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Cure for Blindness – Weekend Wrap-up 3/24/18

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Difficult Challenge – Smartest Man in the Room

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Don’t Be Lazy – Accomplish Impossible Things with a Routine

By Joe on Thursday, January 25, 2018
lazy

Being lazy is easy. It’s fun to sit around and relax.  On the flip-side, routines are hard. Deciding to commit to something new, to change your life is hard.  None of this is simple. No one ever said it would be.  Lazy – Habits  The other day someone commented how I “like routines.” That struck …

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New Year’s Resolution Fail – January’s Over, How Are Your Goals?

By Joe on Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Resolution Fail

Did your New Year’s Resolution fail? Now that it’s almost February, have you already quit? I bet you have.  You dummy. You’ve become a statistic, but it’s not your fault.  New Year’s Resolutions always fail.  Resolution Fail – Mine  I failed too. I couldn’t manage to keep my Resolution.  But my Resolution was this: “To …

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Be Kind Always – A Case for Compassion and Generosity

By Joe on Monday, January 22, 2018
Be Kind

You should always be kind. You never know who you’ll help.  There’s a bike trail in Florida where everyone is rude. No one says hi to each other or waves.  The daily troubles of the world have followed these people to the path, where they continue to fight and scratch their way along.  It’s a …

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Your Gift – How to Find it and How to Copy Successful People

By Joe on Friday, January 19, 2018
Your Gift

Your gift isn’t special. Newsflash: No one else is better than you.  Everyone is exactly equal. No one has any special gift or talent that you can’t get too.  So stop lying to yourself, thinking you can’t be successful.  Because you can. And I’ll show you how.  Your Gift – Books  Growing up, I looked …

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Coach Watching – Pretending to Work and Slacking Off

By Joe on Thursday, January 18, 2018
Coach Watching

Every athlete is familiar with the phrase “Coach Watching.”  It’s when the coach is watching you, you act like a superstar. But when the coach turns his back, you suddenly slack off.  Sometimes you just want to coast through life without putting in any effort.  Coach Watching – Soccer  I played soccer in high school.  …

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Tips and Ticks for Overcoming Fear at Work

By Joe on Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Fear at Work

Fear at work is a real thing. When I interned for Disney, they trained me to do a lot of strange and unnatural things.  One of them was to say, “Come back again and see us real soon.”  Come again? What does that even mean?  As a cashier, the managers would grade us on a …

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Hard Tasks – When Your Boss Demands Difficult Things

By Joe on Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Hard Tasks

Hard tasks are difficult. Our jobs are tough. Our bosses can be overly demanding.  We work long hours and are exhausted at the end of the day. Sometimes there are things we don’t want to do.  So how are you supposed to handle hard tasks – when there’s something you don’t want to do?  Hard …

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Feel Amazing Every Day – The Best Lifesaving Quotes From Old Men

By Joe on Monday, January 15, 2018
Feel Amazing

It’s easy to feel amazing every day. But it takes effort.  For me, I’ve relied on these lifesaving tools – the things I need when life feels impossible.  And so you’re aware, this post is going to be a bunch of quotes and wisdom from old men. If you don’t like catch-phrases and metaphors, move …

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New Jobs Are Hard – 21 Jobs Latter and I’m Still Searching

By Joe on Friday, January 12, 2018
New Jobs

New jobs are hard. We all like to stay in our comfort zone, in the familiar, rather than venture into the harsh unknown.  What if we try something new and fail? How should we respond? Should we get down on ourselves and never try again?  New Jobs – A Lot  I’ve had lots of jobs. …

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The Media Lies to Us – Don’t Believe Anything You See

By Joe on Thursday, January 11, 2018
Media Lies

The media lies. Everything you see is a lie. TV, movies, the internet is full of liars.  Everyone is trying to sell you something. They’re trying to make money off you, preying off an insecurity, and hoping you’ll throw money away to fix the problem – the same “fake problem” they’ve convinced you, you have.  …

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