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personal growth

3 Simple Steps Toward Grassroots Peace

By Mary Jaksch Do you think we could have world peace one day? It seems an impossible dream, doesn’t it? Just look at today’s news: Shootings, bombings, wars, civil unrest – it just goes on and on, day after day, year after year. But what if you could make the world a more peaceful place? [...]

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Zen Mind – Beginner’s Mind: How to Tap into it

In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few. – Zen Master Shunryo Suzuki What would you rather be, a beginner or an expert? The answer seems clear, doesn’t it? Most people would choose to be an expert, and not a beginner. In fact, many people hate being a noobie, [...]

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About Confidence: How to Say Yes to You

“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”  Nelson Mandela Do you have a hard time saying no to requests for your time? If  “yes” arises spontaneously with little or no thought, you may be locked into [...]

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How to Prepare for Life (and Death)

We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as placed in an obscure and distant future. It never occurs to us that it has any connection with the day already begun or that death could arrive this same afternoon, this afternoon which is so [...]

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The Minimalist’s Guide to Career Happiness

Think about the worst job you’ve ever had. I’m talking about brain dead, boring, tedious, work. You’ve had at least one of those, yes? Sometimes we accept a job like that, knowing that it doesn’t suit us perfectly. But we’re not in a position to be particularly choosy. We have to pay the bills, right? [...]

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10 Ways To Embrace Uncertainty (Part 2)

You want to move forward, but you can’t. You would take that first step if you just knew where to put it . That’s the problem. Everytime you get ready to make that big move fear overtakes you. Then you stop. You put your foot back down. You justify your decision. And you turn around [...]

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How to Embrace Uncertainty In The Pursuit of a Dream

Do you have a dream? There are those moments in time when you can see it, feel it, and for a short moment you live it. But then you come back to reality. You feel the doubts, the insecurity. The mind starts shelling out questions: What about money? What will your friends say? What about [...]

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