You probably have this impression stuck in your head:
“Well, I won’t follow what you teach….because it’s unethical.”
Let’s continue with our ongoing conversation on getting you the hot rope play you deserve.
First step — Forget the rope.
Today is my 43rd Birthday. For the last two years I’ve written advice to my younger self on my birthday…
“Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.” (Robert J. Sawyer)
What is a success? What is a success to you?
Uncharted navigated major transition last year. We experienced a number of…
Torchbearer: Janibell Rodriguez — Dominican-American. New Jersey, USA.
If only it were that simple, right?
I believe that constant learning and improvement is the key to living a meaningful life. In my opinion, our ability to…
We all have goals and dreams, but have you every dismissed one of your dreams because you thought it seems impossible…
Lessons on patriarchy during cancer care
“War (What is it Good For?)” was a famous anti-war song during the Vietnam War era. Originally written by Norman…
I want you to tell me I matter to you. That I’ve affected you as deeply as you’ve affected me. That you are…
or “The Techie-Hipster Epidemic, a Theory”
Last weekend I had the pleasure to spend two wonderful days in Prague, the capital of the Czech…
If you do the same thing every day, you would get the same results. Would you not like that…
Having had a pretty rough 32nd spin around the Sun and a few miscellaneous…
Self-exploration leads to new possibilities. It is through connecting to our bodies, minds, and souls that we unlock transformative experiences that allow us to tune in to our most authentic selves. This week, we got a double feature for…
So in the past 7 years+, I was busy with uni life pursuing my degree and settling myself, and…
“So… why exactly do we have to do it this way?”
“As the river surrenders itself to the ocean, what is inside me moves…
INSPIRATION, GREAT TEACHERS and WHY DR. JORDAN PETERSON IS SUCH A BIG HIT
YouTube’s viral sensations continue to reflect our desires and needs
I understand now, that a pursuit of happiness is one that never ends.
We all feel down and blue from time to time. With the constant barrage of bad…
Hi! I’m Teresa Colón, and I’m a writer, a wife and mom, and a knitter. I also happen to live with bipolar disorder, which activated when I was a child. I write out of my life experiences and…
"Ibukun you can do it, why don’t you just apply?", "Ib give it a try, they might just pick you". These are statements my family used to say to me all the time, whenever there was an opportunity for me develop myself. I would hear these words but my mind would automatically go into "Fear Mode". What…
We live in the day and age of the hyper plan. With one click, everything you’ve ever wanted to know about your future vacation locale is at your disposal. You can’t feel it or smell it or get a sense of the locals, but @tastytravelz123 said to make sure you try the…
I’m on the East side of Austin one evening while on a date. A cute restaurant a bit on the…
A lot can happen in a year and this year my dad died. It’s fair to say that the day we buried him I…
Most of thinkers, and theorists, and poets, even authors are looser. They suck big time in life. They starved and not having the life people nowadays might see. Charles Bukowski was a fucking drunkard; Karl Marx failed at his own marriage and never really took care of his life…
love your body Jul 29, 2018
I mentioned that August would begin with a bang and my own world did just that a little early.
Most of the tech companies today (except for maybe Microsoft) have open offices. A typical employee in any…
I’m alone at my house, stuck with my memories, there’s only one thing to do…
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees…
You might roll your eyes at those ‘Happy New Month’ BCs or images and GIFs from…
I always ask myself whether it is really possible to love your job so much that it becomes an extension of our life and all the things we enjoy doing.
Something happens in your life, leaving you thinking about where you got it all wrong. You wonder in…
We all go through many times in our lives where we exercise all kinds of different, and…
The language consultants speak
In this moment, I take a deep breath. I lengthen it into a long inhale, a slow exhale, feeling it move through me. I’m…
I’m pretty sure I had lots of “friends” at one time. Lemme take you back about 8 years or so ago and tell the…
If you have ever tried to establish a new habit you will know the following…
Good or bad; truth or lies; happy or sad; love or hate; sane or lunatic; black or white…
I am both calm and easy to agitate, and if you decide to eat with me at a moderate-okay restaurant in a normal to…
I quit another job. Man, I am on a roll.
That is all.
Did you want something more?
It is so easy to jump into distractions. That is the more I will discuss.
I really hate cell phones.
I was moving at the speed of molasses.
Ok, so I failed at my first attempt to be an entrepreneur. I had the right mind set, but…
Every being is unique: God’s masterpiece. Comparing one person to another only brings anguish, bitterness and depression in extreme cases. It is indeed almost criminal to compare one to another. It is like comparing apples to oranges. Apples have a distinct sweet flavor, while oranges have…
Aka as more people love you, more people will hate you
Blog #11
M is for Madness.
They say that there’s a fine line between genius and madness. They also say that with the moniker of being an artist, comes the added assumption that there will most likely be a little fuzz…
Hey everyone, welcome back to the blog.
You’re moving through life right now, and you will continue to do so until the day your heart stops and you die. That’s it. That’s reality. And at its most basic form, that is the journey of life.
When the Universe has your back
Here comes the question…
Do you trust the Universe?
Or do you trust yourself enough to trust the Universe!
How does it sound?
Several years ago I heard Tony Robbins say something to the effect of, “To reach your…
Over the years, I’ve heard a number of Match.com, Shaadi.com, and OKC success stories. However, in my experience, online dating is tough — sometimes really tough.
So here we are, the first big decision for the business. As much of cliche as this may be, the African proverb, “If you…
I am recovering “to do list” writer too. I still have my lists (my security blanket just in case I forgot something.) but I don’t get anxious about my list or not checking sth. of that list. Instead, as you mentioned I schedule a time to do tasks and put another task on hold to focus on what I’m doing at the moment. It saves time and energy in the long run.
Although quitting is not always bad, when we do quit on something important to us, it can affect us in…
As our life progresses, it only becomes complicated with the passage of time. Be it…
Ever feel like smacking yourself at the back of your head for being too nice? Sometimes at your own detriment? What’s…
Running a successful business is nothing less than a race…
― Ovid
Hard truths are seldom told.
This is a glimpse of my 10 years of wonder
When I was 17 I worked as a nanny for a wealthy family in my town. As someone who hadn’t grown up with money, I was initially…
Sod is America’s number one non edible cash crop.
Weeds grow in my yard. They are green and from a distance look okay. I leave them alone and for the most part they leave me alone, except in the fall when the little spike balls dry up and fall to the ground and you cannot walk barefoot without getting impaled on them in late…
Watching, ever mindful, study each interaction, the casual body signals, and the subtle attractions. The way the eyes flicker…
Recently I decided to go to a park that I hadn’t been to for years. It was a beautiful…
The process of transforming to a better self, by the time I am 40
25 days ago, I made a resolution. On day 3 was when I defined my desire in words. It came to me in my…
For my husband and I, the past decade+ was filled with pregnancies, diapers, miscarriages…
I did not see where someone had asked you, “You get to write for fun. That must be great.” I have spent many a time telling my clients (I was an art direct for years) you really need a copywriter for your brochure, ad, whatever, only to be met with a blank stare then the question, “Can’t you write it?”
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You forgot to look at Best of Craiglist. That is your problem. That will make you happy. Trust me.
When I worked for someone else, I goofed off quite a bit. My slacker tendencies ventured to Boing Boing, Best of Craiglist and Waiter Rant for entertainment. Sad, Boing Boing with their great roster of writers now seem like a…
So, I’ll be honest, I was aiming to write this article a few weeks ago. I wanted to focus on the importance of creating space…
Some people are diamonds, to be placed on velvet, admired and treasured.
I be borrowed one book in one of hard time in my life.That time was time to decided my career
On that time, I know that i had so many thing to do but I don’t know exact what should I do. What can I do… what thing i really want to do?…What way I will go with? I already had bad feeling with this and a lot of stress.
Truth: It doesn’t always have to hurtGood People, we’ve all heard the famous line “the…
It was Wednesday morning — I sat in my office looking outside at my team of 30+ mainly Chartered Accountants on the 16th floor of an affluent Karachi building. From the outside, looking into my room — my life would have looked perfect. I had a 7…
An active mindset allows you create your own opportunities. I have a client who needed research done but, was in another state. They did not proceed to hire me. When an opportunity came about that I would be traveling to the state in question, I reconnected with the client. (I am sure it was dealing with a travel expenditure they worried about) I…
Of course you’re not going to get ahead when all you do is to read, watch or listen to the bestsellers.
Because millions of other people are already doing this exact same thing.
This whole societal “taking up space” thing is fairly new on my radar (past several years) but I think it’s really interesting.
I grew 6 inches between 5th and 6th grade and was for several years not just the tallest girl, but the tallest person in my class. I wore only solid color clothes and although I never took to…
Adversity: A Precursor to A Life of Greatness, Impact & Influence.
Adversity
To understand what to do when faced with an adversity, let’s define what adversity is and put into context.
According to Cambridge Dictionary, adversity is defined as “a difficult or unpleasant…
I disappoint myself
I kept telling myself while I was immersed in my spring semester of school that I would begin writing when the pressures…
Living in this fast paced, attention deprived, constantly distracted world, we are…
It’s said, “be an initiator”, pick up opportunities, be the first to lead.
Hello All,
Have you ever helped someone with their problems? Whether it was a family member, friend, or even a stranger. It could be a range of demands! From borrowing a few dollars, to giving them a place to lay their head. We have found out the…
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I first came across this quote several years ago in The 4-Hour Workweek. Like most of that book, I wasn’t ready for…
Thanks for the feedback and read. If you like the idea of circling, you make like this as well!
To say that life is confusing would be an understatement. Finances, relationships, and politics are just a few…
Hope: a feeling of expectation and desire for things to turn out for the best.An odd definition in that desire and expectation are not the same.What is expected may not be desired. What is desired may not be expected.
I have always dealt with customer service of some sort even when I was an art director. Now that I have created a company performing information research for my clients. I can enjoy making a connection servicing my clients on my own terms. Not some company’s opressive HR cobbled rules for customer service which boils down to filling some company…
If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you’ll know that I live in the crazed and chaotic D.C…
At some point, you may agree with Robin Sharma when he said: “Life is not a journey of self-improvement, but a journey of self-discovery.” Because we all know how an ideal life should look like but we are afraid to live it, and that is why in movies, cartoons…
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Becoming colorful is hard in a world that demand us to be “normal”, yet once you discover that being colorless is a blessing you’ll be a beautiful piece of ART.
We are free because the last choice is ours.
Human beings can be prideful. We want to know everything, and if we don’t, we at least want others to…
Working Hard Was Never The Lesson….
In our ancient time, people had a very clear routine and the outcomes of their activities were…
A dance with purpose.
I’ve got something to confess to you.
I have a close friend going through a break-up right now and I find it’s actually hard to know what to say to him. I don’t want to sound like I’m a “know it all”. And I’m trying to be encouraging to him by saying things like “maybe this was meant to be” and “time will heal this”.
Our desire to do or have more in life often impacts our decisions and what we give our attention to.
The joy of self discovery and the journey to get there.
I have really struggled with finding a topic this month to write about. Usually, it comes to me in an impression that my senses then begin to indulge on. This month however, it did not. I…
We often look to change the world and those around us. While they are grand aspirations, we forget to look at…
I’ve learned to respect and accept what you get when you log onto any of these platforms. I keep a cross section of friends and followers that have a range of opinions that I might or might not agree with. And I have to expect that when someone posts something controversial, that’s okay and I need to appreciate their perspective.
Do not allow those who talk rubbish about you to affect you. To tarnish your ego or your self respect.
Do not let someone else’s opinion form your mentality.
Unfortunately not all humans know how to share their opinions in a respectful manner and…
I had faith,
lots of faith on ourselves.
I mean,
I used to believe we would succeed.
As a species,
and transform our environment.
Just doing their jobs, right? Making sure you understood the power of guilt.
In our household, my father treated a simple mistake or accident, like spilling a glass of water, as he would a intended transgression of pure evil, although none of those ever occurred. There were no accidents in our home. He knew that every error…
Hi Steve,
Great writing about your Kundalini Awakening. From my experience, Kundalini keeps awakening and shifting touching different areas of my life, continually opening new vistas for exploration.
Have fun and enjoy the ride.
Dr. Cynthia
Last week Facebook stock took a huge hit, due to low earnings forecasts for the next two quarters. It lost as much as 24% of its value, or about $140 BILLION dollars. Mark Zuckerberg, it’s founder and biggest shareholder, personally lost $17,000,000,000.00. He could afford to I suppose since it was only about 30% of his total worth of close to $60…
