Category: Self Development
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How to Control Your Emotions
If you do not conquer self, you will by conquered by self. – Napoleon Hill Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to choose your mood? Going through life being a slave to your emotions is no way to live. You’re allowing the external environment, which is not under your control, to mold your inner…
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Seth Speaks
Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul is the most fascinating book I’ve ever read. I realize that’s a strong statement, but I mean it. I can almost guarantee reading this book will make your life better, even if you’re a staunch skeptic of everything paranormal. It will give you a better understanding of…
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The Best Way to Read a Book
A problem I used to have after reading books, especially useful non-fiction, was that I’d pretty much forget all of the information soon after finishing it. That is, until I devised (drumroll) the best way to read a book. 1. Dog ear particularly insightful, useful, or beautiful (fiction) passages by bringing the line of the dog…
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The War of Art: A Review
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles, by Steven Pressfield, is a quick, easy read, but it has the potential to change your life for the better, immediately, especially if you’re involved in artistic work. Multiple friends had recommended it to me, but then, multiple friends are always recommending…
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3 Awesome Meditations
If you’ve spent some time on this site, you know I like to meditate. I covered the basics in this post, which I would recommend reading before you read the post below, just to cover the very basics. Any meditation you do is simply shifting your awareness inward. It doesn’t have to be more than…
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The Cure for Laziness
Laziness is the unwillingness to do work or use energy. There’s no such a thing as laziness. There’s only the wrong type of work. The temporary condition of being uninspired. Some are more willing to do uninspired work than others. This is seen as being hard-working, determined, and/or self-disciplined. And these people are certainly that.…
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Clutter
[The professional] will not tolerate disorder. He eliminates chaos from his world in order to banish it from his mind. He wants the carpet vacuumed and the threshold swept, so the Muse may enter and not soil her gown. – Steven Pressfield, The War of Art Our environment has a direct effect on our mind. It’s…
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Life Is a Game
Life is a game in which the end goal is happiness. It’s unlike any other game. We start out with the winning formula, although we don’t yet understand it, then it’s slowly hidden from us, covered in layers of beliefs imposed upon us. It’s then our job to uncover the formula once again by shedding…
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Sungazing – A Complete Guide + Resources
Disclaimer: I am neither a doctor nor a scientist and am not recommending partaking in the practice of sungazing. If you decide to do so, it is at your own discretion and you are solely responsible for any harm you may endure as a result. Growing up, we were all warned about the sun. You’ll burn…
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Amazing Earth
Whenever I think about our amazing Earth and just life in general, which is often, my mind is blown so exhaustively that it feels like I’m on drugs. It all seems like a big joke, in a good way, or a game. I just want to go over a few things today and talk about…