Category: Step by Step (Habit Creation)

A blue background with white text: "Your success is only limited by your own imagination and your hard work."

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Are You Ready for Luck?

The unsuccessful sometimes attribute the success of others to good luck. Balderdash! Luck, good and bad, comes to all. As the good

6 green apples in a line; 1 has a sticky note on it that says "bad"

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The Bad Apple Effect

I’m going to combine several of my favorite sayings: 1) ‘You tend to become the sum total of the 5 people you

A green bamboo background with the words "To grow yourself, start from knowing yourself" in black print

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A Lie That Helped Me

How can a lie be helpful? Well, try this one on for size: ‘Personality’ is an illusion we invent. As I say/read

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It Sounds Dumb to Some but Actually it’s Super Smart

When deciding where to focus your energy, consider ‘choosing bigger problems’. Yep, you heard me: take on the biggest problem you can

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Never Settle for the Default Settings of Life

Folks, life is complex and we are all often caught up in the whirlwind of being busy about this and busy about

4 circles of increasing size within 1 circle. The smallest circle says "comfort zone", the next larger circle says "fear zone", the next larger circle says "learning zone", and the largest circle says "growth zone"

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Praise EFFORT over Outcome, PROCESS over Result

When you praise the EFFORT rather than the outcome and focus on the PROCESS (and improving it!) more the result, you foster

3 sticky notes (one says "body", one says "spirit" and one says "mind") on a chalkboard with curved arrows drawn between them to make a circle. The word "healthy" is written inside the circle.

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Hara Hachi Bun Me (腹八分目)

Hara Hachi Bun Me is a Japanese phrase meaning ‘Belly 80 % full’ and refers to the Confucian concept of not eating

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8 Truths to put you in the Top Tier of the Mentally Strong

The past is a place of reference, not residence. Focus forward, make plans, set goals, excelsior! Stress is not an event but

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Assume a virtue, if you have it not

The quote is from Shakespeare, Hamlet Act 3, Scene 4 and I share it not to ask you to fake a virtue

A pair of hands holding open a book with "what's your story" written inside

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What Are Your Self-Stories?

The world is complex, and we all seek to make sense of the events and experiences of our lives and we do

The words "never stop learning" written on a chalkboard. the "o" in "stop" is a stopwatch

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The Fountain of Youth: Continuous, Consistent, Constant Curiosity

My philosophy in life is to exercise ‘Continuous, Consistent, Constant Curiosity’. I love taking every opportunity to ask ever deeper questions about