“Every next level of your life will demand a different you.” — Leonardo Dicaprio
Two days ago I watched the Golden State Warriors break records.
Not everyone understands Remote Year.
When I was just 2 years old, I was blessed with a little brother. My days as an only child were over, and a new set of rules and expectations came with him. This story is told over and over with every family that grows larger. It’s not something we think about…
I’m very good at my job. I’m passionate about the company I work for and what we do. Over the past few months, that passion has been losing its luster. Some of you may have noticed. I’ve…
Through high-school I was very driven to become the next graduate with a full-ride…
Today I’m meditating on growth.
We kill ourselves to love. Our backs break and our bones grow weary. To feed and shelter and nourish the people we love.
My father did it for me, and his father for him. Without question, remorse, hesitation. We…
Dear Reema,
I’ve had all these ideas for writing lately, but they all seem to fall short. I get partway through and then I realize that I don’t actually know all that much about the topic. I find myself realizing every time I write that I’m trying to write about myself indirectly. I usually think…
Believe in yourself.Turn up the music, tap your foot.Eat dessert first.
I know. Based on the title of this article, you probably think I’m a hypocrite. And in this case, you may be right. I…
Can you choose to be happy, like you would choose something to order off the menu at a restaurant? Can you…
When it all feels a bit much, when the noise gets louder and the work piles up and your stomach tightens and there’s just a little bit…
William James said this: “We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can. The more of the details of our daily life we can hand over to the effortless custody of automatism, the more our higher powers of mind will be set…
Every now and then someone I know asks me why I don’t care about certain things. These things are usually in the realm of why I don’t…
Originally answered on Quora here.
Is life inherently stressful, or is this our own doing? Is stressing to the point that we want to run away a part of the basic package we get with life, or have we created a lot of this ourselves?
As a British Asian growing up I was always surrounded by heroes. They came in many forms from the Ancient monkey God with super…
Life grows largernot olderor richer or tallernot like mountains piercing the heart of cloudsnot like small birds racing…
This is the first interview with a 20-something who is doing Really Cool Shit. Look out for new ones each Friday @ OnAdulting.com
Before I delve in to what others may perceive as self-righteous, let me tell you…
A photographer friend taught me to add film grain to my digital photos. The effect on the…
Day 17 — Holding my tongue
I’ve worked jobs in the past where I’ve had to deal with the public in different type of ways. Sometimes I’ve had to serve them in stores and other times, bother them with a cold call or two. In doing jobs like that, I learned how to hold my tongue when someone said something that I didn’t like…
If conspiracy theorists are to believed, and why shouldn’t they, then it’s abundantly clear that Jewish people control the media, banks, Hollywood, bagels, comedy clubs, the country of Israel, and probably a…
I fell off the bicycle when I was 4,Leaving a scar on my right knee.When tears rolled down my cheeks,Chin up, kiddo, Mama told me.
by Yann Girard
That we’ve never met in real life.
That we’ve never spoken in real life.
That we probably will never meet in real life.
“the beauty of light bulb moments is more than a gift of a blinding flash of inspiration. when…
Overnight success in Engineering and Project Management Career…reality or myth?
“Measure the success of each day not by the harvest you reap, but rather by the seeds that you plant”
… it’s because BETTER things are working their way towards you.
Yet somehow we never see that.
We prefer to fall into the sadness and depression of it all wondering, “why does this always happen to me?”
When people ask me what I get out of the mentorship I have with Dave Wilson, I am not really sure how to express it in words. However, I just got back from dinner with Dave and I felt a huge desire to write a blog post about it because I don’t want to forget how refreshed and…
A garganta inflamada me tira da cama durante a madrugada. Sofro em silêncio. Vejo a hora no telefone (que é onde…
A recipe for success with a hint of skepticism.
“Tiziano Gérard might be the greatest chef you’ve never heard of. He combines the skills and repertoire acquired in the kitchens of five-star hotels in Monte Carlo, Milan and Sardinia with the…
Would you like to be an accountant? or might be Doctor? Or be just yourself?Ask yourself. No one…
You know those apps have other useful functions/intentions than just piracy… For example, Aptoide was made as an alternative app distribution channel where devs can make a mini-store. It’s not their fault people abused it and turned it into a piracy tool. (Essentially it’s the same incorrect argument as torrents equals piracy)
translation: in my last post (#fuckharvard & other ruminations on imposter syndrome…
I was recently invited to be the keynote speaker at a student commencement ceremony.
Friends close to me know I feel very much like a student still; always listening intently at the feet of great teachers. So…
A draft from when I was staying over at the airport, waiting for my 8am flight to Budapest in January:
So here I am again in Costa, but this time I’m at Stansted airport’s branch instead. There’s just something about Costa that just sends me…
There are probably 10,000 blogs out there about success. Most of them probably spot on and deservedly so. However, given that our double helix…
Don’t worry what people say or what people think. Be yourself.
This is what entering the final stretch of my twenties feels like
I’m 28 years old, the year that Buzzfeed has described as the best year of your twenties…
Have you ever reacted to a financial situation in a way that later seemed disproportionate to the situation? Have events like unexpected doctor bill, accidentally unpaid credit card charge, phone call from student…
I was sat on a back porch in the warm South Carolina winter, sipping on a micro-brew with my friend Joe discussing his son…
It takes me awhile to trust people, especially online people. Or maybe not especially, as they cannot hurt me like real people can…
I watch. And read. And look for proof of truth in their words: are they consistently kind to everyone or do I find cruelty hidden in their closet? Are they building me up whilst tearing others…
One of the most daunting tasks I have as a mother is explaining away the disingenuous behaviors of others.
If it sounds too good to be true, it is — there’s no “probably” about it. There’s an unfortunate…
How many times have the words “Beggars can’t be choosers” been paraded around and about? More significantly, how much have we hinged upon its literal, rather than metaphorical and altruistic meaning?
Not too long ago I wrote about the idea of equilibrium and balance. Taking a long hard look at my routine and seeing which parts could be subtracted, substituted and surpassed with new activities. Some parts that provide me with escape, downtime and relaxation remain. Supergirl still remains a part of…
Well, I really didn’t think that I will ever be writing post like this. About 3 years ago, my elder brother (cousin) shared a small piece where he talked about quarter life crisis (a period of life usually ranging from twenties to thirties, in which a person begins to…
У многих людей слово «одиночество» ассоциируется с чем-то негативным. Одиночество – момент, когда с тобой никого нет…
I want to talk to you.
A volte è come trascinare una valigia pesante. Così, mentre cammino impacciato tra la gente, tra le cose, le strade, i fossi nell’asfalto, le cadute impreviste, mentre guido con un nodo allo stomaco, mentre sudo parlando col mio capo, mentre incespico con le parole con i ticchettii dei miei meccanismi…
For those who haven’t read the bible, or are not aware of this verse it represents all aspects of love, it states that it should be patient, kind, should not envy, it is not proud, does not boast, not easily angered etc. Throughout life I would hope that everyone has the opportunity to learn…
It’s not a new thing that what you see online and offline are often two different things. But recently I’m noticing the sexiness of the word “entrepreneur” is getting thrown around like a… well you know.
Some days you just have days where it feels like your brain doesn’t work. It’s like you’re supposed to feel things but the gap between…
I hated Facebook so I deactivated it.
I sat down to write this thinking “To be a writer, I have to write.
I sat down to write this thinking “To be a writer, I have to write. To be a life design coach, I have to actually help people design their lives. To be Nia Kitwana Ngozi Jackson, I must live up to the meaning of my names and truly Pledge to Live a Purposeful…
Have you failed at it? I have.
by LEFTAT50
on the inside i die a bit each time midnight strikes
this life slides by a day at a time
There are more self driving cars on the road than you think.
You are in a car, a self driving car that is programed to go a certain route. To go to work…
By Alex Hoeflicker
Congratulations Ryan! And thank you for your service. I think there are many lessons the business world could learn from the military (outside of the cliché over application of Clausewitz and Sun Tzu). Might be a good article of its own!
Last year wasn’t the worst year of my life. Sure it ended in a train wreck.But it was ok I guess.
Sadness sat
like a demon on your shoulder
Well just to inform I am no lead at any level at all…but have got the chance to work with many leads at a very close level.
So when you are leading,either you should be aware of the system you are leading,you should be knowing the conditions…
Keimanan dan kepercayaan, sangat adiktif, Kanji.Setelah kau kecanduan dengannya, kau tidak bisa membiarkannya pergi dengan mudah.
This week/weekend I am traveling with my wife and daughter to a beach resort where my wife is attending a…
[Verse1: Mourph]I learned a lesson that I will never forget,Never teach all people the same,Because equal doesn’t mean it will…
Everyday at least once I look in the mirror and the inner voice thinks critically about my appearance. Bags under my eyes, hair looks flat, chubby face, double chin, looking dumpy, bum looks too big. Your so vain for staring at yourself in the mirror.
“Sometimes you have to tear things down, for something newer and better to be built” — Ted Mosby.
Sometimes things happen, because they just do. I have always felt everything has a purpose. A person doesn’t make a decision just to make it, there is reasons why that decision is…
It’s only from pain and discomfort, that you will reach the highest level of awareness. In this state you can reach the stars.
As an entrepreneur and artists, I have reached the deepest and highest point in my life. At that time I’ll predicted the best work of all times. It is stimulating and rewarding to see yourself reaching that peek after that much pain.
5 years. Almost another lifetime. That was so long ago.
I was stood in a room, loving every minute. My first public training workshop.
The workshop was ….
Authentic Branding – What Makes You Unique?
Calm.
What makes a relationship work?
Imagine standing in the center of a carnival; hearing bursts of laughter, kids pleading for play, couples kissing, the merry-go-round…
Todo el mundo es un genio.
There are some great answers here! I get frustrated with this question during interviews sometimes as it doesn’t always lead to the best answers. But Product Hunt gets super smart people to do AMAs, so I’m not surprised to see some gems.
I recently wrote about how I’d love to hear this question flipped on its head into “What…
Tell me, please tell me, how is this fair?I knew them both so well and now they don’t seem to care.Was it manipulation or was it real?Why…
Before you read further, I would like to clarify that I most certainly am not a parent. Written below are things I hate about my parents and would love it if they stopped doing them. This doesn’t apply to everyone, but if you do this, please stop.
We often talk about spending at Tiller because we’re convinced spending is the most important ingredient in achieving financial freedom. No matter how much you make, if you’re not careful about how you spend you’ll go broke.
I’m no expert on literary writing but my take on it is if you leave it, it leaves you like any other worthwhile endeavor in life. Even the seasoned writers occasionally write things that don’t get any attention. Sometimes it’ll be a hit, other times no one will care. Whatever the case may be, just write,write, write…..
That’s a click-bait title if I’ve ever written one! Hopefully it made you chuckle.
Reality check: there aren’t really any secrets about working for yourself. For you guys reading, the self-employed, solo…
Tips On How To Prepare And Find The Best Counsellor
It is always a great idea to ask for help when your need it. When you have personal or interpersonal problems, it is even more important to get the help that you need before things can spiral out of control and get worse. In fact, as soon as you feel or sense that things…
Fun fact: I think it’s lame when people are too self centered to rise to any amount of responsibility.
It’s especially annoying when someone attempts to guilt another person for being responsible and doing shit. I’ve encountered…
Imagine that you are an actor and your dream is to be in big feature films. You would be a celebrity. Sounds great, right? Not for most people. With a successful career as an actor usually comes a whole lot of reporters and…
Lies,
I saw a woman with an tattoo that I assumed was a Medusa, but it was an adorn mask with the mouth sewn shut, with a phrase "more than words" beneath it. After an explanation of the misunderstanding she then showed me another tattoo, this time of a real Medusa tattoo, this one was with a serpant coming out of her mouth…
Your Personal Board of Directors
You may call it a “Squad,” “Clique,” “Crew,” “Ride or Dies,” “Day Ones,” “Mentors,” “Inner Circle” or a “Get Your Shit Together Committee.” Whatever endearing title you chose to give it, one of the best tools you can have in your back pocket as a young (or seasoned) professional is a trusted…
We tend to think (or hope) that as time goes by we won’t get as sad for things as we used to. We’re wrong.
If you took risks and played your cards, chances are your heart got…
A Skeptic’s Guide To Visualizing Success — Successfully…
We Say Things Like: “Oh yeah, I Want to be Successful” or “I Hope I’m Successful,” but Rarely Do we Define It in a Meaningful Way for Ourselves. And That’s Where Things Go Wrong.
If you want to be successful, it is time to enjoy it. Because, wen time flies, there is no time to enjoy the time you spent letting time flies.
I am here.
I am for you.
I am because of you.
I don’t need anyone else.
I just need you.
This is for you Life
I am about to turn 30 in a few months. I do feel accomplished to somethings I have done. But financially I am not. Entirely different story. It is difficult but I am doing what I can. Not my. Best because I know if I do things will be different. I am a caregiver and I do like what I am doing. But money wise it does not really sufice my needs. I have…
It will soon be one month since I made the decision to launch sundae creative. I have to tell you, it’s been the best decision I’ve made since I snatched up the hot guy in Studio 2 back in 08’.
It came to me today as I was browsing through my chats on Viber, on my phone. The order in which you see the conversations reflects the people in your life that come and go. The ones on top are of course your close ones but felt a bit sorry as I realized that some of them were…
It began with a desire,
Being a mom isn’t hard if you are okay with early morning. Learning quickly. Rushing to get everything done before baptize is over which sometimes is only 5 minutes. Patience. Definitely have to have patience.
It’s not as easy as some movies make it out to be or as hard. Someday it will feel like why did I do this others it…
I’ve never really tried for anything in my life. I was always really good at things right off the bat, and if I wasn’t good at them I would just kinda give up on them, not care. I’m lucky I even graduated. Looking back on it obviously there would be a few things I would change. Try a little bit harder in some of my…
What is stress? It’s an unequivocal reflection of our thoughts. Overwhelm yourself…
A number of years ago, I simply stopped myself from saying I was busy or that standard among working Mothers, “Things have been SO crazy.”
I started saying, “I have plenty of time,” whenever someone apologetically asked for some of it. I don’t think anyone really believed me; they thought I was just being charitable, but I…
(This photo represent our life stages.)
Our lives are so short so try to :
In response to my last column on the absolute shit show the 2016 presidential election has become…
Depends what your definition of work is, or i guess what life is?
As Human, I can look back into the past, through my memories, and into the future, through my logic (knowing that if I don’t die I have more time in front of me than just this moment). This sets us apart from many animals, who don’t understand their existence in time, and gives us the…
This world we created . . . a story for Working Moms . . .
As I reflect on the last 26 years of my working life and how that blended with starting a family, there would be so many things I would change. Sometimes I feel like I’m on an island. Am I the only one that feels this way? Am I the only one that felt such guilt for…
This sentence was hounded me through the entire article. It reflects on my life.
Thank you off letting me think.
Note to self: read more than once and replace the verb ‘want’ by ‘do’.
İll yayın
The writing left me confused just like the writer, I think. Throughout the whole article, the author is describing situation in which Instagram selfie ( in a negative way) makes us feel gratification by sharing our photos. I think if you had described more with better psychological examples about cases of death and given more space for where to draw…
You expressed my exact thoughts in a way I have been trying to for a while. The standard definition of Quitters is applied to leaving the conventional path. Anything that has been tried and tested, which establishes a way to do things become an absolute that cannot be escaped. This narrow definition stems the bad rep associated with the people who…
You may heard of many people saying this is best field, you should do this do that, this will boost your career blah blah … but remember know one knows you better than yourself … believe in yourself …. stand on ground where you are …. you are gonna NAILED IT!!!
For all of my life I’ve been ambitious and have done whatever I could to “make it”. Whatever making it means.
For me, making it meant having nice cars and a big house. As I become more mature, I realize how shallow that definition of making it is.
Geez, this week has been absoultly absurd. I feel as if I have been running on a treadmill when I should have been running on the road. I have been doing so much but it seems like I have made no progress. Oh well, thats college :(
I am going camping in a few hours and just trying to finish up everything that I have been…
First two weeks in Shanghai and hit a club like this. Nothing more amusing and emasculating than having a 90 lb. young lady drink you under the table, doing Johnnie Walker Blue shots after losing round after round of their typical dice/drinking game.
No matter what you do,
All that really counts is Value!
September 3rd, 2011 was to be the beginning of the rest of my life. After years of emotional ups and downs, I had finally found what I believed to be true happiness. This was to be the day that would lay the foundation for the years to come. My future, wrapped up into one afternoon…
This is what I tell myfourteen-year-old selfwhen she asks me whoseshadow I’ve remade myselfinto. Every dream, herhand traces your throat.No teacher has torn up hersketchbook in public yet,reminded her she…
i have a yellow lab Dusty. i call him my zen-sei. he teaches me how to live in the moment. to live life fully. to appreciate EVERYTHING! to LOVE unconditionally and to be fiercly loyal. i am the student…
Hate-liking is totally a thing! I avoid it though, I don’t like my Facebook feed to make me angry. Hate-following on Twitter also a thing, but I prefer not to give them my attention.
The night was already festive. We were gathered for a holiday, in good cheer and well into our cups. Friends new and old were regaling each other with tales of past exploits. One woman I’d just met was describing her career as a serious college jock; I talked some turgid nonsense from my own parboiled past; and…
So, I’ve heard a lot of excuses come out of my mouth over the years. You know, like…
