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We are more stressed out, discontent and unsatisfied than ever. An entire market segment has grown around helping us relax and find true meaning through meditation, mindfulness, massages as we continue to acquire new ailments born out of our chronic stress and over-commitment. Like the Rolling Stones song says, we just "can't get no satisfaction." …
Choosing to be content where we are makes the difference between always being preoccupied with what we should be doing and enjoying an uncomplicated, fulfilling life with our family and friends. We can stay on the treadmill of continuously striving and comparing our lives with everyone else's highlight reels or we can look around and …
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Loose ends are little pieces of things that are not finished. They come in many forms. Papers saved to file or read sometime. Pictures we need to frame. Thoughts about conversations we need to have. Feelings about people or circumstances we aren’t ready to deal with. This is not an exhaustive list but you get …
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We all know those people who seem to always have things going their way and manage to stay positive. In reality, they have challenges to overcome and difficult people to deal with just like the rest of us. So, how do they do it? How do they keep moving forward and accomplishing big goals in …
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Just Don't Do It! If I'm honest, I fight a battle every day to focus on the most important things. At the end of many days, I wonder if I accomplished enough. Not because I didn't but because my plan was not clear enough at the start of the day. It all boils down to …
The hardest crowd to please or succeed in is the one you’re closest to, normally your family, the people you live with or spend the most time with. These are the ones who see the worst moods, frustrations, and outbursts. Sometimes they even remind you of your shortcomings long after the fact. “You’re never happy. You're …
How many things are you doing because you "ought to"? I already know I have a couple. That was easy to figure out. As a matter of fact I've known for quite a while that I need to prune one or two activities. They are draining me to the point I dread them. The hardest …
Who do you allow to speak into your life? Being intentional about who we interact with is critical to the right kind of progress in the direction we want to go. We tend to move in the direction of what we spend time thinking about and acting on. Who you ‘do life’ with matters a …
But I can’t change jobs because I am the sole provider, I carry the insurance, my spouse is against the idea, I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up … Are you so focused on why you can’t that you are blind to what might be possible? I’m not saying you …
I believe the key to contentment is living intentionally. I know. I know. Everybody and their brother has the secret to happiness. But hear me out. First of all, we have to be careful not to confuse contentment with happiness. There is a big difference between the two. Happiness has to do with circumstances (external) whereas …
