“A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.” ~John Henry Newman

For your convenience and reading enjoyment, I’ve hand picked through over 200(!) blog posts from DaveUrsillo.com to offer you a “Best Of” selection of some of the most talked about, shared, and loved pieces that I’ve written since quitting my job in 2009 and embarking upon an unknown journey to change the world.

Reader favorites are marked with a “♥” for you to easily spot the “best of the best” and investigate for yourself! :)

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HAPPINESS & Positive Change

• How to be Happy ♥
• 8 Renegade Affirmations for “Living Better, Right Now”
• The Gyatso Method: Creating Positive Inner Change
• X’s On The Map: How to Find and Unearth Our Spiritual Gold ♥
• Dictate the Greatness of Your Day
• Each One His Own Hope: Survival, Success Depend on YOU
• FREEDOM: How to Question and Unlearn Everything You Know ♥

DREAMS, Goals & Success

• 8 Mantras for Accepting Criticism (and Silencing Critics) ♥
• What’s Stopping You? Our Perceptions of Limitations
• Inciting Change When You WANT Things to Stay the Same
• Giving Thanks for the Haters (And How to Attract More) ♥
• Your Hero Story: Heroes, Idols, and Overcoming

SUFFERING & Overcoming Sadness

• Depression & Me
• Unburdening the Grief and Pain of Loss, 13 Years Later
• Staying Afloat: How to Develop ‘Spiritual Buoyancy’
• One Suffering: Beyond Uniqueness, 6 Hardships We All Endure ♥
• 6 Ways to Break Any Cycle of Negativity ♥
• How to Alleviate Emotional Pain and Suffering (By Giving to Others) ♥

LOVE, Compassion & Relationships

• What Does Love Mean to You? ♥
• Strongheart: Harvesting Compassion in the Faces of Strangers
• Relationships: How to Avoid the ‘Special Someone’ Crutch
• How to Love Yourself in a World Designed to Foster Self-Hate ♥
• Embracing the Commonality of Love: Love’s Language
• Cultivating Meaning and Compassion in Every Human Interaction ♥

PRINCIPLES for Better Living

• The Beauty of Living with Honesty: Having Little to Regret ♥
• Trapped in Your Head? How to Escape Your Mind
• Four Life Lessons Taught by Nature
• You are a Stone; Life is Your Mason
• Thoughts are a Reflection of Ourselves
  
• The Past Does Not Define Us ♥
• How to Gain By Letting Go: 3 Practices to Undo Attachment

EGO, Pride & Forgiveness

• Leaps of Faith and the Art of Direction Without Destination ♥
• The Art of Defenselessness: Give Nothing to Defend
• Forgiveness is Liberating: Free Yourself and Others ♥
• Fail-Proof Forgiveness: End the Hate and Dead the Past
• Let the Dam Break! Holding a Grudge vs. Allowing Forgiveness ♥

LEADERSHIP & Personal Responsibility

• 874 Days and the Oak in Black Ink
• Becoming a Conduit for Happiness ♥
• The Teacher and the Student
• How to Avoid Tyrannical Decision-Making
• Learning-Leadership: A Lifelong Process

WRITING & Being a Writer

• 25 Things I’ve Never Told You (Or, a Writer Upping the Ante) ♥
• 16 Reasons Your Literary Agency Shouldn’t Sign Me ♥
• 3 Tips to Writing a Better Thesis Statement
• An Unconventional Guide to Meeting Chris Guillebeau