Life is Easy. Living is Hard.

We’ve been told our whole lives that life is hard, but it’s not. Life is incredibly easy if you skate by. Living, truly living — chasing a dream and truly living — is hard. Living is a bitch. The wealthiest place on the planet isn’t in the far east where there’s oil in the ground, …

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How Sucking Isn’t as Bad as You Think

This is probably going to seem to run counter to everything you might hold near and dear. After all, I’m supposed to be all about improvement, right? We constantly hear about improving ourselves, getting better, this and that. But I’m here to tell you that it’s OK to suck. Sometimes. I mean, don’t go out …

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Be a Master in the Art of Living

A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play, his labour and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing and leaves others to determine …

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How To Make Yourself Work

One of the biggest problems you need to solve if you work for yourself is how to make yourself do work. The best entrepreneurs have figured it out and just pound out the work they need to do. But many others put off their dream careers, or stay in jobs they like, because they’re afraid …

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Get The Action Habit

Here’s something leaders in every field agree on: There is a shortage of top-flight, expertly qualified persons to fill key positions. There really is, as the saying goes, plenty of room at the top. As one executive explained, there are many almost-qualified people, but there is one success ingredient often missing. That is the ability …

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