A 12 week protocol to safely work your way up from intermittent fasting to a 72-hour fast.
People call me average all the time. I work an average job in a bank, earn an average salary, drive a very average…
You see that “perfect couple” so in love, always happy…giving you relationship feels and…
“The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.” (John C. Maxwell)
Truth be told, it was my big brother.
Cicero once said, “Gratitude is the greatest of virtues, and the parent of all the others.”
Sit back and think on the second half of his maxim for a moment: can any other virtue truly exist without gratitude? Is hope truly hope without gratitude for that hope? Is humility sincere without gratitude for what one already has…
The problem with the Quadrants System, besides its brilliance, is the interesting fact that nearly everyone thinks…
A little over a year and a half ago I retired rather abruptly from a job I loved.
… is the only way to OPEN to your future.
The habit that changed it all for me was reading.
I’m sure you’ve heard it a million times before in the wellness world — change your…
Sometimes the smallest moment can change everything. A word of encouragement, a smile, an unexpected offer of assistance. Is it possible to be more deliberate about creating these moments?
As the story of our lives unfolds, it’s sometimes difficult to know when one chapter ends and another begins. Too often…
With me, it was frogs. In the desert. I was blown away. And utterly convinced.
If someone ask me what is that thing which you are not able to have ?
Though critics call the show voyeuristic and vicious, you cannot stop looking for the…
I just listened to Lauren Hill sing His Eye is on the Sparrow. I was on my way to a coffee shop. I usually cry in coffee shops but today I got a head start and cried en route.
For most of my life, July has been one of my favorite months.
I turned 24 this year. up to this moment. I am still a student, having little experience on teaching, never been teaching in an institution, just a private course which having one or two students, nor experiencing another job. I am consider myself a lucky one. I was growing up…
I came to realize very recently that part of my own goals were holding me back.
I wanted to share a story with you because I think it might inspire some of you to finally start doing what you love and you might even find it interesting reading about my goals. It’s my first time seriously writing so I hope you find it both enjoying and inspiring.
My first mistake was taking the wrong trail. But my biggest mistake was sticking with that path long after I suspected I’d made a bad decision.
What the experience taught me; then, now, and in the future
“It just doesn’t seem like you want to be here, it’s as if you don’t care enough about this job.”
曾經有一位老師告訴我：「當妳有了奮鬥的目標，妳就會排除萬難」
I prepared myself for the feeling of homesickness — what I didn’t prepare for was which home I would miss.
At the age of 27, I’ve decided to make a concerted effort to get to know myself. Which has been a strange, frustrating…
Eu parto. Eu partirei. Como uma criança que nasce, como um barco que deixa o porto. Eu parto para ser algo novo, eu parto para…
Shiva was the specific motivation behind why I needed to fire up writing my blog. Ask me how!? I always wanted to…
I love to be loved.
And I love to love.
“buck UP! moveee!”…. he fumbles
We are zombie’s with screens. ZOMBIE’S WITH SCREENS.
Are you living a beige life? One that is ruled by the shoulds of society, culture and family?
These days, feminism has been widely discussed due to all those controversies with…
So I’m 23, just finished up my B.S in computer science, always put off traveling and doing crazy stupid stuff in order to get the…
Heartily means with all our heart!
Disclaimer: This is not a post about my Fulbright experience.
Burnout is a common topic that gets brought up in the startup world, and I think it is especially prominent in the…
What is the most valuable thing a person can give you?
Do you feel you don’t have enough time? Is it hard for you to find balance? Are you so busy that you constantly feel angst and stress?
Stoicism has the cure for you: do less, focus on the essential.
What I want to do here, for what it’s worth, is to share with you what I would have done differently…
Amal Academy, Lahore
Published By : Rana Salah-ud-Din
1. Tell me about yourself?
2. Why do you want to work here?
TURN SHIT INTO SUGAR
What am I going to do now?Am hopelessThere is no moneyShe is no moreHe is no moreI just got firedI don’t have a job
When you google the words subliminal, subconscious, and unconscious, you get the following definitions.
Finally, you snagged the guy of your dreams. Yes! You got the promotion you worked your ass off…
The world is full of advice. Today I can go on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or Linkedin and I…
I don’t know why I am single
I’m into my third year of volunteering and it’s better than any apprenticeship or study course…
The COST of the abilityTo dance with fluidityNavigating life’s ebb and flowIs to give up the desire for control
A few days ago, I went for a gorgeous hike in the mountains for my birthday, and afterwards…
A designer will tell you that you need a great logo to succeed.
Just like an editor will tell you that you need a great editor to succeed.
Just like a marketer will tell you that you need a great marketer to succeed.
“Getting Where We’re Going” by John Brehm
One of my greatest flaws, according to close friends and people I’ve just met, is that I do not like concerts. Of course, I’m always willing to be persuaded — so maybe it is better stated that I have never been…
We are one week into the 8th month of the year and it feels as if I’m living a dream. On August 1st, my wife and I announced a brand…
Judith MacNutt, wife of Francis MacNutt, tells a great story about a circus…
It’s hard to place exactly why or how it did, but I guess it had to do with meeting Kina Grannis for the first time.
I found her music through David Choi’s Youtube channel back in 2006. I listened to “Valentine” and “In Your Arms,” both of which she sang at…
Quit hanging on to the handrails . . . Let go…
I should be writing. Selah.
What? You think I made an error. Sorry, but you read it right. Happiness is definitely a problem for our generation.
Today, we consider happiness the most important element of our lives. But what if we are all wrong. What if the real purpose of life lies…
Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t…
“There’s something about the pace of life that makes it difficult to really slow down and assess where we’re going and how we’re doing on this journey called life.” — Ed Young
Having a happier existence means that no matter what is happening in your life right…
Not Necessarily The Other Way Around
I have been reading a lot lately and have come across the concept that skills lead to passion, not necessarily the other way around. Meaning you work on your skills and if you get really good at one of them, you will become…
Several weeks ago, a friend was watching me practice handstands. I was having an off day and was getting…
This above all: To thine own self-be true. — William Shakespeare
Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom. — Oprah Winfrey
And Abundantly Live
“Even though disease exists since time immemorial, it didn’t prevent life from perpetuating and prospering.”
I’m the first to admit that I’ve been slacking the past few weeks and not just writing wise, life…
I was born to write. I had assumed that writing was the sole purpose of my existence.
So its been a couple of weeks now since I’ve been trying to convince myself to resume blogging. I’ve…
When we heard the word depression we generally assume that a person is sad or unhappy, but…
A letter to my boy . . .
Today started out like any other day. You woke up your usual 5 times throughout the night, and you and your sister were both ready…
Reinventing yourself or your business is probably the hardest thing out there.
And we tend to do it only once things stopped working. Once its already too late.
Once our revenues went down. Once our readership decreased. Or when there’s a…
I’ve read it. Twice.
It’s pretty black and white. Knowing what to give a fuck about while welcoming the adversity that comes along with your decision with open arms.
Dear Friends
When I hired my first coach, the two things he made me do was attend a Vipassana and learn about the Enneagram. The understanding of the Enneagram has been a life insight…
Despite being an autodidact of many different skills I do not want my tools to…
“Failing is ok, and failing…
Living Life to the Fullest, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, focuses on the lives of disabled…
I distinctly remember in high school how I had tons of homework and after school activities. In order to keep up with…
And why you should go anyway.
Key to Success: Power of beleive in oneself.
This is all about power of belief that helps you become a successful person. Key is knowing oneself instead of wasting time on blaming others. Dig out, enlist all the fears and spend your time on how you can overcome them. Loosing hope on failure is not an option because real…
One: Because we could all use a little more wisdom in our lives.
Do not be mistaken: that mysterious essence known sometimes as the Tao, sometimes as God, or perhaps even as the Dharma — is not…
Becoming a Savage at 30: why waiting is helping me win!
For 30 years, I have been trying to find my stride in life. School was difficult, work was difficult, maintaining relationships was difficult, really everything was. For much of my 20’s I just wandered through life, trying to find my place in it all. In fact, I could…
What does hope mean and look like?
That was what I found myself asking myself as the credits for First Reformed rolled.
I was stunned just like a mailman who sees his house mail get angry and curse him out for being late and cheating on the mail.
Everyday, a great food product made in the U.S.A.
Working in an office, warehouse or store requires some manual labor. You have to sit at the desk for hours at a time or lift heavy boxes all day. There are 5 injuries that occur often in the workplace and can be relieved using…
Stop it.
I wrote this little something something a while back. Eating alone was a grand gesture to me…
ເຫດເກີດຈາກແມງໄມ້
ສຽງທີ່ປຸກຂ້ອຍຕື່ນຈາກຄວາມຝັນໃນທຸກໆມື້ ບໍ່ແມ່ນສຽງໂມງ ຫລື ສຽງຂອງແມ່ ຄືເມື່ອກ່ອນອີກແລ້ວ ແຕ່ມັນຄືສຽງທີ່ມາຈາກຕົ້ນໄມ້ ທີ່ຢູ່ເທິ່ງຫົວບ່ອນນອນ ແລະ…
A person with so much knowledge and such a beauty? I guess you need to revise you question.
“It’s hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by…
While sometimes running behind our passion could be thrilling, every once in a while, one should sit back, relax and reflect on whether it is worth the run or not, and if this is what one wants.
we might not get all the clarity exactly when we want it,
Romans 4:2 (KJV)For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
Now here is a telling verse.
The question needs to be asked, “From whence do we wish to have glory?”
Never put 2 and 2 together when it came to Drake and realized “they’re better” because they’re different. This is also Apple’s mantra — think different.
This is why I believe along with Simon Sinek that starting with a WHY is the way to lead your company to also be different.
About few months back, I was going through a phase which was pretty hard to explain!
Passei a semana toda sentindo pena de mim mesmo, me sentindo vazio e sem motivos pra continuar a seguir…
Dear Friend
In a recent post, you heard about my first go to tool for self coaching, the Enneagram. I hope you explore that tool further.
How to forgive. Wooh, a big topic, which you may first ask, “Why should I forgive…
Humility
Man, cheers to that. I’ve been really bad at bookstores.
I’ve always hated books. They bored me to death.
Hence the problem with education and helping youngsters find their passion.
Until I was about 20, when I picked up my first business book and saw the possibilities of…
It’s not difficult to come across content that’s targeted to changing your life. Telling you to be something completely different all of a sudden.
“Do this and change your life”
The Last Teacher // แด่ ‘ครู’ ทุกภพทุกชาติ
ในชีวิตเคยผ่านการฝึกฝน ฝึกปรือ รับฟัง เรียนรู้ เข้าใจบ้าง ไม่เข้าใจบ้างมาจากครูกี่คน? และยังจะต้องพบเจอกับครูทั้งที่ฝากตัว หรือเพียงรับสารแผ่วเบาแต่กระแทกดังในใจอีกกี่หน
Unless you've been there..
Every one of us has been through things in our lives, divorce, death of a loved one, or multiple loved ones, sickness, deceit or…
Dear fifteen year old me,
I want you to get to experience life and learn from your mistakes, but there are a few things you should know. You are 25 now and wish you had known all of these things before now.
Be kind. You never know what someone is going through. Be kind because you never know who…
1111 is more than just a number.
It is a message for all of us to begin paying attention to the paths we are now on and find ways to embrace the fact that we are exactly where we need to be.
If I take a moment to think of what it really means to me, I notice I am doing exactly what I always wanted to…
Hi All,
It seems funny as well interesting title, I have ever chosen. Here, I am just going to share about the unwanted guest of our lives. It is -
Insecurity
When I started the journey of running a SaaS startup, I promised myself that I would write a monthly blog to reflect and document on the key learnings I made. I aimed to keep it as brutally honest as possible.
Thank you for your informative article on anger.
I would like to add that the first important step is to stop being angry with yourself and to love yourself unconditionally.
If we do this, and speak and act from our hearts and not our heads, it is impossible to be angry.
It’s not about winning or losing the game.It’s about the efforts you made to achieve the goal.
Some stories doesn’t have an end.Some stories are difficult to accept.Some stories feels like ours,Some stories makes us like them.
that’s what I tell myself.
just accept both.
just say thank you.
but it gets a bit long when a comment plays around and around in your head.
I enjoy wandering without direction, highlighted in the name of my photo site; wanderingpixels.com.
Hello Medium.
Thursday, July 26th 2018 was my 1st day being 50. And my 18,250th day being odd. So I created an online diary called 50odd.co.uk. Obvious, really.
It is also around this time that I stopped waiting, and started doing.
Do we need more social media apps then this one? SHAKE is this the beggining of something we all need?..
Have you ever had someone claim that you said something different than what you told them? Do people seem…
I don’t like secrets, not because there aren’t any, but it’s hard to keep anything a secret nowadays!
And, because of that, this secret isn’t so much a secret…
Business isn’t simple.
Sublime confidence and a strut that John Travolta would be proud of, he glided past the window, head held high but fully aware of every step he took. There was a noise behind him, he stopped spun around and stared. A squirrel had reared up sat on a fence looking over, bushy tail raised above his head. The…
Q: What are ways to be a better communicator?
A:
One. Say what’s on your mind. Say what comes most natural. What you see the situation as is as you ought to respond to it to.
Certainly Ashley, there are benefits to having goals and keeping the momentum of our lives going. However, we need to show gratitude if we want more and if we don’t stop to appreciate what we have, we will struggle to be content with the beautiful things that are yet to come.
Last month I had a career highlight moment when I trained new candidates (mostly women!) running…
I use public transport a lot.
You are partly wrong. You are partly right. Context influences your perspective and…
It’s been 4 official days of football camp (but it feels like it’s been ages) and I’ve already learned a lot more about…life and stuff. I’m starting to see different ways to look at things, but working hard to remember my old ways. And not being afraid to stick…
