Category: Personal Growth
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What Effective and Influential People Know That Most Don’t
Some people hate marketers, and it’s easy to understand why. It’s at least partly due to the out-of-hand volume of telemarketing calls trying to sell car warranties. Man, why are those people still calling? Whether we like it or not, though, we’re all marketers, and the most effective and influential people are willing to embrace…
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The Truth About Fear and How to Overcome It
The biggest opponent to loving deeper, leading better, and leaving a legacy is not the lack of knowledge, experience, or will-power. The biggest opponent of legacy is fear. Fear is the number one robber of all things good in life. The reason you don’t have the life you want, the character you want, the memories…
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Why Am I Never Satisfied?
Have you found yourself jumping from thing to thing without ever being satisfied? Have you ever wondered why you never seem to be content? You’re not alone. While being discontent isn’t ideal, it’s all-too-normal in American society. One study found that only 14% of American adults say they’re very happy. We all have “if I…
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What Some of the Greatest Innovators in History Have in Common
What do Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Walt Disney, Oprah, and Steve Jobs all have in common? Of course, they are all iconic innovators who have changed the way the world thinks and acts, but that goes without saying. Looking beyond the obvious, each of them faced the same issue at some point in their journey…
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How to Get Your Priorities Straight When Life Is Crazy
As a busy person with a quickly-growing list of things on your plate, how can you get your priorities straight? Is that even possible? Life’s a game of needs and wants: The problem is, those needs and wants don’t always go together. In fact, most of the time what we want is not at all…
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Why Your Dream Will Probably Take Forever, and Why That’s Good
Let’s face it – as men, we can be pretty impatient at times. We want what we want and we want it as soon as possible, especially for those of us who are highly driven. So it makes sense why we get frustrated when the dreams and goals we have aren’t accomplished as quickly as…
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How to Stay Consistent When You Feel Like Quitting
One of the most valuable assets we have as parents and leaders is our reputation. As the old saying goes, a man is only as good as his word. But how do we keep our reputation strong by keeping our word in the times when all we want to do is quit or change direction?…
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Does Positivity Lead to Success?
Can positivity make you successful? Stanford University did a study that examined the impact of positive thinking on students’ learning abilities. They found that “the hippocampus, a brain area linked with memory and learning, was significantly more active in kids with a positive attitude.” So is there more to positive thinking than we realize? Let’s…