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creativity

What a Simple Jug Can Tell Us About Life

By Janice Hunter of Sharing the Journey The only difference between an extraordinary life and an ordinary one is the extraordinary pleasures you find in ordinary things. ~ Veronique Vienne. I stood at the kitchen sink, robotically washing dishes. I paused, my gaze landing on a hand-painted jug on the window ledge, raindrops running down [...]

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Paul Hawken: A Direct, Naked, Shivering, Startling, Graceful Talk

“Basically, the earth needs a new operating system, you are the programmers, and we need it within a few decades.” Read this amazing talk by Paul Hawken: Commencement Address to the Class of 2009 University of Portland When I was invited to give this speech, I was asked if I could give a simple short [...]

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How to Expand Your Circle of Confidence

By Mary Jaksch Confidence doesn’t happen. We create it. Even though in the past other people may have knocked our confidence, we can change how we feel right now. Here are some trick and tips to show you how to make that change happen. We can expand our circle of confidence. Your circle of confidence [...]

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How to Find Your Life’s Work in a Waffle Cone

A guest post by Terry Heath “Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they’re looking for ideas.” ~ Paula Poundstone, American Comedienne “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” ~ E.E. Cummings, American Poet I’ve met many adults who still don’t [...]

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Optimize Your Life With the SWOT Matrix

Photo bySolar ikon The economic crisis is casting a shadow on many lives at the moment. Maybe you too have some fears about the future? Are you worried about your job? Or about having less opportunities? I’m going to to show you a simple way of optimizing your life. It’s called the SWOT analysis and [...]

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Lifestyle Makeover: How to Simplify Your life in 5 Easy Steps

Photo by visualpanic Do you sometimes yearn for a simple life? A life where time seems to flow slower. A life that is spacious where you have time to think, or even to dream? I did. Until I realized that my life is how I create it. And that I can change my life if [...]

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9 Ways to Develop Your Intelligence at Any Age

By Mary Jaksch Forget depressing stories about the brain. That it’s at its best in our twenties, then slowly declines – until we are left in old age with tatters instead of dendrites in the brain and can’t even remember our own name. Forget that. It’s not true. The great news is that the brain [...]

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