercial airplane in the past few decades knows that if there’s an emergency and the masks drop down, they tell you to put on your mask first before trying help the person next to you … Continue reading
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Tagged breathe, learn, meditate, pray, Put On Your Mask First, recharge, rest, rethink, self-care
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