Tag: personal growth
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Are You Doing Enough to Improve Yourself?
I caution everyone to reflect on whether what you are doing will actually improve yourself, or just keep you endlessly chasing a pot at the end of a rainbow.
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How we Use Attention is Very Important
We have two broad ways of using our attention. The one is expressed in the statement, “He’s looking at me” and the other one is expressed in the statement, “He’s listening to me.”
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Understanding the Deeper Truths of Benevolence
Benevolence is about a whole lot more than just being nice. People can only be dismissive of being here to give if they do not understand the complex nexus of character traits and feelings associated with it.
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Flow: The Secret to Happiness – Mihaly Csikszentmihaly
Once the conditions of flow are present, what you are doing becomes worth doing for its own sake.
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Crucial Advice for Dealing with Loss
I am not suggesting that the intent to give is easy to cultivate, I am only suggesting that it is possible and it is worth cultivating because it provides us fulfillment and security; it rids us of our resentment about loss in the past, and our anxiety concerning potential loss in the future.
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The Origins of the Petty Tyrant: Allan Hardman
The petty tyrant is like a mirror that reflects the parts of yourself you agreed to send into exile. Anyone who irritates you, annoys you, triggers you, or pushes your buttons is a gift.