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Category Archives: Self-Improvement
My Best Life Hacks
I’ve written a lot about life hacks and I decided to make a post of the best ones I use on a regular basis. This post can double as a quick-reference guide that anyone can use as needed and a … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged breathe, cold showers, Life Hacks, meditation, My Best Life Hacks, sensory deprivation tank, Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Four Agreements
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“Good”
This is Jocko Willink’s approach to challenging situations in life. I’ve seen clips from one of his appearances on Joe Rogan’s podcast and read about him in Tim Ferriss’s Tools of Titans, which is where I first saw this. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Self-Improvement
Tagged "Good", Jocko Willink, Joe Rogan, Tim Ferriss
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Zoom In
I’ve written about how zooming out helps me relax and center myself when I’m feeling overwhelmed with negative thoughts about myself. In other situations, I’ll find myself stuck thinking about negative things that are going on in the world. When … Continue reading
Posted in Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged negative thinking, negativity, positive thinking, priorities, Zoom In, Zoom Out
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My First Float in a Sensory Deprivation Tank
Last night, I floated for the first time in a sensory deprivation tank. This is an enclosed tub full of salt water and magnesium that suspends you effortlessly in a dark, quiet place. I’ve known about them for most of … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged float tank, floating, happiness, higher self, insights, joy, My First Float in a Sensory Deprivation Tank, relaxation, sensory deprivation tank, tranquility
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Leaders vs Bosses
A leader shows the path forward by walking it ahead of everyone else. If a leader asks you to follow a certain plan of action, you can be sure that he’s already tried it out himself and made sure it … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Self-Improvement
Tagged boss, leader, Leaders vs Bosses, leadership, personal growth, self-improvement
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Tribute to Books
Books allow us to communicate our ideas through time and space. We can read books written hundreds or even thousands of years before we were born. Almost like having a conversation with those writers with whom our paths otherwise would … Continue reading
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Tagged books, freedom, ideas, information, knowledge, reading, Tribute to Books
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My Take on Freedom
In George Orwell’s chilling book 1984, the characters live under a totalitarian government called Big Brother. Big Brother watches everyone all the time, listens in on their conversations, and controls all the information they see. Beyond that, it doesn’t even … Continue reading
Posted in Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged 1984, Big Brother, Don Miguel Ruiz, Eckhart Tolle, freedom, George Orwell, Harry Browne, My Take on Freedom, personal freedom, Stephen Covey, The 4-Hour Workweek, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Four Agreements, The Power of Now, Tim Ferriss, time freedom
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Watching My Thoughts
There is a meditative technique that I learned about from The Power of Now and several other places. It involves “watching” my thoughts instead of getting stuck in them. This took me a long time to understand and be able … Continue reading
Posted in Great Books, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged breath, focus, meditation, negativity, The Power of Now, thoughts, Watching My Thoughts, watching thoughts
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The Choice We All Have
Every day, we all have the choice to make the world a little bit better or a little bit worse. If we treat other people well, that makes them feel good and adds a little bit of positivity to everything … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged actions, behavior, choices, decisions, love, negativity, peace, positivity, random acts of kindness, The Choice We All Have
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A Lesson from Failing to Jump Start a Car
Two women came into my job yesterday and asked if we had jumper cables. I didn’t see any laying around, so I said they could use mine before going to my car and driving to where they were parked. A … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged "Don't Worry Be Happy", A Lesson from Failing to Jump Start a Car, Bobby McFerrin, Don't Take Anything Personally, ego, jump start a car, Life Hacks, music, negativity, relaxation, The Art of Manliness
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