Tag: advice
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Making Life A 2 Percent Problem
In my early twenties, a friend of mine who is ten years older than me said, “It’s either a 98% problem or a 2% problem.” At the time, I didn’t fully appreciate the years of wisdom she had just bestowed upon me as I didn’t fully understand. Fast forward to my late thirties, and the…
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Pushing Past Limitations And Fears
Fear, self-doubt, and limited beliefs are a stifling combination that keeps one bound to the endless possibilities that await beyond the mind’s eye. Often, it is too hard to see beyond what we live day in and day out. Our beliefs about what we can achieve start at a young age because of what parents,…
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How To Be Happy After Graduating
Today, my former boarding school roommate asked me why I was packing my bags and going to Bucharest, Romania, for two months. “That’s so random!” she said in her voice message, betraying the curiosity in her voice and a tinge of concern. After all, she’s the one who always wanted to leave our home country…
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What Is Your Purpose And How Do You Make It Matter In Modern Life?
Social software pioneer Gina Bianchini teaches how to deliver impact on the community in her new book Purpose: Design a Community & Change Your Life – A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding your Purpose and Making it Matter. Self-help literature is not my go-to genre. Why should I take into consideration advice from random self-appointed experts?…
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Break Up, But Not Make Up
Let’s do it, let’s talk about it. Let’s talk about breaking up. For the most part, we have all experienced a breakup. We have either been the ones breaking it off or the ones seeking homage in our rooms from being dumped. This experience is horrible but you will make it through. I just experienced…
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Here Is Why… You Should Be Kind To Yourself
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, three qualities describe a kind person: generous, helpful, and thinking about people’s feelings. Interestingly, the other interpretation refers to a group with similar characteristics or a particular type. What if those definitions are related? What if kindness is not a matter of a certain person’s behavior anymore? Had kindness become…
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Let’s Live In Peace
My grandma used to tell me all the time; “Nora, be a man’s peace”. I always thought to myself what about my peace? Grandma’s advice was missing an important element in her statement, and that element was herself. In the 1940s and 50s, gender roles were very strict, however, the connections between the couples are…
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Why Dim Your Light?
I have a very good friend that shared something with me and it seems to be something that a lot of women deal with. She expressed she is unhappy and cannot understand why. Let me give you some insight into the type of person she is…or was. She was a very outgoing person, the life…
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L’Art de Vivre – Philosophy Of Finding Happiness In Here And Now
It doesn’t matter how fast you run, if it’s in the wrong direction. Luckily enough, you always have a choice to turn around! The contemporary world of a relatively individualistic society implies pursuing happiness and harmony mostly through consumerism. Success is judged by quality, in addition to the amount of material possessions. Generally, it involves…