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8 Reasons to Keep Moving Forward Even When You Feel Self-Doubt

8 Reasons to Keep Moving Forward Even When You Feel Self-Doubt

Do you ever have one of those down days where you’ve fallen and can’t get up?
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Melissa Chu
Mar 23, 2021
4 Ways to Enjoy Nature When You’re Stuck Indoors

4 Ways to Enjoy Nature When You’re Stuck Indoors

Being cooped up indoors is unpleasant, to say the least.
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Melissa Chu
Nov 16, 2020
How to Come Up With Original Writing Ideas That Awe and Inspire Readers

How to Come Up With Original Writing Ideas That Awe and Inspire Readers

There’s nothing worse than the dreaded blank page.
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Melissa Chu
Aug 31, 2020
How to Rewire Your Brain to Perform Difficult Tasks

How to Rewire Your Brain to Perform Difficult Tasks

Why do some people accomplish so much, while others do hardly anything at all?
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Melissa Chu
Aug 17, 2020
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Aug 4, 2020

5 Time-Saving Techniques That Will Make Your Life 10x Easier

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Melissa Chu
Jul 20, 2020

Overthinking is Damaging Your Well-Being

Imagine it’s close to bedtime.

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Melissa Chu
Jul 6, 2020

5 Types of Music That Increase Your Happiness, According to Science

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Melissa Chu
Jun 22, 2020

Adversity Reveals Your True Character

There is a well-known fable from Aesop concerning an ant and a grasshopper:

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Melissa Chu
Jun 8, 2020

You Have to Fight for What You Want

It was the early 70s, and things were looking bad for Sylvester Stallone.

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Melissa Chu
May 25, 2020

5 Ways You Can Increase Your Intelligence, According to Science

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Melissa Chu
May 11, 2020

Sunk Cost Fallacy: Why We Keep Throwing Good Money After Bad

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Melissa Chu
Apr 13, 2020

5 Facts About Everyday Life That Are Enormously Unfair

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Melissa Chu
Mar 23, 2020

How To Tell When a Conversation is Ending, According to Science

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Melissa Chu
Mar 2, 2020

A New Beginning is a Chance to Start Over

I love beginnings.

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