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Idea Killers

Throughout your long, beautifully fantastic life, it’s very likely you’ll interact with a wide range of different characters. Some of them will be …

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Published on: March 26, 2018 • Updated on: November 29, 2018 • Meaningful Work, Personal Development

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12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson : Book Summary

12 Rules For Life: An Antidote To Chaos By Jordan B. Peterson About: Over the years, (former) Harvard and (current) University of Toronto …

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Published on: March 6, 2018 • Updated on: December 25, 2022 • Book Summaries, Parenting, Psychology & Science, Self-Help, Spirituality & Philosophy

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How to Make Yourself Indispensable

How indispensable do you believe yourself to be …to your employer? …to your customers? …to anyone you rely on to regularly exchange value …

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Published on: January 29, 2018 • Updated on: May 9, 2018 • Meaningful Work, Personal Development

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30 More Life Lessons Learned in 30 Years

Last year, on my 30th birthday, I published a piece on the 30 Life Lessons I Learned in 30 Years. Both the article and podcast versions of that piece …

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Published on: November 24, 2017 • Updated on: December 16, 2022 • Health + Happiness, Personal Development

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How to Find Your Why and Communicate Your Purpose

All businesses, organizations, and careers operate on three levels: (1) WHAT we do, (2) HOW we do it, and (3) WHY we do it.We’re all acquainted with …

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Published on: November 6, 2017 • Updated on: September 20, 2019 • Meaningful Work, Personal Development

The Guide to Developing Self-Discipline

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The Ultimate Guide to Developing Self-Discipline

All of the above is true... But it doesn’t go far enough. Self-discipline is more than simply doing stuff that you don’t want to do… Behind all …

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Published on: October 6, 2017 • Updated on: June 11, 2025 • Habits, Personal Development

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Action Leads to Motivation

The majority of people looking for motivation will wait for something, or someone, to come around and motivate them before they can get up and take …

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Published on: August 7, 2017 • Updated on: February 22, 2023 • Goal Setting, Personal Development

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10 Books on Increasing Your Creativity

Increasing your creativity—or developing any sense of creativity in the first place—seems to be hardest when you need it most. Personally, I’d always …

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Published on: June 27, 2017 • Updated on: July 18, 2022 • Book Summaries

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6 Journaling Ideas That Will Make You Better. Period.

If I had to choose between throwing my iPhone into a burning fire vs. throwing my journal into the fire, the journal would win every single …

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Published on: May 2, 2017 • Updated on: September 21, 2019 • Goal Setting, Habits, Personal Development

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Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending

Did you know that Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline, is currently pre-selling tickets for flights into outer space? No joke.[1] …

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Published on: April 4, 2017 • Updated on: May 2, 2017 • Book Summaries, Health + Happiness, Personal Development

By Dean Bokhari / overcoming envy, Read or Listen 🎧, Sprituality

6 Strategies for Overcoming Envy

Do you find yourself envious of people around you more often than you’d like to admit? If so, you’re definitely not alone. We’ve all been there …

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Published on: March 13, 2017 • Updated on: October 24, 2019 • Health + Happiness, Personal Development

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The Book of Joy : Book Summary

The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Carlton Abrams Print | eBook | …

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Published on: March 13, 2017 • Updated on: December 25, 2022 • Book Summaries, Health, Self-Help, Spirituality & Philosophy

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