May 2013
13 posts
“Don’t buy into the nothing lie. You wound yourself when someone compliments your...”
– Quitter, John Acuff
“In a contrarian version of “the grass is always greener,” we tend to discount...”
– Excerpt From: Acuff, Jon. “Quitter: Closing the Gap Between Your Day Job & Your Dream Job.” iBooks.
“I think finding your dream job or what Sinek calls your WHY is more than a...”
– Excerpt From: Acuff, Jon. “Quitter: Closing the Gap Between Your Day Job & Your Dream Job.” iBooks.
“People position adulthood like it’s the end of your life, not the beginning....”
– Excerpt From: Acuff, Jon. “Quitter: Closing the Gap Between Your Day Job & Your Dream Job.” Lampo Press, 2011-05-11T21:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
“As for being somewhere you’re not supposed to be – maybe you’re here for a...”
– Excerpt From: Tammara, Webber. “Easy.” iBooks.
“When life gets difficult, it is easy to forget how much
potential we all have...”
– Jonathan
Sharing Life Skills
14 Ways to Acquire Knowledge: A Timeless Guide from 1936 | Brain Pickings
PRACTICE Consider the knowledge you already have — the things you really know you can do. They are the things you have done over and over; practiced them so often that they became second nature. Every normal person knows how to walk and talk. But he could never have acquired this knowledge without practice. For the young...
April 2013
32 posts
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7 SIGNS YOU’RE SMART ENOUGH TO SWITCH CAREERS
WRITTEN BY SAM ON AUGUST 22, 2012. POSTED IN INSPIRATION. 8926 VIEWS.
Being stuck in a dead end job can be one of the most debilitating and stressful situations one can face in their life. The sad part is most of us know when we’re trapped in such a situation but choose the unproductive sanctity of the familiar rather than the short term discomfort...
7 Signs You’re Smart Enough to Switch Careers →
“Don’t be afraid to switch careers. Life is short, if you find yourself on the...”
– financialupside.com
“A lot of people search for ways to find happiness, but I’ve found the idea of...”
– A Guide to Practical Contentment : zenhabits
http://zenhabits.net/contentment/
Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your... →
You Always Have a Choice | Personal Excellence →
Have you ever looked at an unfavorable life circumstance in your life and thought you are undergoing this because you ‘don’t have a choice’?
I often hear people around me saying: “I have to do XYZ.” “I need to do that.” “I have no other option.” “I have no choice.” This can apply to anything, from their reactions to being in a dilemma to small fixes. The most common context I hear this phrase...
“Long Distance Love by Sarah Kay
I had already fallen in love with too many...”
The Night I Cried | Personal Excellence →
“How do we fall in love?
Author Jeanette Winterson offers this breathlessly...”
“Alain de Botton explores why we have dreams:
Most of the time, you feel in...”
Overcoming Procrastination, Money Problems,... →
Casting about for an answer, I stumbled onto this line from Chuck Palahniuk’s book Survivor: “People don’t want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messes cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown
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When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Not in a literal sense. Not the actual reflection staring back at you – but the person inside of that physical body. Who you see and what feel about yourself is more important than what anyone else thinks. If we don’t value ourselves, we sure as heck can’t expect others to. It’s great when people do see our shiny, diamond in the roughness, but if your...
How You Know Someone Cares | Thought Catalog →
“Someone else’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.”
March 2013
32 posts
“The world needs your originality, Flint. You just have to grow into it. And I...”
– The World Needs Your Originality, Flint
“Even though SHE did not bring out the best in me, there are other people, LOVING...”
– ALIGN YOURSELF WITH PEOPLE WHO BRING OUT THE BEST IN YOU!
March 30, 2013 by Drew Parales
