Almost every good result in life requires the ability to maintain focus. But if you’re like me, your track record at focusing leaves plenty of room for improvement. During the course of a day, I…
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If you define success as achieving what you set out to do, then all of us desire to be successful in some shape or form. We’d all rather our efforts be productive than lead…
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Every choice we make in life can be placed on a scale. At one end is comfort and at the other end is growth…
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My wife and I have been married for 11 years. That’s not long enough time to be too confident in our success—after all, it’s just a few years longer than the average US marriage of…
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A busy day doesn’t have to be a bad day. In fact, many of my busiest days are packed full of activities that I find meaningful and satisfying…
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Any description of human behavior should have something to say about the complicated relationship we have with our emotions…
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I consider good conversation to be a real contender for life’s greatest pleasure. Unfortunately, the art of carrying on a great conversation is not something that comes naturally to many of us…
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In the decade after college there were long seasons where I felt the gap between who I was and who I wanted to be wasn’t shrinking nearly as fast as I wanted…
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Not all stress is bad for you, in fact, research continues to support the idea that certain kinds of mild stress can be beneficial to your health and well-being in a myriad of complex…
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I occasionally reflect on certain periods of my life nostalgically as the “good ol’ days”…
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As the timer moved closer to zero, now for the second time, I felt a growing sense of dread…
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A goal is any detour from the path of least resistance …
