Category: Personal Growth
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How to Know When to Voice Your Opinion
We live in an age of almost infinite information. Because of that, we live in a society full of experts, and we’re constantly surrounded by opinions. But should you voice your opinions? Helpful opinions are desperately needed, but how do you know when it’s the right time to share yours? The Bible says there’s a…
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Why Procrastination Is Good: The Power of Seasonal Thinking
Is procrastination a bad thing? We all put off important tasks from time to time, but research has found that around 1 in 5 Americans are what can be called “chronic” procrastinators – which is anyone who continually puts off doing something until later. But is that necessarily a bad thing? Is procrastination as bad…
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How to Find Peace in the Middle of Chaos
This article was originally published at Patheos. Here’s an interesting question: As an adult with responsibilities piled on your shoulders, is it possible to have peace in the middle of all the chaos and conflict? The dictionary says that peace is the absence of conflict. It’s “freedom from disturbance”. While that sounds nice, who has…
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How to Break Old Habits and Actually See Change
What makes people change? How can we effectively change ourselves? We all have aspects of our character that we want to improve, but how do we actually go about doing so? How do we break old habits and create new, better habits? By default, things die. Plants, buildings, our bodies – it’s all breaking down…
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How to Be a Better Listener So People Open Up to You
Have you ever heard the phrase, “you have two ears and one mouth so you can listen twice as much as you speak”? Is there truly wisdom in that saying, and if so, have you ever wondered why no one seems to be able to follow it? In a world of thinkers and talkers, there’s…
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How to Change the Culture Without Being a Butthole
How do you change people? We all want to positively impact people around us, but how do we do it? It’s an age-old question that’s probably more relevant now than any other time in recent history. Between politics, racial tension, and vaccinations, we’re experiencing more friction now than we have in a generation. We may…
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Is Self Help Actually Helpful?
We live in a world full of self-help gurus and products. But are they actually helpful? Do the vast amount of materials, voices, products, and services telling us how to be better and do better actually cause us to live better? American society is very much a society of “not quite good enough”. In fact,…
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The Science Behind Why You Get a Million Ideas in the Middle of the Night
Have you ever woken up early in the morning and felt like you had a non-stop flow of ideas? It’s like the idea flood gates have held all night long just waiting for you to get up so they can open. Being a parent of young kids will really open your eyes to this phenomenon.…