Do you ever get the nagging feeling that something isn’t “quite right” with modern daily life, but can’t really put your finger on it? You know what I’m talking about – the whole, 9-5, the commute, the coming home just to pop on the TV or surf around looking at some bullshit, going to sleep, […]
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Feel trapped in your current job? Career hit a dead-end? Or maybe you’re just sick of the corporate grind all-together. Many people feel this way. The problem is that most think this is “just the way it is” and that’s that. I’m here to strongly proclaim that the nonsensical existence many of us lead is neither […]
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For those that have who have found it difficult to proceed along the path of their calling, there isn’t a better book than The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. Although geared toward authors, I consider this an essential read for anyone attempting to create something of their own that they feel is true to themselves, outside […]
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Almost everyone in modern life has some degree of stress and worry. In recent months, I’ve discovered the philosophy of ‘Stoicism’ and it offers an amazingly helpful technique for dealing with the troubles of modern life.
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When the United States just originated, it was common for poor European immigrants to sign indentured servitude contracts. These contracts were sold by captains of ships and would state that in exchange for passage to the new world, the immigrant agreed to work a set number of years once they arrived in the new world. […]
Read more »What follow are my personal notes and direct quotes from the amazing book Beyond Success and Failure: Ways to Self-Reliance and Maturity. I read quite a few books each year and along the way I do lots of highlighting and typically write notes into a Google Document. This time around I figured that it would […]
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Every once in a while I come across a book that blows me away and completely shifts my point of view. One such book is Beyond Success and Failure: Ways to Self-Reliance and Maturity. The book discusses problems that are at the root of a lot of unhappiness in our daily lives and offers solutions for overcoming these problems. What […]
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One thing I’ve struggled with much of my life is long-term goal setting. I knew that long-term goals would help structure my life but I would often get tripped up with problems I hit along the way. Lately I’ve been experimenting with a technique that’s much more visual, and it’s been working beautifully.
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Modern life is busy. Insanely busy. However, much of the craziness is self-imposed. Or at we least passively allow it to continue. You do have the power to reign it in you know… Turn off the TV. Don’t check Facebook. Turn off email notifications. Check emails and texts every few hours instead of constantly. Delay responding to […]
Read more »I’m an avid reader and my views have been deeply affected by the books below. Note that all these links are Amazon ‘affiliate’ links – meaning that if you click through and purchase something, I’ll get a small % of the sale price. This doesn’t the price you end up paying nor did it impact […]
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