The Problem-Solver’s Biggest Problem
Problem-solvers can become subconsciously addicted to seeing life as nothing but a series of problems that need solving; thus they create problems to survive.
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Four Life Lessons Taught by Nature
Striving to develop our inner selves, the most amazing and valuable of life lessons can be discovered in nature when we observe the characteristics of flowers.
Forging Meaningful Connections with Others
Not just humor, but genuine happiness and positivity help make new friends and further can establish real, strong, and meaningful connections to people.
Treating Others with Compassion
Embodying compassion can reap radical goodness and happiness for others and ourselves, if we’re brave enough to face it and fight the cynical urge to run away.
Make Better Decisions With Mental-Emotional Synergy
Mental-emotional synergy begins with the choice to not think in terms of mutual exclusivity: that we must either think with our head, or act on our hearts.
Trapped in Your Head? How to Escape Your Mind
Escape the endless stream of thought, anxiety and over-thinking; that voice that continually harps upon all that is wrong in your life and bad in your world.
Regret: Harness It or Holster It, but Don’t Be Hampered By It
Should regret either be harnessed (utilized for our benefit) or holstered (put away, neglected, denied outright)? Or is the answer to find a blend of the two?
Does ‘Patience’ Become Hesitation and Reluctance?
At some point, patience will push us to a place where we realize that more is needed than simply being patient alone; we must make the Choice to do more.
If Ever There Was a Time: America and the World Cup
If ever there was a time for the expectations of a jaded modern America to be surpassed, it would be upon this monumental global stage, with we as the underdogs.
Becoming a Balance for Others: Are You a Counterweight?
Acting as a counterweight provides balance for others and contributes toward our collective happiness by helping establish emotional order, rhythm and harmony.
Inner Peace: the Waves and the Tides
The concept of “inner peace” is a misunderstood, distant and unfamiliar state of mind that can be achieved by practicing compassion and nurturing happiness.
Aspiration-Branding and “Résuméing” your Personal Brand
By aspiration-branding, you’ll soon realize how truth, transparency and “résuméing” your personal brand have set your efforts miles ahead of your competition.
Find Balance through a Steadier Range of Emotion
Through concentrated efforts of intent introspection, we can actually begin to condition our minds to better endure emotional swings and find peaceful balance.
The Journal I Never Kept: Army ROTC
Sometimes we need to stay the path and refuse to quit like our proud patriots in uniform. Other times, the right decision is knowing that you need to walk away.
You are a Stone; Life is Your Mason
Between the decisions we make, events that occur and how we choose to react to them, life shapes who we ultimately become — like a statue beneath the stone.
This is Renegadeism: Live, Defy, Believe, Thrive
“Renegades” brandish a defiant, determined mindset to individually engage in self-exploration, striving to understand and develop the Self on behalf of others.
How to Focus on the ‘Self’ Without Being Selfish
Striving to be happier and more compassionate through self-improvement isn’t selfish because focusing on one’s inner development necessarily benefits others.
How to Alleviate Emotional Pain and Suffering
The best way to alleviate one’s own emotional pain and suffering is to not focus on ourselves, our pain or its causes; but instead to focus on giving to others.
The (Forthcoming) Generation-Y Leadership Gap?
The extent to which the modern economic recession has disproportionately impacted the next generation of American leaders could create a Gen-Y leadership gap.
The Clutter of Noise and Power of Silence
Are you addicted to noise? Engulfed in simple silence, the mind is quiet, the heart is open, and the Soul becomes clairvoyant; this is the bliss of nothingness.
The Journal I Never Kept: The Echoes
One year after college, I sat alone in my car, miserable, drowning in echoes of words of encouragement and motivation spoken to newly graduating students.
Questions Unlock Doors of the Mind
The simple act of posing questions possesses the ability to forge invaluable keys to open doors of the mind that might otherwise remained locked and shut.
Speak As If All Listen, But None Follow
While anyone and everyone can hear and remember what a leader says today, a true leader must be dedicated to communicating the message as if none are following.
Struggle Separates Dreamers from Doers
What separates ordinary daydreamers from the doers and achievers is the difficult process that must be endured to see one’s dreams through to reality.
The Journal I Never Kept: The Interview
In spite of the dirty and deceitful game of politics, some people are so damn good on the inside that they shine on in your memories for as long as you live.
