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#280 EXERCISE – RIVERS NEVER RUN BACKWARDS
Life is about moving forward, and yet a lot of us dwell in the past, looking to relive the good old times. Yet reliving the past isn’t categorically wrong, as […]
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#279 3 CAREER RULES
So I came across this meme about three career rules, and immediately found myself back in a variety of situations where I applied these rules without knowing about them. Yet […]
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#278 RESISTING SUBCONSCIOUS TEMPTATION THROUGH AWARENESS
So… Facebook got me… again… spending subconscious time… on autopilot. So I took back control by using these methods of achieving awareness; with fail-safe systems in place. #selfimprovement #motivation #selflove […]
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#277 ARE DICTATORSHIPS BETTER THAN DEMOCRACIES?
I’ve lived and worked in authoritarian states on and off where things just work, and the wealth and safety are awe-inspiring. Then you get back to the democracy you were […]
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#276 TO IGNORE EVIL IS TO BECOME AN ACCOMPLICE OF IT
Based on an interesting discussion I had over the weekend, I reflected upon evil, and what I had personally done about it to find one story where I actually got […]
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#275 EXERCISE – A CRITIC CANNOT CREATE
Variations of this quote have been attributed to tons of people, yet this episode is more focussed upon you transitioning from the critic to the creator, and helping those asking […]
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#273 A BAD DAY ONLY HAS 24 HOURS
Fun fact: every day has 24 hours. No matter how “bad” it is. Most days, however, aren’t really bad. They are just conceived that way because of any number of […]
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#272 HACKING HAPPINESS
The human body is a pretty dope machine. By far the dopest feature is the built-in chemical factory, which – amongst others – produces a whole array of happiness drugs […]
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#271 ONE DAY YOU’LL THANK YOURSELF FOR NOT GIVING UP
Against all criticism all of my endeavours were successful. And it was thanks to my persistence that things played out the way I did. Close to two decades later I […]
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#270 EXERCISE – WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME VS. WHAT IS THIS TRYING TO TEACH ME
There’s this thing about victim mentality that really gets me worked up because it helps absolutely no-one. So it’s about reframing, and successfully negotiating challenges thrown at you in life. […]