tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58055432941362649482024-09-05T18:19:16.896-07:00Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5805543294136264948.post-47796029975772147962010-07-04T18:24:00.000-07:002010-07-07T20:18:57.560-07:00

I recently received advice from a friend that seemed simple and obvious but wasn't really either.  In fact, it significantly shifted my perspective. In expressing my goals to him I used the word need; for example, I need to exercise, I need to meditate, I need to do well on the GREs.  He suggested that want is usually a more powerful motivating concept.  That didn't seem

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Happiness has recently been a topic of discussion for me and my friends. Click here to read an article that one friend sent me. It's a relate-able view of happiness, and one that I thoroughly disagree with, yet it may give the post to follow a little more context.I've heard, and do agree, that happiness can be summed up in one word: gratitude. There are people for whom happiness is a constant

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I want to travel around the world and go on spontaneous adventures. I like extreme sports and pushing limits. However, as I'm getting older, I feel the tug of my other dreams of being a husband and a father weighing me down. How can I convince myself that settling down is the right thing to do when all I want to do is grab my passport and parachute and go?- Forever Falling,MarcoI don't see these

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5805543294136264948.post-9028158496663666072009-06-28T11:26:00.000-07:002017-08-01T09:21:09.047-07:00

First, I’ll start by sharing a parable… The Scorpion and the Frog One day, a scorpion looked around at the mountain where he lived and decided that he wanted a change. So he set out on a journey through the forests and hills. He climbed over rocks and under vines and kept going until he reached a river. The river was wide and swift, and the scorpion stopped to reconsider the situation. He

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5805543294136264948.post-76105381075404772702009-06-18T18:20:00.001-07:002009-06-23T21:14:46.726-07:00

I grew up watching the original Star Wars trilogy. I'm a big fan. And I really hate what's happened to them since the Special Edition and can't stand the poor excuse for movies that are Episodes I, II, and III. I love to talk about Star Wars, but when I'm speaking to people (even those who don't know what a bantha is) and the new movies come up randomly in conversation, I find myself becoming

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I want to travel around the world and go on spontaneous adventures. I like extreme sports and pushing limits. However, as I'm getting older, I feel the tug of my other dreams of being a husband and a father weighing me down. How can I convince myself that settling down is the right thing to do when all I want to do is grab my passport and parachute and go?- Forever Falling,MarcoI don't see

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5805543294136264948.post-65172282630806881802009-06-14T19:47:00.000-07:002009-06-18T21:23:37.935-07:00

I like to really get to know women before getting involved romantically with them, becoming friends first. However, my problem is that later I'm unable to get her to see me as more than that. For example, my friend Julie and I hang out so much that people think we're together. We like to do the same things and always have so much to talk about. I think she's great and would love to be more than

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In this era of calling, texting, twittering, friending, chatting, emailing, and blogging, it seems like we should be more connected with each other than ever before; however, in important ways, this isn't the case. While we may know more about people we went to high school with than we ever thought we would; collectively, our interpersonal skills, ability for genuine communication, and

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